Samui Orchid Resort

About the hotel:
I stayed at the resort out of season and was surprised at the cost for what you got (basic room,and very basic small, outdated bathroom) albeit near the beach, compared with 3 room huge modern apartment in Bangkok for same price (3000 Baht per night). The location was away from the noise of Chaweng and Lamai which was refreshing and the hotel has free taxi to Lamai. The pool is fantastic - large and clean and right on beach.I only found a couple of the staff were friendly though which lets it down. The internet is expensive (go to Lamai, its 5 times cheaper) and they even charge double for taxi to airport when there was just me (they want a min 2 people, hardly accommodating when I have to travel alone). The Samui tiger show is also at the hotel so many animals kept in tiny cages around resort which is upsetting to see.

About the hotel:
Disappointing!!! Don t trust the photos in the internet. We wanted to stay 4nights, but we leave after one. The staff unfriendly, the restaurant close at 7p.m., the beach was under construction, the sunbeds at the pool were out-of-date and the breakfast, very low standard.no wonder that there is a lack of guests.The Pool Villa were we stayed was really good, but don t compensate everything else.

About the reservation service:
Very helpful. Many thanks for helping us to find an other resort as quick as possible.

About the hotel:
Very quiet and nice hotel, ideal for those people who want to relax, and enjoy a beautiful beach( only from 2 o clock in the afternoon because the water ist away (200m) before, but when there is water you have the whole beach alone , fantastic. The bungalows itself are nice and have a good standard, not like in a five star hotel but remeber you are not in europe, we had the bungalow in front of the sea with a 180 view (fantastic). The zoo show is also good, especially for kids

About the reservation service:
sawadee best for asia, everything worked fine

About the hotel:
Beautiful! Villa at the beach with private pool. Restaurant for lunch is ok! Nice view from villa in greater swimmingpool. I can recomend this resort. Resort taxi can pick you up until 22:00 from lamai beach.

About the hotel:
Lovely Resort, right on the beach. Very quiet.Friendly staff. Although there is some new accommadation here,some of the resort is a looking little tired. Would still reccommend for the location and peacefullness

About the reservation service:
Very good, changed dates at short notice, no problem

About the hotel:
I stayed with my husband and three children (7 to 12 years old) in the deluxe bungalow, 2 bedrooms and private pool for 10 nights over the chritmas holidays. It was a great value package, as breakfast was included and there was no compulsory Gala dinner for Christmas Eve and New Year s Eve (I checked a few other resorts, they all had very expensive dinners, which I thought was not fair!). The accomodation was FANTASTIC: a few steps away from a nice peaceful beach, a good size very clean private pool, a large terrasse in the shade and 2 large rooms with connecting doors, efficient and quiet aircon, nice size bathroom with hotwater. Clean and confortable, could not ask for more! The staff was very friendly, always ready to help, with a smile. Cleaning was done every day, new sheets and towels daily also. Breakfast on a terrasse near the beach was american style buffet, nice! For lunch, you could have lots of different snacks at the beach café, again friendly staff, good food and reasonnable prices. 2 huge pools, clean and deep enough for diving. A massage place on the beach with a friendly lady. For diner, there are no restaurants on the hotel ground, but you only need to walk a few minutes out of the resort to find at least 2 good restaurants, I would particularly recommend Simple Life , run by a Thai old couple: food is excellent, prices low ( around 800 bath for 5 people, all included) and you really feel at home. The hotel taxi also took us to 2 different resorts nearby (3 minutes drive) where you can enjoy bar, restaurant and beach. So no worry for diners either. There are lots of animals on the hotel grounds: birds, tigers (including babies!) and a large aquarium. Through the hotel reception, we booked daily trips to Koh Tao and Koh Tan for snorkling, taxis to other places on the island and other services. It was always as planned, on time and no hussle at all. If you want to be away from the too busy, too crowded areas of Chaweng and Lamai beach, this is the place to go to. This trip to Orchid Resort was a total success. Hope you can enjoy it too!

About the reservation service:
Booking service on Sawadee was fast and very efficient, I would use this service again anytime.

About the hotel:
We had 5 good days at Samui Orchid Resort. Nice and clean rooms, but linnen could have been changed! Fine and long beach, clean in front off the resort, only few resorts along the beach, and a good walk by the beach to the muslim fisher-village. Good beach if you like kite-boarding, and the wind is right. But no restaurant in the evening, but free shuttle to Lamai running the day, last trip back at 20.15 is too early - Remember to tell the reception if you want to use the shuttle from Lamai to resort. Zoo and aquarium is ok, but do not choose the resort because of that.

About the reservation service:
Everything really ok, and very fast reply.

About the hotel:
We stayed here for 4 nights, we had 2 adjoining bungalows with our own plunge pool and after being in bangkok for 5 nights it was a good place to unwind before moving on to our final destination. We chose this resort as my daughter wanted to visit the zoo & aquarium and swim with the sea lions. She had a wonderful experience with the sea lions but in the aquarium we were distressed at how small the tanks were, especially for the larger fish. We are also concerned about the Bengal tigers and leopard show. As the tigers are now at threat from extinction, perhaps it is time that a new home can be found for them so they can be spared from performing circus tricks. This resort is very quiet & peaceful and is ideal if you just need to recharge your batteries for a few days. It has a lovely long beach, a perfect beach if you are into kite boarding but not so good for swimming! The two good size swimming pools, with plenty of sun beds made up for this. The staff were all very friendly and Jess on reception always went beyond her duties to help you. Something that needs to be taken in to consideration when booking this resort is that it is a little remote and as the beach bar/resturant closes at 1800 if you want to have a meal or a drink you needed to make your way into nearby Lamai. The resort offered a free shuttle to Lamai at certain times of the day but its last trip back at 2015 is to early.

About the reservation service:
quick, efiecient and had no problems

About the hotel:
bit old need to refurbish but nice beach and pool.service and staff support was excellent but breakfast is very bad.

About the reservation service:
excellent as expected

About the hotel:
We stayed in a 2 bed deluxe with our own pool. The rooms were very nice, although the bed was a bit hard. The staff were very friendly and accomodating. The animals were lovely and seemed in good health and well cared for. We especially enjoyed seeing the baby leopard and being able to pet it. Although it is a bit of a way from the towns, (there is a free taxi service to Lamai) if you want a quiet, relaxing time I would definately reccomend the Samui Orchid Resort. We had a fantastic time!!

About the reservation service:
Great, we will definately use this service again.