bangkok is world renowned for its affordable luxury accommodations in this video we stay at the
cheapest five-star hotel that we could find can the cheapest hotel still offer serious five-star
luxury why is it so cheap and should you consider staying here next time you come to bangkok
okay first things first one of the most important things that we look for when booking a hotel
is the location and the price we have recently written and published an ebook that talks about
all the tips and tricks that you need to find a cheaper hotel stay anywhere in the world if you're
interested the link is always in the description box below we are here outside the berkeley hotel
in plattsonnam which is in the area of rachitui here in bangkok it's a really really good location
right next to the central world shopping center and really central to everything else as well now
the price of this place was incredibly cheap it works out to be around 19 pounds or 25 us dollars
we found this price on agoda and what we did is we selected five star and just use the filter to do
lowest price first and then we just booked that one and it looks absolutely amazing from
the inside i can't wait to show it to you guys just a quick disclaimer we know that the prices
of hotels are cheap now because of the situation going on but thailand is open to foreign tourists
next up is ambiance a hotel doesn't truly feel five-star unless it's got that welcoming bustling
feel to it this is something that we find very important the vibe of this place is really really
cool you walk in and then the reception area and the check-in area is just so grand you've got
water fountains there's one right behind me here but you've also got a giant christmas tree already
set up which is really really nice but even when you're going into the elevator section it
just looks so so fancy um we really didn't expect this from uh this kind of hotel but so far so good
the most important factor for us is probably the room as this is where you'll be spending
most of your time hello and welcome to what i can only assume is either a family room or a
triple room here at the berkeley prattunam so when you first come in we were actually
quite pleasantly surprised there are two beds here so there's a king-sized bed and then a
sort of large double no a large single bed it's like a one and a half person bed which is pretty
nice addition so you could have an extra person in here and it would be even more affordable
but after you see these lovely looking beds which i have to try out now should i try them out yeah
okay it looks a little bit on the harder side so let's
that's it's on the firmer side but it's definitely
not the firmest we've had it's actually not perfect oh they feel good oh yeah is that nice
i could chill here this feels five star there's a little unit in between the beds safe things
like that large tv but then there's also a lovely little desk vanity area as well as a sofa which
is kind of pointing a bit of a random random way because it's not facing a tv the tv's over there
but either either way it's kind of a nice addition to have a chill area the view is
quite cool actually we are very high up right now we are on the 32nd floor this room is actually
quite a lot bigger than it looks because it keeps going in here it's not really room as such but the
vanity bathroom bar area is here there is a pretty big closet with three dressing gowns
so we could totally have a third person here with us but we don't so we're just gonna have
to wear one and a half dressing games each the bathroom it's not half bad the first surprise
of the bathroom is probably its size but it's got a tub it's got a bathtub very exciting it
has everything that you would expect a five star hotel to have but with a price tag of 16 pounds
that is it's mind-blowing to me because it is a very nice hotel and it feels quite
buzzing especially downstairs there's a lot of people around so it's not like it's completely
derelict and there's no one in here and you know they've lowered their prices it's nice
you can't have a five-star hotel without a pool and who better to check it out than our very own
dylan the pool tester we're now on the 11th floor of the berkeley hotel and this pool
looks very inviting there's a jacuzzi on one side there's also a little bar
but the bar's not any of us at the moment there's a little waterfall
and i'm definitely going to jump in now i need to know if this is cold or not
i thought i was going to be deeper okay so this side is not deep um but the temperature is
awesome it's coming up to evening time now if we wanted to come up here before we got back because
we only checked in at three there's loads of families hanging out here it's pretty nice
all it needs is some uh some music music some music and a cocktail that was perfect
and i have a um frozen daiquiri please
okay so you're at five star hotel and you want to check out the facilities
have a nice little massage some treatments maybe
have a little pump in the gym but we made sure to check that out for you
just joking the gym here is closed it's having not
is available closed right now because that's not gonna cut it a massage not good
food is next up on the list a five star hotel isn't just about putting a really
gorgeous roof over your heads it's also about the quality of the food
where do we start so the feast that we've got um for dinner tonight is a little bit of a collection
of stuff the place that we ordered from actually surprisingly had quite a lot of thai options
we find quite often that in room dining is usually very westernized but we've got some thai things
which we're very excited about so we've got a chicken cashew nuts which actually looks
so good anyway a pad thai with prawns some calamari which is not super thai but still
delicious a mango sticky rice because if it's on the menu we have to have it
and some spring rolls as well with some i think plum sauce dipping it looks and smells really
good everything that we bought here actually cost more than we paid for the room everything here
was 988 baht oh plus we got two drinks we've got oh i'll bring them over to pepsi max's
going for you thank you cheers there's a few restaurants in this hotel
this one we got this from is from the oak bar which is downstairs no yeah downstairs by the
pool there's also a japanese restaurant that's closed but there's also a breakfast
one that we're gonna be going to tomorrow that is open and then we will show you that
we're just gonna cozy up in bed right now and eat this food i don't know what's better having room
service or being able to eat it in bed whilst watching tv this feels very five-star right now
next up is sleep in a five-star hotel you'd expect cozy rooms comfortable bed
and a great night's sleep right
okay so it seems like our microphone didn't want to wake up quite as early in the morning as we did
but we had a great sleep the bed was firm but very comfortable and we didn't hear
any noises throughout the night although there were loads of people staying on our floor
this room gets a green tick from us
last but not least is breakfast this comes in a whole category of its own since it's
so important there's a lot of people at breakfast here today quite buzzing it's a buffet breakfast
so as you can hear there's a lot of noises a lot of bustling happening behind us there's a
few different things that you can choose from so you've got your standard sort of english
breakfast no beans though but kind of the hash browns the sausages all the meats yeah all of
those kind of things that you would want a lot of asian classics for breakfast as well like congee
etc loads of egg dishes loads of pastries i mean look at the selection i'm quite happy about this
one some fruits juices coffees etc etc etc this is not included in the cost of the room that we paid
and it is something that you have to pay extra for but we'll put the price on the screen right now
so all in all we had a really good stay here you know it was only 19 pounds
probably the reason that it's so cheap right now is because they're renovating the gym
they're renovating some of the restaurants and the spa facilities as well so they can't
we had a great time we had a really nice sleep as well so we can't complain for that price the
only thing to take notes is that you will be paying more for the food but of course you can
go to 7-eleven or you can go to loads of the street food vendors around before this video
we wanted to check what was an offer if you've enjoyed this video then we think you'll really
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