Ban Raya, Phuket hotels Thailand on th-island.com

*Reviews of recent stays*	*Comment on the hotel*	*The reservation service*
Hans Joakim Mårlöv 2009-03-31	Ban Raya, Racha Yai Island Wonderful location. Koh Raya is still unspoiled. The hotel beach is 10 meters from a beautiful coral reef, we snorkeled at least twice a day, for hours and hours. The whole island is lovely, visit Leh Bay for another great reef, Siam bay for a wonderful white beach. The hotel grounds are serene, the service ok, the rooms are not top notch but that is not why we went there. 100% satisfied!	Worked flawlessly.
Sabine 2009-02-09	Ban Raya, Racha Yai Island Fine hotel, situated at a lovely bay (great snorkelling!). Delicious food in the restaurant and very friendly staff.	Fine (as ever).
Mr Duncan Whiting 2009-02-01	Ban Raya, Racha Yai Island Stayed in a Deluxe room which was basic but adequate. Grounds are very nice and so is the infinity pool overlooking the beach. Snorkling at the hotel beach is amazing with tropical fish in abundance. Staff very friendly. Internet expensive and excruciatingly slow. Restaurant food was mainly Thai, not particularly good and slightly overpriced, still there are other eating options on the island. We ate at the Racha one night which was expensive but good. Although the resort was almost full, you certainly didn t get that impression, and it made for a very relaxing 4 day break.	Efficient as usual
Lars Johansson 2009-02-01	Ban Raya, Racha Yai Island I must say that both Raya island and the accomodation Ban Raya was over our expentions. There were the most beutiful island whith very good snorkling and scuba. It was relaxing to be awaya from salesman and cars. The bungalows had a very high standard consider to the price	The booking we did through Sawadee was very easy to do and we gat good information about the hotells we booked
Sajee Orrison 2008-12-30	Ban Raya, Racha Yai Island Very Quiet, and that s a good thing! The other resort on the island is crowded and noisy. Beach on resort is a bit rocky but has excellent snorkeling. Two white sand beaches are withing 10 minutes walking (check out Siam Bay, beautiful and not crowded). Hotel staff was fantastic, very helpful and pleasant to work with. Food was excellent as well. Don t miss getting an oil or Thai massage, just make sure you schedule it first. Very highly recommended if you want to get away from the crowds. If you are looking for the night-life, look elsewhere.	Easy to do and where very helpful during the Thia Airport closers. Would have refunded money no problem had we not been able to go.
Sajee Orrison 2008-12-30	Ban Raya, Racha Yai Island Ban Raya Resort and Spa, Koh Racha Yai From Chalong Piere to Ban Raya Resort, the boat service was great. When we got to the resort, Khun Ae(receptionist) was wonderful and very helpful. Everyone at the resort were very friendly and smiled all the time. The resort itself situated on the clift, very quiet and peaceful.(eventhough all the rooms were booked). Resort restaurant had a good food and resoanable price. Beautiful snorgelling beaches, and if you walk about 10 minutes to Siam Bay you will find a long stretch of white sand beach, clear water and a good food restaurant with an excellent service.I f you like a good massage I suggested you go see Khun Jeab(at the resort spa)she got a very strong hands. We will definitely go back again.	Sawadee was very helpful during Bangkok Airports closure. Service was wonderful I will use Sawadee again.
Mikil Tamakuwala 2008-06-02 until 2008-06-04	Ban Raya, Racha Yai Island One of the two hotels on the Racha island that is located amidst the nature at the cliff overlooking Khon Kare Bay known for scuba and water diving. Beautiful place, friendly staff and service that made our stay pleasurable and memorable. I think it was not wise spending money on deluxe room so we stayed in a superior room that had air-conditioning and fan from 6pm to 8am, which worked well for us as we were out whole day visiting other beaches on the island. The rooms were spacious, nice and clean. The hotel staff were very helpful, always at your service and willing to go an extra mile. I guess that s what Thai people are known for. Due to off peak season, only main restaurant was in operation. They served most authentic Thai food and very very delicious too that I had had at various Patong and Karon restaurants. Considering the quality of Thai food, its pricing was much better compared to the other restaurants on Phuket island. My kid had great fun at the pool which was very clean. It is at the cliff overlooking the sea. He also enjoyed playing with the butterflies and baby crabs in the sea shell. One day we went to The Racha hotel beach hoping to spend few hours at the beach, dine at the Racha hotel restaurant and return to Ban Raya. But upon reaching there were told by its staff that it is a private beach and were given an unwelcome feeling. We requested paying for the beach benches that were not occupied due to off peak season. But the staff did not come back who had gone to sought permission from The Racha hotel manager. I do not blame the staff, but rather its management for presenting an unwelcome feeling. Waiting tirelessly, I paid few beers and made use of its bar overlooking the beach for my parents. This small (yes..very small) incident made me change my plan and returned to friendly Ban Raya and enjoyed its pool and dinner again. Unlike Ban Raya, that also welcomes the guest visitors and allow use of its beach bench for a small fee. It has helped remove my urge of not staying at The Racha and ensured my decision staying at Ban Raya when I visit the island again. The Racha beach is smaller than the Siam beach.	Booking through Sawadee made my holiday planning very easy and efficient. At one occasion, it also helped me cancel a booking when I found out that one of the hotel website price was much better than that was listed at Sawadee s. This was only one-off case, otherwise the prices listed at the websites are very good. Will certainly use its service for future booking when visiting Thailand.
Henrik Munck 2008-04-23 until 2008-04-25	Ban Raya, Racha Yai Island wonderful place, with great service and A1 location! We spend 2 days with de luxe cabin, nice and clean, a small refrigiator was deeply missed, rest was top and we will go back.	booking service very good, smoothe and without any complications
Mina Neumuller 2008-03-15 until 2008-03-22	Ban Raya, Racha Yai Island When we arrived at Ban Raya we were very pleasantly surprised. In fact, the pictures we had seen of the resort ahead of time do not do it justice. We were expecting clean but simple and were very happy that Ban Raya is much more than this. Beautiful ocean views through the coconut trees in the big garden stretching down to the little beach. The pool is lovely, especially in the evening. Our deluxe AC room was nice. Big bed, spacious bathroom, everything worked, clean, simple. The service was good overall (with the exception of one young waiter) and we were greeted very pleasantly and professionally when we arrived by longtail (the boat ride can be wet - we were soaked through on the way back). The food is fine. Never great, never bad. We had one dinner at The Racha s sunset restaurant on the beach - very much worth it for the view and atmosphere, but the food was very average, especially at that price. Koh Racha is amazingly beautiful - fabulous beaches with lovely white sand, the clearest water and nice little places for lunch etc. It was a little busy midday when all the day trippers were on the beach, but from around 3 or 4 in the afternoon we were practically alone. Overall we had a really wonderful holiday. We would gladly recommend Koh Racha and Ban Raya and we hope to return ourselves some day.	A slight mishap had to be cleared up (after we had paid we were told that the hotel was full-booked) but otherwise booking was easy. Transfer from airport was arranged by Sawadee and we were met at arrivals and everything went well.
Lars E Andersson & Petra Johansson 2008-03-06 until 2008-03-07	Ban Raya, Racha Yai Island A very nice located resort with a lovely view toward the sunset and a nice garden. The rooms where nice and clean. The wildlife exeptional with monitor lizard (we say a infant at the resort) giant bats, birds and alot och colourful fishes and clear water. The service was extremelly good and we will most likely come back to this magnificent island. Thanks a lot för all good service and nice people. Lars & Petra	It was ok! Little hard to understand at first but after some trials we got it right!!