Volve Hotel Bangkok
Pocket rocket
Cosmopolitan, cultured Thonglor
Get more Bangkok for your buck at Volve Hotel Bangkok, which proves that hotels haven’t just evolved – they’ve ’volved. This unassuming hideaway is more home than hotel (and that’s just the way we like it). Volve’s building is small (a stark contrast to Bangkok’s characteristic, cloud-poking skyscrapers), its staff are clad in refreshingly casual uniforms and there’s no pool or garden – but a rooftop terrace, cool design touches galore, an excellent restaurant and a relaxed, friendly feel fill the gaps and then some.
Food & Drink
Top Table
They’re all on a par – nab whichever one takes your fancy.
Dress Code
Low-key cool, like your setting. Support local Thai designers by modelling your just-found Thonglor acquisitions.
Hotel Restaurant
Tucked away beneath the lobby, Jan Jao Dining Room is a cool and casual eatery that's perfect for relaxed morning meals and long lunches (it doesn’t currently serve dinner). Dishes are inspired by the ‘Western’ restaurants run by Chinese immigrants in Bangkok from the Fifties onwards, which served Thai-Chinese interpretations of Western dishes: grilled beef salad and pork chops, for example. Tick off Thai specialties at breakfast: wonton noodles with fish balls, traditional rice porridge (served with slow-cooked sweet pork belly, salted duck egg, pickled vegetables and peanuts) or Thai French toast, perhaps. The styling is equally nostalgic: poured terrazzo finishes; wooden dice pieces hand-made by Thai craftsmen in Bang Po, an area famed for its woodcraft; old Thai movies projected dimly on the walls.
Last Orders
Come for breakfast, stay for lunch (served 11am to 5pm). The restaurant doesn’t serve dinner, but there’s a room service menu for that...
Room Service
Order items from the restaurant and lobby café to your room during their opening hours, including coffees and cocktails (a slimmed-down selection is available across the clock). The Breakfast in Bed options are understandably popular with lovebirds.
