The Chomsurang Hotel was just awful. First, when they took my booking, they quoted me a price of 800 baht a night for a standard twin room without breakfast. When I checked in two days later it had become 950 baht with breakfast. When I asked about the difference, all I got was grouchiness and insistence that was the rate. I asked to speak to the manager, but was told he was in Bangkok. It was a horrible start, but it was close to midnight and my group of six was tired, so we took the rooms.

Next, my room had an awful smell, and when I went downstairs the next morning to ask for a change, I was told they couldn't do it, even though I could see that there weren't many guests. After all, my group were the only people at breakfast, which while advertised as an American Breakfast, was not the usual buffet spread. It consisted of two eggs, two slices of ham, thin toast and suspicious juice.

It was a sad, sad place, with only one receptionist at night who was most... more