The Sands by Katathani

Carly Donnellan

Stayed here for 10 nights. This place was AMAZING! The people are so so friendly and very accommodating! Plenty of food and drink options within the resort. Everything is very clean and well maintained. Massages along the beach were beautiful! The kids water play area was a big hit - especially when the supervising staff were playing and interacting with the kids. Throwing balls and going down the slide with them - made the kids trip! Thanks for having us :)

Han Le

This resort is incredible. Our family had an amazing time here. We travelled here during July but the weather was really kind to us. It rained once per day for 5-10 minutes so we could do anything we wanted during our stay. The staff was so kind and helpful, especially, to our kids. The kids club was wonderful and packed with fun activities for our children. We love the live entertainment at night and our boy's favourite activity is the Thai Boxing class at Kids' club. Mine was the Thai language lesson. The resort is huge and has all sorts of entertainment that caters for different age groups. I love the fact that they have an adult only pool for people who wants to be away from kids. The housekeeper actually mop the floor every day so our room was always nice and clean. You can easily order a tuk tuk to go around at the front desk. Highly recommend The Sands for everyone.

Alice Williams

Just spent 8 glorious nights at The Sands. We are a couple in our late 40's and despite it being a more family resort, we had a fantastic time. We stayed in a pool access seaside junior suite and were extremely happy with our room. Plenty of space for the 2 of us and I was really impressed with the amount of storage space (cupboards / drawers) to put away our things. Our room overlooked the adult only pool (room 1621) so it was really quiet and peaceful. We had breakfast everyday in the Mantra Ray which we found great, it had good variety, was very peaceful and less chaotic compared to the Floating Market so it was nice to have that adult only breakfast option. The grounds and pool areas are beautifully maintained and despite it being the busy Easter period, there was plenty of space for everyone. Staff were all lovely and welcoming. After asking the housekeeping staff for a few extra bottles of water, they then did this everyday without us asking. A big shout out to the bar staff at the Coconut Bar. Free flow drink hour every afternoon was a highlight and the staff went above and beyond to insure everyone was served. All in all we were very happy with our stay at the Sands and would definitely go back!

Andrea O'Meara

Travelled with a couples package deal so had some good meal deals etc and generous happy hours. (Very generous) Resort offers adult only pool and rooms away from the huge kids pool area overlooking the lagoon. The breakfast area also has an adult only area. Generous breakfast buffet. We went out of season so hotel was quiet and we had a lovely time. Meals were nice. There was a local long weekend and the resort was full and a bit manic in the kids area, it's a very large resort and wouldn't like to stay in peak times. Staff lovely, housekeeping amazing, so friendly and helpful. Would like to see more sustainable options , like water coolers on each floor. Glass bottles in room daily but would love to have been able to refill without buying more plastic. Overall lovely people, lovely place, but big resort.

G W Y

Love it! Was skeptical at first due to some bad reviews. But glad we still went ahead. The pool access rooms are so great! They even have an app with live chat that you can speak to someone when you have any queries. No musty smell in the rooms like some people have reviewed. Good layout of the room, bunk bed that the kids loved, good food, good waterpark. Just a little too crowded even during a non-peak season. Kids club was packed and understaffed, didn’t feel safe leaving my kids there alone so me and my husband were always in there when they were there. Location was great because the whole stretch of street outside the resort, there were many restaurants available to eat! Only downside is it’s a little far to walk out and buggy could only send us to the guardhouse, we still have to walk a little out to the Main Street and at night it is really dark in the alley. Other than that, nothing much to fault about this resort. We will be back!