Coral View Resort, Kohtao hotels Thailand

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Rhian Hunter 2009-06-05	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Gorgeous hotel with great beach, but a bit too much coral. Not close to the main town Mae Haad but we just wanted to relax for a couple of days which it was perfect for.Cost a bit to get in to town and only 4x4 travel to get too and from hotel. Really nice family run place with variety of food. Only thing is our fan didnt work properly so it didnt move but its quite breezy there because right next to the beach, so it wasnt too hot at night.	Easy and quick to book.
Lily Bascombe 2009-05-30	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng We would without reservation recommend the coral view resort at koh tao! Absolutely amazing location; practically a private beach and one of the most beautiful on the three islands to boot. The staff are very warm and were quick to help us out with haggling! Fantastic price too and loads of quirks and bonuses like good snorkelling and cute pets. On On s Bar on the beach (part of the resort) is excellent too - with unusual spirits. We loved coral view!	very saitisfactory.
Sermier Alain 2009-05-03	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Un seul mot : Excellent Un hôtel extrêmement tranquille directement sur la plage. La description correspond exactement à leur site. Très propre, bon restaurant, accueil parfait. La chambre 21 donne directement sur la plage avec un petit balcon. 1 lit double + 1 lit simple, 1 ventilateur, toilette occidental, douche froide. Eau chaude inutile sous ces latitude. La plage est faite de sable mélangé à du corail moulu. Dès que l on rentre dans l eau il y a du corail. Chaussures conseillées. Parfait pour palme masque et tuba. Possibilité de nager avec des requins. Rassurez vous ils sont absolument inoffensifs. Accès depuis Mae Haad ( la ville ) uniquement en taxi 4X4, ou en moto tout terrain. L hôtel a un service taxi 2 x par jours pour 100 bath par personne et trajet. Hôtel conseillé à toutes personnes qui recherche la tranquillité et le dépaysement. Un vrai paradis. Je suis prêt à vous donner des renseignements complémentaire sur : info@ronde.ch (Commentaires et photos)	Le booking par Phukethotel.com n a posé aucun problème. Parfait
Johannes Wunderlich 2009-03-02	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng A beautiful place in the south east part of Koh Tao. Its a quiet resort with a beautifull flower garden. Ideal for snorkeling and diving. The stuff is like a big family and solve all your problems. Also a good place for children. Its good value. We had a good time there.	Perfect booking with sawadee.
Zhang Jie Fei 2009-02-27	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Nice hotel!!! nice sea view on recepetion desk!
Chan Pui Lan 2009-01-26	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng The resort attaches beautiful beach but it locates in a remote area, we needed transport aid to reach downtown. The food in restauart was so so. There was very limit selection. The resort owner and staff all was generally freindly. Except the young lady (Receptist)always showed her long face, not really nice to the guests. If there were some racks or hooks in the toilet, it would be perfect.the shower was too weak, the electricity was also weak. Pls prepare a torch if you decide to stay there.	quick response.
st john bickley 2009-01-04	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng We wanted to say a huge thank You to Kao and Daeng for a fabulous stay. We had luxuary room 21, so close to the beach you culd fall out of bed. The lack of hot water was disconcerting for the first day, after that we got used to it. The food at Coral view was good, breafast and dinner and lunch The next door resort also had a goos restauarnt. The evenings were quiet , spent at the Woody S beach bar, run by the DM from the dive school. The dive operation is one of the best I have known. Real personal service, and when i visited just me and the DM. Good value, good diving and excellent staff.	Excellent
Robin Patterson 2008-10-19	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng We had a really great 3 night stay at Coral View Resort.The snorkeling was realy good and it was very relaxing - quiet , except for the frogs !!! I can highly recommend this resort.	Good as always !!
