Markland Hotel

[laffnliv 78]

The last review of the Markland is two years old. Anyone stay there recently? Have booked my daughter, her husband, and my 11 year old grandson in there for 8 days in Jan. Hope I haven't made a mistake. I stayed there when it first opened in about '95 or 6. It was very good at that time.

 

Advice?

 

Little Roy

[torrenova 644]

Looked at a few condos about a year ago and thought they were overpriced and in need of renovation. Haven't seen the hotel rooms though which are a different concern. Ask them to email you some pictures.

[ting_tong 63]

my friend recently bookrd there, Markland over booked and ignored his reservation.

He looked at the big boat hotel next door, it was pricey and full of chinese (rude ones)

 

So he booked at Lababoona, and said it was reasonable, clean, and had a very good view or the sea and sunsets.....I think it was 1200 for him?

[Soi7 1]

Roy,

 

Stayed there a year ago and then it was fine Big Room good Air Con Cable TV Pool, Workout room Ping Pong tables and I can't remember the price but Breakfast was good Buffet and it was in There Rest on the Top Floor and was Included in the price.

[laffnliv 78]

Thanks for the replies! Soi 7's comments make me feel better....but..Ting Tong's friends experience regarding the overbooking is bothersome. Will walk in and confirm the internet booking I made. The family will arrive at the hotel at maybe 2:30 AM one morning. Sure as hell don't need some night clerk playing dumb!

 

Thanks again.

 

Little Roy

[ajweiss1 0]

The last review of the Markland is two years old.  Anyone stay there recently?  Have booked my daughter, her husband, and my 11 year old grandson in there for 8 days in Jan.  Hope I haven't made a mistake.  I stayed there when it first opened in about '95 or 6.  It was very good at that time.

 

Advice?

 

Little Roy

Dear laffnliv:

 

I wasn't going to write about the Mark-Land because it is already to popular.

 

I stay one month (end of November to end of December) every year. I stayed at a different hotel one time in 9 years and always wind up at the Mark-Land.

 

Why:

 

1) Nice size room

2) Bathtub/shower

3) Clean

4) Good air conditioning

5) Nice pool area and never noisy or crowded

6) Exercise room with weights and machines

7) Every room has a balcony with a view of Pattaya Bay

8) They have a very nice restaurant on the top (27th floor) that is glassed in. Every morning they have the breakfast buffet and it is a nice view from North to South.

 

For happy hour it is a nice place for a drink and watch the sunset.

 

For dinner the restaurant is very good and VERY reasonable. Never crowded. Many nights they have music.

 

A lovely setting for dinner with a companion of your choice.

9) VERY guest friendly.

10) The hotel is almost on the beach. Only Beach Road seperates it.

11) Close to Soi 2

12) Close to Big C and the theaters

13) Maybe the only hotel in Pattaya that has a glass elevator. Many of the lovely Thai ladies have never ridden in one so the first time is an interesting experience for them.

14) Easy to get a baht bus

15) Money exchange booth just a few feet away

16) Very nice outdoor restaurant next door (I think Hemingways?)

17) Short walk to Soi 6

18) Has a Family Mart right at the end of the driveway of the hotel so you can always get something if you need it without having to go very far

19) There are food vendors very near so you can get a cheap snack at night

20) The hotel has it's own Spa. I have never tried it yet.

 

I really hate writting a good review of the Mark-Land but since I have learned so much from this board that when members ask questions about things I know about I feel that I should share.

 

So, if other people ask about the Mark-Land tell them it is no good and they shouldn't consider staying there.

 

I book through one particular travel company in Bangkok and get a very good rate. I book early though.

[laffnliv 78]

Thanks aj. Very comforting info. I am hoping the family will like it.

 

I took my lady to the restaurant one night about three years ago. Used the glass elevator. For those who haven't been there, when you enter it you are surrounded by cement, but when you get up about three floors you suddenly find yourself in the open. Freaked my lady out. Up to that point I didn't know she was afraid of being up high. Had a nice meal, but she wouldn't sit near the windows. And we returned to the lobby on one of the interior elevators. Even then she had chill bumps.

 

Since then we have flown to Chiang Mai twice, Udon Thani once, and the U.S. once. Handles things better now, though on the first flight of her life, which was to Chiang Mai, she was so nervous she put salt in her coffee.

 

Got a bit off subject there, didn't I?

 

Anyway, thanks again!

 

Little Roy

[torrenova 644]

I book through one particular travel company in Bangkok and get a very good rate. I book early though.

What agent do you use and what rates can you get ?

[Brown1950 67]

No in room safes at least when i stayed their 3 years ago !

[ajweiss1 0]

I used info@directrooms.com. They got me a rate of 1,400 per night for my stay, November 26th to December 26th. This includes breakfast.