Just wonderful, in every way

If you want to stay somewhere comfortable, quiet, and relaxing, this is the place. If you need access to the busy outside world, stick to Chaweng, on the other side of the island.

This was the best stay we had in Thailand (out of 5 hotels) – we found ourselves comparing every other hotel to this one. And with the deal we got on Agoda, an amazing value. The location is excellent - right on a quiet, private beach with gorgeous sunset views and no obnoxious vendors. The service is impeccable. Rooms are large, beautiful, clean, with fast-working AC and huge comfy beds, and I never heard any noise from neighboring rooms or outside. They each have minibars with free bottled water and in-room safe. The décor is modern and colors pleasant – wood floors, woven rugs, rain shower, deep bathtub that could fit 4 people, soft chaise lounges in the room and on the balcony. The pool is gigantic and never crowded, and pool bar happy hour prices aren’t bad, though food is a bit overpriced and the secluded location means you’re forced to eat at the resort pretty much 24/7. Breakfast buffet was excellent – delicious French press coffee, made-to-order waffles, omelettes, smoothies. I often ate so much I didn’t even need lunch. They provide standard size beach towels in your room as well as large towels on the beach for the lounge chairs.

The hotel offers a free shuttle to/from Chaweng 3x/day if you want to shop (the beach is super crowded and the water is rough – nothing special). Wifi at the resort is free, but very spotty – wish they’d had some computers for guest use. It would also be helpful to have some convenience items available like sunscreen, OTC medications, etc., because you have to cab to the nearest 7-11. My only big complaint is that they wouldn’t allow me to call my travel insurance company (a free collect number) without charge after I got a bug bite on my eye causing it to swell shut, and there are no nearby payphones. Fortunately Benadryl worked within 24hrs.