Konrad Muschg 2008-08-11 until 2008-08-15	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Unfortunately, not a good experience. The hillside bungalows are shabby and bad value for 700 Baht. Every night at 10 p.m., the nightly power switching that takes place in Koh Tao caused the lights to go too dim to read for the next 6 or so hours and the fan slowed down to a painfully slow crawl. The extremely unfriendly staff and the bad quality of the food at the restaurant (with only one viable alternative restaurant in walking distance) caused us to cut short our stay after two nights despite being billed for the five we had originally booked. The morning we checked out, I pointed out a piece of onion in my pineapple juice to the waiter who simply replied You go now. Better. It was. We spent the remaining three nights in Cookie s Salad Resort on Ko Phangan s Had Salad, where we had a great room and the staff went out of their way to fulfill every wish. Snorkelling equipment, for instance, can be taken out there at no cost at all, whereas Coral View charges an exorbitant 150 Baht per day - you can rent a motorbike for a day for that price. It s a real shame, because the location and beach is great, and the gardeners at the resort do a helluva lot better job than the folks in the kitchen!	efficient and swift
Jossann Kathleen MacKenzie 2008-08-10	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng The Coral View property is stunning and there is excellent snorkelling right off the beach. It is a great place to get away and relax. We stayed in a luxury apt , but it was simply a basic fan room for 3. We then switched to a bungalow for 3 more days, which was more rugged, but fine.	No problems
Jesus Zori Madrid 2008-08-05 until 2008-08-16	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng We have spend 2 weeks in the Coral View Resort and I have to say that have been a fantastic holidays, my first holidays in Thailand!! Excellent people working in the resort, very kind and helpful, excellent accommodation (value for money) and the time we spend in the restaurant after our fun dives during the day, fantastic!! No doubt I would recommend this resort for anybody looking for a relaxing and peaceful holidays! A part form the resort, I would also recommend the dive agency called Impian Divers! We have made 18 fun dives with these guys and they are very professionals and friendly!! Thanks a lot for make our holidays as nice as we expected. No doubt we will come back as soon as possible.	EXCELLENT Very reliable and helpful
Mouton Michel 2008-07-26 until 2008-08-02	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Très bel endroit. Plage magnifique, lieu tranquille. Les responsables doivent s efforcer de préserver ce lieu et ne pas privilégier l aspect financier et de continuer à garder un accueil serviable. Le Diving center est agréable et le responsable très compétent. Globalement, Coral View est une adresse que nous recommandons.
Jonathan R Dunnette 2008-07-20 until 2008-07-25	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng We truly enjoyed our stay at Coral View. The location is ideal for those who want a get away vacation away from the bustle of town. Very friendly service. Ideal snorkeling and diving location. Get one of the standalone bungalows rather than a luxury apartment.
Legros 2008-07-18	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Avons séjouné 6 nuits dans une chambre pour 4 en juillet 2008 ! Joli petit resort dans un petit coin de paradis.La route d accés est dèjà une aventure !! Avions une chambre devant la plage , sympa !!Par contre le lit supplémentaire pour une de nos filles était juste une petite paillasse , impossible de dormir à même le sol !! Nous avons donc pris le matelas du petit lit et notre autre fille a dormi sur le sommier . Petit restaurant en hauteur avec un service correct pour le prix .Pour le petit déjeuner , il y a un autre petit hotel en bord de plage ou on peut dejeuner, manger sur la plage : conseillé pour le petit déjeuner surtout avec les enfants. Tres belle vue sur Sharks island . La plage est petite mais correcte. Par contre , c est une plage de corail donc attention les coupures: bien pour aller snorkeller mais pas pour les enfants ou les nageurs moyens. En plus lorsque nous y etions il y avait pleins de concombre des mers ( sorte de ge gros gros vers ) qui déplaisaient fortement aux enfants et à ma femme et nuisent à la baignade. Grosse colonie de requins ( pas dangereux) dés 300 metres de nages , alors bonjour le pied quand vous en voyez un prés de vous. Club de plongée sur place ( parlent français / anglais ). Dans l ensemble , c est un bon resort pour le prix modeste.Restau correct sans plus. Trés bien pour les fonds et les poissons. Déconseillé pour le seul farniente ou les ballades (rien à faire en dehors). En résumé si nous devions revenir je crois que nous n y passerions que 3 nuits , juste pour la plongée et le coté Robinson Crusoé . Sommes ensuite allé au Sensi Paradise qui reste un trés bon souvenir.(si vous voulez aller voir notre comte-rendu sur l hotêl )	Juste convenable pour le ménage trés trés cool , voir inexistant si on ne le réclame pas. Gens agréables cependant et d assez bons conseils. Mention spéciale pour Cornélius +++. Anglais vraiment approximatif des propriétaires.
