Katina Hotel (formerly S.T. Hotel)

CHANG said, "S T Hotel is located in Phuket Town itself. We booked a supreme room and the conditions are OK except the mini fridge is not working. The room rate is reasonable compared with others. The restaurant is near the lift lobby. It provides quite a variety of foods but some foods are quite saltish. Cocktail lounge is just opposite to the lift lobby. There is a piano and a small cafe which provides drinks like coffee or tea.Night time, the hotel staff will switch on the plasma TV near the lounge. Staff could hardly understand English except one who can understand well. The karaoke is on 2nd floor, but not sure whether the management is using it. I did see someone celebrating and singing in the restaurant with the karaoke on. It takes about 45min to go to Patong Beach, paying 300 baht for tuk tuk and 500 baht for the aircon taxi. Atmosphere at the roads is quite poluted with diesel smoke emitting from the vehicles. Amenities like shops and tourists are usually found in Patong Town and the beach is just in front of the shops. You can see traffic police trying to guide the heavy traffic during peak hours, ocassionally he will blow his whistle. Locations of shops are scattered all around Phuket Town. You can find furniture shops, flower shops, foods stalls and sheds, quitar shop,paint shops, flower nurseries and others. Most of the buildings are about 1 or 2-storey high with wires and poles line along the roads. There is one exceptional building which stands out among the rest, that is Central Festival. The prices of commodities in the shops are quite expensive compared with our own, but the prices of foods are quite reasonable. The taxi team is in league. No matter how you bargain for the taxi price, at the end, it goes back to the leader and he will quote the final price. Generally it is quite easy to find taxi services every where."

Dror said, "Don t let the pictures mislead you. The pictures were taken when the hotel was young and pretty :) The hotel is not central, even not in Phuket town. Tuktuk are hard to flag at this spot. The hotel is very basic, rooms are shabby, reception stuff is really bad with English. The restaurant staff however were very friendly.When we checked out, they tried to double charge us for the stay. The bill seemed too high to me, and it appeared that eventhough we booked and payed through Sawadee.com, they still tried to charge us for the room."

Timothy said, "Great quality for the price. I especially liked the complimentary continental breakfasts, and the excellent and reasonably priced laundry service. All the hotel personnel were fantastic. Thank you."

Manjit said, "My stay at ST Hotel was wonderful. The receptionists on duty in the day and night were efficient and were able to communicate with my family and me in simple English. We were able to get them to call transportation as well as get tips on places to eat easily. The food was very good at the Captain Bush Restaurant. The staff were very helpful and attentive to our needs. I would recommend this hotel to others. I will also stay in this hotel when I visit Phuket again."

Rodrigo said, "well i it was very diffcoult to get in contact with the staff as they spoke very little english,very old hotel i think and the rooms even tough i booked a superior type was not so good either"