Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit Hotel Bangkok Review

Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit

Tripatrek Score: 9.5 /10
The Tripatrek score is an average of these 5 features of the Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit.
Location: 9,5 / 10
Room Quality: 9.8 / 10
Hotels Facilities: 9 / 10
In-house Restaurants: 10 / 10
Restaurants near-by: 9 / 10

I spent 7 nights at the Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit Hotel and I very much enjoyed my stay. See directions to get to the Top 10 Bangkok Attractions by Public Transport from Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit

The location of Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit

Located on Soi 2 Sukhumvit, the hotel is an 8 minute walk to Ploenchit BTS Skytrain or 9 minutes walk to Nana BTS Station. Soi 2 is a very quiet street, with just a few hotels, a small number of restaurants which makes the hotel rooms quiet and peaceful. The nightlife is only a short walk away starting from Soi 4. See a full guide at the bottom of this page to see how to get to the Top 10 Attractions in Bangkok via Public Transport.

Soi 2 outside JW Marriott and Ploenchit Centre

There is a road directly opposite the Doubletree by Hilton which connects Soi 2 to So 4 but it is a private owned road, part of the Maison Hotel, so unless you are staying at the Maison, you can’t use this road to cut across to Soi 4. To go around to Sukhumvit Road, it will take about 7 minutes to walk.

There are always taxis and tuk-tuk waiting outside the hotel to take you for short rides or to take you on a tour of Bangkok. They have signs up out the front showing the various tours available. Prices for a tour will be up to around 2000 Baht for a full day tour. They will ask for alot more, you just have to bargain them down.

The Room Quality

A very comfortable room. Highlights of the room:

Comfortable bed
The window curtains closed properly so no light comeing thru in the morning
Big rain fall shower head
Built in security safe to hold passport and cash
Fully stocked mini-bar
2 bottles of drinking water every day
8 clothes hangers in a smallish closet
Iron and Ironing board and a torch incase the power goes out
Plenty of English channels, news and movies on the TV
The Wifi worked very well – I uploaded a 2Gb video to Youtube in under 1 minute

Hotel Facilities

The swimming pool at Doubltree by Hilton Bangkok Ploenchit is located on level 7, next to the hotel gymnasium. The swimming pool is a decent size. I was staying here during November and the only time the pool got direct sun light was at around 9am – 10am for about 1 hour, and the sunlight was just on the very corner of the pool. It still is a nice shaded area to sit by the pool and read a book. See pic below for direct sunlight on the pool.

Swimming pool at Doubletree by Hilton Bangkok Ploenchit

Direct Sunlight on Hotel pool at Doubletree by Hilton Bangkok Ploenchit

I did manage to see the gymnasium on the first day I arrived but then they closed the gym for maintenance. The gynamsium will be closed from 20th November 2024 to 15th December 2024.

Gymnasmium at Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit Bangkok

In-house restaurant at the Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit

The inhosue restaurant is called Open, and does all you can eat buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner. The buffet breakfast is excellent, one of the better buffet breakfasts I have seen at a 4 star hotel (much better than the breakfast at Hilton Garden Inn Silom). Well done Doubletree! I’ve also stayed at the Doubletree by Hilton on Soi 26 Sukhumvit, and they also do a very good breakfast.

Open Restaurant inside Doubleetree by Hilton Bangkok Ploenchit Hotel

It is a really nice space to have breakfast in the mornings, located at the front of the hotel, with large windows letting lots of natural light in. It gets quite busy but they have all the food spread out on 8 different stations, including an egg station. Read more about the Buffet Breakfast at Doubletree by Hilton Bangkok Ploenchit.

I did not have the all you can eat lunch or dinner but I did order from the al a carte menu few times and very much enjoyed the food. I very much enjoyed the Potato and Leek Soup (Delicious!), Ceasar Salad with Chicken, some delicious Vietnamese Fresh Spring rolls with shrimp and the excellent Australia Rib Eye Steak.

Ceasar Salad at Doubletree by Hilton restaurant

Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls at Open Restaurant Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit

Potato and Leek Soup at Open Restaurant in Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Bangkok Ploenchit

Restaurants nearby to Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit

Check out restaurants walking distance from the Doubleetree

I also had a few drinks at the hotel bar a few times. The bar is next to the restaurant and beside the elevators and reception area. The bar is only small but as on check-in, the staff gave me a heaps of free drink vouchers as I was a Gold Member. Loyalty Pays. I ate the Ceasar salad at the bar, rather than sitting within the restaurant.

Hotel Bar at Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit

Getting to Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit from BKK Survanibhumi Airport

It will probably cost you around 400 – 500 to get a taxi from the airport direct to the hotel.

I caught the Airport Link Train to Phaya Thai station, then a BTS Skytrain to Nana BTS station and it was a 10 minute walk to the hotel. Cost me 80 Baht and took around 55 minutes door to door. A taxi could take around 1 hour or more (maybe 45 minutes at a very quiet time on the expressway.

How to visit Bangkok Top 10 Attractions by Public Transport

Here is your guide to visit the Top 10 Bangkok Tourist attractions from the Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit. See a full list with cost for each trip

Grand Palace

Walk to Sukhumvit MRT station (24 minutes walk) or walk to Nana BTS (9 minutes walk) get off at Asok BTS which is next to the MRT.
Catch MRT to Sanam Chai station
Walk to Grand Palace

Wat Pho – the Laying Buddha – located direction behind the Grand Palace

Directions Grand Palace to Wat Pho Bangkok

Wat Arun – the most unique Buddhist Temple in Bangkok.

Walk to Ploenchit BTS Station and get train to Siam station
Change lines and get off at Saphan Taksin BTS Station – under 40 Baht
Get Tourist Ferry to Wat Arun 40 Baht per person

Chinatown

Walk to Sukhumvit MRT Station
Get out at Wat Mangkon MRT Station or Hua Lamphong MRT Station

Emsphere Shopping Mall

Walk to Nana BTS Station – 9 minutes walk or walk to Ploenchit BTS Station – 8 minutes
Catch train to Phrom Phong – 2 stops or 3 stops from Ploenchit
300 meters walk along Skybridge to Empshere

IconSiam Shopping Mall

Walk to Ploenchit BTS Station – 8 minutes walk
BTS to Saphan Taksin (you need to change line at Siam BTS Station)
Walk to Sathorn Pier (next to BTS exit) – catch 8 Baht boat to IconSiam – 5 minutes

Dinner Moon bar Rooftop Bar

MRT to Lumphini Station
8 minute walk to Banyan Trees Hotel where Moon Bar is located

Lumphini Park – one of the oldest and largest parks in Bangkok. As well as a great place to get some fresh air and some exercise, there is also some very unique wildlife in the park including many monitor lizards and squirrels.