REVIEW

JL Bangkok

Blissfully Zen, with pale-yellow walls and sconces shaded with rice paper and linen.

By Jessica Olien, Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009, 12:00 AM

JL Bangkok

• 5 Soi Ramkhamhaeng
  Ramkhamhaeng, Bangkok, Thailand 
  011-66/2-369-2407
  
• JL Bangkok website

About this Hotel

Price From $40

The Vibe Blissfully Zen, with pale-yellow walls and sconces shaded with rice paper and linen. Beds in all 52 rooms have white headboards with hand-carved flowers; balconies in 22 of the superior rooms overlook the Saen Saeb Canal and the Krai-Sri Noi temple.

'Hood Students pack the streets 24/7 in this part of Ramkhamhaeng, just down the road from Assumption University. Open-air food courts in the area serve dishes from across Thailand, such as khao soi, a northern-provinces soup made with crunchy noodles.

Top Amenity A traditional meditation garden in the interior courtyard.

Details Rooms from $40.