The Rim Resort

We stayed at the Rim Resort for two nights. The location is excellent just a few minutes drive to the airport and a few minutes walk to Wat Phra Singh , Wat Chedi Luang and other attractions and restaurants in the Old City area. There is also a 7Eleven store and a family run Thai massage parlor near the hotel. The staff is friendly and helpful. We did have a couple of meals at the Canal restaurant which was good and not too expensive. The hotel is quite old and for our bad luck the rod holding the hand shower came loose and fell on my son's toe. The staff quickly helped out with a first aid kit, but our plan for the day was cut short since my son could not walk freely. The staff was very apologetic and also offered us a late check out and a free airport drop off, which I felt was very thoughtful.

We stayed five nights. This is a good hotel. The staff are very polite and attentive, service is excellent. The staff go out of their way to help with any queries. We were travelling with our ten month old baby, and were given a baby cot and allowed to check in several hours early. This was a really nice touch. There was very noisy building works going on in the building adjacent to our hotel during our stay. There was also planned maintenance work going on at the hotel. We were not told of this in advance of us arriving. The manager told us that the building works next door should have finished in December, and were running late. He had also been told that the builders would not start work until the afternoon; they started each morning at around nine thirty. Our room was immediately adjacent to the building site, but we were offered a new room the opposite side of the hotel, and a discount on the first few nights when we had been affected. This was hugely appreciated by us. The rooms are immaculately clean, and well presented with lovely balconies overlooking the pool. Breakfast is excellent and served in the adjacent restaurant (which seems pretty much abandoned at other times of the day). The location is good for most sites being just in the old city. Most good restaurants are a short tuktuk or taxi ride away. The pool unfortunately is very cold.