Travel review of Vimarn Samut Resort, Kohphangan on smilethailand.net (24 hotel reviews)

*Reviews of recent stays*	*Comment on the hotel*	*The* *reservation service*
Owen Fileti 2008-03-20 until 2008-03-23	Vimarn Samut Resort, Haad Rin Nai 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 Ross 2008-02-20 until 2008-02-23	Vimarn Samut Resort, Haad Rin Nai 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 goulding 2006-09-07 until 2006-09-10	Vimarn Samut Resort, Haad Rin Nai 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.	very good, efficient, i was impressed
H.M. 2006-08-08 until 2006-08-11	Vimarn Samut Resort, Haad Rin Nai 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 Mcdonagh 2006-06-29 until 2006-07-02	Vimarn Samut Resort, Haad Rin Nai 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 Lumer 2006-06-10 until 2006-06-13	Vimarn Samut Resort, Haad Rin Nai 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.	Very good service, no problems at all.
Mark de Bruin 2006-05-13 until 2006-05-18	Vimarn Samut Resort, Haad Rin Nai 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.	polite, efficient. Loved the sms confirmation service.
Angelika Eppert 2006-02-10 until 2006-02-15	Vimarn Samut Resort, Haad Rin Nai 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!	Efficient
Luciano Savedra 2005-09-15 until 2005-09-20	Vimarn Samut Resort, Haad Rin Nai 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.	fine.
Ninni Johansson 2005-08-19 until 2005-08-22	Vimarn Samut Resort, Haad Rin Nai 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?.	No problem at all

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