We switched from Hotel Wild Orchid across the street. Erawan House was wonderfully the opposite of Wild Orchid. There were no noisy back packers. 7-11, laundry services, food & pubs were literally down stairs in the alley. As a plus there is a Muay Thai gym (Phra Athit Road) that had free weights and tread mills around the corner from it. I was able to do a 3 mi run along the river and across the huge river bridge since we were so close to the large Chao Phraya river
Even though we were bouncing from Phuket, Chiang Mai, Japan. We kept on going back to this hotel since it was the most ideal for our needs. Close proximity to ferry, Khaosan (night activities and food). There was a pub around the corner (Phra Athit Road) that had a great metal cover band (Guns & Roses, Nirvana, etc). Every time we stayed at Erawan House we found something new.