360° virtual tour
Walk through Maxwell Onsen before you walk in.
Every room, in every direction. Drag to look around, tap the arrows to move between spaces.
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Why look first
You can't photograph it. So we did.
Phones and cameras stay in the lockers at Maxwell — it is one of our six house rules, and the reason the bath hall feels as easy as it does. The flip side is that you can't snap the baths yourself to show a friend. This tour is the answer: the real venue, room by room.
If you have never been to an onsen, two minutes in here answers most of the nerves — where you check in, where you change, what the baths look like, where you eat. Then read the first-visit guide and you will walk in like a regular.
Room by room
What you're looking at.
The rooms of Maxwell Onsen, in roughly the order a first afternoon takes you through them. All of it is covered by one ฿600 ticket.
01
Reception
A stone desk, a terracotta wall and a bonsai courtyard. This is where you pay your ฿600 and collect your locker key and towels — no booking, no membership.
02
Lockers
Up on the mezzanine. Clothes, phone and watch all go in here, which is exactly why the rest of the building feels the way it does.
03
The bath hall
Granite and stone, waterfall spouts, and three pools under a projection wall — the 41 °C Kusatsu-mineral hot bath, the 38 °C warm bath and the 19 °C cold plunge.
04
Pine sauna
A full-size dry sauna with tiered pine benches, ladles and buckets, scented with citrus essential oil. The cold plunge is the natural next stop.
05
Steam room
Dense bergamot-and-lemongrass steam over heated stone benches, lit from below.
06
Himalayan salt room
More than 500 kg of pink salt, warm amber light, glowing salt boulders and zero-gravity loungers.
07
Mindfulness room
A dim stone chamber of deep recliners and 932 Hz soundscapes — the quiet ten minutes between soaks.
08
Rest lounge & private rooms
Screened day beds and massage chairs for the long afternoon, and a corridor of curtained private rooms with futons and fresh towels.
09
The restaurant
Tatami seating, sunken tables and a real Japanese kitchen. The set meal served here is included with every entry, refills too.
Seen enough?
The real thing is a walk-in.
No reservation, no app. Come to 173/3 Surawong Road — seven minutes on foot from BTS Sala Daeng — weekdays from 2 PM, weekends from noon. Address, hours and directions are on one page; the three baths and the included Japanese meal each have their own. Prefer stills? The photo gallery is all the real venue, no renders.
Before-you-visit questions
Can I see inside Maxwell Onsen before I visit?
Yes. Maxwell Onsen publishes a 360° virtual tour of the venue at maxwellonsen.com/tour/ — the bath hall with its three mineral pools, the pine sauna, steam room, Himalayan salt room and tatami restaurant. Drag to look around and tap the arrows to move between rooms. The photo gallery on the same site shows the real venue too.
Can I take photos or video inside Maxwell Onsen?
No phones or cameras are allowed anywhere near the baths at Maxwell Onsen — they stay in your locker until you are back in the lounge. That privacy rule is why the 360° virtual tour and the photo gallery exist: they are the way to see the bath hall before you arrive.
Do I need to book Maxwell Onsen after taking the virtual tour?
No. Maxwell Onsen is walk-in only — there is nothing to book. Come to 173/3 Surawong Road, Bangkok, Monday to Friday from 2 PM or Saturday and Sunday from noon, and pay ฿600 at reception. Entry includes a full Japanese set meal and covers you until midnight.
No booking. Just come.
The water is already warm.
173/3 Surawong Road, Silom · Entry ฿600 with a full Japanese meal included · Mon–Fri 2 PM–midnight, Sat–Sun 12 PM–midnight.