Buffalo Bay Vacation Club

This place is good value for money with a great beach location. The bed was comfortable, and the room had a fridge and fan. I also had hot water, although I believe some bungalows may only have cold water — I was kindly upgraded on arrival, which I appreciated but random. Check-in was a little unusual. I arrived around 3pm and had to ring the reception bell, a couple times. I was greeted by a very sweaty man who looked as though he had just got dressed, which felt a bit uncomfortable. He wasn’t too welcoming. All other staff were very friendly when I saw them on sight. The main reason I wouldn’t stay again is due to the large number of huge bats living in the trees directly above the bungalows. There are thousands of them and they screech constantly, day and night. I understand this is completely out of the owner’s control, but it made the stay quite stressful and not the relaxing, beachy experience I was hoping for. I also wouldn’t recommend this place for solo travellers. Once the sun sets there is no outdoor lighting, so walking through the trees to the bungalows feels quite spooky, especially with the bats, monkeys, and other wildlife around. Some pathway & lighting would make a big difference. The view from the bungalows themselves isn’t great, as you’re looking straight onto the back of another bungalow. There is no working WiFi from the bungalows. And they don’t clean rooms during your stay. Overall, for the price it’s hard to complain too much, but personally it wasn’t the most enjoyable stay for me.

3 times stayed here. Very quiet place on the beach. Amazing breakfast. Rooms are comfortable and clean. The host is great! 100% recommended both for short and long term stay.

We could choose our bungalow and got the one with sea view! Very nice , clean place and very quiet when we were there (off-season). Friendly staff, very helpful in organizing trips and making the best of our vacation. Food was great, especially the chicken with cashew nut and the roti with vegetables. We went on an amazing snorkeling trip that was recommended to us - totally worth it. On the beach there were the most beautiful clams we have ever seen. Kayaking is for rent, we did not go. We would always go there again.

We had planned to stop here four nights but ended up stopping five because we loved it so much. The bungalows are set in the jungle just back from the beach. They are basic but perfectly adequate and clean. The beach is just glorious. The food in the restaurant we thought was divine..we didn't find any better on the island. The staff were very helpful and friendly. The resort is quiet (which we loved) definitely not a noisy party party place, so if that's what your looking for go elsewhere. Had a great cooking lesson with Dimitri.

We decided to treat ourselves whilst staying on Koh Phayam and stay somewhere with 24 electricity etc. We arrived in the dark and our first impressions weren't great. The man who checked us in came across rude and unwelcoming. The room was nice enough and clean but the resort itself felt eery and although it was meant to be fully booked no one was around. ||||The hotel advertised lots of activities such as diving and snorkeling but it seemed when we arrived nothing was available although we found some other places to do this on the island. ||||The rooms were meant to be cleaned each day - the beds were made but nothing more than that- the towels were never changed and the floors weren't swept. ||||The food in the hotel was average so we mostly ate in other places on the island. The beach was very quite and pretty. ||||We felt that the hotel was over priced and breakfast wasn't even included. ||||Our stay here was fine and we loved the island but we hired a moped and drove to long beach or the other end of Buffalo Bay and this suited us more. This resort has SO much potential to be amazing but it just needed some love and maybe people would spend more time there.

The place is beautiful, the rooms are clean and very nice. The owner was not very friendly and treated us like we were children who he expected not to follow any of the rules he had made about the towels and room keys. It is strange to encounter someone whose entire business revolves around customer service who is so poor at interacting with guests. It's a shame, because the place is beautiful and the rest of the staff were very polite and helpful.

Came back again year later.. 500 to rent kayak for whole day, good price. Have free water refil for customer who stay too.. Room Very clean and service is just wonderful. Beautiful White Beach, calm water. Definitely will visit again.

Lovely place. Awesome beach with huge low/high tide difference making it nice to walk far away in the wet sand. Dmitri and his family are extremely welcoming and helpful for anything. Super quiet and thus relaxing. Very well maintained equipment (the gaz water heater is great). Highly recommended for couples or families