Somkiet Buri Resort & Spa

About the hotel:
Das Hotel ist genau so wie man es auf den Fotos sieht. Einfach super schön.Das Frühstück ist auch sehr gut gewesen hatten schon zweifel wegen den negativ komentaren. Aber es ist voll und ganz ausreichen es gab auch schon warme Speisen. Nur keinen speck und Wüstchen war aber klar weil das Hotel von Moslemis geführt wird.Wir fanden alles super, bis auf die Bauarbeiten, ich denke es wird das neue Spa.Kommen bestimmt mal wieder.

About the reservation service:
Buchungsservice war super. Wurden aber leider nicht auf die Bauarbeiten hingewiesen.Da hätte man uns noch mit dem Preis entgegenkommen sollen.

About the hotel:
i have spend total of two weeks in Somkiet Buri during my travels around the Krabi area. The hotel stands of the crowd of usual concrete hi-tech resorts that consist of blocks of flats by its ambient and tropic grounds of authentic jungle equipped by hotel facilities, bridges and houses. While located still pretty much in central Ao Nang just around 50m from the main road and 3 minutes walk from the beach, Somkiet Buri offers an unique calm and isolated accomodation in a palm forest with a view of palmtrees, if you just cant stand living in 7th floor of a concrete block and watching dozens of white trash kids partying by the pool till 4AM, like at most other resorts:) The downside of my stay was: - no internet in the rooms, not even wifi network. I would expect the few PCs at the reception would in that case offer free use for the paying guests, but they are paid, so you end up going through the tropical jungle to a (literally) hot spot at the reception full of mosquitos just to check your mail. I would personally prefer a free wifi over a badly tuned TV full of thai channels. - there was constant heavy construction work in the resort which woke me up every day. I guess this cant be really considered a minus as all ao nang is in construction during the off-season period - the air conditioning didnt seem to reflect the temperature you set plus it turned off every time I went out of the room with my keys, which makes it quite unpleasant to come back to a hot and wet room after the whole day. - the hotel restaurant if a little overpriced and the food is no good. That however suits most of Ao Nang wherever you go. Professional cooks seem to be rare, everything is from the freezer. - the rooms are quite wet with a specific mould smell. The toilet seemed that nobody cares to clean it before a new tenant comes, the inner side was all dark from dirt. I saw a couple of cockroaches and a rat on the floor in my bedroom, on the other hand dont sleep in thai tropical jungle if you want to stay dry and away from animals. I would go again.

About the reservation service:
perfect

About the hotel:
Really enjoyed our stay at the Somkiet Buri Resort. The setting is really beautiful. We stayed in an upstairs deluxe room for three people. The rooms are really large including the bathrooms. The balconies are also a really good size making the rooms a great option if there is more than two people travelling together. You are never on top of each other. They were much larger than I expected. Some of the rooms are a bit on top of each other and this could be annoying in high season being so close to your neighbours when outside especially if they smoke and you don t. The pool is really lovely. We were lucky to have the resort nearly to ourselves as it was very quiet when we were there. They were doing work on the grounds and outside of the rooms when we were there but they tried to keep noise to a minimum. It didn t really bother us. The staff were lovely and helpful also the breakfast was very good. You chose off a menu each morning and could choose as much as you liked, great if you are a big eater. The setting for breakfast was just beautiful. The resort is situated about 5-10 minutes walk from the beach depending on how fast you can walk in the heat. Loved our stay and would definately stay again if we returned to Ao Nang.

