Best Family Hotels in Bangkok. Reviews and Recommendations

If you’d like to book a trip to floating markets from Bangkok, most visitors go to Damnoen Saduak (book here for an easy, best-price tour). You can arrange for a tour to pick you up from your Bangkok hotel. However, there are better floating markets just a little further from Bangkok. We suggest you look at Take Me Tour which are a local company and we loved the tour we took with them, or try this tour to Maeklong and Amphawa, as you can see in the video above. Now back to those child-friendly hotels!

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To save you a long read, our favourite hotel in Bangkok for families is this hotel, see it on Agoda here. It’s comfortable, won’t break the bank, and is luxurious enough for a family stay. It also has child stays free deals!

What We Look For in Family Hotels in Bangkok

• Room for 3, 4, 5 or more people. When the children were younger this could involve a 1 child stays free deal in a triple room, these days we need 4 beds for our family. 1 child stays free deals can go up to 10-12 years, but around 6-8 is the usual upper limit. (The hotel in the link above has these deals on rooms and family suites)
• 1 room, suite, or apartment with 1 or 2 bedrooms. Having the children in another room down the corridor just doesn’t work and feels unsafe, always go for a family room or suite.
• A good location. Either within walking distance of main attractions and dining or near the river and the water taxis. We rarely use the BTS, it doesn’t go to the locations we are interested in. Metered taxis are very easy to find and very cheap, Grab cars are even easier to use in Bangkok. Just call a car from your phone. Tuk tuks are usually more expensive but do take a family of 4 plus luggage.
•  Good Wi-Fi. Essential for all of us.
•  Included breakfast is a nice luxury to have if the breakfast is good, otherwise a street breakfast is easy and cheap to find.
• Air-Con. Going without air-con in Bangkok is possible, we’ve done it, but most would rather pay a little more to be comfortable.
• Not too much noise. We once slept next door to a club, never again!
• A private bathroom is nice, but many hostels have shared facilities. If these are clean, modern and good, that property makes it to our list.
• A good reputation. Yes, we look at scores and reviews, but we know how to spot the fake ones. If we see credible people commenting on dirty rooms or bad wi-fi, (or worse still bed bugs, but these are incredibly rare. We’ve had one experience in 4 years of travel and it wasn’t in Thailand) we won’t go there. Be aware that a lot of reviews on Trip Advisor, Agoda, Booking, Expedia etc are fake. You have to use some judgement on which to believe.

How to Find and Book the Best Deals and Special Offers on Bangkok Hotels

Agoda are the Asia specialist booking site and we use them regularly with great results. Because they are local they tend to have a wider range of properties and can source good deals.

Booking.com work fine for Bangkok too, they often have fully refundable deals if that is what you are looking for.

Expedia is another option, although we rarely use this platform ourselves. We never use Airbnb in Asia after a couple of bad experiences.

Near Kao San Rd. Area, Bangkok, Close to River, Palace, Old Bangkok, and Wats.

The Khao San Rd. (Soi Khao San) has been a favourite area of Bangkok for a long time, for singles, couples and families.

To be in the thick of the action just steps from the iconic Khao San Rd and within easy reach of the Chao Phraya River and water taxis, Rambuttri Rd or next along, Thanon Thani are for you. Khao San itself is too noisy and chaotic for most of us with kids. Rambuttri can also be a bit of a party street, but the location is great for sight-seeing or to get to the river.

Both streets run parallel to Khao San. This area is loads of fun for kids and adults in the early evenings, it’s just buzzing with fun and you’ll never go short of food or shopping.

Later at night, it can get too crazy for kids. It’s very much a love-it-or-hate-it sort of place.

My family loves it, it’s an aspect of Thailand you have to experience.

Even without the vibrant activity on Khao San Rd, this is a good area to be based for exploring Bangkok.

The Rambuttri Village Inn and Plaza 

Rambuttri Village Inn had a rooftop pool the last time we stayed. There is a swanky new extension, an inner courtyard with fish pool and it is affordable.

We had a room for 2, 1 young child stayed free, but they didn’t have rooms for 4 at that time.

Older families can book 2 rooms. Step out of the door and you’re immediately in the throng of food stalls, street vendors and restaurants, but because Rambuttri is set back, there is no street noise that I recall.

Check Prices and Availability for Rambuttri Village Inn & Plaza on Agoda here or on Booking.com here.

The Secret Service Hotel

Secret Service has a “very good” Agoda 8.2 and free WiFi. It has 4 bedrooms and good ratings and is on Thanon Thani, the next road over Around $50

Check Prices and Availability for The Secret Service on Agoda or on Booking.

Shanti Lodge, Khao San Area

This place, Shanti Lodge, is our new budget favourite on this side of Bangkok (and this is a part of Bangkok we’d recommend).

It’s a proper, backpacker’s guest house, beautiful, well-run, spotlessly clean and with bags of charm.

