Originally Posted by
scented
Lovely review of one of my favorite hotels ever! Though I wonder, why would say The Siam is an old hotel? It opened in 2012 and was built from scratch. Compared to MOBKK, I'd say it's as new as it gets... Of course, the style is different from recent newcomers, such as FS, Waldorf and Capella.
Oops, poor choice of words on my part, my apologies
I should have written "older" hotel not "old". It's older relative to the onslaught of new & shiny properties in Bangkok, three of which you mentioned, plus Park Hyatt, Sindhorn Kempinski, Kimpton, Rosewood, and to some extent 137 Pillars. Also MO being recently renovated gives it a fresh look unlike The Siam.
Given so much 'newness' in the city, I often think of The Siam and St.Regis as older than the other ones even though you are entirely correct that they are certainly not old.