Shanghai Mansion Boutique Hotel Bangkok

  Our Shanghai Inn Stay

We stayed at the Shanghai Inn bangkok hotel for one night in transit. I chose the hotel as I came across it on a website and it was one of the "Special Hotels of the World" and we were on our honeymoon and looking for something special, and something it was. It was very unique and different, just what we were hoping to find. We arrived at 7pm and departed at 6am the next morning so didn't have much time, but we managed a quick trip down the street amogst the saturday night markets and stalls. The food looked delicious!!

The staff were very frendly and helpful, they arranged a boxed breakfast as we had an early morning departure. The room as previoulsy mentioned was unqiueand very colourful. Considering the busy street we were facing we didn't here any traffic. The bathroom was cool, complete with it's own birdcage and lovely rainshower.

Loved the slippers (which unfortunely you cannot take!!) and the teapot. They provided a couple of bottles of drinking water, softdrinks and crisps free of charge in the mini bar, and have a full list of beverages which can be ordered by reception and delivered to your room (at resonable rates, for a hotel).

Our tour guide who picked us up the next day, said the area is a very nice area of Bangkok to stay. Would go back and hopefully stay longer to explore the area. They advertise they had a free tuk tuk service to the shopping areas, which would be useful.

  Lovely Tuk Tuk Driver

The rooms were decorated terrifically!!

We had a lovely tk tuk driver from the hotel who gave us worth while advice regarding fares, tips, markets and travelling destinations.

Location as address states is in heart of Chinatown.

  Shanghai Inn is Super
Shanghai Inn
dibonearth
Davidson, NC                                                                                                                                                               Aug 18, 2008

Deep in the heart of China Town, the Shanghai Inn bangkok hotel is a welcoming and enjoyable place to stay. The rooms are eclectic and fun. The staff was very attentive and helpful.

Best of all: The location. China Town is a great place to stay in Bangkok. I loved the streets, the markets, the food, the people. This is a place to be a tourist without being hassled or touted. Plus, it is close enough to walk to the train station and the river ferries.

  Kitsch and comfortable
Shanghai Inn
Amasc
HCMC                                                                                                                                                                           Aug 17, 2008

The Shanghai Inn Bangkok hotel is a fabulously over the top hotel in terms of decor. Chinoisery gone overboard, cherry blossom lamps and bird cages in the bathroom. We stayed one night in transit elsewhere and would happily return. Rooms are clean, beds comfortable and the breakfast offered a good range of choices.

  Love this Unique place
Shanghai Inn
dungagal
London, United Kingdom                                                                                                                                               Jul 11, 2008

I'm in BKK every 12 weeks with my work and it's now my 2nd visit to this gem of a place, vey kitch and unique..I love the fact that it's not your normal corporate boring hotel and it's something completely different. Despite being in the bustle in Chinatown i've found it very quiet although though there is some refurb going on at the moment. Staff are lovely, rooms nice, breakfast OK and free internet. I would class this as a basic hotel that's clean and welcoming and fine if it's just a quick stay but not for a weeks holiday. If you go shopping in Chinatown, head to Sam Peng Soi early as after 10am it's mega busy. The only things I don't like about the S.H. are the concete floors and a price list inventory...who wants to steal the curtains or tissue box cover I ask!

We stayed here for one night on the way home. The hotel directions may it easy to find, especially as they had bell boys at the entrance with the names of the guests arriving that day! Our bags were put on a trolley and taken up to our room for us. Lovely boutique rooms, which really look like the photos!! Great waterfall shower! The price list of all the items in the rooms was slightly wierd - just in case you wanted to nick anything!! The complimentary water was great.

Good location-very close to Sampeng Lane-busy!!! Great seafood restaurants on the main road at night! The reception staff let us confirm our flights on their computer , as the internet computer was busy. We had a wake up call and checked out at 5am! I slept well but my boyfriend said that he was woken severl times by the reception staff noise during the night. Nice place-good location. We booked on hotel's website and got better deal than other sites!

The Shanghai Inn bangkok hotel was probably, the best hotel I stayed at the whole 2 weeks in Thailand. It was also very decently priced... I payed $70 a night which included a nicely appointed breakfast buffet. The room decor was perfect and what you would expect from a Shanghai experience, plus the shower was awesome... big head, good coverage and pressure! The hot water was almost too hot...but fully appreciated.

Yes, this hotel is in Chinatown and yes, Chinatown is a very busy place (like ALL of Bangkok) with for the most part, few tourist. You can get pretty much anywhere you want via their free shuttle service (which I didn't use or for 50 - 80 baht via tuk tuk or metered taxi. There are plenty of touristy things to check out just a few steps from the hotel. Chinatown itself is a must see and the happy and golden budda's are just a quick walk down the street.

Seriously..."awful location" is a bit much I would say...unless you are either not willing to be open minded to different cultures (and the spectacles they offer) or are just used to hotels like the intercontinental or four seasons (maybe on business in Bangkok) near siam square and all the huge (air conditioned) shopping malls.... which you can be to by tuk tuk or taxi in less then 5 minutes (60 baht).

The one thing that I would say was annoying about my experience at the Shanghai Inn was, I had arranged a metered taxi for pick up at 3am to the BKK airport. I got to the front desk at 3am and was told "metered taxi too difficult... you pay 400 baht." . I was a bit annoyed with this, since they said a metered taxi wouldn't be a problem. I had already been to BKK once before when I flew to Phuket, so I new exactly how much it would cost via meter (220 baht + tolls= about 280 baht max), so I said "meter taxi or 280 baht, no more!" and after some chatter back and forth in Thai and a walk down to the front entrance, they final got me a "pink" taxi which are the easiest to get a metered rate and I was off to the airport.
For this I will not rate the hotel as Excellent... but it was pretty darn close!

“Perfect Chinatown Experience in Bangkok”