Ko Samet hotels

Pros: The staff was friendly and helpful. They greeted us with a smile and took care of our every need. The facilities were beautiful and well kept.

Pros: Excellent location right on the beach Peaceful despite proximity to beach Nice pool and pool bar Asked for early check in and extra bed in the room for our mother- both provided. Bedroom and bathroom both excellent.

Cons: Food in restaurant is ok but not great. The free shuttle and boat back to Ban Phe pier was not communicated to us although we did use it- would have been good know that before.

Pros: A/C very good Bathtoom one of the best, but missing hooks for the handtowels

Pros: Exceptional service from the resort staff, our room was lovely and clean. Would definitely stay here again.

Cons: The Restaurant could get busy at times and there would be a lack of service

Pros: Breakfast was ok. Coffe really good! Far to walk to the "main beach" from the hut. Far to walk to the 7/11 for groceries/snacks.

Cons: Only guest in restaurant in the evening and they forgot to serve dinner to 1 of the party. Waited first for 30 minutes - which was told to the guest, but after 35 minutes they came and said that they had forgot to prepare the dinner. Guest was offered to wait not pay but to wait another 20 minutes for serving but all the other had already finished their dinners so we decided to find food elsewere. Party was compensated by not paying for drinks but we did not go there for dinner again. Private beach in hut-area was excellent.

Pros: Room is clean, the beach is quite and nice. The staff is very polite and very helpful. Also, area of this resort is huge and feels like you are walking in the park. Breakfast has many different varieties of your choice. If you want to relax, this place is definitely what you are looking for!

Pros: Excellent location with access to two beaches. Nice garden and good seafood BBQ restaurant. Shuttle transfer to island is great.

Cons: Very unfriendly booking confirmation, asked for cash transfer and claimed credit card not working. At check in reception mixed up many things that didn't work out then, disappointed.

Pros: Perfect place for holidays

Pros: Nice staff. Nice beaches

Cons: Food not good.

Pros: Everything! Wonderful resort! Gorgeous beach. Crystal clear water. Fabulous swimming pools. Very friendly staff.

Cons: Could have done with more drawer/shelf storage space in bedroom.

Pros: Clean friendly staff super location

Cons: Breakfast service was a little slow

Pros: One of the best hotels I’ve stayed in when it comes to relaxing vacation. Great service, kind staff, four restaurants to choose between on the resort. Easy to rent a motorbike/scooter to see the island. Beach is quiet. Cleaning twice a day etc. No complains.

Pros: The staff were lovely and very accommodating. The resort is kept beautifully and a lot of care put into the maintenance of it.

Cons: The food wasn’t the best and it was very expensive. We spent €800 in 5 days and that was only with 1 massage each

Pros: Very friendly staff. Perfect locstion and very quiet.

Pros: Stay 4 times, best resort at koh samed. Everything is perfect, location, crystal clear water, snorkeling, sunsets, breakfast.

Cons: Beds are little bit hard, food at restaurants are not at the resort level, price it’s so expensive, but quality...... maybe it’s the reason why not so much customer eat at the evening. Some of them eat outside.

Pros: Excellent breakfast,staff very helpful and great service.Resort maintained to a high standard,particularly the gardens.Pools nice and beach good.Very relaxing holiday.

Cons: Resort very nice but found it expensive.Outside of resorts another world! Island tatty and lots of poverty (you don't see in the brochures!) Also prices not that cheap considering the average income of the locals.Can't help thinking that your paying top dollar for being a tourist and if your a bit of a soft touch they will rip you off given half a change.

Pros: Stay in the garden bangalo. Was very clean and spacious. Great bed my GF and I slept like a babys. The beatch is very nice. You will need a scooter if you want to go around the island. The hotel is about 10 minutes drive from the center of the city where you have all the restaurants and bars on the beach. I recommend this place.

Cons: Could have a better breakfast and cheaper price for the restaurant.

Pros: Very nice and clean beach and also all was clean in hotel. Relax place with good food and amazing sea. Also transport on the boat with amazing. Breakfast was very good. Sunbeds in good condition and enought for everybody. Good bed!!!! Massaged on the beach were super.

