Impiana Phuket Cabana
Impiana Phuket Cabana is not GF. It asks a joiner fee of 1000 Baht or more. If you check in with a lady and you stay with, her there might not be a joiner fee, but if you arrive every night with another lady they might charge you.
No complimentary airport transfer, you pay 800 baht.
I arrive Saturday in the Cabana for the 39th stay, so I should know, staying there since 1991 (no joiner fee then), been there allready 2 times this year.
(Captain 06.07.2006)
Jenny Guesthouse
Stayed at Jenny Guesthouse for 3 days last trip , had room at front of building (with balcony) , paid 600 Baht (just before high season came in). Excellent room , good service and pleasant staff , owned by an Italian guy. Definitely GF , safe deposit box in reception , only thing it needs is WiFi.
Would stay there again , reckon you could get a good deal if staying there in low season. Just checked web prices and they are higher than "walk-in" price , probably depends on how busy they are.
(Foultytowers 08:dec. 2007)
Jintana Hotel, Patong
Basic Hotel with a few amenities but price was right for me this trip and it was very quiet location. Restaurant basic but fine and I loved the smile on one of the apprentice chefs. Room was always clean, gave me 2 bottles of water, 2 sets of towels, and 2 beach towels every day so no problems there. No in room safe was a little bit of a hassle but just kept some extra money in my camera case every day in case I needed more cash than I went out with every night(which I did). Front desk staff during the day were great but languauge issues created a few little problems at night.
(seafox 30.04.2006)
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A short walk to Bangla, nice pool,No JF and guest friendly. Very clean rooms as well. Be sure to ask for a king size bed or you might get a room with twin beds.
This hotel was great value,B1100 per night if booked by the week, great pool,good staff,guest friendly with no joiner fee,quiet,and 8/10mins walk to Bangla. Loads of car parking at front of hotel.
(dawsey 24. Jan. 2006)
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Jintana hotel, i found to be very nice, 1400 baht a night and no joiner fee, looks like a nice pool outside but never made it and also had free breakfast which was very nice on the only day i made it, very very camp receptionist who fancies Bacardi73.
(S1MON 08.Jan.2006)
K-Hotel
My GF and I stayed there for 8 days last month. I also had trouble with emails, so I phoned them to find out some details. I think the reason that emails are not quickly replied to, is the owner is/was away, and the reception (which is part of the bar in the beergarden) is staffed by Thais who's English is not too good, and they are being taught German. I would highly recommend the hotel. Do not be put off by poor communication. The food in the restaurant was great, and the kitchen is spotless. Rooms are clean and cool, and pool is great. Within 50m of Bangla Road. Only downside, no tea/coffee facility in room. We booked via passionasia for 1st 4 nights, then extended direct to hotel at the same rate. 1200b for deluxe. There were many single males staying, so I guess its girl friendly.
(briofoz 02.07.2006)
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K-Hotel is under Austrian Management ( very open minded and cool Austrian Owner) and offers a very good breakfast. Deluxe room's are in the main building ( just make sure that you don't end up in the Neptuna Hotel ( they have a sort of overbooking agreement). I'm german so I will forget your remarks about german's (since he is Austrian) .
K-Hotel is a good choice if you are looking for a ''No joiner fee"' In this category a much better hotel to C&N Hotel or all the other guests houses.
(Ben37 11. March 2006)
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i stayed there.
1. wonderfull and friendly staff
2.if you see the location of the hotel you can't understand the peace and quiet
3.price quality is very good
4. great kitchen
5. absolutly girl friendly NO JOINER FEE
6. around the corner of bangla
7.has a nice pool
one of my favorite hotels in patong.
(the Bigboy 10. March 2006)
Kaew Kong Mansions
Its opposite Christins and Opposite Lamai Hotel on the corner of a small soi...
I had no option but to stay here, as i had been searching for 2 hours and this seemed the only place!!
B1200 a night for a sh1t hole, it was dirty, the manager/owner was arrogant once he had my money and something i forgot to ask - joiner fee!! Fcuk me! Only B100, but thats not the point... No low budget hotels usually charge a joiner fee.
