New Star Beach Resort, Koh Samui hotels Thailand on tripsthailand.com

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Alicia Heisler 2008-09-11	New Star Beach Resort, Chaweng Noi Beach We stayed for 5 nights. The beach, pool area and room atmosphere are very clean, relaxing and pleasing to the eyes. We stayed in a Palm Villa and loved the bathroom and bedroom space. The service, though all smiles, was not up to par compared to other 4 star resorts we stayed in during our trip. They are building a resort next door and construction was loud. We asked to move rooms and seemed to be inconveniencing the front desk person. The shuttle to town was sold out when we tried to reserve it. Having to pay extra for internet and the pricey restaurant became frustrating. Also upon check out the somewhat accused us of having taken a bamboo fan from the room that we have never once seen. All in all, stay here for the nice room, pool and beach. Dont expect your room rate to include all the nice service extras.	Easy, efficient. Would recommend it.
Dr. Claus Jung 2008-09-07	New Star Beach Resort, Chaweng Noi Beach American styled big resort without any Thai atmosphere. Friendly staff wears shorts and Polo shirts. We stayed in a so called Suite room not worth its price: Two Suite rooms at a time are attached by a very thin door so you can hear your neighbours voices. Complete darkening of the room is not possible. The balcony is not very inviting because you don´t have a good view. The two restaurants serve good but expensive food and are two small for the 74 rooms. Besides the resort was not very exclusive because the majority of the guests stayed in cheap palm rooms or small beach cottages (remnants of the old New Star), while the few Suite rooms were mostly not occupied. The beach and the pool were terrible overcrowded like in a Japanese open-air-pool. Fortunately there are still some small exclusive resorts left on Ko Samui, like the Poppies or the Buri Rasa. We don´t like hotel factories like this!	Thanks for your good cancellation service.
Wilhelm Schneemeier 2008-08-24	New Star Beach Resort, Chaweng Noi Beach the hotel was very beautiful: very clean room and bathroom good breakfast wonderful swimmingpool with very convinient armchairs also on the beautiful beach only the atmosphere in the restaurant is boring -its better to look for another restaurant
Patra 2008-08-17	New Star Beach Resort, Chaweng Noi Beach The hotel is new with lively environment. My family enjoyed our stay there. It is very close to Chawang town. It is a small hotel, so there is not much hotel guests. This is perfect for those who seek privacy and quiteness but not isolated. Breakfast: Satisfactory. Not many choices but the quality was good. Staff: Mostly helpful and fiendly. English proficiency is satisfactory, but do not expect too much. We went to the tour desk at 10:30am but the staff was not there. Receptionist said the staff worked at 11am but she did not show up until 12pm. Facilities: No gym and no kids club. The infinity pool is amazing. Very close to the beach. ((3min walk from my room)The beach is clean, quiet and beauitful. However, there is no fish, not even one. :( And the water is shallow. All in all, my family love this hotel and we really miss the place. We recommand this hotel to you. ^^	Convenient, efficient and reliable.
VALENTINA TINTORI 2008-08-13	New Star Beach Resort, Chaweng Noi Beach HO SOGGIORNATO UNA SETTIMANA CON IL MIO RAGAZZO AL NEW STAR..ed è stata la cosa + bella della nostra vacanza a koh samui! Abbiamo scelto la camera che costava meno la PALM VIEW COTTAGE (numero 602) ma era ugualmente bellissima... Spaziosa, luminosa, pulita... In più in questo periodo stanno facendo dei lavori accanto all albergo dalla parte delle camere + lussuose perciò pur risparmiando abbiamo avuto la soluzione migliore! Posizione comodissima a metà strada tra reception/uscita e piscina/mare... dico così perchè l hotel è in pendenza e ci sono un sacco di scalini da fare per andare dalla reception alla spiaggia! ci vuole un buon allenamento! :-) La colazione era buona (anche se ne ho viste di + abbondanti) comunque non mancava la postazione delle uova, x me essenziale!! :-) e la sala dove facevamo colazione era stupenda... vista mare... circondata da fontane e acqua! La spiaggia davanti l hotel è privata, attrezzata con lettini, ombrelloni e sdraie... la più bella di tutta CHAWENG NOI!!! Gli altri alberghi (tra cui l Imperial) hanno gli scomodi lettini in plastica tutti appiccicati mentre i nostri in legno con materassino comodissimo!! Il mare è stupendo anche se il pomeriggio verso le 16 arriva un pò di alta marea e peggiora un pochetto... perciò meglio alzarsi presto!! Chaweng Noi è perfetta come zona: è molto tranquilla e la spiaggia è la migliore ma se vuoi un pò di vita in pochissimi minuti (3-5 min) sei al centro di chaweng per shopping e ristoranti! Non so cos altro dire... solo che se un giorno tornerò a koh samui prenoterò sicuramente al NEW STAR!!!!	Abbiamo prenotato su sawadee.com e ci siamo trovati benissimo!! eravamo preoccupati per qualche recensione negativa ma invece è andato tutto perfettamente: pagamento/trasferimento dall aereoporto/check-in. ASSOLUTAMENTE NESSUN PROBLEMA!!
