Ao Nang Bay Resort Reviews

Where to begin? -The reception: unfriendly and unhelpful. A bitter face will greet you when you arrive and through out the day. The exception is the evening/night person. She was lovely. In essence, she This hotel is where the ‘Thai Smile’ went to Die. ***Please be aware that this hotel has NO elevators and if you have suitcases… you MUST be prepared to carry them up & down the stairs to your room,yourselves. -The rooms: if you like yellowish, dirty walls and virtually NO lighting in the room…well you are in luck! Dark and dingy, you will not want to unpack, as no matter what you choose to wear, you won’t be able to see it. The bed is semi-comfortable, but bundle up as the Jet stream of the air conditioning lands straight ON YOU, while you try to sleep. The furniture in the room was rustic and Bali-ish when it was new in 1979. Oh, if you need the safe to place your passport and valuables…you may have trouble finding it! It is hidden in the closet, where you have to bend down under the lower shelf to find it. That is fine except to use it, you will need a flashlight to try to find a red button hidden under and behind it (don’t even try the instruction) to reset a weirdly wired safe. Don’t despair. It’s not you! I promise you it’s the safe. Expect the room and bathroom to NOT be ‘cleaned’ when you asked them to do so. They will make up your bed. Period. -The Bathroom: Old and dilapidated, this bathroom has been ‘patched up to the max’ and is in urgent need of a renovation. From the tall bathtub /shower where you need to climb up slippery tile steps to get into the old dingy tub which does not drain well and the hand held shower sprays everywhere when in its holder…. With the tiles broken and cemented as a band aid. Never have I been to a hotel where they don’t even offer HAND soap in the bathroom. -Breakfast / dining if you are about to choose the ‘Breakfast Included’ option: DONT! You will do much better at the 7Eleven down the street; there at least they offer real coffee. If you do choose the breakfast option, try not to go first thing in the morning- even if you have a tour booked- as they first serve all the left overs from the previous day’s breakfast. Yes.aside that, expect nothing tasty to eat, unless you enjoy gray colour scrambled eggs. That is because they are still cooking with last year’s used cooking oil. In a four week trip through Thailand, this was the only hotel where they offered very little fruit. The same watermelon and pineapple left overs, every single day. On our last day, they even ran out of fruit! The staff at breakfast, especially the woman running it, will start your day with a sour faced bitter look. Don’t bother asking for anything with a smile. It’s won’t be returned. -The Pool: What can I say about a beach ‘Resort’ hotel that does not open its pool until 11 am (!) ? This is strictly enforced and they don’t even let people sit on the pool area chairs until then! We witnessed hotel guests