PEN Grand Deluxe Suite or MO Mandarin Room for Honeymoon?
Sep 1, 2014, 12:12 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2014
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PEN Grand Deluxe Suite or MO Mandarin Room for Honeymoon?
We are going to be spending 3-4 nights in BKK for our honeymoon in December and I'm trying to decide between the PEN or MO. I can get a Grand Deluxe Suite at the PEN for $450 per night and a Mandarin Room at the MO for $500. Which would you do for a first trip to BKK?
Thanks!
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Sep 7, 2014, 1:13 am
#3
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Portland OR Double Emerald (QF and AA), DL PM/MM, Starwood Plat
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I too prefer the Pen and you would get a bigger and nicer suite; the one difference is Mandarin Room includes a balcony (important for some) but the Grand Deluxe suites are at the "pointy end" of the building and have better views and layout -- effectively an indoor balcony. Normally the Pen suite would cost more than the MO room, fwiw.
Sep 15, 2014, 12:58 pm
#6
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: ATL
Programs: UA *Gold
Posts: 71
Only downside to PEN is that it is on the wrong side of the river, meaning you will have to take a shuttle ferry to the MO side to go on MRT, stroll around on Silom/Surawong, etc. That said, the shuttles run continuously.
Sep 24, 2014, 3:25 am
#8
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: BKK
Posts: 6,741
I don't consider it to be on the wrong side of the river. It's the right side to be on if you want the best views. The Oriental also uses barges to shuttle guests between the hotel and Saphan Taksin BTS station, so I see little difference in terms of convenience. The Pen can also take you directly across the river to their own pier next to the Shangri-la.