Top Bangkok Hotels in my opinion:

The very top hotels in Bangkok are probably as follows (in no particular order):

Peninsula (riverside)
Oriental (riverside)
Four Seasons
Metropolitan
Sukhothai
Shangri-La (riverside)

Very closely followed by (in no particular order):

Hiltons
Conrad
new Hilton Millenium (riverside)
Intercons
Intercontinental
Hyatts
Grand Hyatt Erawan
Marriotts
JW Marriott
Marriott Resort (riverside)
Starwoods
Royal Orchid Sheraton
Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit
Westin
Plaza Athenee, a Le Meridien Hotel
Others
Pan Pacific
Dusit Thani
Banyan Tree
Imperial Queen's Park
Swissotel Nailert Park, a Raffles Hotel (previously Hilton Nailert)
Davis

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In Travel + Leisure's survey 2005 of the Top 100 hotels in the World the city of Bangkok has more top hotels than ANY other city (five hotels)!!

4. Four Seasons, Changmai
6. The Peninsula, Bangkok
11. The Oriental, Bangkok
40. Banyan Tree, Phuket
47. JW Marriott, Phuket
48. The Sukhothai, Bangkok
69. Four Seasons, Bangkok
72. Amanpuri, Phuket
93. Shangri-La, Bangkok

(The brand new Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi in Chiang Mai will also surely make the list for top hotels in Thailand in the near future….)

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