Patong Bay Garden Resort Review

[Triple B]

About a month ago I started a thread "beach hotels" got quite a few responses and as I have now returned I thought I would give a review, hopefully be helpful to someone.
Rooms: I spent three nights in the junior suite, I then booked another three nights in the Andaman studio which it turned out was unavailable and I was given a free upgrade to the Suite. I then decided to stay two more nights (tough to leave when your having fun) and spent the last two nights in the Andaman studio. I booked them all through Agoda and spent $62 on the junior suite and $72 on the studio, with no extra charge for the three nights in the suite. The junior suite was a good size, seperate sitting area and bedroom with a nice bathroom. The only thing I didn't like was my patio area had no view, only the 1st two or three rooms closest to the pool have a view.
The suite was huge, two bathrooms, large living room, large bedroom, big balcony overlooking the pool and a very nice jacuzzi tub. I never used the living room much and I don't think the jacuzzi would be worth paying full price but with the free upgrade I loved it. The Andaman studio was the smallest of the rooms but it faces right to the ocean which I liked. If you get a studio on the ground floor your patio actually ends where the sand begins...nice!
Pool: Nice size pool and you can walk straight from the pool to the beach
Breakfast: I made breakfast a few times and it was pretty good, decent selection, eggs made to order, included in the price so good deal.
Internet: Wireless in the rooms, charged 100 baht an hour
Location: 2 min walk to Bangla, and that's if you walk slow! You have the Bay Garden, then Savoy seafood and then Bangla. After finding out what tuk tuks wanted, I was glad that I was in stumbling distance to the bars.
Ok, probablly what you have been waiting for...GF???: Yes, I rolled the dice and didn't asked till I got there. The desk checked my booking, said it was for a double and it would be no problem bringing a guest. Desk does take ID card but was always friendly. The hotel however seems to be more of a family/couple hotel. I think I was one of the few people who didn't bring my own girlfriend from home but it never caused a problem.
The hotel is rebuilding their beachside restaurant right now so there is hammering going on in the mornings...also next door to the hotel, construction is going on but it was never too bad, something to keep in mind though.
I had also thought about the Safari Beach Hotel. I checked it out and it looks nice but I didn't like how the pool was on one side of the street and the beachside rooms were on the other side of the street.
Overall I thought the Bay Garden was a great place, right on the beach and perfect location to nightlife. I would definately stay again although I'm not sure how much the prices go up in high season.

I know this was a long post, but I have always gotten some good info from this site and wanted to do my part. Hope it helps someone out.

[Kerbin]

Great review PATTX, nice to read something current about hotels on Beach Rd. That reconstruction that is occurring next door, I think is the hotel I had stayed at previously, (le riviera) Bugger!
Word from this forum is, it is to be a shopping centre of some description, something Patong really needs, what a waste of a venue,

[Triple B]

Thanks Kerbin, glad you liked it. The shopping center is actually a little bit further down the road. I'm not sure what is going in next door. I couldn't tell if they were going to redo the hotel or what.
Also, for fun I just got on Agoda and checked rates in December (think I'll be back then) and prices were more than doubled...may have to stay someplace else in high season and keep the Bay Garden as my low season hotel.
It's a great spot but at $140 I'm not sure I would stay...guess I have to check what the other hotels are charging and compare.

[Captain]

Originally Posted by pattx

Thanks Kerbin, glad you liked it. The shopping center is actually a little bit further down the road. I'm not sure what is going in next door. I couldn't tell if they were going to redo the hotel or what.
Also, for fun I just got on Agoda and checked rates in December (think I'll be back then) and prices were more than doubled...may have to stay someplace else in high season and keep the Bay Garden as my low season hotel.
It's a great spot but at $140 I'm not sure I would stay...guess I have to check what the other hotels are charging and compare.

Personally I didn't like the breakfast or their other food. But the junior suites are nice. The ones closest to the beach (end of the coridor) with view on the pool are biggest.
Suggest you ask them their best price for returning guest directly without going through a booking agency for your next trip.

[Triple B]

the only thing I didn't like about the breakfast was the bacon...a little soggy, otherwise the standard buffet fare. The only other food I had at the hotel was fried rice which is pretty hard to screw up, so I can't say anything about the rest of the food. I had read some reviews on this site saying the italian restaurant wasn't that good so I skipped it.
My junior suite was at the street end, still a big room but like I said no view. I would definatetly ask for a junior suite at the beach end since then your patio is looking right at the pool.

[Captain]

Posted this pic of junior suite here before

[nelsonone]

good report pattx.....and for ther price its a good hotel in low season...in high season you are probably going to gett better value for money in a guest house though

Good to hear that you weren't hasselled with guests or JF's....as you know there has been a bit of conjecture about that in here of late

I've never eaten breakfast there so can't comment about that....but the Italian restaurant on Beach Rd attached to it is pretty ordinary...there are much better ones nearby....

To me the setup straight onto the pool and beach is one of the best on Patong Beach for the price