Lebua at State Tower

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The Dome at lebua (64th floor)
Lebua at State Tower
General information
Location1055 Silom Road, Bangkok, Thailand
Opening2006
Management lebua Hotels & Resorts
Height244.30 m
Technical details
Floor count5
Other information
Number of suites137
Number of restaurants4
Website
lebua.com/state-tower

Lebua at State Tower is an all-suite luxury hotel occupying the 21st to 25th floors of State Tower adjacent to the Chao Phraya River on Silom Road in the Bang Rak District of Bangkok, Thailand. [1] The hotel is managed by Lebua Hotels & Resorts, which also manages Tower Club at Lebua, located in the same building, on the floors just above. [2]

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The brand is founded by its current Chief-Executive, Deepak Ohri. [3]

The hotel's restaurants were featured in the 2011 film "The Hangover Part II". [4]

Lebua State Tower's rooftop restaurant, Sirocco, hosts the highest New Year's Eve ball drop in the world – from the height of 266m (872 feet). [5] [6]

Bars and restaurant

Sirocco

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State Tower

Sirocco is a restaurant on the 63rd floor of the State Tower. [7] The 150-cover restaurant opened in the winter of 2003. Its main feature is a 270° panorama of the Chao Phraya River and Bangkok. The restaurant is also owned and operated by lebua Hotels & Resorts. Sirocco was designed by global architectural and interior design firm, Design Worldwide Partnership with the design team led by executive director, Scott Whittaker.

Sirocco serves Mediterranean food. [8]

Since New Year's Eve 2015, Sirocco has hosted the highest ball drop in the world – from the height of 266m (872 feet). [9] [10] [11]

Sky Bar

Sky Bar is the world’s highest open-air bar [12] [13] [14] on the 64th floor (820 foot elevation) of the State Tower located on Silom Road, Bang Rak business district, Bangkok, Thailand, [15] [16] the second tallest building in Thailand. It features transparent walls for 360-degree views of the Chao Phraya River and the Bangkok skyline [17] as well as an LED illuminated cylindrical bar [16] that changes colors every 90 seconds. [18] [19] [20] [21]

Opened in 2003 and is also owned and operated by lebua Hotels & Resorts.

Tower Club at lebua

Tower Club at lebua
Lebua at State Tower
General information
Location1055 Silom Road, Bangkok, Thailand
Opening2011
Management lebua Hotels & Resorts
Height244.30 m
Technical details
Floor count9
Other information
Number of suites221
Number of restaurants4

Tower Club at lebua is an all-suite luxury hotel occupying the 51st to 59th floors and also managed by lebua Hotels & Resorts. [22] Tower Club is the more exclusive and private than Lebua at State Tower. [23]

Awards

In 2013, lebua at State Tower received the Agoda.com "Gold Circle Award". [24] In 2015, the hotel won he Best International Hotel for Business Travel in Thailand at the annual Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards. [25] The hotel has been recognized by the World Travel Awards as the world's leading lifestyle and luxury all Suite hotel.

In 2014, The Tower Club at lebua received the "World's Leading Luxury All-Suite Hotel Award" from The World Travel Awards. [26] [27] In 2012, the hotel was awarded "World's Leading Lifestyle Hotel Award" from the same organization. [28]

The hotel, Sirocco, Sky Bar, Tower Club and the State Tower were sites of several key scenes in the 2011 film The Hangover Part II . [29] [30] [31]

The hotel features a three-bedroom "Hangover" suite where the cast of the film created havoc. [32] [33] Sky Bar created the "Hangovertini", a cocktail to commemorate the film. The cocktail was first served to director Todd Phillips. [34] [35]

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