52-Suite Aman Nai Lert Bangkok Opens: Look At Those Prices!

New York, Miami Beach, Cabo, Bangkok……Aman is just mailing it in these days.

BKK is definitely becoming less of a bargain than it once was. Hardly a chain hotel under $150/night, the luxury options are edging $400-500, so not at all surprised to see the pricing they’re going for here

Even if you don't stay there, I highly recommend booking a tour of the Nai Lert home. It's just as unique as the Jim Thompson house but it seems like no one goes there! My husband and I had the place to ourselves and the guide even let us sit on the furniture! (We stayed at the PH and it was an easy walk there)

I'm staying here in May just to check it out at the end of a trip. I think the price will come down a bit over time, I think there's demand at the start for new Aman openings from the Aman obsessed.

Aman Nai Lert opening prompts a key question: Who's the true heir to Zecha-era Aman quality? Not sure I've found one yet.

Oetker is solid at Bristol but seems to be slipping at du Cap (catering to influencers now), Rosewood is inconsistent. Cheval Blanc cheaps out on the little things. Belmond Mallorca and Six Senses Rome both delivered of late. BVLGARI Rome was mediocre. Trying Capella Singapore soon.

Obviously some of those are city properties and what we really want are those remote unicorns.

Having said that, would appreciate the vox populi on this.

Ridiculous prices for Bangkok in a property that's not even in an interesting part of the city with windows looking at other high rises. Ill be keeping my loyalty with the grand dame The Peninsula for an outstanding value along the river with impeccable service and food for less than 400 bucks a night with breakfast and transfer included. Aman is absolutely not what it used to be.

Try Zannier hotels. Exactly how Aman started. VEry few properties still but the ones already open are amazing.

It looks bland. Everything is in "international beige", with unremarkable furniture and fittings in the latest contemporary style. All very "right now" when it comes to hotel interior design, with no real point of distinction other than big rooms at high prices. I hope to god that Park Hyatt Tokyo isn't being converted into one of these Palace of Meh properties that are blighting the landscape.

Bet. Thanks for the Zannier tip - their small portfolio approach does echo early Aman. Will check them out.

Jesus tap-dancing Christ. It’s just a frickin’ hotel. No room, let alone in Bangkok of all places, is worth $2K per night. But I suppose like any business they will charge what the market will bare, so if enough fools buy into the hype then they get what they charge. There are better options for far less money in Bangkok.

Airelles. Not an heir, but great properties at very special locations.

Scoped Airelles, that tracks as well. Chagrined that I chose Cheval Blanc in St. Tropez over the Airelles there.

Exactly, this looks like they're going for Veblen-goods style pricing, hoping to create hype by virtue of being expensive. I can never get my head around the idea of a 'true' luxury city hotel - when I'm travelling to a big city, I want to be out and about. A clean, spacious room and a nice bed are very useful, but I want to be eating in popular spots and mixing with the locals (or at a minimum be people-watching).

I do appreciate that there are some people who are extremely time-poor, so whenever they get a chance to travel they choose to pay for the most expensive services they can get in order to maximise the experience, but, unless we're talking something like a private island resort, this sort of thing really is a case of diminishing returns.

I've stayed in €90-a-night junior suites in Spain that were furnished in the same style and still managed to have more personality.

It's not that bad, during my last real visit in '23 I was paying 3600THB for a 69 sq.m. suite at a 4* chain hotel near Asok. Went back for one night in November during the SAS challenge and stayed in the very nice Silver Palm Resort in Hua Mak for 2400 (base room but still a full 45sq.m.). I do recall some stupidly low prices the first time I went, but that was 15 years ago now and there's been a lot of inflation in between.

$2000/night is crazy - everywhere - but especially in Bangkok. I guess there are people who are more than happy to pay that rate but not sure if it makes any sense. My favourite is Mandarin Oriental ( next year it has its 150th anniversary ! ) and recently opened Capella and Four Season's.

You must not be looking very carefully.

I was just there last fall, and going again this fall, and even properties like the Shangri La, Mandarin Oriental, and the new Dusit Thani, weren't charging that.

Another behavioral experiment about how much people are willing to pay for things like James Perse charging $120 for a plain white T-shirt or Tom Ford charging 400 for a tie. Sad.......

It's the same with every big hotel opening, the rates are set as high as possible and the first few months a very popular hotel can even keep them, but most don't and the rates fall very quickly, often even before the opening. Who can blame the owners and operators for wanting to make money after all these years? I don't.

Wait till you see prices in Phuket and Samui.

Bangkok is developing at a speed of a decade~ a year.
'23 prices don't reflect '25.
You want '23 prices in '25 Go to Manila, KL or Jakarta. You will probably even get '19 prices over there. No one wants to go back there.
Ask the random arrival at BKK or HKT how many times he's been back and he will say dozens.

Bangkok, Dubai, Singapore and Taipei are some of the hottest cities post covid and China-HK decline.

