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Prakorb's House
An excellent budget option
52 Khao San Rd, Bangkok
Bangkok Province
Tel: (02) 281 1345
Fax: (02) 629 0714
Description
This clean and quiet guesthouse has a surprisingly lovely little wooden house hidden behind the pretty plain street frontage. Doubles and triple rooms in the wooden house are very homey and have screen doors behind the wooden ones that give room breeze and more light. They are far superior to the cramped singles in the concrete building above the restaurant, which also faces construction from across the street that should continue through much of 2007. There's also a small garden dining area well away from the Khao San Road passing traffic. Up front there is the long-running cafe which has a nice selection of coffees and shakes, including avocado and pomelo, along with Thai and western food -- it's worth visiting even if you're not staying here. All rooms have shared facilities, the staff are very friendly, somewhat of a rarity on Khao San road, and the coffee is great -- at these prices this is excellent value. Recommended.
Sgl fan share b'room
160 THB (low season)
160 THB (high season)
Dbl fan share b'room
250 THB (low season)
250 THB (high season)
Triple fan share b'room
360 THB (low season)
360 THB (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 21st July, 2003
Last visited or updated on: 11th June, 2007
Guest feedback
mediocre - 
By Cassidy ( total comments: 2 
) Stayed here 7/2005
I stayed here for one night and didn't think much of it at all. The staff were nice enough, the room was small, dark and dingy and the bathrooms were horrible. i got eaten alive, despite using a mosquito net, so i suspect bedbugs. I wouldn't bother staying here again. the restaurant wasn't bad though.
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