Shane C.
Google
We booked 11 nights at BYD Lofts for over €800, expecting a relaxing boutique stay instead, this has been the worst hotel experience of our trip in Thailand.
• Undisclosed Construction: The day we checked in, heavy construction noise (sledgehammers, drilling, machinery) was already in full swing directly against our room wall. When we say loud we mean it sounded as if they were using the sledgehammer to try and knock down the wall separating our room from the next building. So loud that we took a nap and woke up with a banging headache- worse off than before we went to sleep. The hotel never mentioned this in advance or at check-in. Instead, a letter was quietly slipped under our door afterwards, claiming construction would start the next day. In reality, it had already begun. Even worse, the construction runs through our entire stay and only ends after we check out.
• Wrong Room / Misrepresentation: We booked a “1 bedroom Deluxe Suite” based on the description and 3D tour, which clearly showed a front-facing balcony. Instead, we were escorted across the road to a smaller building and given a back-facing room with a balcony overlooking air-conditioning units directly against the construction site. Reception staff even blamed us for not reading the listing properly which is absurd. Using phrases such as “that’s why when you book a place you have to read” which is not only disrespectful but completely undermining our intelligence and the reputation they’ve built up. For context we did extensive researching for all the places we go to, visit, and stay in and their website and reviews is what made us book so to throw that back in our face and be ridiculed when we have been misled by their website is unacceptable
• Facilities Not as Advertised: The TVs are not “Smart TVs” (bedroom TV is disabled to local channels only). “Daily housekeeping” is advertised but only offered twice weekly. Marketing and reality do not match.
• Poor Environment & Staff Attitude: The corridors smell of sewage, and the two receptionists we dealt with were some of the most unprofessional staff we’ve ever met cheeky, dismissive, and outright rude. When we raised genuine concerns, they shrugged, switched languages mid-conversation, and in a very long winded way told us “tough luck.”
• Special Occasion Ruined: This was meant to be a birthday stay, and instead it’s been stressful, noisy, and anything but relaxing.
We paid over €800 for 11 nights and got a room we cannot use, noise from morning to evening, and zero effort from management to resolve the issues. The construction conveniently finishes after we leave, meaning we endure all of the disruption and none of the benefit.
This is false advertising and misrepresentation, not a boutique experience. If you value honesty, comfort, and respect, do not stay here.