Bangkok hotels by area: 10 well-reviewed hotels, and the money changer nearest each
Article updated: 2026-10-22
Best rate USD · Bangkok: 33.65 — Superrich Thailand — Headquarter Rajdamri 1 · Oct 24, 19:45 → Details
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Bangkok’s hotels sort themselves by transit line more than by price: a riverside address means boats and BTS Saphan Taksin, Siam means the skywalk, Sukhumvit means the BTS. The money changers follow the same lines. The best published rates in the city are at Ratchadamri Soi 1 in Pratunam (Superrich Thailand and Grand Superrich), with Vasu at Sukhumvit Soi 7/1, Value Plus inside CentralWorld, and counters at most BTS stations, so wherever you stay, a good rate is a short walk. The hotels below are grouped by area with their Booking.com guest score and review count as shown on 2026-10-22; each photo is the hotel itself, under a Creative Commons licence.
Chao Phraya riverside
Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
Photo: Bangkok's Old Customs House and Oriental Hotel (32427482114) by Ninara from Helsinki, Finland · CC BY 2.0
On the river at Oriental Avenue, off Charoen Krung Road; BTS Saphan Taksin is a short walk or a hotel boat. Booking.com guest score 9.6 from 506 reviews.
Photo: The Authors' Lounge, Mandarin Oriental Bangkok (Feb 2022) - img 02 by Chainwit. · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Suite at the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok by David Jones · CC BY 2.0
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The Peninsula Bangkok
Photo: Chao Phraya and The Peninsula Hotel by travelourplanet.com · CC BY 2.0
On the Thonburi bank; the hotel shuttle boat crosses to Saphan Taksin pier. Booking.com guest score 9.3 from 980 reviews.
Photo: The Peninsula Bangkok Pool by Pixabay user keikiwai · CC0
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Shangri-La Bangkok
Photo: Chao Phra river - Shangri La Hotel - Bangkok Thailand - panoramio by David Broad · CC BY 3.0
Next to BTS Saphan Taksin and the Sathorn pier, the easiest riverside address for getting around. Booking.com guest score 8.8 from 3,714 reviews.
Photo: File:Lobby of Shangri La Hotel, Bangkok - panoramio.jpg by Anil Kaushik · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Millennium Hilton Bangkok
Photo: millennium hilton bangkok by blink+ · CC BY 2.0
On the Thonburi bank beside ICONSIAM; shuttle boat to Saphan Taksin. Booking.com guest score 9.1 from 4,696 reviews.
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Silom and Bang Rak
lebua at State Tower
Photo: Lebua at State Tower IMG 1399 01 by Na derdingseben · CC BY-SA 3.0
In the State Tower on Silom Road, a few minutes from BTS Saphan Taksin. Booking.com guest score 8.7 from 6,533 reviews.
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Sathorn
The Sukhothai Bangkok
Photo: Suite Bedroom at Beaufort Sukhothai Hotel by Mugimeshi · CC BY 3.0
On Sathorn Road near MRT Lumphini, a low-rise garden hotel. Booking.com guest score 9.4 from 1,225 reviews.
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Siam and Ratchaprasong
Centara Grand at CentralWorld
Photo: Bangkok Convention Centre - Centara Grand at CentralWorld by Exec8 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The tower above CentralWorld mall; BTS Chit Lom and Siam by skywalk. Booking.com guest score 9.1 from 3,519 reviews.
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Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok
Photo: Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok by Terence Ong · CC BY 2.5
At the Ratchaprasong intersection beside the Erawan Shrine; BTS Chit Lom. Booking.com guest score 9.1 from 1,574 reviews.
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Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel
Photo: Anantara Siam 20251206 by DMS WIKI · CC BY 4.0
On Ratchadamri Road by BTS Ratchadamri, across from the racecourse. Booking.com guest score 8.8 from 832 reviews.
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Ploenchit and Wireless Road
Conrad Bangkok
Photo: Conrad Bangkok hotel room in 2014 by Marcus Andersson · CC BY 2.0
On Wireless Road in the All Seasons Place complex, near BTS Ploen Chit. Booking.com guest score 8.8 from 712 reviews.
Photo: The Conrad Hilton, Bangkok by reeveb · CC BY 2.0
Photo: Conrad Bangkok hotel room in 2014 by Marcus Andersson · CC BY 2.0
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The money rules that apply at every one of them
- Pay the room by card and in baht. The bill is settled at checkout in baht; a card with no foreign-transaction fee is charged close to the mid-market rate. If the terminal offers to charge in your home currency, decline it. The card-or-cash guide covers the deposit hold too.
- Check whether the rate is ++. A rate quoted ”++” still has 10% service charge and 7% VAT to add, 17.7% in total. Booking.com shows the total with taxes before you confirm. See the service-charge article.
- Carry cash for what cards cannot do, and change it at a published rate rather than the hotel desk. The day’s ranking is on the city page linked below.
- Free cancellation is worth filtering for. Most hotels above list rooms with free cancellation on Booking.com, so you can hold a room before the dates are fixed.
For the day’s rates at 86 Bangkok counters see Bangkok exchange rates; for the counters at each station see the BTS and MRT guide.