Baan 2459

The name of the hotel comes from the Thai calendar year when it was made (1916 on the Western calendar). The beautiful home tucked into a garden in a corner of Chinatown belonged to a well to do Muslim family, and was typical of the architecture found during the Rama VI era of the time. The home became run down through generations, and eventually was used as a warehouse by an import/export shoe business, whose owner Suksan Aueareechon decided that the old building deserved a far better fate. He embarked on an ambitious renovation project, and has turned the home into a lovely boutique stay with just four rooms. Rooms feature polished wood floors, antique furniture, and one room even retains the building's original lime-written ceiling. There's also a charming cafe called Chata hidden behind the house, where an original exposed brick wall has been surrounded by a glass house, and where baristas serve up some of Bangkok's most gourmet beans.