Bangkok/Thailand are probably the biggest winners in the work from anywhere era.

The Aman price doesn't surprise me and the hotel will be sold out.

A decade a year? Easy there, tiger. Lets start with having potable water, walkable sidewalks, streets that don't flood and not having people kidnapped and shipped off to Myawaddy.

Here's what is under development in Bangkok right now:

The Ritz-Carlton Lhong 1919
Ritz-Carlton Reserve Asiatique
Marriott Bangkok Asiatique
JW Marriott Bangkok Sukhumvit
JW Marriott Marquis Asiatique
The Edition Bangkok
Autograph Collection Sukhumvit 53
The Plaza Athenee Nobu Hotel and Spa Bangkok
The Okura Prestige Sukhumvit Bangkok Hotel and Spa
Grand Nikko Bangkok Sathorn Hotel (Q3 2025)
Fairmont Bangkok Sukhumvit (2025)
Swissôtel Bangkok Pratunam
Pullman Ratchada
Pullman Living Sukhumvit 16
Andaz One Bangkok (Q2 2025)
Conrad Bangkok Sukhumvit Queen Park
Canopy by Hilton Bangkok Sukhumvit
The Langham Custom House Bangkok
Dusit Central Park (2025)
Radisson Hotel Ploenchit Bangkok
The Ozone Signature, A Registry Collection Hotel
Eastin Grand Hotel Phyathai

That's just the 5* hotels. Similar activity in condos, Shopping malls, public transport and airports.

Just like Tokyo in the 60's
Hong Kong in the 70's
Chinese cities in 2000~-2016.
They had their cycle, you rarely see cranes in the skies of those cities nowadays.

It's now Bangkok's turn to go through it's one of a lifetime leap forward.

Enjoy the ride.

Good luck keeping these prices long term... The location is nothing to write home about...
The competition is never ending... A new development, sorta hotel/retail/residential combo, is probably somewhere around the corner... As much as BKK is charming, who's going to pay a couple of grand to stay in a city property when you'd spend most of the time out and about (unless the air quality reaches unhealthy levels, like nowadays)

Good luck keeping these prices long term... The location is nothing to write home about...
The competition is never ending... A new development, sorta hotel/retail/residential combo, is probably somewhere around the corner... As much as BKK is charming, who's going to pay a couple of grand to stay in a city property when you'd spend most of the time out and about (unless the air quality reaches unhealthy levels, like nowadays)

I meant it as a freestanding comment... Sorry

Initially long before, it was a wide spread rumor that Aman will take the location of Bangkok Old Custom House at Chao Phraya River side which will be extremely exciting stacking up to MO Bangkok, FS Bangkok and Capella Bangkok. But that location was spoken for Langham and Aman instead chose Nailert park which one of the old piece of land and a former hotel in Bangkok.

On one hand, the property is located in a relatively quiet neighborhood in Bangkok city center. It is not close to any public transportation apart from a bus stop but I fathom that people who can afford this rate in Bangkok would rather go by car than public transportation.

On the other hand, the property lack cultural heritage and landmark view. We are possibly stacking this against Suites at Four Seasons Bangkok, Capella Bangkok, Sindhorn Kempinski, St. Regis Bangkok, Waldorf-Astroria Bangkok, Mandarin Oriental Bangkok and Ritz-Carlton One Bangkok. All of which either sport a spectacular view of Chao Phraya River, the view of Lumphini Park (One of the biggest park in the city center) or the view of Royal Bangkok Sport Club (The only golf course in the city center). Whilst Aman will probably sport a view of skyscrapers, busy Phetchaburi Road and Chitlom Road. Nothing to write home about here.

I'll say Aman Bangkok is not in a favorable location comparing to other top luxury hotel in the city. If we are talking about wellness retreat, the main competitor would be Sindhorn Kempinski in my opinion and that's a very tough one to beat.

I hope Aman Bangkok live up to the "Aman" name but I am not holding my breath over its success.

How many idiot farang will happily pay the asking price? As a Thai, it's amazing to me that people come to my country and pay more than the average person's monthly income to stay for one night at a mediocre "luxury" hotel.

The Sindhorn K, is a marvel. Stayed for a couple of weeks over Christmas and New Years - there was a daily street market on Lang Suan, with the many eateries and business in the adjacent Sindhorn mall. As close as you can get to to Lumpini, a 10 min walk to the sky train, or (maybe 15mins ) to the new Ritz Carlton, Park Hyatt, St Regis, etc. 20 mins to the designer stores around Ratchaprasong.

Beautiful two bedroom suites for a little bit less (at peak season) compared to the cheapest Aman rate. Amazing restaurants and top floor lounge. Watched the best NYE firework show from my balcony.

Best hotel I've stayed at in Bangkok and puts most big city luxury hotels to shame, for what is a relative bargain in terms of cost to room size ratio 1100sqft two bedroom suite for around $1100/night