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Reviews of recent stays |
Comment on the hotel |
T. K. Pulford
2007-03-03 until 2007-03-10 |
Khaolak
Orchid Beach Resort, Khao Lak, Nang Tong Beach
My Wife & I have just returned from a 6 week trip to SE Asia. While
there, we stayed in many resorts including the Khaolak Orchid Beach
Resort. By far this Resort was the best. The Staff were incredibly
friendly, and helpful, the breakfast buffet was fabulous, and our
room first class. There was never a problem getting a lounger at the
pool or in the garden area (not like most of the resorts we stayed
in). The one minor draw back (not the resorts fault)is that all the
other resorts that used to be to the north & south of the Orchid are
now gone as a result of the 2004 Tsunami. Therefore if you wish to
try dining at other locations you will half to take a shuttle into
town (about 10 mins)which is provided by the hotel every hour. Would
we stay at the Orchid again? We would not hesitate, and look forward
to returning to this resort in the future. |
Alan Mills
2006-11-16 until 2006-11-23 |
Khaolak Orchid Beach Resort, Khao Lak, Nang Tong
Beach
This very good hotel is let down by a couple of disappointing points.
It is in a very good setting and the rooms are excellent. We had 2
family rooms as well as a deluxe double room for my, and my brothers
family. The family room is very good value with two seperate bedrooms
and a useful seating area, as well as a very roomy bathroom. The swimming
pool is clean and seems to be well maintained, as are the grounds
of the hotel. The bad points about this hotel are, firstly the lack
of variation of the menu in the restaurant and it is not a very extensive
menu. If you decide to eat outwith the hotel you come up against the
second bad point. It is NOT located in Khao Lak as you would expect
from it s name and if you use the hotel taxi service it costs 100
baht per person to get into Khao Lak. As our group consisted of 7
adults we eventually managed to knock the hotel down to 500 baht for
the one way trip but this was still costing us 1000 baht every time
we wanted to go into Khao Lak. Despite the good facilities and the
beautiful setting we will not use this hotel again simply due to the
added cost of transport if you want to leave the hotel. (It s a 3Km
walk, on a road which is very dark at night, to the main road so walking
is not really an alternative). |
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