Manathai Resort

Joakim said, "A beautiful hotel. Small but the interior is wonderful. We are overwelmed. The staff is friendly and helpful. The only thing that was a bit negative, was that the barprices was extremely high, but nevertheless, you can go elsewere to enjoy a drink."

Andrew said, "This resort is fantastic and definitely worth a stay. It is a beautifully decorated, traditionally Thai-styled resort with excellent service. The staff were lovely and really helpful. My partner and I really enjoyed our stay here. We doubt you will be disappointed if you stay here."

Claudia said, "Wow, what a nice hotel! The holidays in Thailand were superb and the stay in the Manathai at the beginning did its best. Rooms are a little bit small but who stays in rooms during holidays? Staff always and everywhere helpful, food upper standard, but the bar is very very expensive (reason why nobody was visible there?) All in all: 100% to recommend; for us in the future a top address on Phuket island"

Veena said, "Manathai Phuket is an excellent hotel. We relaxing traditional modern Thai style. The old wing we pillows with sheer white cloth canopies and a small, but inviting, swimming pool. The staff was cheerful, courteous, and very helpful. Breakfast was of good quality. Our room was comfortable, but lacked useable surface/space to store or set things down on. Lighting in the room was not adequate to read books or see maps. But we slept well with an excellent bed and good air conditioning. Last, but not least, DO NOT let them check you into room 111!!!! Avoid it at all cost. We felt insulted that they would think that anyone would want to sleep in a tight corner room right next to the breakfast restaurant. It smelled like an Indian restaurant when we first walked in, it has an old beat up screen sliding door, it has a vent fan in the bathroom that was constantly ON, and there was only a bathtub with no real shower. When we mentioned our concerns to the receptionists, they promptly moved us to another room. We also loved the beach side chair/towel service at their facility on Surin beach. We will definitely return to Manathai again and will recommend it to our friends, but with the exception of avoiding a 111 type of room."

Muensterer said, "Simply great! Would stay at the Manathai again."

Tom said, "I was disappointed in this hotel...the ambience was very inviting upon entering the hotel, however, the staff effort was mixed except for the restuarant waitstaff which was excellent...the dinner meals were also excellent...but the room was small, the lighting ambience made it impossible to read a book, map, etc..nice touch but not practical..there service to Patong was pathetic...if I was to stay in Surin beach again (which I doubt) I would probably stay at the Twenty-nine Palms which is next door ... just wasn t worth the price."

Nikolaus said, "This was realy a very nice hotel.The interior design has a nice thai style.The rooms were not the biggest-but for this price absolut ok.I can strongly recommend this hotel!"

Farhan said, "Beautifully designed, small boutique hotel - just across the road from Surin Beach. Tranquil, with soothing water features, and all facilities including a restaurant with delicious cuisine. The staff service is outstanding. Although the rooms do no overlook the sea, the Manathai Club on the Beach is a wonderful feature."

Daniela said, "I enjoyed my stay a lot. The ambiance was very pleasant.The decor and furnishing was remarkable. The service was excellent.I can recommand this hotel. Perfect for a perfect holiday. I will return."

Keri said, "Absolutely, positively fantastic! We loved it so much we decided to also try their Phuket location, and were so glad we did. Once again, Manathai impressed us with their service, beautiful rooms and a style unto themselves throughout this boutique-style resort. There is free internet and there are 2 pools, which was great. Also, just a walk across the street to the Manathai Beach Club, where you will be assisted with towels and lounge chairs privately reserved for Manathai guests. Beach-side massages also available. Breakfasts were great, even an omelet station, something for everyone. Weaves restaurant was also divine. Would highly recommend this resort. Located on Surin beach, much better that Patong (which is like the Las Vegas of Thailand)."

Mary said, "very lovely hotel and great service"

Geiger said, "Beautiful,very stylish boutique hotel at Surin Beach Phuket. Nice interior design, lots of nice details,very obliging, friendy staff. Highly recommended !!!"

