Great location, price & staff effort

Our stay at Samui Honey was lovely. My group of 3 was given next-door rooms near the pool & bar; the rooms were differently equipped which was odd and facility quality varied but staff tried to sort things out when we requested improvements. The wifi was distinctly patchy. The rooms were totally comfortably functional and great for the price BUT they were notably shabby, the 'hot water' needed some imagination and the daily cleaning was barely perfunctory. The posher, chalet-style rooms in the gardens (facing onto the beach) may be nicer. The pool bar played the same CD on repeat of cheap cover versions of cheesy pop songs which was a shame (and kind of mind-numbing) as the bar area seating was otherwise a real attraction for a shady bite at lunchtime and in the evening. The proper restaurant (where breakfast is served and where lunch food ordered to eat at the poolside bar is prepared) is MAX a 2-minute walk along the beach so there was sometimes a bit of a wait for food to arrive at lunchtime. We had breakfast there one day (better choice elsewhere) and ate there in the evening a couple of times – the BBQ was excellent and the staff super-lovely. Cleaner toilets than at other places on Cheong Mon beach, too! Honey Samui is 10 minutes from the airport but is not affected by flight path noise at all, it has a well-equipped shop next door and there are several nice, cheap places to eat, get massages etc along the beach. The beach by the resort is great – quiet, shallow waters without many rocks, sun-loungers provided, in the sunshine til later than other “nicer” resorts that face East. For a ‘no frills’ place it had some notable perks so for those who can keep fussiness in check and/or who are prepared to just talk to staff if they want to improve something then it definitely does the job.