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The luxurious 5-star hotel in Bangkok is a handsome 61-storey skyscraper, conveniently located in the central business district on South Sathon Road.
I spent 2 nights in a luxurious suite at the hotel. My Banyan Tree Bangkok review features info on the award-winning hotels accommodation options, wellness programs, rooftop pool, restaurants, bars and unique on-site amenities.
Book A Luxurious Holiday at Banyan Tree Bangkok
Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts is a Singaporean hotel brand, which operates 55 luxury resorts throughout Asia, Americas, Africa and the Middle East. Founder Ho Kwon Ping and his wife Claire Chiang opened the first Banyan Tree property in Phuket, making it a special gem within the brands luxury collection.
Banyan Tree Bangkok first opened its doors in Thailand’s capital 26 years ago. It was the 4th property to be established by Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts. Located in the central business district on South Sathon Road, the hotel is just 40 minutes away from Suvarnabhumi International Airport, near Lumpini Park and Silom Shopping Complex.
The urban oasis is a high-rise hotel, where guests can enjoy the lush greenery of Romsai Garden along with a beautiful waterfall view from the hotel’s spacious lobby. Upon arrival guests are greeted by the sweet perfume of fresh flower arrangements and a famous art piece by Thailand’s own Thongchai Srisukprasert.
His famous work “The Power of Change in Nature” is an abstract piece, which depicts the circulation movement in aesthetic harmony with a masterful interpolation of philosophies and logical thinking in geometric forms, the human state of emotions in organic abstract shapes, and ancient Chiang Mai patterns.
Banyan Tree Bangkok Hotel Activities
Banyan Tree Hotel in Bangkok features 312 luxurious rooms and suites: Horizon, Oasis Retreat, Serenity Club, One- and Two-Bedroom Suites, Spa Sanctuary Suites, and Presidential Suite.
Located on the 19th floor, the spacious Club Lounge is reserved for the exclusive use of guests staying in the Serenity Club, One-Bedroom Suite, Two-Bedroom Suite, Spa Sanctuary Suite and Presidential Suite.
The hotel’s Health Club fills with natural light, offering fitness fans 24 hour access to workout equipment as well as classes like yoga, pilate and Muay Thai. The gym also features steam room and saunas.
The hotel’s refreshing outdoor pool is located on the 21st floor and is surrounded by lush green tropical foliage. Two relaxation decks provide a perfect place to lay out on the 36 lounge chairs. A juice bar provides refreshments, and complimentary poolside services include water, fruit, and neck and shoulder massages (1-3pm).
With a panoramic view of the Bangkok skyline, a holistic spa indulgence awaits at Banyan Tree Spa Bangkok. Soothing spa treatments are specially concocted with fresh and natural ingredients to replenish your body.
Take home the little touches that make Banyan Tree unique while shopping at Banyan Tree Gallery, the hotel’s onsite gift shop. With a collection of handicrafts, resort apparel and signature spa amenities.
Banyan Tree Bangkok Hotel boasts 10 distinct dining outlets, from award-winning rooftop bar, to mouthwatering Thai cuisine and upscale Cantonese.
Banyan Tree Bangkok Hotel Review Highlights
Bangkok is Southeast Asia’s most vibrant metropolis, a city that offers ancient temples and glimmering palaces contrasted with world class shopping malls and contemporary cuisine.
Much like New York City, Milan and Dubai, Bangkok is home to a plethora of luxury hotels, perfect for celebrating a honeymoon or gay holiday. Many of the world’s top luxury hotel brands have landmark properties in the Thai capital, eager to welcome you on your next splurge-worthy getaway.
Before booking your trip, here are a list of highlights that make the Banyan Tree Bangkok Hotel stand out from the rest:
- The hotel features a variety of luxury accommodations, from chic guest rooms to jaw-dropping suites.
- The hotel provides a complimentary shuttle tuk-tuk service to Saladeang BTS skytrain and Lumpini MRT subway stations
- Guests who stay in top tier accommodation enjoy access to the Club Lounge. Benefits include complimentary breakfast, happy hour drinks and canapés, and laundry service.
- Fitness lovers have access to a 24 hour sun-filled Health Centre including fun workout classes, free weights and exercise equipment.
- Tan fans can keep cool on a hot day by relaxing at the rooftop pool, where friendly attendants offer complimentary juice, fruit and shoulder & neck massages.
- At Banyan Tree Gallery guests can find every item imaginable to relive your Banyan Tree experience at home, including resort apparel, handicrafts and signature spa amenities. Banyan Tree’s signature line of beauty products are the perfect gift and come in a variety of scents like pomelo, dill and rose.
