Reflections Hotel
I was looking for a place to stay in Bangkok and other than suggestions from friends/family to stay either at Khao San Road or in the city centre, I found Reflections Hotel off Gridskipper. I have to say I was excited at the prospect of staying at this place which seemed really fun.
We ended up staying 3 nights in 3 different rooms. The place itself is a maniacal hodpodge of design styles. You've the very minimalist rooms or the very decorated rooms or the "art" rooms. The colors were crazy. Pinks, blues, yellows, purples, greens, reds, oranges all flying off the walls, the hotel van, the pool, the funiture. Many items in the rooms are on sale. From the printed laundry tote bags to the bedroom slippers, alarm clocks, books, cds... Loads more paraphenelia is also stuffed into shelves. You had pencil cases, jewellery boxes, flower printed hand carry luggage bags...
The lobby had graffiti prints on the walls and this mannequin wearing a "娃娃头“, (a kind of doll head you see during Chinese dragon dances) loads of retro clocks and furniture. Their keychains had little soft toys attached and everything seemed to be thought out and intended. Their DVD collection runs like an arthouse-mad collector's. The magazines lying around are Interni and Wallpaper*. You could actually do well to visit this place just to shop.
Its was like some condensed home-style design haven. Sure it didn't have the luxury that other designer hotels like the Metropolitan but it had really helpful and friendly staff. Not to mention a good massage service and an amazing spicy-sour Thai-style steamed fish from room service.
Reflections
The hotel van
Room Key
The pool
Room 409
We ended up staying 3 nights in 3 different rooms. The place itself is a maniacal hodpodge of design styles. You've the very minimalist rooms or the very decorated rooms or the "art" rooms. The colors were crazy. Pinks, blues, yellows, purples, greens, reds, oranges all flying off the walls, the hotel van, the pool, the funiture. Many items in the rooms are on sale. From the printed laundry tote bags to the bedroom slippers, alarm clocks, books, cds... Loads more paraphenelia is also stuffed into shelves. You had pencil cases, jewellery boxes, flower printed hand carry luggage bags...
The lobby had graffiti prints on the walls and this mannequin wearing a "娃娃头“, (a kind of doll head you see during Chinese dragon dances) loads of retro clocks and furniture. Their keychains had little soft toys attached and everything seemed to be thought out and intended. Their DVD collection runs like an arthouse-mad collector's. The magazines lying around are Interni and Wallpaper*. You could actually do well to visit this place just to shop.
Its was like some condensed home-style design haven. Sure it didn't have the luxury that other designer hotels like the Metropolitan but it had really helpful and friendly staff. Not to mention a good massage service and an amazing spicy-sour Thai-style steamed fish from room service.
Reflections
The hotel van
Room Key
The pool
Room 409
