THE TEAK HOUSE
Riverside Boutique Hotel · Bangkok
Long-tail boat on the river

Experience

Days by the river

Slow mornings, golden afternoons, and a neighborhood that still belongs to its people.

Breakfast table

Breakfast on the pier

07:00 to 11:00 · rice soup, mango with sticky rice, eggs any way, Chiang Rai coffee. The boats go by, you stay put.

Everything is made when you sit down, nothing from a buffet tray. Tell us the evening before if you want it packed for an early boat.

Courtyard pool

The courtyard pool

Saltwater, shaded by a fifty-year-old mango tree. Open 07:00 to 21:00, towels at the pool house.

Morning laps before the heat, or a slow float at dusk when the birds come back to the mango tree.

Thai massage

Thai massage upstairs

Two teak rooms, two sisters from Wat Pho school, oils from Chiang Mai. Book a slot at the desk or with the concierge.

Sixty or ninety minutes, in the room or upstairs. Book by evening for the next day.

Evening on the Chao Phraya

Evening long-tail ride

One hour through the Thonburi canals at golden hour, from our own pier. ฿600 per person, ask the concierge.

Private long-tail from our own pier through Thonburi's canals, life jackets and cold water included.

The neighborhood, on foot

Shophouse cafes

Dawn flower market

Warehouse galleries

Street food

The teak house seen from the river

House & team

Built in 1926. Still standing, still full.

A teak trading house on Charoenkrung 44, put up in 1926 when the river was the road and this quarter shipped hardwood downstream. Twelve rooms, one staircase, and floorboards that announce every guest who comes home late.

It sat empty for most of the nineties. The restoration kept what was worth keeping: the shutters, the teak, the pier, the mango tree in the courtyard. Everything else was rebuilt around them.

We run it with a small team and no front-of-house theatre. Book direct and the money stays in the building, which is how the roof gets fixed.

Who you will meet

Four people keep the house running. You will know all of them by the second morning.

  • The front desk of the house

    Khun Nok

    General manager

    Runs the house and knows every creak in the floor. If something is wrong, say so before you leave.

  • Brass service bell on the concierge desk

    Khun Nam

    Concierge

    Books the boats, the tables, and the car to the airport. Also answers the chat on this site, day and night.

  • Housekeeping trolley in the upstairs corridor

    Khun Toy

    Housekeeping lead

    Twelve rooms, turned twice a day. Flags a tired mattress long before a guest would notice it.

  • Fruit being prepared for breakfast

    Khun Chai

    Breakfast cook

    On the pier from six, cutting fruit. The rice soup is why people come down early.

Demo property · team members are illustrative roles, not real individuals.

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