Trinity Silom Hotel Bangkok: Our Review

Gustavo and I have been in Bangkok five times now, and we keep gravitating back to staying in Silom. The area is hard to beat for all sorts of things: nightlife, public transportation access, and (most importantly!) incredible food. We’ve stayed in five places in Silom, and want to give you our honest review of Trinity Silom Hotel after spending almost a week there.

Location: 10/10 (excellent)

Trinity Silom Hotel’s location is ideal. During the day, you’ll find a food market that starts just down the block. (Turn right out of the front doors and go straight down the alley that looks like just a parking area; you’ll see the market past the open barrier to the next block.)

At night, the famous Patpong Night Market is an easy walk away. While this market definitely isn’t our cup of tea, it’s worth noting its proximity.

There’s a giant grocery store conveniently located in the same block of buildings as Trinity Silom Hotel.

Located just a few blocks from the Chong Nonsi BTS Station, Trinity Silom Hotel also offers easy access to the rest of Bangkok via the train system, which is typically much faster than taking a taxi through the city’s incredible traffic.

Amenities and overall room: 5/10 (just average)

There was nothing wrong with the amenities at Trinity Silom Hotel; they just weren’t distinctive or memorable. Don’t expect to be wowed, but don’t expect to be disappointed either. Nothing stands out as being either particularly good or bad.

The wifi, which is super important for us, had issues and was pretty slow. We also had a very leaky air conditioner (seriously, there was a genuine puddle on the floor after using it for a few minutes) and thin walls that let us hear everything from next door. We were quickly moved to a different room where the AC worked perfectly, but the thin walls and wifi issues persisted.

Service: 9/10 (very good)

While we stayed in Trinity Silom Hotel Bangkok, the service was excellent! Everyone was very friendly and went out of their way to be helpful.

They also allowed us to leave our baggage there for several hours while we waited for our next apartment to be ready. When we picked up our bags and gave the attendant a tip, he pointed out to us that we had already tipped him when we dropped off the bags, and tried to give the second tip back. (I prefer to tip both before and after, so we insisted he keep it, but we really appreciated his honesty!)

On-site food (if any): 6/10 (just average)

The restaurant attached to Trinity Silom Hotel was… fine. It was actually kind of astonishingly unremarkable; I can list exactly what I (and everyone else at the table) ate at restaurants across the world for the past several years, but here I have to strain to remember that I had a particularly average curry. Given the plethora of incredible places to eat in the neighborhood, I would skip this restaurant if you can.

It also loses a point for closing before its posted closing time on our arrival night when we were hungry, tired, and too lazy to go far in search of dinner.

Surrounding food options: 11/10 (incredible!)

There’s so much to eat in this neighborhood! I think it would be easy to spend a month in Silom, eating out for every meal, and never eat at the same place twice.

I’ve already mentioned the market down the block that’s open during the day. There’s also a cafeteria-style dining area immediately downstairs from the hotel. Trust me, this is nothing like American-style cafeterias with bland food; every stall we tried served flavor-packed dishes that were among the best we’ve had in Bangkok. And we saw almost no other farangs there!

I hate to admit it, but sometimes we need a pizza fix no matter where in the world we are or how good the local food is. Ciao Pizza is easily the best we’ve had anywhere in Thailand, and it’s an easy walk from Trinity Silom Hotel.

Other options in the neighborhood include a Korean restaurant with some of the sweetest service we’ve encountered anywhere, the distinctive Unicorn Cafe, and, of course, tons of mindblowing street food. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it!

Final score: 8/10 (very good)

If you want a decently comfortable place to spend a few nights in an incredible neighborhood, Trinity Silom Hotel is a great choice. Don’t expect luxury (there are other, much more expensive hotels nearby if that’s what you’re after).

If we had a few days in Bangkok and planned to be out most of the time (therefore not needing the internet to be super fast or reliable), we would stay here again. For a longer stay, we would book an apartment through Airbnb instead.