About the hotel:
A huge room,bathroom and balcony welcome after basic bungalows for a week. We were so happy to have a bit of luxury... BUT, 2 out of 3 days when we wanted to take shower (all evening first night and from 4 to 7pm last night) there was NO water at all. So no shower, no shave. We could have changed rooms first night,but we had already unpacked with stuff everywhere,and the downstairs room offered smelt mouldy and didn t have the nice outlook of top floor. So top floor better, but certainly less shower pressure (whenwe HAD water!!) All boardwalks are being repaired which is well overdue as my husband went right through one of the boards which could have resulted in a badly cut or broken leg. Air con in room is a bit slow, gets really cool after a few hours, until then it s just cool enough. Pool nice, not large but shaded and not many others using it though only about 9 chaise lounges around it. Not many mossies. Breakfast was fine and so was the staff, contrary to some other reviews we had no problem with either. Bathroom light bulb blown and never replaced, though requested.Due to the no water situation, I asked for a late check out, which was a bit grudgingly agreed to(this was the least they could do,I thought... I should really have asked for a partial refund)But at the Early Bird rate of 1950 for a deluxe triple we thought it was a nice treat for us, a family of backpacker/flashpackers! This is a big room, so would suit family of 4 with extra bed.It is VERY quiet, so a good sleep in good beds with nice linen. 5 minutes to beach, 2 minute to shops, laundry for 35 baht per kilo down street, great street food opposite near McDonalds; chicken, curries, Pad Thai, juices, all from 20 to 40 baht. Don t do too much shopping in Ao Nang if going to Bangkok, cheaper for same there. Hide from tailors! The most persistant and annoying tailors in whole of Thailand and that s saying something! Can get taxi to airport for 500B or air con bus for 150B each. Ocean was surprisingly rough for April, so we used the pool more than expected. Go there, they are doing a lot of clearing up, replanting, repairing to boardwalks which will only improve things.And hopefully there will be water for you!

About the reservation service:
All went through fine.

About the hotel:
I could not recommend this hotel enough !! best hotel on our holiday by far ! The staff were extremely helpful and friendly, the hotels grounds were amazing with a awesome pool. When we 1st arrived & walked down the long driveway we could hear loud music from the Bar next door but by the time you get to reception you hear nothing and the rooms were even more quiet (did not hear another sole while we were there). The rooms & bathroom were a great size and well furnished. The only things I would say is the TV reception wasn’t great but hey you hardly want to be in doors watching TV & The spa is a little overpriced compared to what you find on the street outside so would recommend rather getting a massage on the high Street.

About the reservation service:
very good

About the hotel:
Friendly hotel, very nice room, average bathroom - poorly lit (and bath leaked onto floor). We had a pool view as the others were fully booked, but it was worth the extra cash - it was very nice. The pool is fantastic for young Children, lots of shade most of the day, all shopping and sea front not far away. Also has plenty of parking. Like I knew before I booked, the breakfast is fine, but really basic. Omlette, toast or ceral every day. The hotel and walkways are very attractive, obviously there are a few mosquitoes but not more than I expected. Walking back at night use a torch, one guy we met was bitten by a snake on the hotel grounds, they did however promptly tidy up and cut back all the plants and fix all the lighting.

About the reservation service:
Good booking service as usual.

About the hotel:
Very nice rooms, the best rooms ever in Thailand. The waterpressur in the shower is very low, cannot even rinse out the schampoo in my hair during my stay! The hotel needs to cut open in the garden because the trees and bushes are everywhere and we saw tree snakes during our stay and thats not accepted! One of the other guests even got bitten and had to go to the hospital!!! Breakfast is not good, very little to choose from. The hotel staff is friendly and the hotel is only 10 minutes walking distance to the beach and thats really good. Will not stay here again if they not cut up the forrest and get rid of the snakes.

About the reservation service:
Very good as always!

About the hotel:
We got a room with mold on the wall and a very bad smell. Since our son has astma and bad air can be one of the things that provoke it we ask for a new room. It took them 3 days to get us a new room. They did not seem to take us very seriously and they were not very helpful. We felt like we were a pain to them. We have to be fair and say we met some friendly staff and the location and the garden of the hotel was very nice. Should we choose to go to Krabi again we would find a different hotel

About the reservation service:
Fantastic as always!

About the hotel:
Nice setting. Staff do not speak much English. Breakfast average.

About the reservation service:
Fast and professional.

About the hotel:
Very nice & quiet hotel, very close to everything, Clean rooms, good service, good pool,so if i go to Ao nang again this is the hotel for me

About the reservation service:
nice and easy