Agoda hotel ratings

[Olded 242]

How do Agoda get there star rating for a hotel?? I put in I'm looking for a 4 star hotel for family coming to Thailand. The first hotel that  came up was Sawasdee Siam Hotel  I stayed there before, OK clean but old and the hotel is not kept up well. Maybe a 2-3 star hotel.  The third hotel was Charles Place, I never stayed there but when I looked at there room photos, small rooms, old furniture and the TV was not even a flat screen but a 15 year old 20" TV. How can that be a 4 star hotel?? You can't count on the star ratings.

[tallguy 1,474]

26 minutes ago, Olded said:

How do Agoda get there star rating for a hotel?? I put in I'm looking for a 4 star hotel for family coming to Thailand. The first hotel that  came up was Sawasdee Siam Hotel  I stayed there before, OK clean but old and the hotel is not kept up well. Maybe a 2-3 star hotel.  The third hotel was Charles Place, I never stayed there but when I looked at there room photos, small rooms, old furniture and the TV was not even a flat screen but a 15 year old 20" TV. How can that be a 4 star hotel?? You can't count on the star ratings.

Probably based on official ratings which could have been given many years ago. Treat with a massive dose of salt. Best to look for the facilities and location that suits and then recent reviews.

[jacko 8,814]

9 hours ago, tallguy said:

Probably based on official ratings which could have been given many years ago. Treat with a massive dose of salt. Best to look for the facilities and location that suits and then recent reviews.

Or somewhere you personally know.....

"Gold Start ratings are supplied by the property to reflect the comfort, facilities and amenities you would expect." Areca only has 3.5, and although it may depend on which of the 3 buildings you are in, I would personally give it a four. 

Edited September 18, 2023 by jacko

[yorta2 693]

12 hours ago, Olded said:

How do Agoda get there star rating for a hotel?? I put in I'm looking for a 4 star hotel for family coming to Thailand. The first hotel that  came up was Sawasdee Siam Hotel  I stayed there before, OK clean but old and the hotel is not kept up well. Maybe a 2-3 star hotel.  The third hotel was Charles Place, I never stayed there but when I looked at there room photos, small rooms, old furniture and the TV was not even a flat screen but a 15 year old 20" TV. How can that be a 4 star hotel?? You can't count on the star ratings.

I stayed at the 'purple palace' (Sawasdee Siam) only once, with a couple of maters. We found it bloody awful and the breakfast almost inedible. It was also pretty full of really cheapskate Indians and Russians. It had a fairly good pool and some of the Russians (and I repeat "some") were really fuckable in their tiny bikinis, but the rest were obese. We moved on the 2nd day. This was maybe 10 years ago. Never a 3 star hotel back then.