Nine Ten Mansion, Phuket Patong
We found Nine Ten Mansion which looked great. The rooms have wood panelling and tiled floors. The price was 1000Bt a night with free WiFi access. The the bad stuff started:
The mattress was as hard as rock - so bad we hardly slept and I woke with a sore back.
The room smelt of toilet drain and became quite offensive (especially as we had not used the toilet).
The Aircon was loud and the temp setting did not work very well.
The WiFi needed to have the DNS settings entered on the computer and the staff did not know this so asked the computer shop next door - he had obvoiusly been asked to sort this out before because he knew the settings by memory - no problems, nice chap, Next day hotel tried to charge me 100Bt for his service (cheap but not my problem). After 2 nights we left.
(metter 07. March 2007)
Orchid Guesthouse Phuket Patong Beach
Since i stayd there 13 days i would to give my comment on this hotel
It started with that i changed my travel plans and Bill att summer Breeze dident have any room before the 23 and i was <coming to Patong on the 10.
So I did pm IJ who stayd there and he did comfirm that the hotel had my booking for Superior room from the 10.
Arrived at the airport and my limo from hotel was waiting for me.so far so good.
When i arrived at the hotell it showed up that al rooms at the main hotell was
taken and i had to move to another building (same as Patong International)
Tell them that wasent the deal and i dident like it,answer i get was they would give me a deluxe room for the same price and sorrry.
When i had to carry my lugagge on my own to the other building and up 4 floors,no elevator i was a little irritated and was thinking of checking out prompte.
The room was big with a 37 inc Telly with DVD player,clean but quite ordinary.
Remember i was thinking is this a deluxe room?
But thing changed,when i was living there i never saw any other customers in that building,very quiet,and they had a girl watching the main door at night times,no hasseling just smiling and checking id,s
This must be the most peaceful room i ever had so far,so i start to like it.
Was in a way very private and only 50 meters over to Bills place for a breakfast or some refreshments and a chat.
When i checked out at the 23 and move over to Summer Breeze i felt sorry
for the girl at the desk,she was in a way little huffy because i was moving out
and over to a hotel across the street.
Tok my time to explane that this was a agreement long time back and i was
very satisfied with my stay there ,and would be back some time.
She was happy with that explanation and smile was back on her face.
Did pay 17 000 Bath for 13 days from 10 to 23/11.incl minibar
I will recomend this hotel to al the BM and the location is unbeatable
with al the walking range,and the night food in Soi Sansabai.
And yes IJ free porn,hehe
(Petter 07. December 2006)
Orchid Residence, Patong
Stayed at Hotel Orchid Residence in Soi Sansabai. No formal booking system to stay here. I just emailed Peter (the manager) with my arrival and departure dates. No deposit required beforehand either. I paid for my room in cash, in full, on the morning of my departure. Photocopy of passport is taken as security.
Chose a deluxe room for 1680THB per night. The room was a good size and was well furnished. Queen size bed, very good air-con system, and an excellent fan above the bed if you prefer to sleep without air-con filling up your nasal passages. Sufficient storage space, a small fridge (fully stocked), television, and all the other things you expect from a hotel in this price-range. My room had a nice balcony with a couple of chairs – gave a nice view down Bangla Rd and across to northern Patong and the hills. The bathroom was on the small size, and prone to flooding on some occasions. Water pressure in the shower was down to a trickle on some nights – especially around 7pm. I guess everyone was showering at that time? The quality of linen and towels seemed to vary a lot from day to day.
The hotel is very girl-friendly. They will ask your girl for her ID card, and return it to her the next morning. Breakfast is not included in the tariff, but is available from downstairs at a competitive price. There is an internet terminal in the bar area on the ground floor. Works very well, but you can find cheaper internet elsewhere. The bar/reception area on the ground floor is smaller than Summer Breeze, and seemed to lack some of the atmosphere of its neighbour. Mini-bar prices in the hotel room are okay, though I never needed to use it.
Never got to meet Peter (the manager) despite a lot of email exchanges beforehand. The rest of the staff were okay. The cleaning staff seemed to be the friendliest. They would ask me each morning “You have girl in there?” with a smile as I left the room. Front reception staff did their job – one was especially nice - without making me feel like I was 100% at home. Overall, that summed up my experience there. Nice place to stay, but never felt 100% ‘right’ there. Hard to describe it - its a gut feel. A bit of a ‘German clique’ seemed to be the norm when I was there.
(Bello Uomo 20. January 2007)
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Two times I stayed at the Orchid Residence (not the same as Orchid Guesthouse).
I found it a clean and well run business, located in Soi Sansabai so very close to Bangla Rd. The place is girl friendly, they serve a very good breakfast and the rooms are quite large. They also serve lunch and dinner, but I have no experience with that. When you go there it's possible they bring you to the other side of the street to Hotel Swiss Garden. It's the same company and management and also very good. Some rooms have balcony. I found the staff (mostly thai girls) took a little bit a distance from the customers, but that's my opinion. Their price range from 580 Bt for a standard room in low saison to 1680 Bt for a deluxe room in High saison. For a swim in the neighbourhood(1min) you can go around the corner at the end of Soi Sansabai, there is a very nice public pool (Baan Benjamin I belief)
It's best to make reservations because the place is quite popular.
(Raval 01. Feb. 2006