Crystal said, "Manathai is a cozy boutique hotel. We bars just outside the hotel. Surin Beach is a great choice if you want to stay away from the busy sleazy areas. Hotel is absolutely beautiful. Modern, chic and small. Services are good; hotel staffs are friendly and helpful. There are 2 small swimming pools and the water can be cold because it does not get much sunshine. You can just walk across to the beach if you don’t like the cold water at the pool. I would not recommend it to those travelling with young children considering its limited facilities and space.Room is clean, cozy and spacious. Only thing is that the bathroom was a bit smelly, but this is the typical drain problem across Thailand. I experienced them in Bali too. Food was average. Breakfast was very standard and lack of variety in fact. We had to take the compulsory dinner there on the Christmas Eve, frankly we were disappointed with the buffet spread. We expected better spread and quality for a US$50.00 buffet. The hotel itself does not have spa and gym facilities. There is a really good up-market spa at the Twinpalm resort next door. Not cheap but definitely worth every cent you paid for. Overall we really enjoyed our stay at Manathai. Will definitely recommend it to friends."

Achim said, "Smaller hotel at Surin beach, Beach is not to run over by tourists, hotel lies a little backfrom the beach, yet there is only a little park in between. Staff was really friendly and helpful and it was a pleasure to stay there. Breakfast did not have the variety as bigger hotel, yet the coffee and juice was much better therefore. Everything was a little more individual. The interior of the hotel is nicely decorated and develops modern asian charme. Internet is free !"

Ming said, "The location is pretty isolated so it was pretty hard to get around Phuket. The breakfast wasn t very good as there was no buffer. It was also quite noisy while we were there because of the construction going on. It is a small hotel which seemed quite out of the way."

Ingrid said, "very comfortable hotel with a lot of pleasant features like wireless LAN, DVD-player and business center. the staff was very friendly ans helpfull allover. the only disturbance was the noise from the renovation works on a neighbour building, which are hopefully finished soon."

Mr.Quek said, "Small boutique hotel. Nice and clean but somehow lack the x-factor. Plus point is free broadband access for guest. Downside it is rather small, rooms are small, pool is small, the whole place is quite small. The staff are very helpful though. Unfortunately, we had a bad experience when water seeped into the room during a heavy downfall."

Beth said, "Excellent value for the price. What a pleasure to stay in a hotel that is lovely to look at, clean and simple. On the downside, angle-grinding noise from building of additional 30 rooms was NOT very pleasant at 8am. Swimming pool a little warm. Breakfast was average given it s going as a boutique hotel. Need to get rid of mosquitos in internet area. But overall a really good stay, would definitely stay there again. Local people on Hat Surin beach really need support after Tsunami to get their businesses back on track, and Phuket is really beautiful. We ll be back!"

Alaine said, "Beautiful chic and welcoming hotel - great welcome at hotel - lovely room - staff were the best ever all very friendly and helpful. We would definitely recommend this hotel and can t wait to go back."

Mark said, "Wow - outstanding , what a wonderful place and just like all the web site photos (nice change) we did a three week trip and went all over and this was our nicest hotel. Great room, bathroom, pool , bar, and food - would 100% stay again and highly recommend it to any one.Also it is so peacful, quite and chilled wpould make good place for wedding or honeymoon (also very child friendly) - Very well done."

Mr.Mauro said, "Hotel molto bello, tranquillo, personale cordiale, gentile e disponibile per qualisiasi difficoltà. Noleggiate un auto o moto per girare. Andate a Kamala per la spiaggia ed il mare."

Heike said, "We really enjoyed our stay at Manathai Hotel. The disign of the Hotel is very elegant. The Service was great. The breakfast was very good. Great relaxing zone... all over the hotel couches to sit down. Very nice. Free internet- and computeruse and books to borrow in English. The staff is very friendly."

Louise said, "This is a small, boutique style hotel in a great location if you need a break away from the hype of Patong. Unfortunately when we were there construction was being undertaken on what is going to be a much bigger Manathai complex! This was really annoying when trying to relax by the pool. We had also sent an email to the Manathai prior to booking and were assured construction would not be happening until March 2006.!!"