Boutique hotels in Bangkok, like their counterparts everyone, encompass a wide variety of styles, decors, sizes, and themes. Bangkok has historically had a very high number of budget travelers and thus the development of lower end boutique hotels and hostels catering to young travelers began very naturally. Transient neighborhoods such as Khao San Road and nightlife districts such as Ratchadapisek developed small independent boutique hotels early on and many other areas of the city follow soon after.

Today there are a substantial number of low and high end independent boutique hotels, such as the Hansar Bangkok Hotel, the Shanghai Mansion, or The Praya Palazzo, and Siam Heritage Hotel. These small hotels and hostels offer unique designs and themes; sometimes in line with Thai history and culture, some technologically advanced and streamlined, and others catering to the hip partying scene. These small independent hotels have been followed by larger boutique hotels, such as Luxx XL, On8 Sukhumvit, and Siam@Siam, which distinguish themselves in design and service, but cater to a larger customer base because they have more rooms and amenities.

Most recently and in the years to come, international brands will be opening boutique hotels, such us The So by Accor, W by Starwood, and Renaissance and Edition by Marriott. These hotels are arriving with the continued rise of Bangkok as an international business hub. They will cater to the younger business traveler as opposed to the transient backpackers or partygoer.