River Kwai Hotel

4/10

Poor

11 Nov 2025

Frank

Staff were great, hotel is old and worn electric sockets hanging off walls, net curtains have holes in them

2/10

Poor

29 Jul 2025

Yakov

Not recommanded hotel

Ivdidnt enjoy in this hotel and room so we left the day after to other hotel

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

10 Mar 2024

Jeffrey

Try somewhere else

Room is run down. Has not been updated for at least 30 years western breakfast was stale bread. Thai food not much better. The bar at the pool has not been used for decades.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Nov 2020

Neil

Decent hotel in good location. Nice restaurant, pool, and breakfast. Spacious room, a bit dated but clean. Staff friendly and helpful. Good stay overall.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Mar 2020

Stephen

Rooms on a River.

A hotel with some rooms that are literally on the river. These rooms have balconies, which give a wonderful view of life on the river. Basic but clean. An easy walk to restaurants and the railway museum and military graveyard.

Self

2/10

Poor

27 Nov 2019

Kris

The hotel is the worst hotel I have ever been in my entire life.It is very noisy at night and the staff are not showing any responsibility to help me out during the night.I can’t sleep at all.I thought going to this hotel will give me a good night rest but I realised I am wrong at the first moment I step into this hotel.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

People are very nice. Check in and out were very fast. The room was very good. The bath tub was a little bit old.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

11 May 2019

Jose

Hotel rate is completely unreasonable

River Kwai Hotel is well painted from the exterior but the inside premise needs to be renovated. The room assigned to me has old fixtures and not well maintained. Stinky bidet with little bugs crawling around. The aircon is also old, hence, cannot give cool ambiance. Free Wifi is terrible, frequently asked for log-in username and password. On the other hand, breakfast is good and the hotel's location is in strategic position. It is walking distance from the bus station (7-10 min), night market, kanchanaburi train station, and prisoner of war cemetery (7-10 min). There are nearby restaurants and across the street is the 7-11 convenience store.

6/10

Pleasant

28 Apr 2019

Peter

On check in staff was not helpfull and overnight very noisy

4/10

Poor

13 Mar 2019

Daniel

One night stay

The hotel is extremely outdated and the hotel is on need of repair and renovation badly, the floors were all cracked up, the bed was broken with springs coming through the mattress, bathroom was not in good shape, the nightclub next door was thumping till 3am, when I asked for a different room due to condition I was told all are the same.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

This hotel is located at central of the city. It's near street food and night market but it' closer with pub so very noisy at night.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Nov 2018

Chong

Hotel wifi was slow and room toilet water pressure sometimes slow sometimes fast pressure water not consistant but breakfast food in hotel is nice.

Family

8/10

Excellent

10 Nov 2018

Martin

Enjoyable stay.

The rooms and areas of the hotel are in need of an update, but that aside all okay and good breakfast selection.

Friends

8/10

Excellent

10 Nov 2018

Stuart

Quick hotel review

Big hotel but a bit outdated.
Think the rooms depend what floor you’re put on. Other floors seemed a bit more tidier than ours.
Swimming pool was a nice addition.
They have a night club which is next to the hotel so be prepared to be kept up until early hours.
Shower was cold. We asked if it could be sorted. Guy tried but it was only luke warm at best.
It was £19 a night. You can book a basic hotel for half that nearby but not in a big hotel.
Breakfast was pretty good though. A lot of choice.
It’s not a bad place but noise at night from club lets it down and price is probably expensive for this part of Thailand.
Happy travels

Friends

8/10

Excellent

20 Oct 2018

Verified traveler

Outside is fine, need some renovation inside the bedroom

6/10

Pleasant

28 May 2018

Verified traveler

Bugs in bath room a lot

8/10

Excellent

23 May 2018

Pamela

A bit dated, but a great location and a great price.

Friends

8/10

Excellent

15 May 2018

Myat

Our stay was short..But..We had a great time in hotel...

Friends

8/10

Excellent

27 Apr 2018

Rocket

nice hotel

A little run down in areas,but rooms are comfortable and clean,staff excellent as was the food.Will stay again.Also close to the bridge & war cemetery.

8/10

Excellent

22 Dec 2017

Thomas

Not a bad hotel

Had a really nice time at river kwai hotel, only thing wrong was the free shuttle service,,, its non excistant, basically they phone you a taxi and you pay

10/10

Exceptional

23 Nov 2017

N. N.

First stayed

Great location with free breakfast clean room. can't beat the price!

Family

6/10

Pleasant

23 Aug 2017

carl

Good for a couple of days

Nice hotel but old fashioned but not far from bus station slightly longer walk to bridge but perfectly doable. Also close to old artcictectural street. Staff helpful.

6/10

Pleasant

17 Aug 2017

John

Very average.

Not really close to anywhere. Have to get transport to or from anywhere of any interest, and that is a lot easier said than done. We felt the hotel was very much geared towards Asian tourists, rather than Western ones. The whole place was rather dated and did not represent good value for money. Whilst breakfasts were supposedly \"more than you could eat\", that only applied if you ate the food they provided.

