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Reviews of recent stays |
Comment on the hotel |
Mrs. Keveena Howard
2007-04-24 until 2007-04-27 |
Thavorn
Palm Beach Resort, Karon Beach
We had a very pleasant stay at the Thavorn Palm Beach Resort. A peaceful
alternative to the in your face bustle of Patong, Hat Karon is a lovely
stretch of beach. The room was good for the price, the bathroom could
do with some renovation, the grounds and facilities of the resort
were lovely. Well situated, easy walk to everything, directly across
the road from the beach. We would definitely stay there again. |
John Tinker
2007-04-15 until 2007-04-22 |
Thavorn Palm Beach Resort, Karon Beach
Hotel is perfectly located on Karon Beach only a few minutes walk
from local shops and excellent restaurants. Gardens and pool areas
around the hotel are well maintained and impressive. Buffet breakfast
excellent with wide range of food available. Guest rooms are not so
good and are looking tired. We checked in after a long haul flight
and shower did not work, then air-con failed etc. The faults were
reported and the hotel maintenance fixed them immediately. Two situations
to be aware of before staying at the Thavorn Hotel - 1) room service
is poor, the earliest our room was cleaned was 3pm and even then we
never got a full room service. Towels were not replaced (because they
did not have enough), bottles of drinking water were not replenished
etc. 2) If you go to the Thavorn wanting to relax and sun bathe around
the pool then be prepared to claim a sun lounger early. By 8am, most
loungers have a towel on them and are then not used all day. This
is one of the worst hotels we have experienced for this practice.
The hotel management is aware of the problem but does little to control
it. Meals at the hotel are expensive and no one eats there, excellent
food is available a short walk away (try the local sea food restaurants,
turn left out of hotel on beach road and 5 minutes walk). We stayed
in a deluxe room that was very quiet but some of the standard rooms
are only a few metres away from the noisy beach road and late night
bars. We would stay at the Thavorn again but there are other hotels
to choose from on the same beach that look better value for money.
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Peter Taebring
2007-04-14 until 2007-04-28 |
Thavorn Palm Beach Resort, Karon Beach
Absolutely wonderfull garden and poolareas. We were 2 adults + 4 children
having a great time. Breakfast-buffet also great. Perfect location
near beach, shops and restaurants. The deluxe room is o.k. regarding
space/size, but spec. the bathroom needs modernising. It s not a five-star
hotel anymore - to much upgrading needs to be done - and the restaurants/bars
all over the hotel, are to expensive and tired . However we would
like to stay there again next year - the price for rooms in low-season
are the best comp. to other Karon-hotels - and we already miss the
poolareas :) |
Magnus Oedmark
2007-04-06 until 2007-04-13 |
Thavorn Palm Beach Resort, Karon Beach
Very nice pools in the resort. Nearby the Karon beach which is perfect.
The service at breakfast wasn t so good.The hotel restaurants was
expensive. We walked 50 mtr and had lunch and dinner for 1/3 of hotelprices.
Thats a shame!!! The staff at the hotel woke us up in the morning
to put soda in the fridge 3 times!!!! Our kids liked to play pool
at the hotel and it cost 150 bath. |
ian kennedy
2007-03-07 until 2007-03-15 |
Thavorn Palm Beach Resort, Karon Beach
very nice hotel,but you need to be more competitive with your food
and drink prices to keep people in the hotel grounds during the day
and night. |
charles porter
2006-10-26 until 2006-10-30 |
Thavorn Palm Beach Resort, Karon Beach
This hotel was like staying at the Kings palace. 5 pools - perfect
for privacy and there is no craziness allowed. The beach is a 30 second
walk across the street. Kata beach is much nicer than Patong insanity.
No hookers and loud drunks. Staff was perfect. Many cheap, nice restaurants
1 block away. I will definately stay at this hotel again. |
Mr. Christopher Wild
2006-04-21 until 2006-04-29 |
Thavorn Palm Beach Resort, Karon Beach
Thisis the 2nd time we hve stayed at the Thavorn Palm and it is a
lovely hotel. Main strengths are the 5 swimming pools and the lovely
gardens. We stayed in standard rooms and although perfectly adequate
are in need of some updating - paintwork etc |
Oliver Mattern
2005-11-25 until 2005-11-29 |
Thavorn Palm Beach Resort, Karon Beach
nice hotel with a beautiful garden. very friendly staff (as always
in Thailand), we had a superior room (normal standard) with a nice
view to the pool, hotel restaurant is in terms of quality recommandable
but quite expensive |
Mr. Hans Ebeling
2004-04-06 until 2004-04-13 |
Thavorn Palm Beach Resort, Karon Beach
Much nicer hotel than we expected, especially for the price. Even
superior rooms were big and clean, firm beds and nice view with big
balcony. Huge grounds with 5 pools, across the road from Karon beach
and on such a good location near Kata, shops and restaurants. Friendly
staff but where the hotel let itself down was the lack of atmosphere
after breakfast, as after ABF nothing was organised for lunch/dinner
and meals were a rip off compared to restaurants next door, no wonder
no one eats in the hotel... shame. Management needs to get their act
in gear and look at their competitors nearby who organise food buffets
for 1/3 of the price.. |
