Great place to stay 5 mins from Suvarnabhumi

This post should be a useful post for all travellers to Thailand.. Recently I've been working in a place in Bangkok called Ladkrabang, which is near to Suvarnabhumi. At the end of the first day, we had to find somewhere close by to stay..... We were looking for somewhere as cheap as possible, and somewhere which wasn't a toilet (as we were going to be there a few days).

We drove to a couple of places that were pretty toilet, and as we began to lose hope someone advised us to take a look down King Keaw Road (sounds a bit like Ging Gell).

We tried it, and discovered that it is an excellent area to stay the night before flying home / out of Thailand (as it is less than 5 minutes drive to the airport).

King Keaw is a long road, with many different places to stay to suit all budgets. We stopped at a little place called 'Valentines' which was OK, but, by far the best thing about staying at this end of King Keaw is that it is right next to a large, new development that includes a fantastic riverside restaurant, night club and lots of evening entertainment. Even though I don't know the name of the place, it is so large you can't miss it, it is easily visible when driving onto King Keaw from the motorway, mainly due to the large (artificial) lake, and various traditional thai buildings and watch towers.

(above: the bandstand) We had dinner in there a couple of times, and the food was spot on. It's very popular, busy every night, to the point that you might wait for an outdoor table, and there are at least a hundred. There is an attractive bandstand with different entertainment, and a large screen and indoor restaurant (perfect for the football, at the time).

(attractive walkways and decorations throughout) But best of all, sitting out on the riverside decks and enjoying the good food, you are also able to view the spectacular night landings of the various planes coming into Suvarnabhumi every few minutes... Some flying incredibly close overhead...

(Plane landing circled in white) Typical Thai innovation - build a restaurant near to the runway - never a boring night!

So next time you're flying home, check out King Keaw road.

Comments

[Mike]

Ben, I wonder if the pilots get blinded by all the lights?

Looks like a WWII Spitfire landing :-)

[Ben Shingleton]

Clearest pic I could get with my 1980's digital camera....

Defo need to upgrade soon ;)

[Catherine]

It is certainly a fine looking restaurant, but I'd be nervous about the planes landing in my meal.

[Ben Shingleton]

Haha good point... that would certainly liven up the evening :)

hopefully because the planes are landing the passengers have to be in their seats (and not in the bog :)

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