Koh Munnork Private Island : เกาะมันนอกไพรเวทไอส์แลนด์ — Hotel in Rayong Province

We absolutely LOVE this island and the facilities and people there!|We stayed a week and only wish we could stay longer. The atmosphere here is one of peace and relaxation. It’s a small island, with a limited number of guests allowed. This means it is not at all crowded. It also means the staff have a chance to get to know the guests, and vice versa. |We chose the package with the meal plan, but there is a very nice menu from which to order. For our food, the chef prepared our meal according to the fresh food he had. The seafood was scrumptious and a part of every meal. We had breakfast, lunch and dinner. All the food was delicious and well-prepared. I felt bad because the portion sizes were so generous, we were never able to finish everything. I told the staff I would need to lose weight after all the wonderful food for the week. The bartender was very good and generous with the drinks. We also loved all the fresh fruit drinks, and my husband enjoyed the chocolate shakes. |Eddy is the island manager. He was so helpful in anything we needed. He let us know what activities were available. He is very friendly and an asset to the facility. The entire staff was so friendly and wonderful. Most of them spoke enough English to understand our requests. Over the week, we learned to appreciate the different talents and personalities of each of the staff. I feel like they went out of their way to make our stay as enjoyable as possible. |If your ideal vacation is to be waited on hand and foot, to have absolute luxury, 5 star accommodations, a multitude of restaurants and activities from which to choose, then this is not your spot. |There is a 45 min, give or take, ferry ride to the island. |The rooms are clean, comfortable, and have more than enough space. They also have a/c. They are rustic and appropriately charming for the island. They provide both indoor and and outdoor showers. We had a cabin on the beach. How nice to walk out our back door and in just a few steps be in the water. Speaking of the water, it is so very clear and warm, it was irresistible. We spent a lot of our time swimming and snorkeling. There is a lovely reef for snorkeling. |The island boasts a number of peacocks, which we enjoy and find quite charming, but others may feel they are a bit loud at times. |There is a small bookcase/library at the main building for those who forgot a book, or didn’t bring enough books. Snorkel gear is provided free of charge and kayaks are available for a very small fee for the full day. |The island may be hiked all the way around. There are many rocky inlets and beautiful vistas, as well as a variety of wildlife and plant life. It can take as little as an hour, or as long as one wishes, to complete the hike. |The deck for dining offered beautiful and tranquil views of the beach and bay - and incredible sunsets! |There is also a lovely pool, but we never used it because we preferred the ocean. There is also a pool table. WiFi internet is available at the main building for no charge. |We were one of only 3 other Western guests during our stay. And we were the only ones to stay more than a night. |This little gem of an island is mainly known only by the locals, with few others aware of it. |This island gives us the chance to unplug from all our hectic activities and reconnect with each other, and rejuvenate our spirits. We are looking forward to a...

Went on a quick family trip over the new years to this remote lovely island in Rayong. Their website looks promising but upon arrival, it is totally a different story. The place looks like it is going to fall apart and is totally under a state of disrepair. Given the extraordinary price they charge, one would expect at least a three star quality hotel but this is far from one.||The rooms are constructed in a way which the bedroom and the bathroom shares the same space divided by the curtain. Who on earth would put the bathroom by the beach and the bedroom behind. This makes you unable to see the sea view from your bed and instead the view of your toilet. Also when you open the inexistent balcony door, you have breeze running from the toilet into your bedroom. The hotel is poorly maintained and things are falling apart. Pipes are broken beneath the toilet and the room just looks really dirty and not clean at all.||The resort seem to have an Eco Friendly concept which is more like cost savings for the owners and not really Ecologically friendly any how. Electricity seems to shut off from 9am until early afternoon which is more like we only have one generator and do not wish to buy a backup one. If they are more towards the eco-friendly side and wish to keep this as a sustainable business, they should invest in alternative sources of energy such as Solar Panels as oppose to bringing tons of fuels from the mainland.||Food and Beverage options are really limited and we do not suggest getting the full board package as what you get is the same type of meat everyday in different sauce or soup. Most of the menu items relies on frozen items and reheating so dont expect anything about food on this island. ||Service wise, they have really good staff but only one or two of them knows what they are doing. We really feel sorry for the staff as they have to do everything from cleaning rooms, serving food and checking in. It does really get chaotic when people are checking in and out, having lunch and leaving the island at the same time.||They have a really strange policy on the check out date that you need to vacate your room at 11am and wait until 3pm to leave the island and basically you have no where to go or what to do apart from sitting in immense heat at the restaurant.||Overall, this resort has potential to become a five star eco-friendly destination but a proper management and infrastructure has to be put in place. We suggest that if you are paying this much money, you should look at other islands where it is more safe and secure and offers...

This was my third visit to Koh Munnork, the first in 2016 (see earlier review) and I came back again in 2017, so clearly I'm a fan.||After a gap of seven years I was curious to see what had changed, and found the answer is: not much. While usually it would be pleasing to not have something spoiled as so commonly happens, what it means in this case is that maintenance is slipping and refurbishment is long overdue.||It was my third time in the 'Q' chalets, which are called the 'garden' rooms, though they're 50 metres from the beach as oppose to the 10 metres of the beachside rooms. These were the newest rooms in 2016 and though they haven't been updated, they are more modern than the more expensive and older beachside ('J') rooms, with their weird orientation (bathroom at the back facing the beach). Despite this, the Q rooms are, like everything else, in need of refresh.||The paths and gardens look uncared for, with weeds sprouting from cracks on the uneven pathways and slippery wooden decking. Trip hazards aplenty. The lovely salas are sun beaten and creaking, the bamboo roofing in need of replacement. ||The restaurant area and pool is in dire need of refurbishment. Furniture is old and ravaged by the elements, the wooden flooring uneven and creaking. ||The restaurant food is dire. We ordered seafood ahead, as I'd done so before, and it was so overcooked that it was inedible. Nothing else was good; every meal was either overcooked or undercooked or over salted. Very poor for the price. Drinks are still extortionate.||In 2016, I'd observed the then new phenomenon of primarily young people coming for a night simply to take photos of themselves posing on the beach. They didn't bother with relaxing, swimming, reading or generally unwinding. Then it was one couple; this time it was every single guest, so the beach areas are suffused with instagrammers. Not only that, it continues into meal times, with no-one chatting and everyone taking photos or parents parenting via tablet. Depressing.||The young staff do their best and are nice (with the exception of a young lady at the port, who was brusque and unfriendly); the manager seemed to do her best to hide from the guests. ||Still, as before, there were moments of sublime relaxation on the beautiful beaches, which remain the best you can get close to Bangkok. While the cost used to be justifiable, the decline in standards - particularly the food - and the annoying guests, mean that it's sadly no longer a place I...