(Alfi 08. Jan.2006)
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I stay there for 2 nights now in january. It's was most crapy place i ever have stayed. Think it's many months since last time some people stayed in the room, it's smells, and it was a lot of stuff laying in the room from the last guest that not had been cleaned up. Dirty bed sheats, same with towels.
The personal had realy bad aditude, a little dog run around in the reception and shit on the floor.
It's not worth the money. Almost embarrassing to bring girls to the room hehe
(djmyst 15. Jan.2006)
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Kata Poolside, Kata Beach
Deluxe Mountainview accommodations @ 2250 Baht per night. Nice affordable 3 story walk-up boutique hotel. It looks exactly like it does on the website and brochures. It was a long-term residence a year or 2 ago before it was converted to a hotel. The hotel staff is very friendly and attentive. I can't remember a time when I passed by hotel staff and not be greated by a warm friendly smile and good morning or good afternoon. The staff is knowledgeable, communicate in English quite well and really makes you feel welcome. The accomodations about right for a 3 to 4 star hotel. The rooms are decorated in modern Thai style each room has its own couch, safety deposit box and a bathroom that opens up into your room which is nice for watching your girlfriend lathering herself in the bath. As a suggestion ask to be placed in a 2nd or 3rd floor room other wise you'll get a nice view of the wall dividing the property. The view of the mtns itself is okay, however the property next to them is under construction. Despite the construction, we never had a problem with the noise as the room is well insulated. It was actually quite nice looking out of the balcony and smiling and waving hi to the workers. As far as amenities it is pretty basic. They have a nice free form pool with a children's section and a swim up bar built alongside. The swim up bar itself is not being used. That's really my only gripe. It would be nice to sit around the pool bar and be served by a bartender. There is a free breakfast buffet with your accommodation and the food compared to the other hotels I stayed at is quite good. Internet access is also available at 100 baht an hour. They have 4 internet workstations in an air-conditioned little room that sits in a middle of a pond that's filled with carp and lilies and it's a nice private place. I have seen hotels where they have the workstations in the lobbies or near a bar and it hard to get privacy with people around you. The location in Kata beach is quite good. It's central to everything in and is only a walk across the street to the beach. Its right next to the nightlife but you needn't worry about the noise as the nightlife in Kata Beach is much more subdued when compared to Patong. I'm not sure if this place is girlfriendly however and the have a policy of charging you if you stain the sheet's right after you get tattooed. This was never a problem for me. I highly recommend this place and if I ever get back to Phuket this is where I would stay.
Lucky7 13. March 2006)
Katathani Hotel
i stayed in the Katathani Resort last year in june. I payed about 32.500 for 7 nights for the suite which is very nice. this ressort is quite at the expensive site and most visitors are for a short stay there imho from singapore or HK. Its very good for relaxing and to stay the whole time mostly in the hotel ressort, making spa etc. Its located in the Kata Noi beach, wich is far away from the action. the offered shuttle service is only free to phuket town, to patong you have to pay and sometime there is no tour to it anyway. so i need evertime a taxi which is about 300 bht oneway. They have 8 restaurants, but 4 where closed in that time because of renovation.
The dishes taste very good, but have been disappointed, that you have only two meals for choice in every restaurant, and its every day of the year the same. not a good reputation for hotel in that price catagory imho. but you can chose more from there card, of course for extra money, and expensive. The pool are great and the service and the staff is friendly, only little problem with the manager, who is german.My friend stayed there with his thai wife, in this time she was pregnant, and the staff didnīt helped here anyway when she came back from shopping, also bad imho.
Its not allowed to take someone to your room, absolutly GF unfriendly, only registered guests,so i stayed most nights in an additional hotel,but my baggade had a nice suite. so over all, imo this hotel is not worth the high price. as i remember one of our BMīs has booked now for the Katathani would be interessesting for his opinion!
nevertheless, my best holiday, but not because of the hotel
(shark1963 02.Feb.2006)