Top 10 Ban Thai Hotels

Update: Upon reading my negative feedback, I was put in touch with Ms. Sunny Cho and Mr. Hanmin Jang. Mr. Jang was very apologetic about our situation and offered to comp our meals at Oceano at a later date. It also came to light that Mr. Tsaio had originally given us an incorrect email and that was why I never received a response back. After we checked in for our reservation Mr. Jang and Ms. Cho made a point to come over to my husband and I to meet us in person and wish us a good dining experience. I also believe that they told our waiter to take extra good care of us on that evening because the service was excellent. My husband and I stayed at Tsubaki in April. Upon our check-in, we were informed by the manger, Tom Tsiao that all of the restaurants on premise were closed due to a recent outbreak of Covid, and our dinner reservations were subsequently cancelled with no notice. Mr. Tsaio offered us 2 options we could cancel our reservation and come back when Oceano was back up and running or we could keep our existing reservation and would receive a voucher to eat at Oceano free of charge, at a later date. We decided to go with the 2nd option, seeing it as a fair comp. In December we decided to use the voucher for our wedding anniversary dinner, to be informed that it did not exist. When we spoke with Mr. Tsaio directly he informed us he did not remember speaking to us and offering a voucher to eat at Oceano. No such voucher existed.

My childhood memories are filled with fond recollections of the days when this hotel was known as Daichi, and the Seahorse was its neighbor. It's heartwarming to witness the tremendous growth in the form of the Crowne Plaza, now in its third iteration. Despite the substantial exodus of people from Guam and the challenges faced by the hospitality industry, my experience at the Crowne Plaza was nothing short of spectacular — even amidst the aftermath of the most devastating natural disaster to hit the island in over 20 years. During my visit, the hotel experienced sell out occupancy for several days before and after my stay. To complicate matters, some rooms were rendered unavailable due to storm damage. Yet, to my amazement, both of my rooms were seamlessly upgraded without request, including one room to a one-bedroom suite. This exceptional resource management and commitment to their loyalty program and customers leaves me truly impressed. The hotel honored all Diamond Elite benefits, and with the Club lounge temporarily closed due to the storm, we were accommodated with equivalent offerings in the Lobby lounge. The Crowne Plaza's complete makeover, featuring a contemporary design, elevates it to the status of a brand-new hotel rather than a simple update with - and this distinction is important - new yet outdated hardware. For example, their innovative digital elevator is a fresh concept on Guam, separating them from their local competition. I want to extend my sincerest appreciation to Abegail. Her exceptional service and assistance with check-in and resolution of an issue with our room rate demonstrated her expertise. I booked the best flexible rate and even that somehow doubled. Abegail took charge and resolved the matter. Her proactive approach and willingness to be our point of contact for any requests or concerns displayed remarkable initiative whilst juggling her duties at the counter. My gratitude extends to Abegail, the housekeeping, facilities, F&B, and the entire team for the outstanding care they provided during such challenging circumstances. A special thank you goes out to Tan Holdings and IHG for their continued investment in and commitment to the Crowne Plaza to ensure not just a future, but a brighter future, for Guam's hospitality industry.

Excellent location to relax and enjoy the ocean view from where we stayed. Since our vacation was during the Holy Week, the ocean breeze and the waves played ambient sounds for my early morning prayers from the hotels balcony. The whole day was spent strolling around the commercial places which was a stones throw away from the hotel. Nice place to window shop and to buy some stuff for souvenirs. Though I didn’t have much time to go swimming because of the unpredictable rain, I had spent my afternoons waiting for the twilight as the sky dusked and captured the panoramic sunset images in my brain. As for the food, I haven’t tried the hotels restaurant the whole time. It was more fun to explore a good deal of restaurants and diners nearby. Stayed 4 nights at Hyatt and the place is recommendable. Ideal place for family vacation if your goal is to relax, unwind and bond with family and friends.