GOFFIN-MAQUE 2008-07-12 until 2008-07-15	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Nous avons été un peu déçus par le Coral View Resort pour différentes choses : nous avions pris la chambre n° 30 (la meilleure chambre, d après la patronne), pour laquelle le site du resort annonçait sdb avec toutes les facilités continentales mais en fait, il n y avait pas d eau chaude. Le mobilier de la chambre est relativement vétuste, le ménage n y a jamais été fait durant tout notre séjour (d où poubelle pas vidée, draps de bain et de lit non changés, etc ...). Pas de climatisation,nous le savions, mais ... seulement un gros ventilateur sur pied. Des moustiquaires aux portes et fenêtres, mais ne fermant pas et laissant donc entrer tous les moustiques et autres délicieuses bestioles ! Bref, nous avons trouvé que le prix demandé était beaucoup trop élevé par rapport aux prestations fournies. Nourriture du restaurant pas au top non plus. Sinon, au point de vue situation, rien à dire : le resort est situé au calme (ce que nous désirions), loin de l agitation des autres plages et la plage est parfaite pour le snorkeling (malgré un manque évident de parasols et chaises longues - seulement 2 parasols pour tout le resort !).	Impeccable !
Nathalie Bruce 2008-07-11 until 2008-07-19	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Nice and simple resort. We had a luxury apartment with fan with one double bed and one single bed. We put the single matress on the floor so we had two single beds for our kids. Cold showers are OK. You have to ask if you want your room cleaned or more paper toilet or your rubbish bin emptied. The beach is lovely. You can snorkel or swim. There are two nice bays you can easily reach by foot in 10 mns ; one is all sandy ; the other one is all rocks but nice for snorkelling. To go to the village you can take the resort taxi (200 baths return /p) or you can come back with a moto taxi, cheaper. There is a small diving school in the resort in which people are so friendly. The boss speaks french, english, german ! The restaurant is nice, the food is good ; don tt forget to try also the restaurant next door in the Heaven huts resort , it s lovely too and right on the beach. You can have your clothes washed, use internet (expensive 3bahts/mn), rent scuba, palm, kayak, go on different tours around the island. Very nice and quiet altogether.	No problem with sawadee.
Claudia Wu 2008-05-21 until 2008-05-23	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng the resort was very nice and the people are very helpful. Stayed in the wooden bungalows but the bathrooms were a bit dirty. Geckos basically used my sink as a toilet and could hear them all night (wear earplugs). Otherwise, great staff and relaxing location. The pickup from the ferry pier was convenient and the diving school was excellent. Definitely recommend it if you want somewhere peaceful (everyone s in their bungalows by 10pm) and relaxing.	very good and fast!
Jonas Meier 2008-04-27 until 2008-05-04	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng This resort is far away from anything else, no shopping and only one other restaurant. The mediteranean villas are very simular, quite old and will not get cleaned during you stay in it. So, if you love nature, beach and especially snorkling (you will see some sharkes), then this is a good resort for you. The restuarant is fantastic, the beach bar is a dream and the staff is perfect!
Rose-Marie Kloveras 2008-03-17 until 2008-03-22	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng I really recommend this hotel.Very nice and warm persons who work there.The way to the hotel was very exciting	No Problem
J. Bloch 2008-03-15 until 2008-03-23	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng We had Mediterranean Villa No 18 on a beautiful location with nice balcony/view, cold shower (not too cold), just basic comfort, no mosquitos and other animals inside the hut. Only few steps to the wonderful restaurant (lovely staff) or to the beach. We were defenitely satisfied - best for value, and recommended. There were only few people at the nice beach, best for relaxing, not for party people. The corals start right from the beach - don t forget your snorkel. With strong heat you can expect some stinky yellow algaes at the shore, but this could happen everywhere. The access road is very steep with ca. 100% ascent and you can take the 80-Baht taxi service by 4-wheeldrive car. Free and reliable pick up from/to the boat. I manage to go downtown by foot within approx. 15 minutes several times - of course it s a little challenge, but great. Sometimes I just bought some nice mangos and walk back. Once I walked through Mae Haad city until end of the road in Ao Taa Then in the north, but most people rent bike or take a taxi.	Perfect and easy
Simon Braine 2008-03-13 until 2008-03-18	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Beautiful secluded location and lovely staff. Definitely visit the dive shop for the half day intro to diving which is amazing. Only down side was that my room was not cleaned for the entire 6 days I was there.