Ivan Bergamin 2008-07-20 until 2008-07-29	New Star Beach Resort, Chaweng Noi Beach In July 2008 we spent 10 days at the New Star Beach Resort as a family with two children and a 70 years old senior. The place is just wonderful. Very nice architecture within a tropical garden. Very friendly staff even though especially the room service-people didn t understand much English. The hotel is located at the southern end of Chaweng beach. Beach and pool area are beautiful. Due to rocks it s not possible to walk along the beach from the hotel all the way up to Chaweng but it s still possible to do some walking. Swimming in the sea was always possible. The water was very warm and clean. We booked two connecting Garden Villas which were nice equipped, clean and offered enough space. The beds were very hard and sometimes there was a bad smell from the toilet. By car it s a few minutes drive to Chaweng where all the restaurants and shops are located. Most of the time we took a Tuk-Tuk which costs 50 Bath per person. Unfortunately the hotel only offers a shuttle bus to Chawang once a day. We also rented a motorcycle which is a good way to commute to Chaweng and around the island. For breakfast there s a great buffet, the Lime restaurant and the Chili bar offer excellent food (International and Thai) but the prices are rather high in comparison with the local restaurants. Internet costs extra but is reasonable. We would definitely recommend the hotel as a 4-star-resort. If you are looking for a Luxus-Class-Resort, go for the Santiburi.	Booking and payment worked out fine.
Bjorgvin and Paulina 2008-07-19 until 2008-07-24	New Star Beach Resort, Chaweng Noi Beach A beautiful resort right on the beach with a great pool area and restaurant. We stayed in a Palm View Cottage and it was well equipped and very roomy and well situated within the resort. The beds were a little bit hard, but so were they at all four resorts we stayed at in Thailand. The breakfast was exemplary with lots to choose from. A nice detail was the complementary afternoon tea/coffee/iced tea served on the beach every day. The staff was very helpful and always met you with a smile. Then again, the slogan for New Star is Smile! You are at New Star . The only bad thing is that the prices for in-house services (food, spa etc.) are very high compared to the same services else ware. But you can always get a good massage on the beach and find a good and cheap beach resaurant nearby. Over all a very good resort that we recommend.	Very good:-)
Jeff Wilcox 2008-06-20 until 2008-07-05	New Star Beach Resort, Chaweng Noi Beach An absolutely wonderful holiday at the best resort in Koh Samui. We stayed 2 weeks in a beach front villa with our 2 little boys aged 3 and 6 and we will be back. Truly if you want the peace of a relaxed resort on a quiet beach (Chawend Noi) just minutes away from the crowded Chaweng Beach around the point then New Star is for you. I travel for a living every week and this was by far the most relaxing holiday I ve ever had. Staff were competent and helpful when needed and the facilities are great; beautiful setting, modern style with rustic Thai flavours and a beach front and pool without peer on this island. You won t be disappointed - and I never bother to write reviews but New Star really exceeded our expectations. Just wish we could have moved in permanently!	No problems with Sawadee.com they were great despite the numerous changes we made to our booking prior to arrival.
Philipp Hofmann 2008-05-27 until 2008-06-07	New Star Beach Resort, Chaweng Noi Beach wonderfull resort. newly developed and redisgned. very modern and stylish, simply perfect
S.L. 2008-02-06 until 2008-02-12	New Star Beach Resort, Chaweng Noi Beach Very nice hotel with a relaxing atmosphere. Very helpful and friendly staff! Excellent service. We enjoyed our stay very much. We can really recommend the hotel. Everything was lately renovated. Well done! The beach is also very clean and quiet. For those who want to relax is Chaweng Noi much better than the crowded Chaweng Beach.	Very good and easy!