Aochalong Villa Resort & Spa

Overall everything was good!

The staff are very friendly. If you are in for relaxing/detoxing/rehab this is for you. There is nothing around and the bar closes at 22.30 at night. The hotel is by the beach however the staff described it as ‘dirty’ and advise me to go to Kata beach (atound £5 each way, or you can use the free shuttle at 2pm back at 5pm). As for the rooms, they are ok but you must be able to sleep with the noise the aircon makes - my tumble drier makes less noise than that. The room locker isn’t very sturdy either....

When we first got there they overbooked and stuck us in a back room that was not what we paid for and said they would move us the next day. After seeing the small room I saw why we would have to move the next day. My friend and I are not picky but do need some room! The next day we went to the front desk and asked when our new room would be ready and ask that we get compensated for the previous night. Thankfully they worked with us and gave us two massages and had our room ready when we were done with the massages. The massages were great! It felt like a combo of Thai massage and yoga! The area the resort is in leaves more to be desired. It’s not near town and you can’t really go to the beach as it’s more of a harbor and at high tide the water comes all the way up to the sea wall. It would be nice for a family but as two younger women it made going out a bit challenging. Also the town itself is a little lacking. A lot of construction. Next time I would stay in kata, karon or patong beach. The food at the restaurant was ok- not the best but again nothing is around. Cocktails are NOT made with real fruit juice but fake powder stuff. It’s called orange juice because of the color not because it’s real orange juice from oranges. Overall it was a nice stay once we moved rooms. But I don’t think it can be considered beach front since the beach isn’t really usable. The view from the pool area is nice tho!

Fantastic pool and breakfast!

Staff was great!! the room was ok different then expected. The bed a little hard for my liking. the grounds are pretty cool but got in so late did not have time to check out so cant give you good feedback.