Wangcome Hotel

“Reliable”

I’ve stayed at Wancome five times now, going back about 7 years. It’s an older hotel but still well maintained. Location is perfect - easy walk to bars, restaurants, massage, night bazaar, clock tower, and bus depot. Plenty of parking stalls. Staff are professional and courteous. Booked a “Superior… more

I’ve stayed at Wancome five times now, going back about 7 years. It’s an older hotel but still well maintained. Location is perfect - easy walk to bars, restaurants, massage, night bazaar, clock tower, and bus depot. Plenty of parking stalls. Staff are professional and courteous. Booked a “Superior” room for 3 nights. The room had a fridge and kettle, small desk, small table with two comfortable chairs, small TV with just a few channels (they did have CNN from the US though), small but clean bathroom, and firm bed (typical in this country). No safe box in the room. Be aware there are only a few power points in the room, so if you have several devices to charge, be sure to bring a multi port charger. Very quiet room, good for light sleepers. The breakfast buffet was about average. My opinion is that if it is included in the room price, enjoy it, but if you have to pay extra for it, pass. They have a swimming pool, but it's not really a relaxing spot to sit, as it's located in the small shaded noisy courtyard. Next to the lobby, they have a small bar, open in the evenings, with seating inside and outside. Staff performance has consistently been excellent, very professional. The only real complaint I have is regarding the wifi, which was, and always has been, weak and inconsistent. This would be an inexpensive fix for the hotel to make, and yet it's been bad for years now. Will definitely return, as this hotel is sometimes a good value, sometimes an excellent value. Be aware that if you use a booking site like Agoda, the price fluctuates considerably, up and down by as much as double or half, and I have yet to recognize a pattern.

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“Quaint and great value”

Excellent location, quiet and yet a short walk from everything: bars, restaurants and massage shops surround the hotel and the night market, Saturday market, clock tower and bus station are all very near. The breakfast buffet was decent for a hotel in this price range. The hotel itself is like ste… more

Excellent location, quiet and yet a short walk from everything: bars, restaurants and massage shops surround the hotel and the night market, Saturday market, clock tower and bus station are all very near. The breakfast buffet was decent for a hotel in this price range. The hotel itself is like stepping back in time. It would have been very classy 35 years ago, but now the elegance has aged. The control panel next to the bed no longer turns on music and you have to work out what the other controls do. (e.g. the switch marked "TV" operates the bedside light.) Rooms are large with a decent bathroom with a proper bath. I stayed there twice, in a Superior room (the lowest level) and then a Deluxe. While the Deluxe had a few tiny improvements in fittings, the main advantage was having a decent number of power points. The Superior had no spare power points whatsoever in the bedroom, just one in the bathroom. Fortunately, the maid was able to give me a power board. (She didn't know much English, so I showed her a picture of one on my phone and she raced off and got one.) Then I was able to plug in everything via the socket the TV uses. The pool is strange, cold and stark, surrounded by concrete walls and situated on the ground floor. It's not even obvious how to get to it! There's one entrance through the restaurant and another from the second floor down a big flight of stairs. The only real negative is the wifi. It's atrocious and extremely weird. I had multiple devices connect to the same access point, yet get directed by DHCP to different routers! My phone always connected to one that worked (slowly), but my other devices would mostly get connected to one that didn't do anything. Of course, the front desk staff had no clue what was going on. Broadband on your phone in Thailand is cheap (150 baht/month for AIS 4G) so it's not the big deal it once would have been.

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“Great Value”

I’ve stayed at Wancome four times now, going back about 6 years. It’s an older hotel but still well maintained. Location is perfect - easy walk to bars, restaurants, night bazaar, clock tower, and bus depot. Plenty of parking stalls. Staff are professional and courteous. Booked a “Deluxe” room for … more

I’ve stayed at Wancome four times now, going back about 6 years. It’s an older hotel but still well maintained. Location is perfect - easy walk to bars, restaurants, night bazaar, clock tower, and bus depot. Plenty of parking stalls. Staff are professional and courteous. Booked a “Deluxe” room for 5 nights. The room had a fridge and kettle, small desk, small table with two comfortable chairs, small TV with nothing to watch (just having one English news channel would be helpful), small but clean bathroom, and rock hard bed (typical in this country). No safe box in the room. Also be aware there are only two power points in the room - one by the fridge and one in the bathroom, so if you have several devices to charge, be sure to bring a multi port charger. Wifi was weak and inconsistent. Very quiet room, good for light sleepers. Did not eat breakfast here this time, but in past years the buffet was quite good. They have a pool, but it's not really a relaxing spot to sit, as it's located in the small shaded noisy courtyard. Good to keep kids happy, but that's about it. Next to the lobby, they have a small bar, open in the evenings, with seating inside and outside. Will definitely return, as this hotel is an excellent value. To be clear, the only reason I knocked off one star was due to the wifi. This would be an inexpensive fix for the hotel to make, and yet it's been consistently bad for years now.

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“past its prime”

Hotel is now looking un kept so many areas need to be renovated and repaired rooms are OK and service is fine but everything looks a bit rundown. pool area needs repairs to the steps as missing steps make it more difficult for people with mobility issues to use, only decided to use this hotel due t… more

Hotel is now looking un kept so many areas need to be renovated and repaired rooms are OK and service is fine but everything looks a bit rundown. pool area needs repairs to the steps as missing steps make it more difficult for people with mobility issues to use, only decided to use this hotel due to the price difference compared to previous hotel used in CR but next time will pay the difference

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“Great location!”

Huge hotel with a nice lobby, 2 elevators. Stayed in a room on the second floor, nice floor, comfortable bed and clean bathroom. The AC was working fine. Great location, walking distans to restaurants, bars and the clock tower. The staff speaks English. The internet doesnt work very good.