Phuket Island View Hotel — Hotel in Karon

20 seconds from the beach, quiet, spotlessly clean, rooms cleaned everyday, great for families, very friendly and helpful staff.

They have several excellent pools, one that’s 2.7 deep with another having one of those bars where you sit in the water as you get served juices etc. my only gripe with the juices is that they are made from purée as opposed to fresh fruit but they charge fresh fruit prices, but maybe I’m being too harsh.

The rooms are clean, adequately sized and good air conditioning and showers. The TV is very basic, lacks English channels and unlike some hotels I’ve stayed in, their TV’s are a bit dated (not smart) and don’t have Netflix etc. so you are limited as to what you can watch. Understandably, replacing every TV in a hotel wouldn’t be cheap but it’s a flaw none the less.

The breakfast is buffet style and is pretty standard, more savoury than anything else but that’s the Thai way. Rice, noodles, some pastries, cereals, juices, basically something for everyone. The coffee however is pretty nasty, weak and percolated, so if you are like me and like a decent cup in the morning, I’d give it a miss. Curiously, they have a proper Italian coffee machine which doesn’t get fired up until 8.00am although breakfast starts at 7.00.

It’s about 10 mins walk from the main drag which is the price of peace and quiet at night although it is surrounded by decent restaurants that do the usual Thai food with average pizzas and burgers thrown in, there are are the usual shops, a self service laundry and a 7/11 is a 5 minute walk away.

There appears to be a WiFi repeater in the centre of each complex so while Wi-Fi inside each room can be a bit slow for streaming video, it’s decent on the balcony which every room has.

Now, some reviews here are just plain unfair. The mattresses are good and on the firm side but comfortable. A firm mattress does not give you back ache unless you have an existing back issue by regularly sleeping on a soft mattress offering no support in the first place.

The beach outside the hotel is quiet and serviced but that’s how I personally like it. If you want to sit on a beach being blasted with rave music, take your pick.

I stayed here for a week and not once did I see people putting towels out on recliners at dawn by the pool.

Overall, from a price and location perspective, I can’t really fault it and I would say it’s very good value. I would stay there again if I came back and I recommend it to families...

This hotel is situated just across the Karon Beach so it was really convenient to just walk up to the beach or even have a run since there are pavements suitable for walking/running by the road. Kata area is just next door and just about a 300-500m walk away. Many food and massage shops around the area, just a short 1-2 minute walk away so it is really convenient.The hotel is quite clean however most of the building is under major renovation. Rooms were cold enough, definitely a treat coming in from the heat. I believe if the hotel wasn't under major renovation, it would have been an absolute retreat. There are many pools but only 1 was available to be used while we were there. I think the hotel should put out a disclaimer about having major renovations so that people know what to expect. We read through some reviews mentioning the renovations that were going on, but we didn't expect it to be major renovations that look like it would take many many months. I guess it would be good to check with the hotel to see if you plan to stay here anytime soon.We didn't spend our day time at the hotel knowing that renovations would be going on so the noise didn't really bother us. Staff were friendly and efficient. We had some issues with our toilet and they came quite quickly to fix it. The breakfast had quite a good selection and we enjoyed our food.I would actually come back to stay once all the...

Arriving at this hotel looked ok we had to wait a while for our room to be ready so we had a drink in the hotel bar/restaurant.|We were shown to our room which was on the ground floor , on entering it was very dark and dingy. We booked this through Agoda.|Once settled we had a look around it had 3 small pools but not enough sun loungers. |The beach was directly across the main road from the hotel not the best beach I’ve seen in Thailand it looked like Blackpool promenade .|The hotel itself needs a good renovation and needs a good clean in all areas.|We went out for dinner then came back to get some sleep but un known to us they had rat problems , my husband was sat on the toilet when a rat came from us they had drain and ran into the bedroom we notified reception they sent a boy us thinking we had a plumbing issue. We couldn’t cat that rat 🐀 we asked to be moved but they said they didn’t have rooms available so we slept with the lights on all night while this rat and a couple of his mates kept coming up and down the drains.|We moved to the 4th floor next day.|This hotel has a lot of Russians |I would say this hotel is an old bustling holiday camp for the Russians ,I wouldn’t recommend it and the area of Karon is...