Aravinda Living Home is a great option for those who want affordable accommodation at a great price. As its name suggests, it is as if you are living in your own home. The staff is wonderful, particularly Jenny, a Filipina who speaks fluent English and helpful in my queries. Hope to come back soon.
this is my first time to bangkok, I really like thailand people. the waiter of the hotel is very nice. I take a taxi to the hotel, but the taxi driver haven't changes of the 1000b. so the waiter give him the money. very nice people. But the room hasn't a rubbish bin. I can only throw rubbish in the plastic bag.
Stayed here for one night because we had missed our flight, the staff were very courteous and pleasant. They offered every help including fetching a taxi at 3 in the morning the next day. The location is a little in the interior but I would still recommend it.
For budget conscious travelers who want privacy and convenience this place is hard to beat. Rooms are small but clean and extremely well appointed for self contained living. The staff is friendly and courteous. You will find this place, easily located by signs off Soi 65 Sukumvit and not near Soi 75 Sukumvit. It is very handy to BTS Sky Train, in a quiet backstreet setting.
if the person who wrote the below review was the first customer. i felt like i must have been the second. i arrived on 3rd feb 2011. this 'hotel' was being built whilst i was there by an indian owner. its styled in the same manner as all the apartment buildings in bangkok and as such is really an apartment building that rents out its rooms. there is no hotel 'feel' about it at all. this has positives and negatives.
the positives
- very friendly at reception (no english spoken by the night staff)
- everything is brand new. all fixtures, air con, beds, everything.
- spacious, impeccably clean, good bathroom
- microwave, fridge, desk, vanity mirror.
- although a 10-15 min walk to the skytrain station taxis and motorbike taxis frequent this street almost every 3-4 mins. (so a 10-20 baht motorbike ride to the skytrain)
- in my opinion a very good price 650 baht per night. (compare this to the 650 baht hostel prices next to mbk and this one has far better rooms)
negatives:
- hard to find initially (taxi drivers won't know it)
- cheaply built (eg the bathroom door is so thin that you can see light from behind the plastic)
- beds were very hard. i really like a firm mattress but i did struggle with these beds - maybe they need to be worn in.
- theres no anonimity. if you're plan to take anyone home, you'll have to take the walk of shame in the morning, becuase the one person on front desk cannot be quietly snuck past.
so i guess it comes down to what you're after. personally i liked it because it was so clean and spacious for its price and i considered the 10 min walk or the motorbike taxi ride to the skytrain irrelevant. its far from the temples and khao san rd and all the attractions except mbk (shopping centre) where it'll probably take 30min from the time you leave the hotel till time you walk into mbk
