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The Waldorf Astoria Bangkok remains one of our all time favourite destination hotels (yes, destination hotel, not destination Bangkok lol!) for a quick luxurious getaway. Despite changes to its surroundings (blocked views) resulting in a huge loss of open park views from the south side of the building, affecting many south facing rooms and particularly the rooftop pool, it is one of the most gorgeously furnished hotels balancing quiet, understated luxury with opulence. And to top it all, a level of service that is consistently the highest one can find, from the front desk, to the spa, to the Front Room Thai restaurant and especially to the Brasserie breakfast staff. All delivered with grace, friendliness, efficiency & professionalism.||It is well-known that their breakfast is a top draw and rightly so. How many 5-star hotels can boast pate en croute, duck rillettes, freshly shaved Jamon Iberico for breakfast? More importantly, the quality of all the food offering (save for their bacon, perhaps) remains top-notch and unsurpassed. Dinner at the Front Room was equally as enjoyable with dishes excellently executed while service was exemplary.||Another highlight is the spa treatment rooms. I love the fact that guests have their very own private room (see photo) to change adjacent to but separate from the treatment room complete not only with standard toilet & shower facilities, but thoughtfully equipped with lens solution & case, Aesop toiletries etc. ||We opted for a city view Deluxe Room and worked with reservations to make sure there were no surrounding construction noises. The rooms are gorgeously designed, luxurious and furnished impeccably, but despite its 50sqm, there is not a lot of empty spaces in the room itself due to the choice of furniture and placing. A larger, more generous space is dedicated to the bathroom, wardrobe and toilet (Toto!) area instead with options for open and closed wardrobe spaces. I was most happy to discover that they have installed (or does it differ from room to room?) a shower door separating this area with the double sinks and bathtub. In my previous visit, I found that the absence of a door created unwanted loss of heat & steam from the shower since it was an open area all the way to the bedroom itself resulting in chilly showers! ||There are two suggestions I would like to make with regards to the deluxe room setting to enhance guest user experience. Firstly, since the bathroom area is large, one would have expected a dressing table with mirror at the very least. Right now, there are two mirrors, a large one above the two sinks and vanity & a full length one at the side. In our bathroom at least, there were one too many 'dead spaces' where a dressing table can be put (see photo), like for one to make up or dry ones hair sitting down. Or at least, there should be a stool provided in the bathroom to do this (like in the spa rooms). Although there were a lot of hanging wardrobe spaces, there was also a shortage of drawers for clothes. The ones at the bottom were too shallow and are probably for shoes only.||My second suggestion is to also provide some form of sitting by the entrance to the room for guests to wear their shoes (see photo for suggestion). Just a stool will be welcome!||We plan to keep returning to Waldorf Astoria Bangkok because our stay experiences are always such a highlight, accented by unrivalled service and the most delectable food!