Similan Hotel — Hotel in Choeng Thale

Firstly the property is not as advertised. It is listed as being a 8 minute walk from the beach. This is not true. Apparently there used to be a cut through, but the land has now been bought by a developer and the cut through closed off. It's now at least 30 minutes walk to the beach, and that's not even to the main beach, it's to a small patch of sand where the tail boats launch from. The main beach, along with the main resort is another 15 minutes further away. So despite being advertised as 8 minutes walk from the beach it is more like 45 minutes from the actual resort beach.||In addition the wifi in the 2 upstairs rooms does not work. The owner is aware of this and told us as much when we checked in, despite the rooms being advertised as including wifi.||And as per previous reviews when you try to shower it pops the breaker and all the power goes off!||Despite the property being misrepresented when we asked to check out early we were told we would have to pay for the full week. After some negotiation the owner did eventually agree to us paying one extra night to check out early.||However after taking our money she then informed the booking agent that we had not checked in in an attempt to secure a "no-show" charge from them.||Fortunately we were able to prove otherwise.||Her actions were not a surprise to us as her attitude stunk from the moment of our arrival. At around 11:30 one evening after telling us we could pay at check-out she banged on our door demanding our passports back??? we refused as when we gave them to her at check-in we found them left on a table near the kitchen the next morning where anyone could have picked them up, and instead offered to pay the final bill.||In fairness to her I'm pretty sure she was intoxicated on this occasion, which is probably why she forgot she had given us a receipt for the payment, which she later...

I do try and be fair with reviews but I have to give this bed and breakfast two stars (and thats being generous) . Myself and my girlfriend were made to fee very unwelcome from the start and the French owner is often quite rude. This owner should not be in the hospitality business, and we felt like we were quite an inconvenience to her and her husband||||I appreciated the air con should be turned off when leaving the hotel but whenever we stepped out of the bedroom for a few minutes and she went in unannounced like a ninja and turned off the air con. The air con didn't work properly anyway.||||Good size room but very basic and old. Worst of all was that bed and pillows were rock hard and didn't sleep well at all. The lady that owns the hotel is quite a smoker and the b&b does smell as do the musty rooms.||||The breakfast was small and not very nice plus it is expensive for what you get.||||The hotel is 30 min walk to the beach and you do need a scooter to explore the area which is great and would highly recommend visiting Bangtao beach and all the beach clubs. The B&B is expensive for what you get and for only a bit more you can have a choice of hotels nearby with pools, a no doubt a much more...

We had a very clean and comfortable room in this guesthouse.

The host was very welcoming and kind, we also got a good bye present at the end ❤️

The beach is 20 minutes walking distance so we had to call a tuk tuk 🛺 for every trip. Luckily the owner gave us the number of a local tuk tuk driver who we could always call for a ride so it worked like a charm for us :)

The main downside of the guesthouse is that the walls are rather thin so we could hear every conversation going on outside and we were kinda self aware that we can also be heard... If you know what I mean...

Another minor inconvenience was that the kitchen is locked so we had to wake the owner up at 11 pm for a plate and knife. She wasn't exactly happy about it but that's that.

The family restaurant just down the road is absolutely marvellous, we highly recommend it.

Altogether it was a pleasant stay and I would recommend this...