Vimarn Samut Resort Hotels

chaicharn stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2008-06-11 and said, "I would rate the hotel alone as 7/10 (average) and it is just steps away from the beach. What made the whole experience different was how friendly and courteous the staff members were. Service is definitely 10/10. They were also very accommodating; special breakfasts could be ordered without any extra costs, ferry ticket and taxi services were done with lightning speed. It was definitely the extra steps that the staff member had taken to make the whole experience very pleasant!"

Owen stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2008-03-20 and said, "We had a great time. Neal is awesome and the staff are really cool. They ll even write the hotel name and room number on your arm if you stay during a full moon party to make sure you can remember where to come back to that night. Definitely recommend!"

Christopher stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2008-02-20 and said, "hi i stayed at this resort with 2 friends it is a beautiful place and good value for money. Staff are very kind and graceful i would reccomend this resort to all travellers planning a trip to koh phangan. the resort is ideally located from haad rin the resort itself is on sunset beach. again ***** star quality."

kevin stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2006-09-07 and said, "during the full moon party everyplace is a bit overpriced thus overall the price is relatively reasonable. the rooms are big, clean, aircon, but no TV or fridge, curtains, linen etc are basic but clean. the safety deposit at reception is a shared safe ie every rooms valuables put in one safe with key held by hotel - i left a lot of cash which i was worried about but it was all fine. the staff are v helpful and friendly. the other guests tended to be student types.on the road its a long walk to the party but by walking to the beach its only 5 to 7 minutes walk.its a good place to stay if you want value for money, and want to be close to full moon party but still far enough away to have a bit of peace and quiet."

H.M. stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2006-08-08 and said, "We were looking forward to this little piece of paradise after reading reviews online. We have strong suspicions that the positive reviews written about this hotel are the work of an english speaking owner or a tourist who was paid to post them. This place is beyond terrible. Located on a far and deserted part of Haad Rin, dirty and worst of all- overpriced. They misrepresent themselves online and charge prices that are exhuberant for this island. You will be sorely disappointed upon arrival (as we were) but will be forced to stay 3 nights around the full moon party (the only time this hotel has any guests... I saw their booking calendar during our stay). For the amount they charged (about 70USD, very expensive for Haad Rin), we expected a nice room with all ameneties. Instead, we got a dirty room with an airconditioner that we could not control, a large towel for a blanket ( I kid you not!) and no tv. The only toiletries offered were dingy towels and rolls of toilet paper. The room was reachable by 3 staircases, and there was no one to help carry the luggage. Upon arrival, our toilet seat had pee stains on it . The beach is dirty and unswimmable (large coral reef) and the distance to the busy sunrise beach is way more than the 10 minutes posted in the hotel description."

Keith stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2006-06-29 and said, "In my opinion this hotel was terrible. Not what we were looking for anyway. Built on hillside so loads of stairs. Beach area was dirty as was check-in area. Did not stay. Went to Phangan Spa Resort a few hundred meters down the road. Approximately the same price and far superior. Would recommend this hotel as a better option to Vimarn."

Gilad stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2006-06-10 and said, "Great location on a nice and quite beach, 15 minute walk from all the craziness of Hadrin (if you are there around the Full Moon), so it s close to all the action, but quite and chill. The family/people that run this place are the nicest you ll meet, and make the overall stay enjoyable (great Thai cooking as well). Be aware however, that this is definetly not a resort . The quality of both the rooms and the ammenites are more similar to a hostel. And the guests, although mature and respectful (relative to some of the other places in Hadrin), are mostly made up of backpackers or travelers, with very few long-term vacationers. If you are used to or looking for a resort type atmosphere, this is probably not the place for you. However,if you don t mind very basic, hostel-type accomodations, than this place is great."

Mark stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2006-05-13 and said, "With the risk of Samut becoming a crowded place I definitely can endorse this hotel as the cosiest and friendliest place on Ko Phagnan. Rooms are spacy and good with great sea views. It s a laid back resort with a fine terrace and good food. Enjoy the music and catch a movie, you even won t have to go to Had Rin beach."

Angelika stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2006-02-10 and said, "I really enjoyed the stay at this hotel. Rooms were clean, quiet and with a very nice view. A great extra service was the free taxi to Haad Rin.For the future, it would be great, if also ferry tickets and trips (e.g. to Ang Thong Marine Nationalpark) could be ordered at the hotel reception!"

