Patong Villa
We have stayed at the PV a few times and have stayed in all room types. This last stay we booked the pool side bungalows which cost us 1800bht a night during May. But the room themselves all look a like. What we like is that with the pool side rooms its only about 4 steps from the fridge in your room to the pool side so its easy to keep the liquids up. I agree that you dont need to book as the 3 weeks we were there there were only at about 20% capacity, if that.
The staff are always friendly even the young thai men.
The shop sellers can drive you mad as they never give up trying to get you to buy a shirt, suit or t-shirt. That said the suit guy on beach road does do a good deal but the t-shirt sellers are all over priced compared to other stalls on Beach Road.
We also reckon for the little extra you pay compared to like hotels, we save on tuk tuks as the PV is so close to everything.
WE also find it BG friendly as although we are a couple we on occassion would bring a friend back for the night and the staff never ever say anything or even look at you funny the next day. For that alone we always recommend the PV to others.
(prestagea 15. June 2006)
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First thing is the wireless is not free, actually quite far from it at 150 baht an hour, which is rather expensive compared to across the road at 60b an hour.
I have only stayed in the bungalow room, which was 2200b at songkran time, i personally did not think it was really worth it as there are other hotels with better rooms for cheaper.
I also can not see any difference in the superior and delux rooms from the website, the standard rooms are currently on
Last minute Hotel Bookings in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore & Bali at 800b a night, whereas the website is quoting 950 for the same room, perhaps mail them and ask for a special rate on superior/delux/bungalow, the bungalow is now at 1350b, which is not too bad.
The hotel is nice and the only problem is the street to get there being full of tailors and others trying to sell you stuff, the pool is very good though.
Last thing is i reckon you have no need to book at all, i just turned up at songkran which is an even busier time and got a room no problem, there were still a lot of empty rooms during my stay.
enjoy your stay
(S1MON 12.June 2006)
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The Patong Villa is a fair good place to stay and I think the room rate is at Patong basic. If you take the great location, the large rooms and a really "guest friendly" staff in mind the room rates is not too expensive.
The only problem I have upon my stay there was when I checked out. The bill was ok but the reception staff want me to pay in cash and where not willing to take my payment in creditcards so after a long argue I went to the nearest ATM and took some fast cash to pay with.
The vendor problems can be solved if you buy a few items the first day of your stay, then they will not bother you again. Every body has to make a living, so can you afford a tour to Patong, you can also use 200 bath to buy a T-shirt or something similar. Then everybody is happy...
I have two girls with me in the room every night/day and nobody said a word to us. The travel counter was changing my Thai air ticket two times for me without any form for payment at all.
So on my next "alone" stay I will sure stay at Patong Villa again. But am I travelling with my girlfriend I think I will move a class up.
(Kloymaie 26.04.2006)
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Well i have just checked out of the patong villa and thought i would share my opinion of the place,
Location is perfect but i am so lazy that i sometimes did not even want to walk the couple of hundred yards to reach bangla
Price was a bit too much i reckon for the standard of the room, i payed 38,400 for my 19 nights in the bungalow, whereas i could have found a room of equal or better quality for around the 1K per night mark, but the big swing is in the pool, nice and clean, 6 steps from the bedroom door.
Staff, i had no problems whatsoever with the staff in the hotel, all were nice and friendly, even though i went in there thinking they were going to be bad before i had even met them(due to some comments on this board)
Overall a nice hotel, no problems as have been stated previously on the board, no hassels but just slightly on the pricey side when compared to other hotels available.
I would consider it again but will not be at the top of my list.
(S1MON 23.04.2006)
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Just left Patong Villa after a second stay there in 3 years.
Patong Villa has copped a lot of bad flak on this forum from various people so I thought I'd give my opinion of the place as I see it.
First off,for those who don't know it,the location on the Beach Rd is perfect but for one thing. The stall owners in the small soi leading from the street to reception. They won't take no for an answer,and get very pushy for you to buy stuff. The tailor at the end gave up when I didn't bother to reply but not the t shirt sellers.This is one problem I have found.
The hotel itself is very good. Nice large rooms,the bungalows I think are are overpriced at 2200baht over Songkran,but thats only my opinion.The deluxe and superior rooms at 1750baht represent far better value. The "Sweet Suite" is priced ay 2500baht and sleeps 3. I stayed there with the wife and daughter and it was very nice,and cheaper than two rooms for a family.It has the same facilities as the other rooms with the addition of a kettle and tea/coffee. The price I paid included a complementary breakfast,but it was only tea/coffee/juice/fruit and toast/butter/jam. If you wanted anything else you paid for it.
The internet facility may seem good,but for 150baht an hour its very expensive,and if you want to hook up to their wi-fi with your own laptop it still costs 150b an hr Not worth it.
Its quiet,and has a nice pool and for those reasons I would recommend it at the current price.
(Dawsey 20.04.2006)
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Ok I'll add my twopence worth here on PV rather than add to the old thread as I had said I would do..........
First off let me say that this was about my 6th visit to PV and I have never really found fault before...................sure it's not a 5 star but it doesn't pretend to be.......it's a relaxed place and you don't get bothered here........reports to the contrary is what I have found bewildering about previous threads on the place.....
On arrival everything was just how it has always been.........big smiles and greetings allround from the staff in reception and the maids cannot do enough as usual......more water Mr Nelson?.....more towels?.........I must add here that I do tip but no more than 20Bht at a time.....and I sure do get good service
Moved into my bungalow and all was the same except the phones in the rooms were not working for both of my stays.........the girls couldn't give me a proper answer on this so I am thinking that this may be permanent from now on............no problem for me as I always use my mobile..
I really like the size + quiet of the bungalow rooms.........
No problems with bills, mini bars etc.......all smooth sailing...
I had a special returning rate from them for a bungalow at considerably less than the web price of BHT2200.........more like a standard room rate and I never take the breakfast option..............don't eat it
Overall no real negatives..............
my advice on how to achieve a geat stay here......smile.........it doesn't cost anything............and if you want a little extra........tip a bit........you will pretty much always get what you want
What is truly great here is the company of my fellow BM's around the pool in the late afternoon/early evenning........to all of you thanks for the company.....the conversation and craick..........this is priceless!!!!!!
(nelsonone 20.04.2006)
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(WildOne 10. Jan.2006)