It’s on a quiet street just steps from a river jetty and next to the flower market.

Walking to Khao San Rd. takes about 10-15 minutes depending on you. We love it!  

We had a room for 4 people, 1 double, 1 bunk bed and it was the cheapest place we’d stayed for a long time, under $40.

We also took 2 twin rooms on another stay, side by side. These were way more “budget” in feel, shared bathroom, and cost slightly less.

The shared bathroom/showers are some of the cleanest and most pleasant I have ever seen. This is the one we’ll use from now on when we’re passing through.

Check Prices and Availability for Shanti Lodge on Agoda, on Booking.com.

Sourire at Rattanakosin Island Hotel

This one is a little further away but still in walking distance of Khao San Rd.

It gives you breakfast and two double beds. It’s probably too far to walk to the river from here for kids, but a tuk-tuk would be easy. It’s a little more expensive at around $60.

Ratanokosin Island is an area of Bangkok, it’s an “island” formed by canals or klongs and encompasses Old Bangkok. It’s the best area to stay, we think.

Check Prices and Availability for Sourire at Rattanakosin on Agoda or Booking.

The Old Capital Bike Inn

The Old Capital Bike Inn is an absolute gem.

The family suite is divine, the breakfast is superb and the location is perfect.

It is within easy walking distance of Khao San Rd area but in a much more up-market street with good food options.

It’s also close enough to walk to the river.

If you’re looking for amazing, quirky decor, a touch of luxury and an old Bangkok feel, this is one to try.

They also offered complimentary vintage bike tours of the old town area. 

The Old Capital Bike Inn have a selection of rooms and suites for honeymooners and families. Breakfast is included. This one costs around $180 /night for a special family suite.

We picked this one for a birthday treat, it exceeded our expectations and Jason, who runs this hotel, is incredibly helpful. A full post on this hotel is here.

Check Prices and Availability for The Old Capitol Bike Inn on Agoda here

I can’t find anything in the Khao San area with 4 beds and a pool.

Baankatchitpan Bangkok

Baankatchitpan Bangkok is a lovely old wooden building in a quiet residential area of Bangkok. We stayed here in a triple room in 2024 and loved it. The included breakfasts were some of the best meals we ate on this Bangkok trip.

You can’t get a car to the door here, making it quiet. You’re very close to a nicer klong, food stalls, and Jai Fay. This time she was open!

You can easily walk to The Khao San Rd, Palace, Wat Pho etc, or get a grab car anywhere.

Baan Katchitpan Bangkok is here. It was more expensive than our typical budget hotels or hostels. It’s in Phra Nakhon on the south side of Ratchadamnoen Rd and just a very short walk from the Democracy Monument.

Here Hostel

In 2023 we stayed in a family room at Here Hostel. This one had two single beds and a mezzanine level with a double, perfect for a family of 4. I wouldn’t let young kids on the mezzanine.

The room had its own private bathroom and a small balcony. That was a huge bonus for drying laundry!

The bar & restaurant downstairs was very nice and the location was very convenient. You could easily walk to Khao San Rd, The Golden Mount, Wat Pho and more. We chose to stay here to be near the Michellin Star Jai Fay restaurant. Unfortunately, it was closed. We made it there in 2024. Being so close to The Golden Mount allowed us to visit at dawn for amazing views across Bangkok.

This hostel had a slide between floors but it needed repairs and we couldn’t use it. It also had a garden and a small pool. The communal area was very nice and guests had basic kitchen facilities. We could pay to use laundry facilities.

Riverside. Bangkok

The stunning Chao Phraya River river is abundantly supplied with large 5 star hotels, often with rooftop pools or bars, some of the most prestigious and best family hotels Bangkok can offer, are here.

Family suites and family apartments are common in these family-friendly hotels.

Chatrium Hotel  

Chatrium Hotel will only cost you just over $100/night for a family suite with 2 bedrooms. That’s great value! Pay a little more here for stunning river views and breakfast.

Check Prices and Availability for Chatrium Riverside on Agoda here.

Chinatown. Bangkok

Close to the Palace and Wat Pho (the reclining gold Buddha, my kids’ favourite Wat) is Chinatown.

Feung Nakorn Balcony  

The Feung Nakorn Balcony will give you a Grand Suite for 4 people with breakfast, at just over $100. This is another place that we really like the look of, its design and good food reputation make it one of the properties we always consider for our Bangkok trips.

So far we haven’t tried this hotel because Chinatown just isn’t where we want to be.

Check Prices and Availability for Feung Nakorn Balcony on Agoda.

Silom. Bangkok

We often stay on this side of Bangkok , partly because we liked Mile Map Hostel (now closed), and partly because we like the atmosphere and reduced tourist numbers. This makes street dining more of an authentic experience.

The BTS and river taxis are nearby.  We have a full post on the advantages and disadvantages of staying in Silom in: Where to stay in Bangkok? Try Silom.