Chalong Pricess Pool Villa Resort — Hotel in Chalong

Pros: friendly receptionist.||Cons: Usually fully booked.||Location: Middle of the street that contains the gyms and muay thai clubs.||||Stayed 29-Oct-2017 for 3 nights in deluxe room 102 without breakfast. All rooms are on the ground floor.||||From the street the hotel appears to be a shop, however at the rear of the hotel it opens up to a large area with the rooms surrounding the pool.||||A key-card is needed to enter the external hotel door at night, as no one is on reception. A standard key is used to open the glass door to your room which is accessed via the poolside.||||At check-in no one showed me to my room, I had to ask the cleaner. She also fixed the bathroom sink when I found it blocked 30 minutes later.||||The room has blackout curtains, a kettle and cup but no sachets of tea/coffee.||Bathroom, which had a 2nd telephone, contained a bath and a separate shower cubicle.||||The room had a table and chair and there was another table and chair on the porch by the pool.||||A small amount of coins, 15 baht, on the table was taken when the room was cleaned. Maybe they thought it was a tip.|| ||Pool had plenty of sun loungers.||||The hotel is located centrally and walkable to the many muay thai clubs and close to restaurants.||||I passed by this hotel 3-months later and the receptionist who recognised me waved and I went in for a chat. I wasn’t staying there as it was...

Can’t really fault this hotel. Staff are exceptionally friendly and helpful. Rooms are lovely. Bathroom is huge with a separate bath and shower and fully tiled.|US and UK news channels ||Every room is right next to the 12 meter pool.||Wi-fi works OK, as does the air conditioner.||Plenty of good places to eat cheaply near by and dozens of places to rent scooters. There’s a sports bar 2 minutes away with pool table and darts.||We took the local orange bus from the airport to Phuket Town (100 Baht each) but then had to take a taxi to the hotel, which is quite a long way (400 Baht) It’s unlikely a taxi driver will find the hotel and ours had to phone for directions.||For the return, reception arranged a local taxi to the airport for 800 Baht. Probably best to eMail and ask them to arrange a pick up at airport. ||We didn’t stay there for Thai Boxing training, but it’s a fascinating place to stay and watch the world go by.||The island tour operators will pick up there for free. You can hire a scooter for 1000 Baht a week and explore some...

Botom line up front: Solid hotel with straight forward, no-frills rooms. Would stay again.

The pool looked nice and well kept but we did not use it. Staff was friendly and helpful. We arrived early and they watched our bags until we checked in. On check in, the advertised time is 1400 with 300 Baht per hour if you want in early. Our room was ready at 1230 and they allowed us to check in free of charge.

Rooms are simple. Bed is very firm, bathroom has a shower and tub. My wife would have liked conditioner and a blow dryer provided. Big plus is that they have a refrigerator in the room.

Check out: also quick. Deposit was refunded in full sans the fee we paid to use our credit card instead of cash (3% of 2,000 Baht). We wanted late check out (300 Baht per hour) to shower after our crossfit class @ 1100 but since the room was already booked they said no. They watched our bags during the class and called us a taxi afterward to take us to...