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E Prasanna Kumar
2009-07-06 |
Saikaew Beach Resort, Koh Samet, Saikaew Beach
Stayed at the deluxe premier complex overlooking the swimming pool.
Stylishly designed ...but the furniture in the balcony were all loaded
with dust. We had also booked 2 deluxe cabins that cost a good 1500
THB lower for another family accompanying us. We were given an upgrade
to deluxe premier. We later realized that Deluxe cabins were the sea
facing ones! So not sure the upgrade was really an upgrade...or we
were downgraded in deference to some other guest. Worse, we had specifically
asked for double bed arrangement and they had laid out two large sized
single bed separated by a table.A complete mood spoiler. The bathroom
was good . So was the swimming pool. The breakfast was not worth the
money . Yes ants were still crawling inside the jars filled with corn
flakes. The dishes were mostly tasteless. So relied on bread and eggs.
The beach was fabulous ...the credit for which should go to the place
rather than the resort. If you are too picky about material comforts
and hygiene... and prefer lounging indoors..the deluxe premier rooms
of this resort are for you. Else...we can find a better place. I am
certainly going back to Haad Sai Kaew one more time before end of
the year.
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Esther Welch
2009-06-13 |
Saikaew Beach Resort, Koh Samet, Saikaew Beach
The bungalows were fairly basic but with thai charm. Very clean and
staff were both efficient and friendly. Any requests were dealt with
immediately and staff could not have been more helpful.There were
buggies available at all times to take guests to the restaurant from
their bungalows. The swimming pool was very close to the bungalows
and was kept very clean. The restaurant only served thai food...no
western food at all but there were always BBQs further up the beach.The
air conditioned cafe on site was lovely and served coffees and cakes
etc but was fairly pricey. The internet was very expensive 300 bahts
an hour and was much cheaper outside the resort.I would recommend
using a speedboat to get to and from the island rather than the ferry
boat which was difficult to board.The beach was beautiful, white sand
and clear water. We enjoyed our stay in June 2009.
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Dr. Vergel Jay Bautista
2009-05-07 |
Saikaew Beach Resort, Koh Samet, Saikaew Beach
This is our second time at Sai Kaew Beach Resort and no doubt that
we will stay again in this resort for our next visits to Koh Samed.
We stayed at a deluxe room/villa which has a very stylish design.
The rooms are very clean, complete with amenities and staff are very
efficient and helpful (they pick you up or bring you on request from/to
your villa). Perfect for a pampering vacation! Breakfast selection
was also great. Will try the superior deluxe rooms next time.
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Sirirat Artawekul
2009-05-03 |
Saikaew Beach Resort, Koh Samet, Saikaew Beach
(1) Staffs were too busy -At check-in and check-out were hectic, stuffs
were too busy to tell anything. It was the long holidays anyway, we
must admit this? (2) Decoration -(#935-936) Over the bed, decorated
with local Thai fishing appliances i.e. lorb, sai etc. These stuffs
made from bamboo, caused dusty white powder from the insects inside.
(2) F&B - There are 2 breakfast venues - The resort had no restriction
and guest can eat at either of it. Thanks for this. - Service skill
at the main restaurant by the sea (breakfast, lunch & dinner)was under
expected. Don t get me wrong, they are nice but still need some training
or more staffs. At breakfast, it is better to get your own coffee
than wait for it. - If you have to eat here, I would recommend European
food, not their recommended Thai dishes. (4)Kitchen or Housekeeping
staffs While walking pass Kitchen or H/K staffs show more respect
to guests than front line staff (green polo T-shirts). They stopped
and waited until we walked pass.
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Jackie V.
2009-05-03 |
Saikaew Beach Resort, Koh Samet, Saikaew Beach
I stayed in Superior-Deluxe Area (The one around the pool). The room
was very nice and clean. However, there were so many flies and termites.
When I woke up and opened my curtain in the morning, I found tons
of termites sticking to my windows and a lot of them lying on my balcony
(scary). The breakfast area was full of flies. I did not take any
bread because there were at least five flies flying around the bread
and sticking on it. When eating, I also need to wave my hand to drive
the flies away. I m not staying here for a second time.
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helmut
2009-04-23 |
Saikaew Beach Resort, Koh Samet, Saikaew Beach
we had great days, good and friendly staff clean rooms nice garden
shure we come back again, my be for 6 weeks best regards helmut
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Terry & Jeannie USA
2009-04-15 |
Saikaew Beach Resort, Koh Samet, Saikaew Beach
This was our third trip to Thailand. We have stayed in Puket, Chang
Mai and Koh Chang. In Bangkok we have stayed at the Davis which is
awesome. All of our stays were booked on Sawadee.com. Saikaew Beach
Resort was the most expensive of all the places we have stayed in
Thailand. We did not feel it was a good value for the $. We were on
the more expensive side of the resort and our room air conditioner
leaked all over the floor and clothes the first night. There were
termits in the wood floor, so we had to keep a towel over that spot.
Most of the staff were not as friendly as in other places we have
stayed. We had one dinner at the resort, and it was poor enough that
we didn t eat there again. The breakfast each day was good, however!
There were two beaches...the one near our cabins (we had 2...our kids
and grandkids were with us) was rocky and smelled like dead fish.
The other beach we had to pack up and take a fairly long walk with
2 babies every day. It was a beautiful beach with white sand. Lots
of restaurants up and down the beach. We would not go back to this
resort....we felt it was entirely too expensive for what you received.
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Leslie JC Wong
2009-04-02 |
Saikaew Beach Resort, Koh Samet, Saikaew Beach
Both of our rooms was clean. However, in room 202, the tape water
kept running and we could not turned off the tape for the entire stays.
Also, one of the bed got bed flees and I got bitten all over my body.
The staff were friendly. After arrived on the island, we found out
and compared the hotel rate, it s quite expensive compared to other
hotel in similar category. From Sydney, Australia.
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Wan Wai Leung Alain
2009-03-14 |
Saikaew Beach Resort, Koh Samet, Saikaew Beach
It s a nice hotel and appreicate their amenities such as shower gel
& shampoo after change a new packing.Besides, I make a reservation
as 3 person, however they just arrange a double bed for us.
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Liza Maker
2009-03-08 |
Saikaew Beach Resort, Koh Samet, Saikaew Beach
We stayed 3 nights on the Deluxe side (the more quite side) of the
resort and it was really great. The Deluxe area is very peaceful and
quite and yet you can walk just 5 minutes over to the other side and
have access to all the restaurants on the beach. Last time I was at
Samet I stayed at Jep s which was great while backpacking. 4 years
later with some more cash in the pocket - it was definately worth
the extra money to stay at this resort.
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