PIC is the hotel with the most abundant parent-child facilities and the most fun in Guam, except that the room facilities are a bit outdated. The diverse activities and rich facilities in the water park allow parents to not worry about what their children want to play, as long as they relax and bask in the sun and listen to their laughter - swimming pools, water slides, water volleyball, and water basketball. Water tug-of-war, windsurfing, kayaking, floating harbor, and beach volleyball can all be played here. The hotel offers various instructional classes for beginners, including tennis. Snorkeling, sailing, etc. The hotel provides all entertainment equipment and coaches for free. Courses can be reserved in advance. Generally, the hotel can reserve the same day's courses in the morning. In addition to differences in room types, accommodation PICs are also divided into gold cards and silver cards. The main difference is that the gold card includes three meals, while the silver card only includes breakfast. When booking a room on Ctrip, you can only see the meal package price by selecting multiple days. Friends who want to spend time in PIC can choose the gold card. In this place where you can spend US dollars, you can buy three meals for a family with less than one thousand yuan a day. All the restaurants in PIC are of good quality! PIC has many delicious restaurants to choose from, including American, Western, Japanese, and buffets. The key is that an adult can bring a child under 11 years old to dine for free, and a family of four with two children does not need to pay extra for the child. It’s a waste. You can snorkel on the beach in the hotel here. There are many corals and small fish, but the corals are a bit badly damaged. Asian faces account for 80% of the tourists here, and more than 90% of them are Koreans. After three days in the hotel, I didn't meet anyone who spoke Chinese. During the National Day holiday, the country is crowded, and here everyone is surrounded by Smectas.

The only negative I have is that some aspects of this hotel are dated/in need of repair, but nothing too bad. OK, maybe a second negative was the nightly live music in the lobby that my co-workers could hear from their rooms on lower floors. The inside of the hotel is open all the way to the top (21 floors). The music was not an issue for me, but I was on the 20th floor. Now for the positive…. The proximity to town is great - you can walk to shopping and dining. The beach was excellent and right on the calm bay. There’s a water sports equipment rental place on the beach right by the hotel pool. You can get pretty much anything you’d need, other than motorized equipment. I rented a paddle board and enjoyed paddling around the bay for a couple of hours and would highly recommend it. There are chairs and umbrellas in the beach. There is also a large, resort style pool with bar. The drinks were good and affordable. While there could stand to be some updating of the pool area (maybe cement patch work and painting), they seemed to be working on it because the second, smaller pool and hot tub were under renovation. It seemed to me that a lot of places in Guam are just now starting to come back from the impact of COVID (low tourist numbers so limited staffing and repairs/updates to properties and restaurants). The Westin Club Lounge was great - good food, wine and beer, plus it’s on the top floor with excellent views to the south and west. The breakfast buffet had a lot of quality options. The gym was a little small for the size of the resort, but it worked. Bonus - plenty of garage parking. The staff was friendly and helpful across the entire resort. I’d absolutely stay here again!!

Guam for a long time. Because the child is small, choose the wing building with the floor carpet. I don't know if the room is renovated or unfinished. The bathroom felt old, but I was able to spend it comfortably. The room at the ocean front is a person who wants to see the sea from the room in the morning and evening. I think that the person who moves actively during the day, the person who plays golf main, and the view from the restaurant and the beach are the city view room. I have stayed in the tower building before, but this is recommended for couples and adult travel. Water parks can be enjoyed from children to adults. The club manta for children program can participate when you go to the venue according to time. It was a good opportunity to meet with children in other countries. The breakfast was delicious.

While there are a few positives with this hotel, I do think there are many negatives (below) that need to be addressed. We ended up checking out early and moving to a different hotel that met more of our expectations. Positives -Location -Fun slide, pools are nice (plus baby pool) and kids water park (although very cold) -Free life jacket and baby float rentals -Friendly staff, welcome drink -The ohana grill had really good food and service! Negatives -Rooms are extremely dated and need major renovations. Bathroom had mold, cracks, very run down. It felt gross and unclean. The room quality didn’t remotely match what you’d expect for the price/night. We upgraded to an ocean view and there was no usable patio or chair. -There is a nice outdoor deck that’s smoking and in order to get to the pool and beach, you have to walk through it, so there ends up being a lot of unpleasant smoke inhalation. It seemed like they were catering more to smokers and we were never able to get away from it if we wanted to sit on the deck. Other hotels have a very separate smoking deck so guests do not need to walk in it if they don’t want to. -Music was way too loud in pool area, lobby and restaurants. -Breakfast buffet was below average. While the selection was good, quality was poor. -Beach chairs require a fee, other hotels don’t charge for use of beach chairs.

All the staff were kind. I liked the room because it was clean. Especially, I was a Korean employee when I checked out I was wearing a name tag called Min I gave my child chocolate as a gift. Thank you!

The answer is yes, we had an excellent experience! The front desk staff are very friendly and helpful and all the staff there greeted us with smiles as we passed by. The small cafe there has delicious breads, cakes and cookies that I kept going back for more. The room was very cozy and clean, we loved the spacious bathroom and the balcony that has the best sunset view! To finish it off, we love swimming in the pools there, great place to take pictures for Instagram with their amazing beach like infinity pool and small cabana rooms! If you guys like my review, try it out, you won’t regret it.