Le Vimarn Cottages & Spa — Hotel in Ko Samet

One of the best holidays we have been on in Thailand. We have lived in Thailand for 5 years and have travelled to a wide variety of islands with villas, cottages etc but the spa and cottages at Le Vimarn were the best. Simply outstanding. The private beach (which is only a few hundred metres long) has beautiful views, the waves are lively but shallow enough. You can surf there as well if that takes your fancy (boards available for hire on the beach). The food is freshly made and is delicious. After being fortunate to have met the manager there, he informed us that they hired chefs from around Europe to help the chefs in Le Vimarn to specialise the European cuisine. This is evident in the morning English breakfast and the pain au chocolat. Which brings us to the service. It is simply the best you will find. They treat you like royalty and go out of their way to help you. On arrival to Ao Prao (the pier where you get the boat over to Samed) they met us beforehand (in a lounge that is stunning), took our luggage for us, ensured we were escorted every step of the way up until the hotel/cottage. The room is stunning, with a hot tub outside. We stayed at the ocean view cottages. We arrived to red rose petals filling the bed and tub and took in all the beauty around. Within your front beach walk, there are a few different hotels with pools and they all offer different cuisine, excellent cocktails, a gym. Everything. We we even treated to a fire show at their sister hotel 200 metres down the beach (in video). Everything was exquisite. Thank you to all the staff for making us feel so cared for and welcome. Can't wait to come back again.

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Le Vimarn, your next Honeymoon, Couples or Family Retreat Destination

International TV channels Exclusive location Perfect for rest and relaxation Great coffee Clean Amazing welcome Bubble bath overlooking the sea Infinity swimming pool Beach front, clean white sand beach with gentle slope, great for families with children Very helpful, courteous and friendly staff Warm Thai hospitality Authentic Western food Gorgeous sunset Lounge - Pick up and drop off service to end to end service Our Honeymoon...

We really had some beautiful, tropical days at the Le Vimarn with a very friendly staff, huge cottages and a beautiful beach, crystal clear water, corals on the left side of the bay and a cozy poolside with delicious snacks and nice drinks.

The very two small critical points are that there is only one pool for everybody and unfortunately, even when the diving and jumping in the pool is official forbidden by a huge sign at the pool area - kids jump inside, splash water, throw balls and scream the whole day long. This is due to disrespectful, incapable parents who cannot educate their minors properly, but in the other hand the staff around the pool who don’t intervene this bad behavior. I didn’t say anything to them - that’s not my job, that should be clearly communicated to the kids and their uncaring parents by the staff. I was really wondering why these families just didn’t went to the beach for doing there their noisy and annoying wet games. No one would carry - it’s a beach, but not a poolside where hard working people just want to calm down and relax for some days 🤷🏼‍♂️ I also was wondering how it feels like when booking a massage at the pool, while having splashing and screaming kids direct behind you - very satisfying… not! Definately the reason why we didn’t booked a massage here.

For this it would be too nice if there would be another poolside, just to relax and calm down for adults only. Or even better, suits or villas with a private pool you would be able to upgrade to.

The second point is, why there are no beach chairs or a cozy outdoor couch on your own terrace… even cushions are missing on the two wooden, hard chairs on your terrace. It would be easy to make it more cozy and nice.

But it is how it is and like I told it, it was worth all the way and of course I will highly recommend you to friends and family… with or without kids 😅

See you definitely again ☀️😎🌴Thank you...

Mixed feelings, its hit and miss. This is an example of a hotel that tacks RESORT on the end of the name then claims to be 5 Star, but in reality, It doesnt quite measure up to the true standard of 5 star😕 Service has declined over here, for whatever the reason, covid, i dont know. You got 20 people in the pool drinkin brews, but no staff to get you a beer. You walk over to the restaurant or bar and you find 7 staff with one table in the restaurant🤔. They could make a lot more sales and improve customer satisfaction if they rectified that clamity. 140 a beer. The rooms are alright. They only have 1 bed villas, max 2 people, 7-8k a night. One had a jacuzzi in it, old but im sure it worked. Add enough bubble bath and should be good. The staff doesnt speak the best English either so the door is wide open for countless miscommunications and foul ups. Its hard to get your check and pay the bills. You gotta go track down a service staff, ask him for your bill, double check he hasnt forgotten it, check it, then correct the mistakes, wait while he finds out who needs see you for QR code or whatever, it goes on and on. And happens frequently enough that I am mentioning it here, just to give you a heads up❤️ The beach is a preet nice spot. Little horseshoe bay, pretty safe. They get a little bit of waves there, so thats fun. Sunset is good. The pools small but good. One other thing that puts me off with this place is that they want you to park your bike way up a hill before you enter the resort area. Its fine, i guess goin down to the place, but its not real cool coming back. Its a couple 2 of 3 hundred meters walk, so you gotta do that everytime you wanna run somewhere, and I dont believe they have a shuttle service to take you up, like most 5 star places would😏 But if you just stay at the hotel and dont leave its not a problem. The restaurant is a whole nother story, check my review for...