- The hotel is ideal for couples but also accommodates families with children as they offer kid-friendly dining.
- The property boasts 10 unique food and beverage concepts, from an iconic rooftop bar to award winning Thai and Cantonese restaurant concepts.
- The service is top drawer, from attentive pool attendants to restaurant menus that are best described as exquisite!
Banyan Tree Bangkok Accommodation
The most important question you have to ask yourself when reading a Banyan Tree Bangkok Hotel review is, “what type of accommodation would I like to book for my holiday.”
All of the 312 luxurious rooms and suites at the Banyan Tree Bangkok feature a separate bath and shower, as well as extra living space with comfortable seating for everyone to relax. The interiors are tastefully designed to showcase the essence of Thai heritage fused with modern amenities to pamper the senses.
Horizon & Oasis Retreat rooms, along with One-Bedroom suites, are designed in a more traditional style. While, Serenity Club Rooms have undergone recent renovations to adopt a more modern aesthetic. Two-Bedroom Suites, which have also been recently renovated, are ideal for families or friends traveling together.
Bath amenities provided in the room are the brands own Banyan Tree Gallery line, composed of 90% natural ingredients. The signature scent is Thai Chamanard, a Thai bloom renowned for its exquisite crisp and light floral fragrance.
Guests enjoy the use of beautifully designed kimono robes and slippers. Turndown service includes the lighting of an aromatic incense stick, the scent changes each day.
Club Lounge
If you’re splurging on a Serenity Club, One-Bedroom Suite, Two-Bedroom Suite, Spa Sanctuary Suite or Presidential Suite one of the best perks is access to the hotels Club Lounge.
The Lounge is one of Bangkok’s largest, providing these complimentary Club benefits:
- Registration and express check-out at the Club Lounge
- Welcome herbal drinks
- Buffet breakfast
- Beverages (soft drinks, coffee & tea) and light snacks
- Free flow local beer
- Happy hour and canapés
- Complimentary laundry or pressing (2 pieces per day).
- Use of boardroom for up to 3 hours per stay
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Banyan Tree Spa Bangkok
Banyan Tree Spa offers one of Bangkok’s most luxurious spa experiences with a total of 20 well-appointed treatment rooms spanning three levels from the Spa reception at the 21st floor to the 19th floor.
At the heart of the spa lies a crystal bamboo decoration, welcoming guests to rest and relax. As the pioneer of the tropical garden setting, Banyan Tree Spa focuses on the ‘high-touch, low-tech’ approach that celebrates the use of natural ingredients. The architecture of the spa pavilions and suites infuses local inspiration seamlessly with the natural beauty of the environment.
Indulge in signature spa packages, rejuvenating massages and pampering beauty and hair treatments delivered by Banyan Tree Spa’s professionally trained therapists.
We suggest treating yourself to the spa’s signature treatment called “Royal Banyan”, which delivers the best of Eastern and Western massage techniques to improve blood circulation and ease muscle aches, featuring a warm herbal pouch dipped in sesame oil.
After your treatment rest and relax at the spa’s steam room and sauna before enjoying a complimentary 30-minute Calm Time where healthy refreshments are served. We enjoyed a hot lemon tea with juicy pineapple chunks wrapped in paper-thin cantaloupe.
Banyan Tree Bangkok Restaurants & Bars
No Banyan Tree Bangkok Hotel review is complete until you’ve had an opportunity to wag your finger down each of the hotel’s marvellous menus.
The hotel boasts 10 food and beverage concepts, divided into 7 restaurants and 3 bars that promise to leave an excellent impression on the palate.
Romsai
Located on the hotel’s lower lobby floor, Romsai is where guests enjoy casual dining at an all-day casual culinary concept.
The dining room overlooks a lush tropical garden and waterfall, its elegant and understated tones juxtaposed with a more dramatic culinary experience.
A buffet of à la minute cooking stations provide drama and action, which collide as Asian and global cuisines are prepared before your very eyes. In addition, the creative à la carte lunch and dinner menu brings together the best of Eastern and Western fare, as well as an excellent wine list from the resident sommelier.
The always popular breakfast buffet allows guests to savour fresh-from-the-oven croissants, warm Danish pastries, an a-la-carte egg menu, sumptuous noodles, congee and Japanese dishes.
At lunch and dinner, guests are spoilt for choice with the variety of freshly prepared à la carte dishes, from local delights like Pad Thai to international favourites like imaginative pasta creations, fresh seafood and grilled meat.
Banyan Tree Bangkok offers two settings to enjoy Afternoon Tea. I sipped a hot pot of loose leaf at Romsai while nibbling through savoury seafood snacks, sweet French cakes and pastries and matcha ice cream topped with a whisper of fluffy torched meringue.
