Budget Hotels in Bangkok

Charoen Krung (Riverside) · $$

Every room and villa fronts the Chao Phraya, and the hotel was crowned No. 1 at the World's 50 Best Hotels in 2024. Mauro Colagreco's riverside Cote holds a Michelin star.

Bang Rak (Riverside) · $$

Open since 1876 on the Chao Phraya, the grande dame of Asian hotels hosted Conrad, Maugham, and Coward — the Authors' Wing still serves afternoon tea among white wicker and palms. Its staff-to-guest service ratio is industry legend.

Khlong San (Thonburi riverside) · $$

A W-shaped tower on the quieter Thonburi bank that gives every single room a river view, with a three-tiered pool running along the water. Shuttle boats glide guests across to the BTS at Saphan Taksin.

Dusit (Riverside) · $$

Bill Bensley filled this 39-suite Art Deco riverside compound with the owner's museum-grade Thai antiques; pool villas come with butlers and private plunge pools. There is even an in-house Muay Thai ring and a resident sak yant tattoo master.

Silom · $$

The brand's flagship fills Bangkok's pixelated King Power Mahanakhon tower with Jaime Hayon's candy-colored interiors. The 78th-floor Sky Beach is the highest rooftop bar in the city.

Sathorn · $$

An all-suite Sathorn tower best known for Vertigo, its 61st-floor open-air restaurant, and the Moon Bar perched on the building's edge. Its spa helped pioneer luxury Thai wellness in the 1990s.