Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok

We recommend the Sheraton Grande to business travellers who want a functional palace without sacrificing comfort, and to families who prioritise BTS access to explore Bangkok without taxis. It’s a hotel for fortysomethings and fiftysomethings who know the city, business dinners at Rossini's, meetings in the 4th-floor lounges, returns from shopping at Siam Paragon. Couples on city breaks find their account here, but the atmosphere remains resolutely corporate during the week.

The Sheraton Grande occupies a 32-storey tower built in 1996, façade in smoked glass and grey granite panels. Triple-height lobby with beige marble columns, Bohemian crystal chandeliers, Emperador marble floor. Classic Luxury Collection interiors: teak panelling, Persian rugs, buttoned leather armchairs. Rooms between 42 and 280 m², all renovated in 2018 with whitened oak parquet and Carrara marble bathrooms.

Three tables at the Sheraton Grande: Rossini's for Italian cuisine (fresh pasta, Neapolitan wood-fired oven), Orchid Café for international buffets and breakfast (dim sum station, Thai rotisserie), Sala Rim Naam for royal Thai cuisine in a teak pavilion on stilts (private river shuttle). The Speakeasy Rooftop Bar on the 32nd floor serves cocktails and tapas until 1am, 360° views over Sukhumvit. English afternoon tea in the lobby lounge every afternoon, book at weekends.

The Sheraton Grande stands at the corner of Sukhumvit Road and Asok Road, heart of Bangkok’s business and shopping district. Terminal 21 two minutes on foot, Emporium and EmQuartier ten minutes by BTS, Siam Paragon four stops. BTS Asok station and Sukhumvit metro accessible via covered walkway from the lobby, Suvarnabhumi airport 35 minutes by Airport Rail Link. The neighbourhood is dense, noisy, very lively day and night, street restaurants and office towers side by side.