On a sunny day you can enjoy afternoon tea in the tropical outdoor garden overlooking the waterfall, or keep cool inside on a comfy pillow topped couch.
Vertigo
With a 240-guest capacity, Vertigo, located on the rooftop of the Banyan Tree Bangkok, comes alive at sunset for nocturnal festivity in full view of the Thai capital.
This sophisticated dining establishment sits on a former helipad and comes alive at sunset. Sculpted with escalated platforms and low walls to ensure outstanding 360° panoramas of the city, its décor is trendy and sleek with stainless steel cutlery and funky music to add to the avant-garde ambience.
The iconic grill-and-bar rooftop experience was an Asia first. Dine on fork-tender seafood and premium steaks while feasting your eyes on the city’s vast skyline, and enjoy cocktails from the Moon Bar.
Highlights from the Vertigo menu include a “dressed to impress” seafood platter, Japanese Miyazaki Tenderloin, and Crab Tempura Maki.
For many years Moon Bar has been named as one of the world’s top 10 rooftop bars. Located alongside Vertigo restaurant, Moon Bar puts you at ease in an informal setting 61 floors above the city and serves cocktails that will take your breath away as much as the romantic views.
A visit to Vertigo is a must-do for any foodie visiting Bangkok. When dining at the jaw-dropping rooftop one feels as though they are mixing and mingling at the United Nations. In our corner of the terrace romantic couples and wide-eyed families from United States, Spain, Australia, Brazil and Hong Kong clinked glasses of wine to celebrate a truly memorable meal.
For good reason, Vertigo Restaurant at Banyan Tree is ranked as the best restaurant with a view in Bangkok.
Vertigo Too
Vertigo TOO offers an exceptional bar experience on the hotel’s 60th floor. The arched ceiling of this indoor bar is dotted with lights, mimicking a starry night.
The futuristic interior with a touch of class is a perfect setting to unwind. Plush long sofa beds line both sides of the venue, serving as comfortable loungers while you feast your eyes to two stunning views: the sea of lights that is Bangkok at night on one side and the Chao Phraya River on the other.
Ordering drinks is a combination of entertainment and self-expression, as a mixologist creates a personalized experience for you from the cocktail trolley.
Adding merriment to each night is the careful selection of entertainment; a relaxing playlist for patrons who arrive early, a mellow tune by a 3-piece live band during dinner time and live DJ sets to dance the night away with.
Visit Saturday or Sunday between 1-4pm to experience the hotel’s beloved Garden of Senses Afternoon Tea. Guests pair TWG teas or coffee with a dramatic high tea presentation featuring sweet and savoury bites.
Highlights from the Banyan Tree Bangkok Afternoon Team menu include Melon Bouquet, Cream Corn Cheese Croquette, Lobster on Brioche, Chestnut Mont Blanc Tart, Flower Filo Raspberry.
Bai Yun
With a panoramic view of the city and award-winning Cantonese cuisine to woo discerning foodies, Bai Yun is one of the leading Chinese restaurants in the heart of Bangkok.
This popular restaurant on the 59th floor of Banyan Tree Bangkok underwent an imperial makeover in 2015 to unveil a new contemporary look in blue colours, featuring modern Chinese-style furniture.
The restaurant’s menu features traditional Cantonese dishes, including handmade dim sum, as well as a wide selection of fine Chinese teas. Over 30 types of premium oolong, pu-erh, green, red and scented teas are available to the tea connoisseur, served with proper adherence to the time-honoured rituals of enjoyment from an authentic Kunming tea cart.
Highlights from the Bai Yun menu include Salt and Pepper Soft Shell Crab, Roasted Peking Duck, XO Sauce Boston Lobster, and Mapo Tofu.
Be sure to pop by for the delicious daily all-you-can-eat dim sum!
Saffron
Saffron is the signature Thai restaurant of Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts.
Located on the 52nd floor, Saffron provides excellent views of Bangkok in an elegant dining room. The décor reflects a rich yet contemporary Asian heritage, with walls featuring an understated design with lotuses. Also notable are the exquisite wooden tables topped with cracked glass and high backed chairs upholstered in fine silk. A bar and entertainment area, plays both contemporary Thai and Asian music.
Spoil yourself with the best of the chef’s signature Thai dishes, which include seared Tasmanian salmon with crisp pork crackling and a spicy citrus dressing, and banana blossom salad with perfectly grilled and marinated prawns served with a coconut dressing and fried banana flowers.