Cons: Everything is little bit older. Restaurant was more expensive.

Pros: Bed good. Aircon good. Service good. Beach nice. Room good. Good mini bar. Quiet location

Cons: No phone for room service. Further away from the town if that is what you want.

Pros: Amazing place! Perfect for relax. Water is crystal clear and beach is just perfect. It’s just great and away from all the chaos. If you love peace and good relax, it is perfect. When it comes to the rooms, well there is plenty of space, bed is really comfortable, internet has a good speed. Considering that this is a small island I really loved it and I hade everything I needed in 50 meter radius.

Pros: Located in a very nice and quiet beach. One waiter couldn’t really speak Thai or English but he tried his best to accommodate our needs.

Cons: The breakfast was good although the 2nd morning we stayed there they served an old/spoiled seaweed, after the manager was informed the dish was taken away. Other than that the experience was good

Pros: Already previously wrote a comment but i extend my stay so i can write an other comment. If you need to see what i said check my other comment. Here more photo though

Cons: Already previously wrote a comment but i extend my stay so i can write an other comment. If you need to see what i said check my other comment. Here more photo though.

Pros: Absolutely nothing to like about this resort

Cons: The staff were very rude, everything was over priced. The premises were very dirty and not looked after with rubbish everywhere. Breakfast was disgusting and no choice or variety, seriously they have no idea

Pros: First of all, I want to thank the staff for their excellent work.From delicious breakfasts to cleaning beaches.The guys did everything to get a good rest.Secondly, the hotel itself has pleased with its number of rooms.Everything worked fine.

Cons: No complaints

Pros: The location is fantastic. Very nice private beach right in front of the hotel. There's also another beach 5min walk from the hotel, so we enjoyed both during our stay. There are restaurants, massage places, Roti (Crape) stand on the beach. The front desk has beach buckets and shovels to lend, which was very nice. The staff was in general nice and polite, some speak decent English.

Cons: As we arrived at the shore by their private speed boat, the guard approached us to ask to pay the entrance fee to the national park. We literally just got off the boat with our backpacks, our daughter's doll in our hands (and still in the water as the boat dropped us off in the water, not at the pier) and he barely spoke English. We'd have appreciated if we could pay the fee at the front desk.

Pros: Location

Cons: Close to beach

Pros: Love the location of this hotel, and the staff are very helpful.

Cons: The hotel is totally focussed on dealing with large numbers of day tripper Chinese tourists who arrive early each day ( by 9 am) and completely take over the bar and restaurant area, meaning that guests are unable to have breakfast there, and are woken up early as these groups are VERY loud

Pros: Convenience

Cons: Nice garden along the ways to the resort itself

Pros: The location is basically the only good thing about this hotel

Cons: Lots of mosquitoes, the mattresses are all with broken springs that stuck in your back, the sheets are not clean with holes and stains on them, the doors are so old that you need to use lots of force to open and close them and even when you succeed to close them, there are still holes that remain probably to let the mosquitoes get inside...

Pros: Very close to the beach

Cons: Feel like sand is everywhere

Pros: Clean and near the beach

Cons: Reception staff not very friendly,a smille would have been good and a please and thankyou.checkout lady very abrupt.

Pros: Lovely swimming pool shame it is so far from the beach.

Cons: Noisy air conditioning unit over the bed. Light switch for bedroom in lounge area.

Pros: Very spacy

Cons: Seats on the terrace

Pros: Great pool and friendly staff

Cons: I thought the hire of scooters was a liitle high . Aother were offering 100 baht cheaper a day

Pros: Good Area, Nice pool and nice staff

Cons: AC very noicy in one room

Pros: Room smelled like mold so bad, I could hardly breathe in there. Dirty room, bedding was dark grey. Didn’t find any beds bugs, but dark spots in the mattress and dark sheets... Payed for a company to freeze all my luggage when I got home just to be safe. Pool water really salty, mixed with seawater. Location far away from everything, about 3 km to the center. Hard to get taxis. You are not allowed to bring any food or drinks from outside the hotel, or you have to pay 1000tb fine. When checked in they tried to have me pay extra for my child, even though in booking it said that the price includes everything. Staff was nice. Overall way overpriced for what you get.

