Suk 11 Hostel

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1/13 Sukhumvit 11, Bangkok Bangkok Province, Thailand Map

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Online booking is not offered for this hostel, contact them for availability and reservations (any contact info we have is listed above).

Their Description

The Hostelz.com Review

Suk 11 is a haven in busy, noisy Bangkok. The building is styled as a traditional Thai house and the helpful, friendly owners are known to go out of their way for the guests. The hostel is located just near the Nana skytrain station in Sukhumvit. It has a strict no sex tourism policy, which makes life comfortable for everyone.

The spacious accommodations are available as dorms, doubles/twin, or triples. There is also a family room that sleeps five. Some rooms have their own bathrooms. The rooms are kept very clean as are the shared bathrooms. Guests sharing bathrooms have the option of an outside shower on the atmospheric roof, but there are numerous other more private bathrooms available for those who are not so adventurous. All rooms have very efficient air conditioning.

The hostel provides breakfast of pastries, fruit, tea, and coffee in the downstairs reception and common area. Dinner is available if requested. There are several common areas with a rooftop balcony and a TV room with cable TV and DVD player. The downstairs common area is surrounded by greenery and maintains the style of a wooden Thai house.

Internet is available, as are laundry and baggage storage facilities. There is even a room in the hostel where you can request a masseur for 250 baht per hour. This is much cheaper than the spa right outside the hostel's front door. For a relaxed, cool, comfortable stay in Bangkok's centre in a hostel with oodles of character, you just can't go past Suk 11.

— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
November 2006

Ratings & Comments

3.6 Average from 9 Ratings

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Comment by sophia, italy

May 2009

An experience you have to make!
even if the staff are not really friendly and you're not going to feel welcome at all, this place has something, a soul, you have to experience. i'm sorry to say that the hospitality is not the only problem of this hostel. The location is the other one. too much prostitution around and to many western man to be ashamed of. the third thing is that the skytrain doesn't connect the city to the part in which the wat are. that means that you have to take a tuktuk, that is a good experience, but still i prefer to have more than one choice to get to one place. i hope you will enjoy your stay there, because after a day in the chaos, the heat, the smog, the noise, the amount of information and cultural exchange you will receive i think it's important to have a nice, clean, surprising place in which to stay.

Comment by Pete, England

December 2008

Clean, a bit away from the action, staff sucks, poor internet
Relative price, High -- This is one of the more expensive hostels in Bangkok. Hygiene, Good -- Room and bathrooms were clean, common areas not that great but ok. Beds, Ok -- Relatively new but a bit on the thin side. Staff, Not good -- There is a very clear "making money first" attitude, especially by the guy who is apparently running the place. I and others felt like were were an annoyance to the employees, they don't have the "spirit" and positive attitude that most employees in other hostels have. Location, Ok -- Quick walk to the main street, but quite a ways to the center and other major attractions. Noise, Good -- I was on the second floor and wasn't really bothered by any noise. Internet, Wi-Fi only in the common areas and one has to pay. I don't exactly remember the exact price but it was quite expensive and the connection was not that great. Other, This could be a nice place, but the employees and the lack of a good, free internet connection make it not so great.

Comment by J. Hiett, Philippines

October 2008

Lovely place -- appalling manners from male staff
I discovered this incredibly attractive hostel in a quiet location whilst walking around the area Suk 11 on a rainy day. I went to the reception desk to enquire about the room availability, and waited around ten minutes as the receptionist was completing a transaction. I though that it would be worth the wait as the place seemed friendly and inviting. A man appeared and discussed with a woman (possibly domestic staff, little English so we could not communicate easily) that I would see two rooms. I had asked the man what was available. After being shown the rooms, which seemed to be perfectly adequate and clean, with a great ambiance in general, I went downstairs. I waited again at the desk. The receptionist was busy again. After some time, the male member of staff informed me that there were no double rooms available. I asked why I had been shown the room if it was not available, I was told that I was then not welcome at the hostel because I had asked this question. I apologised for any offense caused and explained that I had simply wanted to know what was available tonight and was reminded that I was not welcome anymore. Having traveled around Asia for the past fourteen months I have never met such an unpleasant character in the service industry. I am sure if you go there and deal with another staff member your experience may be different.