Luciano stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2005-09-15 and said, "This was a lovely place to stay. It s a 15 minute walk/2 minute drive from the main town in Haad Rin, which is preferable to being in town, if you don t want to be surrounded by full moon partying tourists! The open eating/lounging area has a gorgeous view on the beach and you feel an immediate sense of relaxation when you sit down. The manager (owner?) is there every day ( Mu sp?), she speaks fluent English and she is lovely - really looks after you and makes you feel at home. She can arrange a free car to the town (you have to get a taxi back) or she ll get you a reliable taxi to other places on the island. All rooms have an ocean view and, when you walk out of your room, you have a view of the gorgeous tree-lined mountain across the road. The rooms are nice, clean, though no telephone or tv. However there are a good collection of DVDs and LOVELY RELAXING CDS (played softly in the evening) in the open lounge area. There are roosters and hens wandering around under trees(a nice touch - they don t bother you). I m sure they produce the eggs for your pad thai dish! I would really recommend it for your full moon party stay, but more specifically for people who are NOT crazy partiers who want a relaxing island stay, but also want access to the town. The prices outside of the party time are almost half. The beach is too shallow for swimming, but other beaches are in walking distance (apparently, you can walk to the town along the beach, though a taxi is recommended for nighttime). Or they also have lilos for floating in the ocean. Though we weren t there for long, we took an excursion to the elephant trekking on the north of the island. However, I would recommend trying the trekking on a different island instead. The trekking place was apparently fairly new. The elephants take you up a steep hill, which is obviously really hard for them and the trekker yells at the elephant all the way up. Even though the view was lovely of the mountains, we asked to turn around after about 5 mins and asked if we could just hang out with the elephants instead. We saw another group of tourists that had completed the trek and one girl was crying - presumably another animal lover that felt the animals were not happy. Hanging out with the baby elephant instead was lovely - he does lots of tricks, but again, you feel he has probably been punished as well as rewarded to do the tricks. There are a bunch of elephant trekking places on Koh Samui, (island south of Koh Phangan) and some of these must have elephant trekking along flat ground (around waterfalls, judging by maps) But all in all, I HIGHLY recommend staying at Vimarn Samut."

Ninni stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2005-08-19 and said, "So friendly! The personnel were more than great. The room was clean with a good standard. If you visit Vimarn Samut Resort in late summer the beach are not the best (low water), but it’s only 10-15 minutes walk to Haad riin beach so why complain?."

Brenda, stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2005-03-29 and said, "lovely hotel. the staff were extremely friendly and helpful. the place is very chilled out and right on the beach with lovely views. the restaurant was very good. a bit of a walk on land from Hat Rin but it is easily reached by the beach."

Francis stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2005-03-23 and said, "We enjoyed our stay at Vimarn Samut. It was the perfect spot in Koh Phangan to enjoy the full moon party. The location was a ten minute walk to the party and far enough away to get a good nights sleep after the party. Boo and her staff were so friendly. The Thai food in the restuarant is probably the best on the island. I spent most of the day relaxing in the hammock looking out into the sea. I would definitely recommend this hotel and look forward to returning in the future."

Ronald stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2005-03-16 and said, "Great location, rooms withsea view. Our double bed was AWFUL. The most uncomfortable thing I have ever slept on. No breakfast included in the price made it expensive. Staff were fine, but never again, I need to sleep."

Julie stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2005-02-22 and said, "I cannot recommend this resort highly enough. We initially booked for 3 nights and ended up staying for 6 it was so good! The staff are wonderful - so friendly and accomodating, we were made to really feel welcome. In a beautiful location on the beach. Rooms are clean and well kept, and the food amazing!! Will definitely be going back there one day soon."

Christian stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2005-02-21 and said, "i hade a great time at vinmarn sammut. Specialy thanks to Boo, the manager/reception I will return next year."

Aaron stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2004-11-25 and said, "I m glad we had this nice low key resort to relax at because the full moon party was a big dissapointment. By no means was the full moon party a real rave. Eight or so different beach bars in a row blaring competing, preset,out of date crappy trance or hip hop out on to a crowded beach of unsophisticated people. No DJs or house music to be found anywhere and no real sense of togetherness. A decent all night party in a cool setting with bad music, but hardly an event worthy of world wide aclaim. Perhaps a good thing is now way past its prime. Back to the review: The staff was wonderful. Very helpful and friendly and cooked great western and Thai food. The grounds/garden area looks nice and fits in well with the beach. The restaurant/lounge area is also very cozy. The rooms are very basic but also very clean, spacious with good AC, and decently sealed up from bugs. This is the minimum level of comfort my typical girly American wife was happy with for more than a night. I would definitely stay here again. It is also more like a 15 minute walk to town where the full moon party is, but the staff is happy to give rides there many times a day."

Andrew stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2004-11-25 and said, "Awesome place, good location, friendly staff and tasty food. Great place to stay, and looks like it will be even better when the renovations are finished."

Antigone stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2004-09-24 and said, "This is a paradise of a place in Koh Panghan s frenzy.The plans for a swimmiming pool and more accurate internet service(the internet connection was a bit slow)I m sure that will keep travellers in the hotel premises for days.The rooms are clean and new,the staff(especially the manager)extremely helpful and friendly.I have to say that although we didn t particularly like Koh Panghan,we could return in the future just to stay there.If the price would include breakfast everything would be perfect!Big thanks!"

John stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2004-08-29 and said, "Enjoyed the stay immensely. The staff were friendly, especially Moo, and always wiling to assist. Look forward to coming back."

daniel stayed at Vimarn Samut Resort on 2004-04-20 and said, "We loved it here. It is a wonderful peaceful setting, just what we wanted. ALL the staff made us feel welcome and at home. Everyone is very friendly and fell over backwards to make our stay more comfortable."