Mai Samui Beach Resort & Spa

Mike Jansen

This is a lovely secluded, romantic hotel. Our room was large, quiet, well appointed with a spectacularly comfortable bed. The air conditioning was quiet, cold, and effective. Our shower was clean and had tons of high pressure, hot water. We travel by our own motorcycles so the isolation is perfect for us. The breakfast was plentiful and delicious. The waffles are recommended! The pool could be cleaner, and some of the staff could use a little more training but we are very laid back and patient with other people. More staff and training would be great but would drive up the very reasonable prices.

Braga

This is one of the few star hotels available at such an attractive price perhaps because it was off season. In any case, we throughly enjoyed everything our stay had to offer. From the serene and peaceful beach to the huge connected swimming pool. The staff here are well trained and almost many of them speak fluent English. The breakfast was satisfactory. And our checkin and checkout process was very smooth. I would definitely visit this room again. I was a bit skeptic to book this hotel given the plethora of negative reviews like rude staff, cockroaches etc., fortunately they seem to have fixed all those. The only negative aspect I would add during this stay is the toilet flush force was really bad. They should definitely do something about it !

Kenza Mouradi

If you were looking for 5 star standards, this is not it. This place was beautiful 20 years ago and needs some serious refurbishing. I left one night earlier because of how musty and humid the rooms were. I have asked change rooms but it was the same. If you have dust allergy or you just prefer clean air smell in your room, I suggest you go to any of the other hotels in the island.

City of Angels

Reasonably good hotel but needs some improvements. I only stayed here for one night. The hotel is nice but a bit dated and could use some renovation. It’s more like a 3 or 4 star hotel. The room was good and bed comfortable, aircon was powerful and had all the amenities. The fridge in our room wasn’t working though. There’s also not enough staff and the receptionist had to help carry our bags to the room. When we arrived the staff seemed a bit lost and confused and not welcoming. The hotel is located in a secluded and peaceful part of the island. Which for us was great. But if you’re looking for a busy place for nightlife, shopping or restaurants this isn’t it. You can’t walk to anything. Nothing around the hotel but nature. So you will need your own transport to get around. The beach was quite nice and peaceful. There’s a lot of small pebbles and rocks which could make swimming difficult but the hotel does have a large swimming pool. Some trash has washed up on the beach and it doesn’t look like it’s cleaned much. All in all we had a reasonably good stay. But the hotel could use some renovations as some things are looking a bit old and worn and also I’d prefer the check out time was later than 11am.

Andrew Titley

Am currently staying at this hotel... and i stay at a lot of hotels so this opinion is just that.. Beach - yep, definitely a beach but tide is out a long way for much of the usable day. Litter is a big problem. Swimming pool - great.. can't fault it. Kayak - 1 and it would need some dragging to get it to the sea during the day... Breakfast room - flies flies flies.... get there after 9 (shuts at 10) and be prepared for little choice.. and some flies. Facilities management - don't appear to exist. Fire alarm is faulty on our floor and has alarmed at 0015 every night... and I've had to reset it - and will need to continue to reset for the remainder of the stay I guess. Rooms - excellent, our fridge didn't work and that wasn't remedied during the current stay.. but clean and tidy and beach towels can be replaced regularly. Location - remote without a car or taxi. But for us was fine. Best area of Koh Samui toward fisherman's village, lovely cabana style restaurants with beaches you can stay at all day and eat and drink with no hassle.