Great location, 15 minutes drive from the airport. Access to the magnificent sparsely populated Mai Khao beach. Great sand. A warm, clean sea without algae, rocks, or strong dangerous currents. A pine grove separates the hotel from the beach, in which there are tables and activities of the hotel. There is a communal pool and a bar. A good restaurant with overpriced prices. The buffet breakfasts are also good.
The villas combine a patio with a swimming pool, sun loungers and a gazebo, and a two-storey building with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and two large living rooms with kitchens. On the second floor there is a terrace and a swimming pool. There is a refrigerator, capsule coffee machine, stove, sink, kettle, microwave. Bottled water, coffee capsules, packaged tea, sugar, cream are replenished every day (without a separate fee).
There are televisions. There are many lighting scenarios. Good but noisy air conditioners. Hot water is no problem. The sockets are suitable for the European plug.
It's bad that they put us in a villa with a lot of malfunctions. The pools were not cleaned and the water was not renewed, the water curtain from the upper pool did not work, as in other villas. The electronic lock on the doors to the courtyard did not work. Many of the doors showed that the locks were broken. On the terrace on the second floor, the covering around the pool was simply made of painted plywood. The water was turned off twice, so at night I had to carry water in a pot from the pool to fill the toilet flush tank.
We were moved to another villa after our request. And there we found out that everything turns out to be able to work and be in good condition. Apparently, we were initially accommodated in a villa that was not intended for guests.
At the same time, the staff is good. They speak English and Russian, are very friendly and helpful people, do not require tips, and sincerely welcome guests.
I really liked the hotel, the rooms are certainly not new, there are some nuances (Plumbing in some places, doors), but they are very spacious and I personally felt comfortable being inside the villa. The furniture and bed linen are all good quality.The hotel is really for relaxation, for a relaxing holiday, as there is a forest around. In general, it is very unusual to see such a forest in Thailand, a lot of needles. the breakfasts are good, very tasty and natural coffee, we took cappuccino (in Tae the problem is to find natural coffee, mostly instant).the staff is responsive, tries hard, fulfills all requests. We arrived earlier, we were supposed to be settled at 15:00, but we were settled earlier, at 12:00 .The beach is great, without stones, but it is not cleaned outside the hotel. After the storm, there is a lot of garbage (in October it was stormy, the child was swimming in the pool). The infrastructure in the form of cafes, shops and massage parlors is a 10-minute walk away, it was enough for us, we rented a bike and rode around the island on a bike. And by the way, there is a massage parlor even closer than five minutes away, we did a massage there, and if you go the other way but from the hotel, there is a cafe there.I would definitely come back here!!!