Ao Karang （Ao Pakarang）附近住宿

I’m not going to lie, we booked this island stay from Koh Chang as we were travelling islands, and I thought I’d booked Le Vimarn cottages. A place I’d wanted to stay for years. Instead I booked here. Same name, similar name! Not the same! I made a mistake with the booking, I have no regrets! I also have no doubt this resort will thrive, the amount of building work that was going on was skilful and impressive. Not ideal for us but the beach restaurants kept us happy all day! I don’t regret my location being wrong at all! It’s beautiful and stunning and I would come back in a heartbeat! I struggled to get a coffee before 9 am though because my facilities didn’t work in my room and I was up at 6 and looking for a functioning reception or breakfast bar really irked me! But apart from that, I’d say, work on your pool but I’d love to see your finished work in 6 months because this place will be Amazing! But please don’t sell your rooms without letting us know it’s under construction

酒店真的很好,我們期待的一切。房間寬敞,非常好,每天都打掃。游泳池很小,但真的很漂亮,整個酒店都是泰式傳統風格建造的,很乾淨。海灘就在幾步之遙,Samed(在Samed Villa酒店)和Silversand酒吧提供深夜雞尾酒的最佳海灘餐廳也是如此。早餐有點差。缺點是海灘本身,漲潮幾乎沒什麼地方躺下,不得不租沙灘椅和洶涌的海浪。更好的選擇是去奧普拉奧玩一天,那裏的海灘很棒,根本沒有海浪,在那裏看到了最好的日落。離歌蒂尤只有5分鐘的路程,摩托車更快。度假村很安靜,即使幾乎在海灘上,仍然僻靜,所以休息很放心。肯定會再次入住,因爲它比相對較低的價格(與奧普拉度假村相比)更值得。

Stayed at Avatara Resort Hotel from 8 to 10 December 2021. We booked a Triple Room, which was very spacious, clean and comfortable beds. Layout of the bathroom was awesome with full view of the jungle. Location is not bad just a walking distance to the Sai Kaew beach which was lively and vibrant at night, with many restaurants nearby. Unfortunately this multistory building has no lift or escalators and a long walk from the lobby and beach. Our room was on the 5th floor and climbing up those many stairs is a big problem especially for those with disabilities or older age. Path and corridors along the building are poorly lit. Breakfast by the beach is very popular with guests but service is poor. On our second day, my son found out that the fresh cold milk he had with cornflakes has gone bad. Brought to the attention of the staff who was quite reluctant and no apologies, Restaurant staff should have pay more attention to the quality of food served. Poor and unfriendly staff; no smile, no greetings and treated guests as if we are a liability to them. The staff was busy playing with their mobile phones and chatting with their colleagues rather than paying attention to the hotel guests. We need to approach them every time we needed to order and foods service are poor. Serviette and tissue paper are not provided with the food, have to asked for them.

We booked 4 rooms and stayed for a week. Even the entry standard type of room can provide us all the necessary comfort. Water is hot, AC is working (although a bit too noisy and sometimes struggling fighting the heat), breakfast is good, beach is clean, massage is great and staffs are polite as always. Thank you again K Sawittree, our beloved manager. K Non from Ao Prao for stopping by to say hello, N Wan (from breakfast, dinner venue), K Chompoo (nice to meet you again, although this time not at Paradee), K Mint (receptionist/cashier) and K Raisam/K Dokmai from spa. You all are great. Thank you for the little souvenirs as checked outs. We love the beach bags and beach towels. Memorable once again ❤️

I’ll start by saying that the hotel’s surroundings are breathtakingly beautiful. The beach is one of the best on the island - clean and tranquil. It made spending time in the hotel a delight. And overall, we had a really memorable time - which was enhanced by exploring the island on motorbikes every day (which you can rent from the hotel). However, there are a number of areas where there could be significant scope for improvement and which, if improved, could make this a much better class of hotel. These are primarily: 1. There was repeated miscommunication with the hotel staff, who generally-speaking (with the exception of one or two receptionists) have poor English. It would of course be unreasonable to expect everyone to speak perfect English; that’s not my criticism here. But what I will say is that a lack of common language between us and the hotel staff made asking questions, even simple ones, about our trip difficult and led to mistakes. 2. The food is really poor at the hotel restaurant, Breeze. We had expensive Thai food which was inedible in part and the only bad meal which we have had during our two week stay in Thailand. Until improved, I’d suggest going to other restaurants on the island - Banana Bar is a real highlight. 3. The rooms which we were first shown to were unacceptably far away from the main hotel and up a number of flights of steps. We asked to change and were moved with no questions asked, which was a great result for us. We thought the hotel dealt with that issue brilliantly. We wondered how often they had encountered this issue having shown people to those rooms. And to be honest, those rooms shouldn’t really be hired out at all unless it is for a serious discount and it’s made clear to guests when they book. 4. Parts of the hotel feel unloved and a bit neglected to be honest - I don’t want to be too harsh here as it may be that the hotelier hasn’t been able to put as much money back into the resort following COVID and it’s aftermath. In particular, the room showers could do with an update. And generally there is an outdated feel to the hotel which could do with being modernised - the furniture in the common parts, the shower by the pool, etc. For the reasons above and taking into account the price paid for our stay, I would give Ao Prao three stars, but my lasting feeling is that with a bit more money, love and attention to detail, it could become a four or five star in the future.