8/10

Excellent

04 Aug 2017

mark

Great in town location

Great entry and wonderful staff, clean neat rooms with some old world charm, the bath was a bonus but no hot water, just tepid i could deal with that, large spacious dining room and the free breakfast was huge with plenty of choices, a great out side bar with live music was enjoyed by many and the food as always was amazing, i will stay again on my next visit.... all in all 8/10 great value for money.

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jul 2017

Dale

Ok for price but Glitz Club will keep you awake

Definitely showing its age but gave it an old world class type of feel. Like all of thailand, hot water was rare but here, at times, we'd have NO water. Middle of shower and water would stop for a few minutes then come back then stop again. Staff was friendly but not knowledgeable of the area. Asked about motor bike rental and were told there weren't any around. 3 days later we found 5 places that rent motorbikes. Rooms were clean. Breakfast had few items. Glitz Club is attached to hotel and packed every night. We were opposite of the club on the top floor and our floor still vibrated (boom boom boom boom) so bring earplugs if you want to sleep.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Jul 2017

Eva

Older Hotel in middle of renovations

Our experince was on a floor that hasn't yet been renovated. Outside of hotel has had a major make-over. The entry is lovely however common areas of our floor had stained wornout carpet. Bathroom had been patched many times. Next to no hot water. One of us had a warm shower once in 2 days. Renovation works could be heard all day. No lunch food options at the hotel.

2/10

Poor

07 May 2017

Fiona

no pride, no renovations, no go

Sorry - I hate to see the worst in places, but this hotel needs to buck up it's ideas. The old adage: \"you pay peanuts you get monkeys\" is so true is this case.

The Reception Staff were surly and commanding, the lobby is an eclectic mish-mash of 20th century decor, the carpet in the hallway of the third floor is horrendous - wouldn't let my dog lie on it, the bedroom was OK although there were 5 long black hairs on the bathtub, and the sofa bed looked like someone had eaten a week of meals off of it. The floor of the breakfast dining room was filthy and there were flies landing on the food as there we no covers on the buffet.

Don't do it - spend a bit more and book elsewhere.

10/10

Exceptional

05 May 2017

BETTY

No disappointments. Meet our expectations. Will book this hotel again for the next trip.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

16 Apr 2017

Johan

Good value for the money

Bad aircon but very good breakfast

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Jan 2017

Robert

Good value for the money.

Front desk people were very helpful. Amenities are adequate. Walking distance to the Night Bazaar. I would recommend it to a friend, would stay here again.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Jan 2017

peter

Happy

Yeah it was good for the price! Breakfast had a good spread. Pool was nice and clean. They very kindly changed my booking for free after I booked the wrong night so really appreciate that. It's close to the bus and train station, but deffo a taxi ride to the bridge.

8/10

Excellent

16 Jan 2017

Robin

Nice clean hotel,Great Breakfast

Nice hotel,, great morning breakfast, afternoon swim in pool a real treat..

Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Jan 2017

Verified traveler

Good value for the money

Good stay and nice breakfast

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jan 2017

Verified traveler

Good location and great people!

The beds were hard and there were a couple of mosquitoes flying around, but other than that it was great! The breakfast is awesome and the staff is very friendly. It's great for one or two nights, but maybe stay somewhere else for longer to be more comfortable.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

25 Dec 2016

lawrence

friendly staff

Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Nov 2016

alice

Nice hotel shame about the WIFI

My stay was enjoyable however the hot water was inconsistent and the wifi wasnt working the whole time i was there.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Nov 2016

louise

Clean and lovely hotel

Really enjoy enjoyable stay, clean and comfy

Family

6/10

Pleasant

29 Oct 2016

Tom

Good location. Breakfast so so.

some staff members are not too friendly. Not helping.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2016

Howard

Excellent service.

Hallways look a bit shabby but room is very clean and serviced every day.Excellent value for money. Lovely staff.

6/10

Pleasant

03 Oct 2016

Patrick

You get what you paid.

Upon check in, the staff did not manage to find my booking till few round of verifying.

There was no hot water for first nite.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2026

Jan Svein

Deler av hotellet trenger vedlikehold.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

29 Jan 2026

Helen

Behövs nog lite kärlek överallt i rum mm

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

10 Apr 2025

Detlef

Sicher kämpfen alle Hotels mit sinkende Gästezahlen aber einige technische Instandhaltungen vor allen Dingen im Sanitärbereich sollten möglichst bald erfolgen. Sonst sehr schnell am Bahnhof, Busbahnhof, Am Skywalk und Innenstadt.

6/10

Pleasant

01 Apr 2025

Akira

全体的に施設が老朽化していて、★の数で言うと一つ星ホテルと言う印象。

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

13 Feb 2025

Torben

Fint til prisen og god service

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

30 Jan 2024

sebastien

Prestation moyenne

Chambre très spacieuse. Douche a l italienne sans pente pour évacuer l eau, du coup grande flaque d eau au milieu de la salle de bain. Éponger si on veut y circuler.Pas d eau chaude.
Petit déjeuner bof pour les Européens

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

14 Dec 2020

Sommai

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Business_and_leisure Self

2/10

Poor

28 Dec 2019

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