
9.0
Period of the stay : Oct 20, 2009
About the hotel:
Last time we saw the weekender was more than 5 years ago but today we see a brand new hotel , swimming pool(very nice even small pool for childeren).So we do hope they can keep it clean and nice for long time because maintenance is for most hotels a big problem!In december they would open a SPA as well (still under construction now).
About the reservation service:
More than 6 years we book on sawasdee.com! Always correct!

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Period of the stay : Mar 05, 2009
About the hotel:
We have returned from a 21-day stay at the Weekender Resort, Lamai. Everyone of the staff were pleasant, helpful and cheerful making our stay very enjoyable. We stayed in a Thai house which are an older type but which were kept spotlessly clean by our smiling cleaners. The restaurant was in a great position next to the beach and it was a pleasure to have breakfast there, with a good choice of food. I found the drinks expensive even for hotel prices. On leaving we felt we had spent 3 weeks with a happy family so THANK YOU ALL AT THE WEEKENDER.
About the reservation service:
Faultless as usual.

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Period of the stay : Jan 06, 2009
About the hotel:
If you like big resorts, where you are just like one in a million, this is a good place to stay.
The pools are nice, free new sunbeds, a very nice, but very expensive restaurants, okay bungalows and a lot of russians.
Lamai beach is Chawend littlebrother, so if you don´t want to much noise, go to Lamai.
The staff is like in the rest of Thailand- ALWAYS smiling, shiney people - thank you!
About the reservation service:
SAWADEE.COM- is easy, helpful and usefull. We always use this site for booking!

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Period of the stay : Dec 26, 2008
About the hotel:
Nice pool area. Ok room but not better than that. Not a very friendly staff in the reception!! A very nice woman in the breakfast restaurang (a woman). The restaurang is nearly always empty except breakfast. Expensive and not very invitating restaurant. The whole hotel has an unfriendly and unpersoanl touch..
About the reservation service:
Ok

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Period of the stay : Dec 20, 2008
About the hotel:
Weekender is a lot different from dome years back. Totally rebuilt,
it is worth the money. The Thai massage is also excellent.
The reception staffs are not good. Very bad service, and arrogant.
Staid for six nights. Came back to Samui, after a trip to Koh Tao.
Did not stay, since the price was too high. They would not consider giving us a good price.
We staid, at the Resort next to it. Lamai Coconut Resort, exellent quality for half the price. Very, very good.
The Tailor at Weekender, stay away from him. Completely use less.
When we agreed to pick up what we had ordered, he was not their.
Most of what we had ordered was not to acceptable standard, I say again don’t do any business with him.
The new restaurant was very nice, the waiters very helpful.
About the reservation service:
Very good, as always. Never any trouble.

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Period of the stay : Jun 11, 2008
About the hotel:
I was very disapointed with the construction work in progress on the beach side of the hotel. Had I been aware of this I would have booked elsewhere.
About the reservation service:
excellent, very effecient

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Period of the stay : Feb 02, 2008
About the hotel:
Our group (5 girls in their 20 s)stayed at the Weekender resort for 10 nights and we were very pleased! After reading some of the more negative reviews on here, we were a little hesitant, but the resort was just perfect for what we wanted. After walking up and down the Lamai stretch of beach, the Weekender definitely had the best area of beach that we saw of all the surrounding resorts. The included breakfast in the morning was great, we never missed it. The surrounding restaurants and conveniences were also very useful. We stayed in the more basic rooms which were what we needed for our price range, but the nicer rooms looked great for those that want those kinds of amenities. I would stay here again and recommend it to others!
About the reservation service:
Just great, no problems.

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Period of the stay : Dec 23, 2007
About the hotel:
we booked the standard room for 2200 bht and judging by the photo of the std room and the price we were expecting something quite nice... however we were pretty disappointed when we were taken to see our room which certainly had no greenery to look out to and instead our balcony looked out over the busy main street of lamai and really we were not close to the beach at all.. the building was old and we not attractive at all.. the rest of the resort looked nice but not for the price.. they offered to upgrade us (maybe for a little extra baht- not sure) but we were annoyed about the situation so we had a look around lamai and came across Lamai Inn 99 who had a room closer to the beach with all the mod cons - tv, air con, safe in room - and lovely pool for 1500 bht... we lost of 2200 deposit a Weekender... would definately go to Lamai Inn 99 over Weekender anyday ...
About the reservation service:
booking was easy but would probably just show up instead of booking online next time to make sure we like the place

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Period of the stay : Feb 13, 2007
About the hotel:
When we arrived, the swimming pool looked dirty, but swimmable. By our third day there it was beginning to get green. I (along with most of the guests) started complaining to the front desk, and soon a worker would come and dump in a little chlorine. Each day the pool got greener and soon we couldn t even see the bottom, and algae was floating on top. I complained daily, at the front desk and the lady in charge told me The pool is clean, but it is still green because the water comes from a well. It was obvious they don t know how to take care of their pool - and they were unresponsive to our complaints. We will not go back again.
We ended up going down the road and swimming at the Aloha Resort. They have clean pool, and nice rooms, and it is a much nicer place than the Weekender. If we return to Lamai beach we will stay there.
At the Weekender, we stayed in the Thai House. The Thai house looks bigger than the picture on the internet, a large sitting room, and a large bedroom, with a bath connected to the room. They apparently have new Thai houses (pictured) and old Thai houses, ours was old but we were satisfied.
About the reservation service:
Sawadee.com was great as always. This was at least the 20th time we have booked with them and we have never had a problem.

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Period of the stay : Jan 31, 2007
About the hotel:
Excellent hotel. Very helpful. Good food. Great beach, clean and not as crazy as Chaweng but many good shops and places to eat. Great for families and singles wanting a balance between peace and good R&R. My kids loved it and the staff made them feel welcomed. We would go back to the Weekender.
About the reservation service:
Easy and good service. I recommend them!