I had enjoyed the previous stay at Anantara Siam Bangkok, so this time round, will be trying out Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort.
The travel time from Suvarnabhumi Airport to the resort was an hour and taxi fare was ฿800 inclusive of highway tolls.
First impression, there was no one at the resort's car drop off point. There was one staff nearby but he was on the phone and does not appear to be working.
Walked to the receptionist counter and was greeted by the tour staff. Read about the welcome ceremony for resort's guests from past reviews but there was none on my day of visit. Though, I did see those golden bowls on my check-out date.
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| hotel lobby |
Anyways, got my room fairly quickly thanks to Pepe. The intern walked with me to the room as the compound is quite large and one needs to get the bearings to know which building is housing which facility.
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| mini map of the resort |
Was allocated the Junior Suite River View, thanks to the double upgrade from GHA Discovery Titanium membership. As this was a room-only upgrade, it does not include the Kasara Lounge Benefits and the room mini bar items are chargeable. It does come with a complimentary breakfast though. The building across the resort, the Riverside Plaza has a small Tops supermarket, hence one could get some snacks and drinks from there as well.
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| walking to Riverside Plaza |
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| a glimpse of Luang Pu Thuat statue as seen when walking towards Riverside Plaza |
Junior River View Suite
Room is located at Level 5 and there is a direct lift down to The Market for breakfast. The Market and Sala Lakorn is the same place, serving guests at different timings of the day.
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| spacious room @46 sqm |
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| more space |
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| King sized bed |
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| thank you Housekeeping team for the cute mini elephant towel~ |
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| balcony |
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| view from balcony |
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| Asiatique (zoomed in view) |
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| Anantara shuttle boat |
It was cool to have a balcony with the river view but remember to keep the balcony door closed to keep the humidity and insects outside.
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| admiring the room from all angles |
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| bathroom |
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| bathtub |
Let's have a coffee-break in the room!
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| all the flavours were nice |
Welcome Amenity
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| welcome amenity |
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| colourful luk chup ลูกชุบ |
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| au lua อาลัว |
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| foi thong ฝอยทอง |
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| Thai pineapple biscuits |
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| candy looking sweets similar to khanom alua? |
Had to Google to find out more on the sweets. Sugar level must have spiked by quite a bit that day!
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| if you're looking for the DND button~ |
Sunrise
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| sunrise observed from balcony |
Sunrise in Bangkok was at 540am, hence woke up early to take some photos. Headed towards Anantara Pier to see if can get any nice shots.
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546am at Anantara Pier
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a lone stream gauge perhaps?
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| 552am - the sun is up |
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| shuttle boat at the pier |
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| beautiful morning |
Elephant Statue
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| its trunk hugging the lamp post |
Swimming Pool
Other Nooks and Cranny in the Resort
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| if lost, just look at the signboard |
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| BYOB (bring your own pingpong ball to play?) |
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| see if you can spot this |
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| water feature |
Breakfast at The Market
The days usually started early for me. I suppose this is the phase of perimenopause? Would usually go downstairs for breakfast at 7 or 730am.
The Market is the same location as Sala Lakorn.
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| table for one |
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| yoghurt and healthy jars |
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| breads |
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| cereals |
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| cheeses and charchuterie |
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| pastries |
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| for the kids |
As you might have guessed from the photos, I explored a bit more of the food in the morning, as compared to the previous night for dinner.
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| my favourite drinks counter |
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| Chefs hard at work |
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| outdoor seating |
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| noodles live station |
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| eggs station |
Guess what I ate for breakfast.
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| plain porridge with assorted stuffs |
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| scrambled eggs with 'everything'? |
Ok, I might have made a mistake with my Day 1 breakfast. The porridge here was thick... and I mean really thick! Devoid of water actually. There was two types of porridge; pork and plain and I took the plain one as I didn't realize they have a flavoured one.
Chef asked me if I want everything with my scrambled eggs and I don't know why I answered yes...maybe I wasn't fully awake. Ended up with a deconstructed omelette? Hahaha!
Other than that, the iced mocha here rocks! Loved it.
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| iced mocha |
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| stirred not shaken |
There was a wonderfully cheerful staff at The Market in the mornings, and he would be going from table to table to spread a bit of morning cheeriness to guests. Thanks to Sky's recommendation, I was informed that one could get Thai iced milk tea as well.
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| Thai iced milk tea |
A bowl of noodles in the morning sounds about right. So I did just that. They had beef/chicken pho for Day 1 and Day 2 was yen ta fo (Thai style pink noodles).
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| let's eat noodles |
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| beef pho |
The pho soup was sweet, hence a squeeze of lime and some chili flakes would balance that out. Actually, I underestimated the chili flakes. It ended up being pretty spicy! Guest could choose the preferred noodles and I got the wide noodles. Nicely chewy but not doughy. Good! But I think Chef loves onions...there were too much of that.
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| wide noodles and loaded with onions |
Day 2 noodles menu had yen ta fo, so I got one to try. Had two types of fish balls, squid and tofu puffs. Sweet spicy broth.
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| yen ta fo |
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| sen lek noodles |
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| ABC and orange ginger juice |
The juices were super sweet. Not sure if additional syrup was added or naturally sweet. I liked the ABC (apple, beet root and carrot) and the ginger orange.
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| pak moh yuan - special item spotted |
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| fried rice with massaman curry |
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| stir fried flat noodles |
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| pak moh yuan (adapted from bánh cuốn) |
Spotted something that I haven't tried before and that's the pak moh yuan or khao kriab pak moh. Wrapped in translucent looking flour wrapper/skin and its fillings were loaded with savoury mushrooms/black fungus and minced meat. Tasty!
I was also intrigued by the interesting building structure and stopped to converse with Unif, one of the staff that I met on that day.
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| interesting build |
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| hot mocha |
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| almond croissant, waffles with nutella and mini pancake |
Ended the meal with fruits.
An enjoyable stay and exploration within the resort's vicinity. Stay tuned for other experiences!
Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort
อนันตรา ริเวอร์ไซด์ กรุงเทพฯ รีสอร์ท
Address: 257/1-3 Charoennakorn Road Samrae Thon Buri, Bangkok 10600, Thailand
Website: https://www.anantara.com/riverside-bangkok
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