Pros: Was lovely to have so much room for a very good price - bedroom, living room and bathroom. The 2 pools were lovely and so warm. Staff pretty friendly and responsive. Off the main road, so quiet. Fairly peaceful in the evenings (apart from one night when some people had a late night gathering on the roof). Had a nice feel to the hotel although quite a few rough edges.

Cons: The food was good but expensive. The wifi signal was poor - they were very good and moved us to a new room with better signal, but in general it wasn't great and hard to work on it. The nearest beach that they point you to as the Pandora beach has quite a lot of litter on it. (Koh samet in general had a lot of litter unfortunately)

Pros: Swimming pool was nice.

Cons: Rooms could have been a little bigger and not so many tv channels. Sofa not so comfortable

Pros: Friendly helpful staff, food was lovely too

Cons: Nothing

Pros: The Friendliness and helpfulness of the staff was awesome. The hotel had a great cosy feel to it. Right close to the pier where the ferry drops you off and picks you up, so super convenient . Scooter rental shop was right next door, which was great too. Food at the restaurant was tasty, but there are great restaurants all along the island.

Cons: Everything was super nice, so If i really had to nitpick i would say that a new coat of varnish around the hotel would spruce it up really nicely. But that is really nitpicking.

Pros: -Breakfast is good. -The hotel is located next to the pier.

Cons: -Limited time for bike rental -Wifi connection is weak in the room

Pros: The scenery and pool and beach very nice, Room spacious and clean, very friendly staff.

Cons: Breakfast a bit boring. price of the Room too high compared to quality, but the island is expensive. Young Chinese guests oblivious to all rules.

Pros: Clean quiet Delicious at Ploy sea restaurant

Cons: Air on is too cold The beach is a small

Pros: I liked everything.

Cons: Internet was a bit patchy.

Pros: The location is absolutely stunning with peaceful gentle seas

Pros: Good, not great.

Cons: Service could be improved in terms of courtesy. Smiling helps.

Pros: Service Beach We were there in the rainy season in Thailand but the rain was not a problem stop us enjoyed Aowprow bay, the beach was peaceful and beautiful. More than the other thing we have appreciated the service from all the staff there. This resort is more than 4 stars.

Pros: It's really beautiful!

Cons: The only disappointment was being charged almost 2.000 baht for a bottle of wine that we later found in every supermarket for 350!

Pros: The beach was beautiful and we almost always had it to ourselves. Travelling into the hotel by boat, we saw many locations with very crowded beaches, but the beach at this location was clear and empty most of our visit. Having our own pool at our room was also a treat and worth the cost. The breakfast buffet each morning had everything we needed. There was a cook for omelettes, bacon and other meats, fruit and deli meat/cheese choices, etc... All very good! The staff here also tend to you constantly, very nice! When we traveled to dinner, they picked us up in a golf cart. When we sat in the beach chairs they showed up with a bucket of ice and water bottles. They have scheduled hours for bringing fruit, ice cream, and afternoon tea to guests. The person I was travelling with had a birthday during our trip and the hotel showed up with a birthday cake for her. Wonderful service!

Pros: The beach is unbeatable, it is almost like a private beach. The team is really professional and make their best effort to ensure your comfort. Nice layout of room. The food is good, especially the seafood buffet with fire show, worth to try.

Cons: We stayed in room 109 next to the main pool, it is convenient as we have kids with us, yet lack of privacy if it is for couple.

Pros: Surrounded environment with beautiful scenery. Friendly staffs with service minded by nature.

Cons: Foods are not delicious and less variety/quality comparing with pricing. Some facilities in villa need to renovate such bathroom, bathtub.

Pros: Beautiful location. Very clean. Wonderful landscaping. Brilliant staff. Excellent accommodation. It really is difficult to find any negatives. It is a very expensive resort, but I do consider that you get the exclusivity and value for the money.

Cons: Cannot think of a single negative.