We noshed on mouth-watering dishes like deep fried soft shell crab papaya salad, crispy fried corn fritters, and a beef short rib massaman curry, which was served with roti flatbread and decadent buttery and flaky French croissant.
Saffron City Garden
Bangkok’s highest outdoor sky garden, Saffron Sky Garden on the 52nd floor offers daybeds and loungers from which to lay back and relax over great conversation while enjoying spectacular views of the city.
Choose from a casual menu inspired by Thai street food or enjoy the full Saffron menu while looking out on the city skyline and the Chao Phraya River.
Highlights from the Saffron City Garden menu include Laab Moon Yang Minced Pork Salad, Chiang Mai Pork Belly and Muek Savoey Baby Squid.
Lobby Lounge
Contemporary interior décor exuding an air of exclusive chic and comfortable furnishings marks the Lobby Lounge out as the ideal setting for indulging in a luscious high tea set or a Thai tiffin box delivering a local take on the ubiquitous high tea, with savoury and sweet Thai snacks prepared to please.
The lounge also offers wonderful picks of fine wines, single malts, blended scotches, an array of cognacs, Armagnacs and cocktails. In the afternoons, watch a local band take the stage.
The Lobby Lounge bar is conveniently located directly beside the main check in counter so we suggest ordering a celebratory gin & tonic at the bar while waiting to receive your room keys!
Fun Things To Do In Bangkok
While it’s easy to relax in the lap of luxury at your luxurious hotel pool or spa we suggest booking fun tours to experience all that Bangkok has to offer!
No trip to Bangkok is complete until you’ve visited the Grand Palace and many of the city’s golden glimmering temples. Many local tour operators offer fun tours for those who want to experience the city by tuk tuk, bicycle, riverboat or on foot.
Book one of these private or group tours to enjoy an authentic Thai experience that is sure to make your Bangkok getaway unforgettable.
- Private Bangkok Airport Transfer: arrive to Bangkok with ease by booking a private airport transfer in advance.
- Private 8 Hour “Best Of Bangkok In A Day”: first time visitors to Bangkok will love this full day private city tour featuring all of the city’s top attractions.
- Bangkok Hop On Hop Off Bus Tour: enjoy sightseeing in the Thai capital at your own pace with a hop-on hop-off bus pass good on the Elephant GoGo Double Decker Bus. With 15 stops, you can explore many of the city’s top attractions.
- Calypso Ladyboy Cabaret Show: enjoy a night of dazzling entertainment at one of Bangkok’s most famous Ladyboy shows.
- Bangkok At Night: Temples, Markets and Food By Tuk-Tuk: on this 4 hour tour enjoy the magical of Bangkok at night via tuk tuk. Stops include temples, flower market, street food snacks and dinner at a local restaurant.
- Bangkok Walking Food Tour: join a fun small group walking tour to explore Bangkok’s famous street food scene. Sample dishes like pork with sticky rice and papaya salad.
- Manohra Luxury Dinner River Cruise: hop on a classy dinner cruise on a restored antique rice barge. Admire views of Bangkok’s twinkling skyline while enjoying a 4-course meal.
- Bangkok Jungle Bike Tour: fitness fans will love this 4 hour bike tour exploring Bangkok’s most beautiful natural spaces. Includes a delicious Thai lunch.
- Half Day Tour Royal Grand Palace & Bangkok Temples: this 5 hour private tour visits Bangkok’s most famous attractions: Grand Palace, Wat Pho, and Wat Traimit
- Food Market Tour + Thai Cooking Class: master the basics of Thai cuisine on this tasty tour, featuring a guided market visit followed by a cooking class with a professional chef in Bangkok.
- Muay Thai Show at Rajadamnern Stadium: sports enthusiasts shouldn’t leave Thailand without watching a Muay Thai Thai Kickboxing match.
- Railway Market, Floating Market & Salt Farm Tour: this popular 7 hour tour takes out outside of Bangkok to visit the famous Damnoen Saduak Floating Market and Railway Market. Includes a boat ride.
- Full Day Ayutthaya Historical Park Small Group Tour: this 9 hour day group tour visits the UNESCO Ayutthaya Historical Park located north of Bangkok.
- Pattaya and Coral Island Tour: this 13 hour group tour visits Pattaya and nearby Coral Island where you can swim and snorkel.
- River Kwai Full Day Tour: this 11 hour group tour includes a visit to the infamous bridge on the River Kwai, built by Allied prisoners of war (POW) during World War II. It includes a visit to a war cemetery, Japanese POW camp and buffet lunch.
Banyan Tree Bangkok Hotel Contact
21/100 S Sathon Road, 66-2-679-1200
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