第一次來沙美島，很幸運地選擇了這個度假村——位於一切的中心，但又位於海灘上。房間乾淨，服務周到。餐廳的工作人員很好，我們很幸運，因為有一個人成為了“我們的現場人員”，並且對我的丈夫非常有幫助，他需要一些步驟等方面的幫助。我們會回來，也許會升級到看起來很棒的豪華房

位置優越,位於主海灘和體面的海灘酒吧區(現場樂隊路太響了)。房間價格不錯,但有點奇怪:樓下的浴室,樓上的臥室。但工作人員一點也不友好,度假村周圍的垃圾箱和菸灰缸沒有倒空,麪包店的麪包不新鮮,女傭白天把走廊弄得一團糟。但公平地說,整個Samed的服務非常糟糕 - 我在那裏已經去了35年了!但這是我們不會再打擾第二次的地方。

酒店很好，房間很大。非常五星級，服務員OK。還可以拍照有互動體驗，變成4d 。非常好玩的。泰國來了2個多星期了。快樂並且累。秀是必看的！而且要每個廠都要去看！非常好玩的。泰國來了2個多星期了。快樂並且累。秀是必看的！而且要每個廠都要去看！非常好玩的。泰國來了2個多星期了。騎大象，水裡躺過一個小湖可以點飲料看大象玩兒水，和看幾遍的秀，快樂非常OK，vip位置可以近距離跟帥哥互動，美女也不錯，可以體驗皇后公主的感覺，，**秀是必看的！而且要每個廠都要去看！非常好玩的。泰國來了2個多星期了。快樂並且累。秀是必看的！而且要每個廠都要去看！非常好玩的。泰國來了2個多星期了。快樂並且累。秀是必看的！而且要每個廠都要去看！非常好玩的。泰國來了2個多星期了。快樂並且累。秀是必看的！而且要每個廠都要去看！

The hotel has mini villa type rooms, each with a good-sized balcony to enjoy the beautiful foliage planted all around. The rooms are large, airy, sp****, and super clean. Bathroom size is good too, and all amenities are provided. The bed is one of the softest ones I've ever slept on. Absolutely loved it! Check-in and check-out was smooth, the staff is warm. There's a shortcut which takes you to the main Sai Kaew Beach in a minute's walk. It is also easily walkable (15 mins) from the main ferry pier (Nuan Thip). The hotel did not have a restaurant yet (which we knew before booking), but I did see some construction going on, so they could be adding one in the future, But there's plenty of restaurants on the beach, so no worries there. We had an immensely satisfactory and comfortable stay. Would recommend to all travelers.

Aqua Beads located in a quiet area of the island. The hotel is clean, the staff friendly and always smiling. The beach is small and almost private. We had room 102 right on the beach which has a great view. The breakfast was good, choice of eggs, toast and fruit. Rooms have tea and coffee and a fridge. The pool area is good if that’s your thing. The pool is about 12 metres long. If you like swimming in the sea be warned. There are sea urchins when the tide is out and as I found if you do long swims also sea lice. I noticed getting little stings as I swam but didn’t think anything of it. I then came out in little red lumps that we thought were mosquito bites and it wasn’t until after a fair few days that we worked out what it was. There are also mosquitoes around at night so you’ll need anti mosquito spray. A few restaurants around the hotel which are okay, a bar that does decent cocktails about a ten minute walk away and a slightly more up market restaurant at the Ban Ploy hotel. Very few guests at the hotel so we more or less had the place to ourselves. You can hire scooters very easily and they’re cheap if you want to explore the island.