Pros: Perfect welcome at Jadet Pier, and very smooth transfer to the island (and back to the mainland). Amazing private beach, crystal clear water just like in a swimming pool. The beach was cleaned constantly. Our beach villa was spacious and cozy. The staff were absolutely amazing, Thai friendliness/service at its best, one of the best experiences we have ever had in this regard. The GM is around all the time and often talks with the guests, which is uncommon and we appreciated it. We loved the fruit, ice cream and afternoon tea served daily from 1PM to 5PM. Breakfast was good. If one needs total relaxation, this is the perfect resort, as it is very quiet and peaceful.

Cons: Unfortunately, there were sand flies and sea lice during the last 3-4 days of our stay. We have experienced worse, but it was still annoying. The biggest downside for us was the food served for dinner, we thought the quality was average, and definitely expected more from such an incredible resort. At least they serve small complimentary appetizers before the meal that are delicious.

Pros: Beautiful clean beach, turquoise warm sea, great pool at just the right temperature, gym, well equipped thatched beach villa, excellent spa, amazing staff ! Complementary fruit and ice cream and afternoon tea didn’t need a lunch !

Cons: My only slight grumble was that there wasn’t enough entertainment and the excellent entertainment which we did see was from 7pm and only lasted 30-45mins. We were back in the villa for 8.30pm which was a bit too early, even for us who were there to relax. From past experiences at other similar venues the entertainment would start after dinner about 8.30pm. Also live music in the dining room at lunch and dinner would give it more atmosphere.

Pros: Perfect location, perfect service, perfect resort, everything is perfect, the general manager was extremely friendly and welcoming. Will be back definitely again next year.

Cons: Nothing to dislike.

Pros: nice environment Nice complimentary fruits and afternoon tea Great beach and water activities

Cons: Bad attitude staff in the lounge of ao Prao pier Not so good housekeeping Far from the groceries

Pros: The hotel was lovely, the beach was fantastic, staffs were friendly, breakfast was ok, foods are amazing. Lovely live band music.

Cons: The price of food was a little bit expensive I think because of the location so we could understand that.

Pros: confortable and the location was great with a direct access to a clean beach

Cons: a bit expansive restaurant menue

Pros: Scenic Location

Cons: Not overly friendly or helpful

Pros: Nice beach

Cons: The stairs to the bungalows. A bit far away.

Pros: Location is great for quiet holiday

Cons: Live music every night- it was very noisyl

Pros: We truly enjoyed our stay here! All of the staff were very friendly, looking up from the beach the property looks really spectacular, the beach itself is perfect (and the nicest on the island), the location is probably the best on the island all in all, evening ambiance and performances in restaurant and bar are awesome, good strong coffee with breakfast, buffet breakfast included with stay. Great place to unwind, swim, soak up sun & sand & salt water.

Cons: On first impression we were a bit uncertain about things... parts of the property are very run down. All of our sheets were worn, torn, and bloodstained, deck furniture was filthy & broken. A lot of attention is put into the restaurant and beach area but the rooms themselves need some love. All the same, we had a fantastic time in the end, as we hardly spent anytime indoors, and we would return. The restaurant was pretty pricey - we probably would have spent a lot more time and money there had the prices been a little lower.

Pros: The situation of the resort on the beach was lovely to wake up to the sound of the sea.

Cons: The very uncomfortable beds, place could be a bit cleaner in bungalows & resort, drive to hotel very uncomfortable on un even dirt track.

Pros: The beach is beautiful and secluded. The owner and staff are friendly and very accommodating. The food is delicious and no gta shows re entertaining.

Pros: the only thing that was nice was the beach.

Cons: we booked a room with twin beds with payment in advance, but the room they gave us was really small. in the description they say it is 24m² but i can for sure say it was way smaller than that! Also when we arrived they asked us to give them 1000bath as a deposit, this wasnt written anywhere in the link of the hotel. when we arrive we were so hungry we just left our luggages in the hotel room and went to eat, without checking the room first. at our return i wanted to take a shower but saw in the wc that someone clearly peed in out bathroom. the pee was there and the smell was atrocious. also we found ants in the bathroom. the girl at the reception was very rude and tell us to wait for someone to clean it! we were tired and just wanted to take a shower and rest but they tell us to just wait? i asked for a changing of room ASAP! i dont have the pics with me actually cuz it was so disgusting. i work as a receptionist too and i know for sure this kind of things CANT happen at all! and in the worse case scenario you HAVE to take resposability ASAP and not tell your costumers to wait!! they dont organize anything in the evening and the drinks there were so expensive! it just made me so mad to know they pretend not to understand english when clients complains.

