Introduction Some hotels in Bangkok are reopening and are coming up with novel ideas to attract some guests. I noticed an interesting promotion at Marriott Sukhumvit called “Stay for Free”: pay 2999 THB for a room, and get 2999 THB food & beverage credit daily. Not only I had never seen room rates at this hotel below 3300 THB before, but with the F&B credit on top that was an amazingly good deal. I noticed on Marriott’s website that they were only selling entry level rooms and that suites would not be available at this hotel until August. I was willing to take the entry level room and accept no suite upgrade as Marriott Ambassador Elite because of the generous F&B rate package. Room Upon arrival I found out that rather than say “sorry no upgrade” which was my expectation, they were creative enough to find a way to provide an upgrade. Marriott Sukhumvit is a joined property with Marriott Executive Apartments Thonglor, similar to Conrad Bangkok and Conrad Residences which share the same facilities. I booked at Marriott Sukhumvit but we ended up staying in a 1-bedroom apartment at the Exec Apts Thonglor property. Normally I have muted interested in Marriott executive apartments even though the rooms are bigger because of the lack of elite benefits such as breakfast and happy hour but we ended up getting the best of both worlds for this stay.The room part of the review might not belong in the Marriott Sukhumvit thread since it’s an apartment, but since I cannot split my review then here it goes. The apartment was not very big at 55 square meters but it had all required amenities for people on a long stay such as full-size fridge, microwave, oven, dishwasher, and cooking equipment. There was also a washing machine hidden in a closet which was handy to do our laundry after having been travelling for quite a while now. Back in April and May we stayed a couple of times at Akyra Thonglor (Small Luxury Hotel) not far away from Marriott Sukhumvit where the room was also apartment style, it was a bit larger, a notch above Marriott in terms of quality, and many rooms at Akyra have a terrace. However since I was booking with Marriott Sukhumvit not the Executive Apartments, having the elite benefits meant that the overall value was better at Marriott than at Akyra despite my preference for the room at Akyra. Location The location of Marriott Sukhumvit is in the Thonglor neighborhood which I personally like because it’s more quiet and a bit more upscale. The hotel is immediately next to the Thonglor BTS sky train station so it’s more convenient than Akyra which is a 10-minute walk away. Marriott is not in the middle of the action but it’s only a couple of BTS stops away from busier areas of Bangkok. Dining Many hotels have significantly cut back on their happy hour benefit post covid and/or have their club lounge closed. Marriott’s lounge is also closed so unfortunately we could not enjoy the views from the 40th floor. They served happy hour in the lobby lounge which is not as nice a venue but instead of a buffet they had a very elaborate a la carte menu which was more than enough to make it a meal, and choices were nice as well with plenty of variety. It was even better than a happy hour buffet so rather than cut corners, Marriott Sukhumvit has arguably improved its happy hour. I was very impressed by the menu and I would rank it the best happy hour offering of hotels we have visited in Bangkok post-covid, even leaving Athenee (Luxury Collection) and Anantara Siam in the dust despite both of them being more luxurious hotels than Marriott normally is.The happy hour was so great that unless we wanted to order premium liquor from the famous and popular rooftop bar, it would have been physically challenging to go spend 3k THB worth of food as a late night snack!Breakfast was also offered near the lobby and similar to happy hour they rolled out a post-covid menu which was excellent for a hotel of this caliber and cut out the buffet. Wifi Wifi worked well with speeds over 50 Mbps. Overall Overall the value we got from this stay was fantastic, in fact the F&B credit was probably more than we could handle, and we even had an apartment rather than a small room for a price I had never seen this low. I will certainly return to this property in the future to try the regular hotel and see the Club Lounge once it reopens.