Located on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok has been an inspiration to a host of world-renowned writers from Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham to James A. Michener and Paul Theroux. Voted the world’s best hotel by readers of influential magazines, Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok boasts an international reputation for splendid service and facilities.

Built in 1876, the hotel has long been famous for its service, style and grace. With 393 luxuriously appointed rooms including 35 suites, the hotel boasts three Wings: The 16-storey River Wing houses the Royal Oriental Suite, as well as the Selandia and Siam Suites and two-bedroom suites. The Old Wing or Authors’ Wing is where the four famous Authors’ Suites are the located. While the Garden Wing boasts the unique split level deluxe rooms overlooking the main swimming pool. The hotel’s private teakwood shuttle boats provide daily access to the nearest skytrain station (Saphan Taksin) and River City Shopping Centre.

Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok has eight restaurants - Le Normandie, Bangkok’s finest French dining venue; The China House with its avant-garde 1930s Shanghai Art Deco interior; Lord Jim's, featuring daily talk-of-the-town seafood buffet lunch galore and a la carte menu for dinner; The Verandah Coffee Shop; BBQ Riverside Terrace; Sala Rim Naam Thai Restaurant, revived into a mini palace serving a lavish Thai Buffet Lunch spread daily and set dinner with Thai Classical dance show nightly; the outdoor Terrace Rim Naam featuring a la carte Thai menu; and Ciao, an outdoor Italian bistro (seasonal). The historical Authors’ Lounge serving superb Afternoon Tea and The Bamboo Bar, touted to be the best jazz venue in town complete the picture.

The Oriental Spa which opened as the first city spa in Bangkok in 1993, and has since garnered numerous awards from the most esteemed travel and beauty publications worldwide, is a temple of well-being offering a unique Thai-style health and beauty centre, featuring the latest spa techniques in a traditional Thai setting. Located right above the Spa is the Ayurvedic Penthouse (added in November 2006 and again the first of its kind to open in the city), a holistic centre of healing and natural rituals in a tranquil ambiance, offering an exclusive range of rejuvenating therapies straight from the great traditions of “Keraleeya Ayurveda”. On hand to give consultations and present tailor-made yoga sessions are an Ayurvedic doctor as well as a yogic lifestyle trainer both of whom are from India.

Other facilities include the Sanook Sanook Kid’s Club, the latest touch button, state-of-the-art technology Business Centre, the Oriental Corner and the Oriental Boutique; two outdoor swimming pools, tennis and squash courts, shopping arcades including a flagship Louis Vuitton store, a beauty parlour and barber shop, a fully equipped Health Centre, function rooms and conference facilities and The Thai Cooking School and Thai Culture Programme.

Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
48 Oriental Avenue, Bangkok 10500, Thailand
T: +66 (2) 659 9000
W: www.mandarinoriental.com/bangkok

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