DYUSENKUL EREMENKO 2008-03-03 until 2008-03-06	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng The location of the hotel is great for snorkelling - it has coral reef (unfortunately partially dead) right at the beach. In the morning or afternoon you can swim, and in the evening you can enjoy coral views which are amazing. It also has dive center, so you can dive freely either with instructor (discover dive) or with your buddy if you have a certificate. Diving is also fantastic, everything is very well-organized. Hotel has a restaurant with not expensive and tasty food, also they have a pick-up/drop off service to the main part of the island. Rooms are not too good (luxury appartments), but they are rather well-kept. Overall impression is good, and I would like to come back to the hotel again! I will never forget the view of the bay which they have from the restaurant. It s breathtaking!!! The nature is wonderfull and this hotel allows to plunge into it!	Booking service is excellent and very convenient.
Anthony Schmidt 2008-01-29 until 2008-02-02	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Coral View Resort on Koh Tao was great. We stayed in the Mediterranean bungalows and had an excellent view of the beach, ocean, and Shark Island. You can actually swim/snorkel to Shark Island and the coral here is really nice. All the other bungalows looked great too. The road to Coral View was fun (very steep, but truly fun to go on), and they offered convenient taxi service to and from Mae Haad for only 80 baht (each way) and at really convenient times. They also offered a great snorkeling trip around the whole island for a good price. There are two restaurants on Haad Sai Deng, Coral View and the bungalow s restaurant next door, New Heaven. Both were great and I suggest eating at both. The atmosphere was relaxed, the breeze at the bottom level of Coral View s restaurant was amazing, and the people who worked there were great. All in all, Coral View, Haad Sai Deng, and Koh Tao were great and I definitely recommend this resort!	No problems!
Gerardina Lamme 2008-01-22 until 2008-01-26	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng We had 4 wonderful days in Ko Tao s most southern point. The road to the resort is a challenge, but the service of the resort is being picked up at the boatpier by 4-wheeldrive car. Because there is only one other little resort at the same bay and a small divecenter makes this place very special. The beach and the bay are beautiful, the cabins are basic but have all seaview from the balcony. The people of the resort are very friendly and helpfull. The snorkeling is beautiful, even just from the beach. But going with the diveschool own boat to different places around the island is also a great experience. We were very happy that we were able to spend these days in this little piece of paradise.	We booked this resort by internet from Laos and the service we got from the booking service was very good. Quick response, good service and everything went as they told us, with e-mails confirming, clear instructions and suggestions for other hotels, when the one s we choose were full. Excellent service. Thank you!
Christian Krauss 2008-01-21 until 2008-01-26	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Nice Resort. Very lonely place. The small beach is only for 2 Bungalow Resorts. Very friendly staff. There s a good Diving-Center in the Resort (German, Dutch, English and French). The Rooms are mostly clean. Every room with an good sight on the sea. The road to the resort is like an adventure. You need 4WD to get there. There is an 80 baht service with the Resort, to get into town.	Perfect
Jennifer sayles 2008-01-05 until 2008-01-10	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Coral View resort is a wonderful place to stay if you want quiet, a beautiful beach and wonderful food. We really enjoyed our stay and the staff was very freindly and helpful but not at all pushy.The dive operation at the coral veiw, Impian Divers was exceptonal!Robert the owner was so nice and very professional. We would love to stay there again in the future and highly recomend the place. The snokeling just off the beach is wonderful.	Very easy booking and everything went smoothly.Great service!
