Daydream20025596344
March 5, 2024
This hotel is rated as a 5 star hotel - it is definetely NOT a 5 star hotel! Upon arrival, we were checked into our villa - had requested a beachfront villa and we were told, that costs extra and the hotel was fully booked, so this was not possible. No welcome drink - at all our other stays throughot Thailand we had received a welcome drink. This is not extremely important to me, mind you, but it would have been a nice touch. Other than that, we were not given any more information. A cart driver then brought us and our luggage to the villa and explained a little on the way there re breakfast, minimart, beach, towels etc. The villa was quite roomy but had already seen better times: quite worn out, unappealing furnishings and unfortunately also quite dirty - cupboards and sideboard were dirty and had fingerprints all over it! The bathroom looked very dated - it had a large bathtub (!), the wasbasin was installed extremely low, and you could tell that the shower had been added on later throughout the last years. Although the hotel grounds are quite large and it was fully booked, the beach was not extremely overcrowded as I had expected it to be. The beach is actually the very best part of this hotel! It is clean, white and you can enjoy endless beach walks from one side or the other! The hotel does not provide any umbrellas or service on the beach but usually you can find a place in the shade somewhere. Unfortunately, when we were there, a lot of huge jellyfish were in the water as well as stranded on the beach. Also unfortunately, hotel guests occupy sunbeds with their towels from early in the morning... The hotel has two pools, which are mostly occupied by families. We did not use either one of them. Showers and toilets are near the pool and were not looked after. The breakfast was buffet style with a nice enough variety of fruit, bread, charcuterie, eggs but surely not 5 star quality! The coffee was so awful, we could not even think about drinking it - so we asked if they also had cappuccino/espresso. They did, but you have to pay extra - the cost was 330 Bhat for 2 cappuccino's which is equal to 8,50 Euros! So yes, bloody expensive ie. european prices! For the next couple of days we just had the tea, which was ok, and had a coffee at the small beach restaurant next door. We did not try the restaurant for lunch or dinner but went to the little (inexpensive) beach restaurants which were lovely! The hotel offers massage facilities at a reasonable price in little huts near the beach. This is also a clear plus! You book the massage in the restaurant where you have breakfast, but you also need to go there again shortly before your massage to get a voucher - noone had explained this to us. Also beware, that the massage is very popular and you may have to book a day in advance. The hotel is quite isolated and thus offers a shuttle to the Bang Niang market, at a fee of 200 Bhat (both ways), also here you have to get a voucher which nobody to