--- title: "Where to stay in Bangkok with kids" description: "Bangkok districts ranked for families: quiet at night, walkable by day, and away from the red-light sois — with the hotels we list and their ratings." url: https://bestofthailand.org/where-to-stay/families locale: en --- # Where to stay in Bangkok with kids Two things decide a family stay in Bangkok, and neither shows on a booking site: whether the street outside is quiet after 22:00, and whether the walk from the station passes a beer bar strip. Sukhumvit between Nana and Asok fails the second test even though it is the best-connected part of the city. The ranking below weights the noise and walkability scores hardest, then holds the mid-range band, so what surfaces are the districts where a family can walk to dinner and sleep afterwards. Quiet at night is one half; the other is the queue by day. The [crowd calendar](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar) gives the quietest hour by category from Google popular-times data, and [day trips from Bangkok](https://bestofthailand.org/day-trips) covers the ones that work with a train and a nap. Mid-rangeQuietFirst visitPriority: Sleeping quietly ## The five that score highest, and why 1. 1 ### [Thonburi](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/thonburi) score 86/100฿700–1,600 / night - Noise 2/5, walkability 2/5. - Mid-range rooms run ฿700–1,600 a night (indicative, 7 September 2026). - 7 hotels listed, 4 rated, averaging 3.9 out of 5. The catch: The west bank is spread thin, and an address that looks close to Wat Arun on a map is often a 20-minute walk from the nearest pier — check that walk before booking. [Everything in Thonburi](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/thonburi) · [Hotels in Thonburi (7)](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/thonburi/hotels-resorts)Budget travelFamilies 2. 2 ### [Ari](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/ari) score 74/100฿1,200–2,400 / night - Noise 2/5, walkability 4/5. - Mid-range rooms run ฿1,200–2,400 a night (indicative, 7 September 2026). - No hotel listed here yet — 2 businesses of any kind in our Ari rows. The catch: The cafés and small restaurants people come to Ari for sit on side sois that shut by 22:00, and there is no sight here a first-time visitor would cross the city for. [Everything in Ari](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/ari) · [Hotels in Ari](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/ari/hotels-resorts)Digital nomadsCouplesFood 3. 3 ### [Dusit](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/dusit) score 72/100฿1,000–2,000 / night - Noise 2/5, walkability 3/5. - Mid-range rooms run ฿1,000–2,000 a night (indicative, 7 September 2026). - No hotel listed here yet — 0 businesses of any kind in our Dusit rows. The catch: We track no businesses at all in Dusit yet, and with neither a BTS nor an MRT station in the district every trip out starts with a bus, a boat or a Grab. [Everything in Dusit](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/dusit) · [Hotels in Dusit](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/dusit/hotels-resorts)Couples 4. 4 ### [Riverside](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/riverside) score 69/100฿1,800–3,500 / night - Noise 2/5, walkability 3/5. - Mid-range rooms run ฿1,800–3,500 a night (indicative, 7 September 2026). - 2 hotels listed, 2 rated, averaging 4.6 out of 5. The catch: The hotels are strung along the bank with six-lane roads behind them, so leaving the property usually means a boat or a taxi rather than a walk. [Everything in Riverside](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/riverside) · [Hotels in Riverside (2)](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/riverside/hotels-resorts)CouplesFamilies 5. 5 ### [Huai Khwang & Ratchada](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/huai-khwang) score 66/100฿800–1,800 / night - Noise 4/5, walkability 3/5. - Mid-range rooms run ฿800–1,800 a night (indicative, 7 September 2026). - 6 hotels listed, 6 rated, averaging 4.2 out of 5. The catch: The going-out here is Ratchada's late-night market and its hostess-bar strip, and the MRT stops around midnight — so the way home is a taxi. [Everything in Huai Khwang](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/huai-khwang) · [Hotels in Huai Khwang (6)](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/huai-khwang/hotels-resorts)Budget travelNightlifeFood Scored by the same function the [area picker](https://bestofthailand.org/where-to-stay?budget=mid&vibe=quiet&first=yes&priority=quiet) runs, with these answers pre-filled — change any of them there to see the ranking move. Price bands are indicative, checked 7 September 2026; hotel counts, ratings and the eating and nightlife numbers are live from our directory. ## Frequently asked questions **Which Bangkok district is best for families?** Thonburi scores highest here (86 out of 100), ahead of Ari on 74 and Dusit on 72. The scoring weights mid-range budget, quiet vibe, first visit, quiet as the priority. Thonburi is 3.3 km from the Grand Palace and 5.9 km from Siam, and its mid-range rooms run ฿700–1,600 a night. **What does a room in these five districts cost?** At the mid-range tier they run from ฿700–1,600 in Thonburi up to ฿1,800–3,500 in Riverside. Those are mid-week nights outside the December–February high season, checked 7 September 2026 — Songkran and the New Year week run 40% to 100% above them. **How many hotels do you list in these districts?** 15 across 3 of the five, 12 of them rated and averaging 4.2 out of 5. Site-wide we list 38 hotels in 12 of 22 Bangkok districts, so a district with none here means we have not imported it yet, not that it has no hotels. **What is the closest of these five to the Grand Palace?** Thonburi, 3.3 km in a straight line (5.9 km from Siam, 25 km from Don Mueang). Bangkok traffic makes the real journey longer than the distance suggests, and at rush hour much longer. Getting in and out: BTS Wongwian Yai at the western end of the Silom line, MRT Blue Line at Itsaraphap and Tha Phra, plus cross-river ferries to the Old City. **What do these five districts have to eat and drink?** 29 places to eat and 23 bars and clubs across the five, counted from our own listings. Thonburi alone holds 16 of the first number and 7 of the second. ## Ranked for someone else [All 22 districts compared](https://bestofthailand.org/where-to-stay) · [First-timers](https://bestofthailand.org/where-to-stay/first-timers) · [Nightlife](https://bestofthailand.org/where-to-stay/nightlife) · [Budget](https://bestofthailand.org/where-to-stay/budget) · [Digital nomads](https://bestofthailand.org/where-to-stay/digital-nomads) · [Couples](https://bestofthailand.org/where-to-stay/couples) Best of Thailand https://bestofthailand.org/where-to-stay/families Scan or type the address for opening hours, phone numbers and the map.