Pros: Location and staff

Cons: There was nothing not to like

Pros: Location is great, breakfast have a lot of choice

Cons: Two different buildings one very new and designed second one a bit old and noisy.

Cons: We felt deceived, when we booked we thought we were getting a cabin on the beach , when we arrived we were shown our accomodation and it was a room in a building back from the beach. And we had to pay a lot more to upgrade to a beachfront cabin. We felt it was really overpriced and not good value for the money . It was the most expensive place to stayed at in over a month of being in Thailand. There are parties from near by venues that have loud music playing.

Pros: Verry clean, supergood beds, friendly staff, few meters to beach, and quiet Would deff be back!

Cons: Coffee serving stops 1900 ish :/

Pros: Very friendly staff. Quiet location. Many birds, even a chicken straws around. Beautiful garden and sea view.

Cons: No option for breakfast

Pros: It was perfectly located so close to the beach yet private. We would not have made our ferry were it not for the exceptionally helpful hostess who went out of her way to ensure we got to the right pier!

Pros: Phenomenal! clean, super compfy bed, good AC, quiet and with a nice little (but stoneish) privat beach! Less then 3min walk to the main beach or 5-6mins to the next 7/11. Price/Value outstanding!! Highly recommended. you don’t feel the tourists from the main beach. The amazing, quite and paradise like beaches are south of Koh Samet. Get a scooter, worth it.

Cons: No complains!

Pros: This is an absolute gem for the price. Rooms are simple but large and very clean with some lovely touches, and the resort area is private with a lovely private (stony) beach to sit and have a drink away from the louder main beach. Very conveniently situated - walking distance to the town with plenty of eating options, and the main beach. Also the staff are incredibly friendly and helpful and helped us out with several things while we stayed there including confirming our onwards travel in Thai.

Cons: Not a dislike per se but just to flag that the beds are very firm! Also the WiFi was unreliable.

Pros: Excellent location, friendly staff, clean, away from the busy beach

Cons: Nothing.

Pros: So nice Place, so nice staff, so nice view to sea and so nice snorkling. Very quiet and peaceful (boats from the Morning to evening made noise but so it is in Place like Koh Samed. Very isolated and serene in other ways. I recommend this from all of my heart.

Cons: Nothing really. If you want breakfast then you need to walk outside resort. Also nothing extra entertainment here which was nice.

Pros: Amazing location, next to main part of the island, but at the same time very quiet! Has pretty small privat beach

Cons: VERY hard to find, no signs next to road

Pros: The staff were amazing and although it was a little tricky to get to, the location and room was great.

Cons: It would have been good to know that you can just walk from the boat pier, rather than getting a taxi.

Pros: Location on the island in the middle , north downtown to the quiet south was accessible . Beautiful beach ! Swimming pool is nice .

Pros: Beach view and proximity to the sea.

Cons: Cockroaches in the bathroom and bedroom. Minimal lighting outside - torch needed.

Pros: Nice position at the end of a lovely beach, with another beach just over hill. There's a taxi rank as well.

Cons: Not to do with resort itself just uncertainty with the current situation. As good as always you get what you pay for and you are definitely paying for location. Staff and food all good. I do and will always return to this resort when available. Love it for few days relaxation.

Pros: - beachfront room beautiful veiw in the morning and night not to busy at in front - Beachfront room is really beachfront walk out your door 30ft. - breakfast was good plenty of options beautiful restaurant to eat breakfast looking over the water. - short walk to other beaches. -plenty of great restaurants and places to get good drinks along the beach - all and all great place stay even though the rooms could use a fresh coat of paint.

Cons: Room could use some updating walls were a bit dirty. Bathroom could have been a little better.

Pros: Bungalows are right on the beautiful white sand beach. This is a quiet location but there are plenty of restaurants to choose from along the beach. Good walks along the coast to other beaches. Liked the taps on the balconies outside the rooms to wash off the sand

Cons: The rooms are in need of refurbishing