Sungai Golok: Places to Stay

*Extracted from the Sungai Golok post in 2010.* 

As for places to stay, there are quite a few in Golok..

Didn't try out the cheaper motels (about 280 Baht a night) but instead decided to stick to a hotel.. and a central hotel would be the Marina Hotel  (600 baht a night)...

From the 9th floor, 

I could have a good view of the town but no internet connection.

As you can see the flags on the left, 

that's the cafe where they screen the world cup matches...

in two languages... 

and you cannot see it 

but there's actually a disco located on the first floor 

but it cannot be heard from the hotel room.

*updated 2013* 

Marina Hotel now costs 800 baht a night

and currently under the process of upgrading

Wifi has improved a lot but still depends on the room location

 

 Marina Hotel

173 Charoenkit Road, Soi 3

TV: MANY CHANNELS (Malaysia & Thai)

air cond: WITH THERMOSTAT

fridge: YES

wifi: YES

Restaurant: YES

Cost: 800 Baht

 another popular hotel would be Hotel Genting..

located near the train station as well as the border crossing,

popular with many Malaysians, especially the young Malays

 the view is pretty impressive

 the rooms are not too bad,

but a little run down in my opinion

 

the hotel of course catered to Thai's and Malaysians.... 

Genting Hotel

250 Asia 18 Road

TV: MANY CHANNELS (Malaysia & Thai)

air cond: WITH THERMOSTAT

fridge: YES

wifi: NOT SO GOOD

Restaurant: YES

Cost: 650 Baht

One of the lesser known hotels is the Parkson Hotel

Even my friend working here hadn't heard of the place

0utside it looks like a pretty nice place...

 Inside, it also look not too bad especially for the price...

 but upon close inspection,

it is in need of a little fixing
 

It is however quite a good choice for the price

 

Parkson Hotel

301 Chareonkhet Road, Soi 3

TV: MANY CHANNELS (Malaysia & Thai)

air cond:YES

fridge:NO

wifi: NO

Restaurant: YES

Cost: 550 Baht

The latest place I tried is Taksin Hotel 2...

important to note the 2 as apparently 1 is quite run down

I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with the controversial former leader

and is suppose to be run by chinese...

but I have my doubts

(chinese usually don't have 4th floor)

 

 the rooms are clean, and tidy

  Unusual that the shower is central heating...

but is good, not that strong though

Taksin Hotel No. 2

301 Chareonkhet Road, Soi 3

TV: MANY CHANNELS (Malaysia & Thai)

air cond:YES (no thermostat)

fridge:NO

wifi: VERY GOOD

Cost: 600 Baht