Travel review of Koh Tao Coral Grand Resort, Kohtao on thailandguidebook.com (38 hotel reviews)

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eva kirkegaard 2008-05-14 until 2008-05-20	Koh Tao Coral Grand Resort, Koh Tao, Sairee Beach I must say this hotel is way to expensive for what you get. it is more a guest house than a resort. the pool is nice and the staf aswell but that is the only 2 nice things i can say about it. you can find much nicer resorts for less money.	the booking service is perfect.
Fabri 2008-04-17 until 2008-04-22	Koh Tao Coral Grand Resort, Koh Tao, Sairee Beach bon acceuil tres belle chambre vue piscine la plage est superbe la piscine est pas mal juste qques plongeurs a l essai un peu embetant et nous vous conseillons de plonger avec le koh tao coral grand diving les moniteurs sont supers	super sawadee aucun pb
Fiona Dodkins 2008-03-31 until 2008-04-02	Koh Tao Coral Grand Resort, Koh Tao, Sairee Beach This hotel is on the best side of Koh Tao - right on Sairee Beach. Turn left by the swimming pool ad walk along to all of the beach bars - some party atmosphere and some a little more chilled. Staff were friendly, although their english wasn t so good! We had a deluxe pirate beachfront cottage which was right on the beach. The standard of accommadation is a little primitive and certianly not 4 or 5 star, but the room was clean (and cleaned every day) and towels replaced every day. Only had 3 beds around the pool, but we really came to this island to dive (and were not disappointed to see a 7m Whale Shark at Green Rock for our 60 minute dive!). Great location, just wish we would have stayed longer (we ll come back for at least a week next year!).	Fab as usual
Anette Pedersen 2008-03-19 until 2008-03-22	Koh Tao Coral Grand Resort, Koh Tao, Sairee Beach A very nice place with a great location. Only 10 minutes by Long tail boat to Nangyaun which is a great place to snorkel or diving. A very nice place, super beach and nice rooms.
Torill Algrøy 2008-03-18 until 2008-03-22	Koh Tao Coral Grand Resort, Koh Tao, Sairee Beach The hotel was ok, but we find it to be a bit over-priced. During our stay in Thailand we stayed at 3 different resorts but even if this was the most expensive one, we find it to have the lowest standard. We stayed in a bungalow with 2 bedrooms close to the swimming pool. We joined a snorkling trip arranged by the diving group at the resort and this was very good. We can recommend it to everybody! It is also recommended to try the taxiboat. It was much cheaper to eat at Koh Tao compared to Koh Samui. We enjoid our stay but as said before, it was a little bit expensive. The resort was on a quiet part of the beach, and this was great.	Great
Ilpo Himanka/Eva Altemo 2007-12-16 until 2007-12-19	Koh Tao Coral Grand Resort, Koh Tao, Sairee Beach Positive: Friendly and helpful staff. Peaceful and nice area. Nice bungalows but a little bit worn out. Bungalow cleaned every day. Good Thai food in restaurant. Breathtaking surroundings Negative: Bad timing in restaurant, do not like to get starter, main and desert at same time. But this is generall all over Thailand, i think!? The barbecue evening can not be recomended. Narrow beach, and not so clear water during our stay. Pool was occupied by divers (beginners in training). Cockroaches in bathroom, found two big fat ones! Overall: I can recomend this Resort! We enjoyed our stay. I can highly recomend to visit Nangyuna Island. About 10 minutes by Long tail. But go before 10 AM, in order to find the best spot on the beach in front of Japanese Garden. 200B p/p two way from the Resort, if i recall! And 100B p/p to visit the Island. Wonderfull beach, do not miss that! And bring your snorkel, diving-mask and bread to feed the fish!	Booking, payment and confirmation worked out excellent and fast.
Eoin Scully 2007-03-23 until 2007-03-25	Koh Tao Coral Grand Resort, Koh Tao, Sairee Beach Everyone traveling to Koh Tao is aware that the facilities are more primitive than what many tourists expect. The Coral Grand is no exception. Although the resorts pimps itself as one of the more high end Koh Tao resorts (which is largely true) however it is still pretty primitive for the money they are charging per room. The shower water is drippy and the power goes out between 5 & 5:30pm each day. In addition the food and service in the restaurant is terrible. Having said that the resort is in an idilic corner of sairee beach which makes up for much of the downside. If you are staying here eat at the restaurant up on the rocks to the right end of the beach (wish I could remember the name) where the food, service and view are excellent. Also be careful of online con artists posing as this resort such as this one here which caused me untold problems http://www.kohtaoluxury.com/ this particular website looks exactly like the resort but the people behind this site are agents trying to flog the resort to you and make a commision. That would not be such a bad thing if it were not for the fact the they also try to flog you ferry tickets that cost three times the price of regular pierside tickets.	Fine no problems at all.
Vivi-Ann & Dennis 2007-03-05 until 2007-03-08	Koh Tao Coral Grand Resort, Koh Tao, Sairee Beach We had 3 great days at Coral Grand Resort,the beach and the restaurant was very good!The sunsets were beautiful!We thought that the bungalow could have been more clean,especially the roof in the bathroom..(Superior cottage a/c)But that is not a big thing.We enjoyed our stay,and we will recommend this place.	Perfect.
Mr. John Brechin 2007-02-17 until 2007-02-24	Koh Tao Coral Grand Resort, Koh Tao, Sairee Beach Resort and bungalows really quite nice. The Bali-style shower room super. Service for the rooms excellent. Food in restaurant very varied with wonderful buffet breakfast. Background music just right. The beach front was superb with tropical swaying palms leading into crystal clear azure water. Enjoyed our time here and hopefully will be back
Jason Platts 2007-01-26 until 2007-02-04	Koh Tao Coral Grand Resort, Koh Tao, Sairee Beach Coral Grand is a great choice in Koh Tao. Myself & girlfriend just enjoyed a beautiful romantic holiday there & it was hard to fault. Yes, the island is mostly known for diving, & there are many dive schools & dive-tour businesses...the Coral Greand dive school is located on premises & is excellent offering beginner upto advanced PADI tickets as expected. But the rest of the CG resort is fantastic also. Not the cheapest on the island, but for westerners looking for a bit of luxury it s spot on. Not for teenagers/backpackers at all, many families with kids (maybe not your scene, but the Thai s are great with kids & they didn t annoy us). A lot of Europeans & not many Americans...nice types, but kinda straight if you dig (we re pretty fun orienteed Aussies & love to make a friend or two on our travels). We stayed in a Superior Sailors Cottage which was a great self-contained space. Don t expect the Hilton on this island ok, or you will be dissapointed. it is as good as you get or even want on a casual hi-class vacation...don t listen to the whingers...clean, made-up daily, hot water limited (but its hot & you don t need too much hot water), power off for 1/2 hr daily but not much inconvenience, nice balcony, huge comfy beds, cable tv, drinking water & tea/coffee provided daily, the odd cute gecko & a few stray dogs about, but they are quite friendly & we came to adore one of them! overall 4 & 1/2 stars from me & i would go back to CG if i intend on visiting Koh Tao again. Koh Tao overall is still beautiful & a paradise for sure, but like most of Thailand it is hardly a little secret anymore & id get there in the next 12 months b4 it really goes the way of Samui & is over-run by fat tragic tourists!	after much research, sawadee.com is THE superior, low fuss internet booking service for Thailand. i have used it several times... fast, accurate & most importantly, accepted without question from all the major hotels

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