Andre Secrit 2007-12-25 until 2007-12-27	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng It was very beautiful.Quiet place,wonderful snorkeling,great restaurant,nice people. We stay a night more.	perfect
Corinne and Jon howse 2007-03-15 until 2007-03-18	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng The resort is one of two in this bay. It is far from the main road and required 4x4 to get to. No AC room is available there and the fan rooms were very hot. Because of power surged in the resort, all the wall mounted fans blow on evening along with my husband new camera battery charger! not the best of time. There are 2 restaurants on the beach and I would recommend the one passed the diver shop (ie. not the coral view restaurant). The beach was nice and the snorkelling was good. Would not come back - nothing special for the price.	smooth booking, no problem, will use sawadee again next time we come to Thailand.
Botos Eva 2007-02-26 until 2007-03-06	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng This place is absolutely fantastic. The staff was extremly helpful and realy nice. The tropical garden of the resort is amazing. This is a hiden paradise which is a little bit far away from the center of the island but it is worth the effort.
Juergen Keidel 2007-02-21 until 2007-02-26	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Wonderful snorkeling area. in addition a dive school is located in the bay. Shark-island can be reached by snorkeling within 30 minutes. The bungalows are very rustical. No water-flow for the toilet, you have to use a can of water. We got towels and fresh linen after four days. Room-cleaning should be done by yourself. Food is very good, the staff is friendly in a familiar atmosspere. The stairs to restaurant / bungalow are extreme steep and a bit dangerous. The view from the restaurant and lounge is breathtaking.	as normal fast and nearly perfect.
Christian Henriksson 2007-02-06 until 2007-02-12	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Paradise! Very nice staff. The beach is perfect. A bit secluded. Bungalows are good and cheap. Food is ok, and do not miss a beer at the very nice beach bar!	Fast and secure. Very good!
Keld Asnaes 2007-02-06 until 2007-02-11	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Highly recommended. Nice resort with good restaurant. Reliable and kind.	Everything worked out as expected.
Sidsel Mathiasen 2007-02-06 until 2007-02-09	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Coral View Resort was friendly and peaceful. We were picked up by the pier without asking for it! You will never forget the ride down to the resort - never seen anything that steep! It´s a good place to stay if you don´t want the sound of cars and barking dogs. Try to get room 30. It is as close to the sea as you can get (aks for a new bulb for the bathroom). It´s not luxury but nice. It is possible to walk to Mae Haad, 3 km? - bring water - if you want shops etc.	We felt sure cause we booked 3 months in advance. Still they tried to give us another room, but we managed to get our room no. 30.
David Hartl 2007-01-15 until 2007-01-19	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng It is a very laid back backpacker resort with its own coral bay (the name s more than accurate...). There s a very good diving school, too (impian divers), where we made our open water course. At the resort, you have a lounge with superb sea views and the food is delicious. Though ... the main city/harbour is 30 - 40 min. on a steeeeeep dirt road (2 shuttles per day provided and they ll pick you up for free from the ferry if you call in advance, but if you are looking for a secluded resort with great food, great views, great dives and a chilled athmosphere, that s the place to be!	uncomplicated and easy. was satisfied!
Peter McNaughton 2007-01-02 until 2007-01-05	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Great views. The staff were very helpful and we have no complaints at all. Look out for the huge spotty gecko in the bathroom.
2006-12-25 until 2006-12-29	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng Ko Tao is quite busy this time of the year and this place is a good way to get out of the crowd. We had the luxury apartments, which were quite clean and comfortable, but not luxurious. A fan, beds are okay, a balcony and located almost at the beach, although no hot shower and no daily room cleaning. You can leave the place only by 4WD over a rough dirt road (I saw quite some people injured because of trying to go by motorbike), for 80 Baht pax with the resort taxi twice a day or go by foot and walk half and hour up and down the hills to reach the one main road of the island. Taxis in town to go back can be found easily. The restaurant is nice, the owners are helpful. For snorklers, the coral and fish is not very impressive around the island, but there were reef sharks at the bay of the resort. It is really a diver s island.	Works very well
L:ouise Raymond 2006-05-12 until 2006-05-15	Coral View Resort, Koh Tao, Sai Daeng The resort itself is absoloutely amazing, unfortunately there is no air con which is fine if you don t go in the hot season and the luxury apartments really aren t luxury at all. If you do stay here expect to pay a lot to get back and forth to the main area as the only way in and out of the resort is very hard going. If you are looking to stay in a secluded, peaceful area then this is the place for you although they also had building work going on which they did not notify us about.	Good service