Comment by Larry, USA

March 2008

Major disappointment!
When I went to check in today into my dorm room and the front desk manager said I was on the third floor, I joked "Where's the elevator?" I'm fifty-four. A young employee offered to help me carry my bags upstairs (it's an awkward walk up) but the manager told her not to help me and you could clearly see the embarrassment on her face. When I entered the dorm room, I couldn't get the air conditioning to work. I asked the front desk manager and he said the air conditioning is turned off from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. To put this in perspective, this is the middle of March going on the hottest time of year in Thailand, and there's no AC -- only one fan for the entire room and no AC on in the entire building during the day! At Suk 11 you will pay 600 baht for a private room (a very basic room with only air con and small bathroom/only shower where you can also hear your neighbors next door). When I made my reservation a few days earlier in person, a man asked the same front desk manager if he could see a room and he told him flatly, " no," that he'd have to check the internet for photos to see what a room looked like. The man was surprised by his remarks and left. This was my second time I was planning to stay here but experienced completely different customer service from my first visit. Asking around, I heard that the staff are very pleasant but the owner's sons who work the front desk periodically are very rude, so customer service is "hit or miss" depending on who is working the front desk. Also, if you're interested in comfort, like the availability of air conditioning so you don't have to suffer in your room on a sweltering hot day, you might want to consider another location.

Comment by Rebecca (Melbourne, Australia)

February 2007

Suk11 (pronounced "suk sibet" --- if you say "suk eleven" to anyone you'll be met with some confused looks!) was a welcome little pocket of peace amongst the chaos of Bangkok. I can't speak highly enough of this place. No hassles getting here -- it's really close to Nana station. Situated in a leafy little u-shaped laneway off Sukhumvit 11, it's flanked on either side by massage parlours (a definite must) and cute, lively drinking spots popular with expats -- Q Bar, Zanzibar (which hosted awesome jazz performances nightly), and the Charlie Bar, all worth a visit. The area is home to countless street stalls selling hot food, fresh fruit, fashions and souvenirs. Great for a wander. Just remember to barter. The hostel itself is gorgeous. It's an old-style wooden Thai house, about four stories, covered in vines and ferns. The walls are covered in the scrawl of many visitors who had fallen in love with the place previously (my message is in there somewhere), declarations of devotion, drawings, recommendations of travel destinations, in every possible language. The place is immaculately clean and tidy, bathrooms are spotless (and there are plenty of them), beds are made up daily. Very secure -- everything is lockable, and in the dorm rooms, each bed has its own lockable drawer for personal items. Staff are also happy to store larger items for you (e.g. backpack). Bottled water is available in the breakfast area downstairs for 5 baht (a godsend). The second floor is home to a tv/dvd room and a computer with the internet (available for 10 baht for ten minutes). It's a pretty big place, being four stories tall -- make sure you explore the whole thing as there are lots of little spots that are good for having a read (heaps of books/magazines available) and an awesome rooftop garden. Guests get free breakfast in the mornings, which includes tea, coffee, toast, croissants, muffins, watermelon, papaya, and pineapple -- and there's heaps of it. There's also an in-house dinner available, so long as you let the staff know before 3 p.m. that you want it! The staff are helpful but some speak better English than others -- if you have a complicated enquiry you'll probably want to wait for one of the more skilled speakers. There's also heaps of information at reception on bus and train routes in Bangkok and on other areas in Thailand -- it's a good place to start from if you're planning further travels in the country. My recommendation? Skip the boring backpacker district and head here instead. If you're anything like me, you'll fall in love with Suk11 straight away.

Comment by Crystal

September 2006

Clean and spacious rooms with A/C, friendly staff who speak good English and easy to meet other travelers. Very close to lots of restaurants and bars and the SkyTrain. 7/11 around the corner where you can buy beer and sit outside the hostel and meet other travelers. We will definitely be back!

Comment by Verena

July 2006

Fantastic place with helpful staff! Great ambience -- it's decorated like a traditional wooden Thai house in a village, and all rooms are air-conditioned and insect-free, even the bathrooms. Serendipity Cafe downstairs is lovely and the Indonesian cook is friendly. (The Indonesian dishes tend to be spicy). Breakfast is great for meeting new people, and the words of praise scribbled on the walls by grateful guests speak for the quality of the hostel. The staff trust its guests too -- there's a fridge from which you can buy a bottle of water for five Baht, not by giving the money to a staff member but by placing it in a cash box which isn't fastened to anything. There's a small reading nook with bookshelves on the second floor, a TV room, and a roof garden.

Comment by Bangkok Boy

March 2006

For anyone who knows a thing about Bangkok, there is not a better place in the entire sweltering city. Zanzibar, Q Bar, Bed, Ambassador are a three-minute walk, as is Nana BTS. The hostel itself is great, but who cares -- it's the location. Get off Khao San Road and get out here.

Comment by Alan (Brazil)

November 2005

Good atmosphere. Breakfast is very good. Location could be better, but it's right off the Skytrain station, so it's easy to get around. Rooms are very good and the air conditioning is perfect as well, and due to the unbearable heat in Bangkok this is essential. I definitely recommend it!

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