Ramon
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Not a hotel I will recommend.
The first thing that we noticed when arriving was that it's hectic. The lobby is very open and small, allowing loud noises from the busy street. I like to feel relieved when arriving in a hotel after a long journey. This was not the case here.
We arrived 30 minutes early and check in is only possible at 3pm. They let us wait in the lobby until 3:03pm. Never had to do this in any hotel in any country, this was a first. Also to my surprise, we had to pay a deposit of 1000 baht. I have not encountered this anywhere before either.
The staff was not very welcoming and friendly when we arrived. A smile costs nothing, I would say? Such a contrast with all other stays we had in Thailand. Some other staff members were nicer; perhaps we were just unlucky on arrival.
The room was not to the standard I'd expect from a five-star hotel. It was not very clean with hairs in the shower and on the toilet floor. There was a fresh blootstain on the wall. Probably a killed mosquitto, as there were many of those and no mosquitto net.
The room had no view, but looked directly at a wall. There were no extra bath towels for the beach or the swimming pool, which by the way, both are mediocre. This was a so-called "deluxe" room.
Good thing about this hotel is that it's very close to the airport (5 minute drive). Also the beach is right next to the hotel and there are a lot of restaurants close by. We were disgusted by the littering on the beach though.
When we ordered a taxi for our departure the next morning, the desk lady was kind enough to offer us a take-away breakfast, that was nice. We asked for a vegetarian option. Unfortunately, that breakfast consisted of some mandarins and salad, without cutlery - extremely impractical when going through check-ins and security on an airport, so we had to dispose of it. Nice gesture from the hotel, but very poor implementation.
Since this was our honymoon, the hotel did leave a little cake for us on our room. That was kind. They also tried to make a heart out of flowers on the bed, which was a nice gesture but poor implementation again.
All in all, this hotel seems to be process-driven rather than client-driven. Not great!