Bangkok's 6 best love hotels

Mirrors everywhere – full 360-degree viewing pleasure of whatever recreational activities you've got going on. Retro details cranked to 11, iconic feminine iconography watching from the walls (sexy-cheeky or ever-so-slightly creepy?), but the whole seduction number stays firmly on the classy side of the line and never tumbles into tacky territory.

Location-wise, it's close enough that getting there from the CBD doesn't feel like mounting an expedition, yet kind of far that you probably won't run into that coworker from accounting. As love hotels go, this one wears its old-school heart firmly on its sleeve and pulls it off beautifully.

Location: Lat Phrao 122, Bangkok

Right in Thonglor, a neighbourhood that already runs classy, flush and in the best sense dissolute, PlayHaus slots right in. It is a design-conscious stay, with rooms dressed in gold-rim details that feel almost palatial, like a palace imagined through a slightly mischievous lens, made for princes and princesses who know the script and are happy to lean into it.

Despite the playful energy, practicality is locked down. Wi-Fi runs throughout the property, parking is on site and the location makes city-hopping easy, whether you’re stretching the night or planning a longer stay with that special someone: art spaces like 9:53 Art Mall are close by, Terminal 21 is a short drive away and even a green escape like Bang Kachao is within reach when you need to come up for air. And for the thirst you've worked up, the lounge bar does cracking cocktails! 

Location: 205/22-23, Thonglor soi 9, Sukhumvit 55, Sukhumvit, 0 2712 5747. BTS Thonglor. 

Probably the most self-aware fantasy and fun offering in the bedroom game. It goes full sci-fi: metallic surfaces and neon glow like an alien spaceship. Maximalism pushed as far as it'll go – a bedroom that's gone completely off the rails with celestial, sexy, cosmic something-or-other and an astronaut just... floating through a galaxy. 

It's a bit of a drive outside of Bangkok, but you don't pull out of something this hot! One heads-up though: they're unexpectedly old school when it comes to payment. No QR code scanning, no bank transfer – only cash or credit card (we asked!). So show up sorted or you'll be sat there in your intergalactic love nest with absolutely nowhere to park it.

Location: Bang Khu Wiang, Bang Kruai, Nonthaburi 

It's a full-throttle themed love hotel with fantasy sets front and centre – jungle oases and love boat cabins, Wild West saloons, military bunkers and all sorts of scenarios.

It’s less elegant restraint, more fun unleashed. If a quick, themed escape from the everyday sounds like your kind of fun, this could be just the absurdly playful night out you’re after. It’s a little way out of Bangkok, but that only adds to the adventure, setting the mood before the place takes it even further.

Location: Bangraknoi, Nonthaburi

The name pretty much does what it says on the tin. Walk through those doors and your fantasies genuinely do run wild – there are many options. Will you be staying in a boxing ring? Or perhaps a Batman cave? It's basically a theme park for adults, except the rides happen in rooms with themes that are absolutely barmy.

It’s on Bangkok’s edges, stretching into Nakhon Pathom for off-the-radar fun. Best for couples with a proper sense of humour. The sort who book the spaceship cockpit, walk in, immediately lose it laughing and then fully commit to the bit anyway.

Location: Lam Phaya, Nakhon Pathom