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I have stayed at 3 Hilton properties within a mont...

I have stayed at 3 Hilton properties within a month: 5 days at Hilton Sukhumvit with family (which I have reviewed also on TA), 3 days at DoubleTree on a business trip and a day at the Millennium Hilton as a solo traveller. As I stayed at the Millennium Hilton last, my review will also have lots of comparisons against the previous two Hilton properties. Location: I find the location of the Millennium Hilton to be excellent. Even though you don't have a BTS and MRT right at the door step, the view you get from the hotel room, the executive lounge as well as the rooftop bar are simply breathtaking. I loved every aspect of it. The hotel also provides a private boat that transports you to Saphan Taksin BTS every 20 minutes throughout the day, as well as a separate boat to the touristy nightmarket, Asiatique from 6pm onwards. Room: I requested for a renovated executive king room and the hotel delivered. The room was in tip top condition and seemed to be very recently touched up as there is still a smell of thinner throughout the stay, as well as throughout the walkway outside my room. I won't fault the hotel for this as that is probably part and parcel of room renovations, but do take this in mind if you have breathing issues. Bed was big and comfortable. Most toiletries are also provided. I needed a comb for my stay so a magic phone call later, a comb was promptly delivered to my room. Awesome. One bad point about the bathroom - the toilet is simply not on the same level as the awesome Japanese version found at the Hilton Sukhumvit. Even though the room has been renovated, the hotel did not seem to have upgraded the toilet - it was just a simple toilet without even a bidet. Definitely room for improvement here. Moving on to the next, the bathroom. The rainshower is just OK. Compared to the large rainshower with super strong pressure at the Hilton Sukhumvit, this does not feel very luxurious. I will rate the rain shower here the 2nd best followed by a very weak and inconsistent rain shower at the DoubleTree. The bathtub, however is where the Millennium Hilton shines. The Jacuzzi bathtub is big, clean and was very comfortable. The Hilton Sukhumvit's bathtub while big, lacks the Jacuzzi feature so it loses out to the Millennium Hilton's version for me. Breakfast: For a huge 5 star hotel, I am kind of disappointed by the breakfast offering here. The staff are very good and attentive, that's a plus point but the selection is lacking for a hotel of this caliber. Even the DoubleTree seems to offer much more variety of dishes for a much smaller hotel. Staff: I find the team at Hilton Sukhumvit to be much better in terms of hospitality, friendliness and the willingness to help compared to that of the Millennium Hilton. I've got quite a couple of not so friendly encounters with the staff here. I asked a guy manning the concierge at level 1 regarding river boats to Wat Arun in the evening around 6-7PM and he simply told me there aren't any, without a smile or courtesy. I asked the same question to the helpful ladies at the executive lounge and they gave me all the instructions I needed straight away (Sidetracking: you can take the orange flag boat at the Saphan Taksin pier and these will bring you to Wat Arun until 7PM). Asking for a taxi at the taxi/limo counter also, the staff seems to be not happy with what they are doing and are not exactly cheerful towards the guests either. I did not encounter any such unfriendly encounters at the Hilton Sukhumvit - the team there is super cheerful, approachable and are ready to assist the guests in anyway they can: from concierge, to lobby staff, to executive lounge to the breakfast staff. This is where Millennium Hilton can aim to improve to truly remain 5-stars. Even though I have some complaints above, I still truly enjoyed my stay at the Millennium Hilton. Would I stay here again? Absolutely.

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