April 2018

Pimnara Boutique Hotel right in Jungceylon, a shopping mall, fits well into our Free & Lazy, no itinerary holiday. The hotel comprises two adjoining blocks linked by covered walkway situated on the upper floor, is flanked with restaurants, fast food outlets, food kiosk and souvenir stalls on the ground floor. Outside noise is efficiently blocked from the room by permanently sealed windows that ensures you’ll get a quiet night’s sleep. Your transport will drop you off at the back slip road close to the entrance avoiding you having to wade through the mall.

The hotel is fronting another building that houses Robinson’s Department Store, Big C Supermarket as well as more shops. All these will keep you busy for a couple of days. A privately run tourist counter besides the entrance makes ticket and tour arrangement convenient. Patong beach is accessible via Soi (road) Bangla about a 10 minutes walk.

Entrance to the hotel. Towards the left, are restaurants, fast food outlets and food kiosk. A tourist counter for tickets and tours is just next to the hotel.

What can one do at Jungceylon? It’s a shopping mall with many branded shops. Robinson’s Department Store and Big C Supermarket located in the adjoining building provides shopping convenience. Plenty of restaurants, fast food outlets, food kiosks around Phuket Square as well as eateries in the food court of Jungceylon makes dining decision difficult. Souvenir carts line part of Phuket Square closer to the hotel. Those wanting to rejuvenate your body, head over to ‘Thairapy’ in the basement of Jungceylon for a massage. Almost the whole basement is devoted to Thai Massage & SPA products. At the entrance of the basement, you’ll find currency change office as well as countless ATM machines.

Over at Robinson’s, it’s a full fledged department store and at Big C Supermarket, you’ll find almost everything you need for your home and kitchen. For your mobile phone and computer requirement, head over to the 3rd floor. More information on Jungceylon here.

Location of Pimnara Boutique Hotel. Click map to enlarge.

Although a deposit of THB1,000 is payable upon check-in as mentioned in our booking, we were never asked for it. Hotel booking was made through hotels.com and check-in was swift and we were escorted by one of the reception staff to our room. The hotel lobby is minimalist, almost all white and give a ‘clean’ look. A lift is available for guests whilst using the stairs wouldn’t be a pain, only one floor up.

The ‘clean’ look lobby of the hotel. Lift (not in pic) is towards the right.

Our room is on a different wing from the reception building and you cross by a covered walkway a short distance from the lift. The hallway to your room is clean and decorated with artificial flowers along the wall. I’m not sure if the other wing is also decorated as such. The lobby and the hallway already gives good vibe.

Wall decoration in the hallway to the rooms.

According to the booking and the hotel’s website, the rooms are individually themed. Ours was a yellow colored room with ‘items’ fixed to the wall. A reasonably big room with equally spacious bathroom. Views from the window looking across is nothing much, looking downwards will be part of Phuket Square where the souvenir carts are. The drapes effectively keep lights out so you can sleep easily during the day.

Our themed room with two single beds.

Mini fridge below the wardrobe.

The air-cond room is furnished with a wardrobe, a mini safe, umbrellas, bathrobe, soft towels, mini fridge, large LCD CTV, DVD player and tea/coffee maker. Iron and board are upon request. Two complimentary bottles of mineral water is provided free daily. Tea/Coffee, sugar, cream is replenished everyday. Free wi-fi with strong signal is provided although we did experienced ‘dropped-connection’ on several occasions. Room is cleaned daily and even if you get up late, house keeping will wait till then.

Safe and bath robe in the closet.

Addition soft towels and umbrellas provided.

Table, large LCD CTV and tea/coffee maker. Iron and board available upon request. A DVD player (not in pic) is beside the CTV.

The bathroom is big with good sized cubicle helps you to avoid hitting any fixtures and hot water comes within seconds. For Muslim guests, it’s nice to know a bidget water spray is by the toilet. The bathroom is equipped with hair dryer and everything works. The mirror do not get frosted after a hot shower. Bathroom amenities are in individual sealed packs.

Shower cubicle in bathroom. The standard white towels are placed here. Bottled body wash and shampoo in cubicle.

Hair dryer and shaver outlet provided.

Bathroom amenities individually packed. Shower cap, toothbrush & paste, cotton buds, comb and soap..

The ‘standard’ white towel and the ‘super soft’ purple towel.

Thailand utilises a 3-prong electrical power socket outlet with a voltage output of 220 volts. The socket can easily accommodate a round or flat 2-pin plug. Guests whose home country voltage is 110 volts must ensure your equipment can run on auto voltage or risk them getting fried.

Electrical power socket, 220 volts.

View of shops and souvenir carts from our room. The white painted windows of the opposite building is Robinson’s Department Store.