Ban Laem Sai Beach Resort Samui Reviews & Ratings

I have stayed there for their grand opening day for a week and coming back again with my family soon. The hotel is excellent and the service could not have been better. Friendly staff is one of the key to success for you. Keep it up.

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My wife & I stayed five nights in a Pool Villa for our 20th Wedding Anniversary. As soon as we arrived, we knew we were going to love the place. The reception area was beautiful, the staff were very friendly and attentive. The welcome drink & golf buggy ride to our Pool Villa was a nice touch.

The room was gorgeous, the bathroom divine and the view across the private plunge pool to the ocean was magnificent.

The indoor/outdoor restaurant was lovely, the complimentary buffet breakfast was excellent - with a very good selection and everything so fresh. Dinner and drinks are a little on the expensive side but the quality is excellent. (There are plenty of cheap places on the beach either side of Ban Laem Sai).

We thought the location was great as the beach had hardly anyone on it (unlike Chaweng) and you weren't hassled constantly by hawkers, yet if you wanted action you were only a 10 minute ride to Chaweng

The resort only opened in January, so they are still doing a few finishing touches ie the odd concrete ornament or teak lantern still had to placed in various parts of the gardens and the gym wasn't open yet, but none of this detracted from our experience.

Don't believe the 3 star rating given by the web site, this place is 5 star.

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Stayed two weeks at this resort and I can honestly say one of the most lovely resorts on the island. The rooms were large and well appointed no attention to detail was missed. The staff were friendly and helpful. The pool as well as the view are breath taking. This hotel should be on everybody list to check out when considering a trip to Koh Samui.

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After some days in bangkok we spend our honeymoon in this hotel and enjoy it very much. We had the hill room with jacuzzi on the terrace with great views, very nice.

Its really 4 star, quiet beach and good food around in some small restaurants at the beach, really quiet and nice location at Maenam.

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Fabulous! Very relaxing, with gorgeous Thai rooms in those cute individual huts! The pool bar, the beach, the water sports and the good hotel food made us want to stay in the hotel everyday. Which justifies the inconvenient location.

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What an awesome hotel!! Stayed here for 10 days in June, and there simply are not enough positive superlatives to begin to describe the Ban Laem Sai. Beautiful rooms (we had an outdoor spa on a balcony overlooking Maenam beach), great facilities, and a level of service that does the impossible by raising itself well & truly above the pack, which before this stay I would have said was impossible to do in Thailand.

Maenam is great for couples looking for something a little quieter - there are a handful of bars & restaurants you can walk along the beach to, but it is much quieter than Chaweng, Lamai and Bo Phut. Maenam is a stunning yet deserted beach during the day. Easy to get from Maenam to other places by motorbike or taxi, so you get the benefits of isolation with the option of getting to other places easily if you wish.

Forgot to mention the food at Ban Laem Sai - like the service, somehow they seem to have taken things to a whole new level. Impossible to believe, so must be experienced!

Only 2 types of people I would not recommend the Ban Laem Sai for: those who want lots of lively nightlife, and those wishing to walk no further than 10 metres from the resort (the sea is a little rocky infront of the hotel, but a short walk away you can swim fine). For everybody else I urge you to visit the Ban Laem Sai for a heavenly experience that you should never forget. Enjoy.

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We loved our stay here. The staff are exceptional and our chalet room high on the hillside was stunning. The view was spectacular and the jacuzzi quite idyllic. It's a hike, but worth it! The food is good and a big variety of restaurants are available in Bophut, though it is a 30 minute walk away. We will return as soon as possible!

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We liked that place that much that we changed our plans and extended by one more night! If you are looking for a quite but not too remote place on Samui island, you will not be disappointed, especially when you have a car or rent a bike. Within a few minutes drive you are in bustling Chaweng or Lamai beaches - but you will like the quite atmosphere Ban Laem Sai offers.
Excellent restaurant for breakfast, snacks, dinner and drinks, nice spa facilities.

We had a grand villa (with extra bed) which is good value for money. Others might wish to climb the hill and overlook the resort and sea from a chalet balcony - also very impressive and very big rooms.

The gym was just finished (didn't check it) but the location promises good refreshing views during excercise.

When planning to return to Samui - we definitely will stay there!

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We really liked their lovely spacious room with huge bathroom which had a bathtub and separated shower booth (stayed at Chalet room for 7 nights). As it's opened since Dec 2005, everything was very clean and new. All staffs were very friendly and helpful even though some were not good at speaking in English.

Very quiet location but as it's situated at the end of the Meanam beach, it was quite far to get lovely local restaurants/bars which we can find on the opposite side of the beach. We walked to get there for 20 min along the beach. Or the hotel has a free-transfer service to Chaweng beach 3 times per day, though it's just one-way service (don't know why).

Their restaurant was excellent! Of course it's costly if compared with very local restaurant, but their Thai foods and seafood (especially Blue Crab saute in curry powder!) were really great!! We don't know how western foods were because we never tasted them, anyway please try some Thai seafood at their restaurant!

(FYI: never recommend you the Big John Restaurant listed on the Samui Dinning Guide ... their seafood, crabs, king prawns, mussels were not fresh at all and strange music continuously disturbed our dunner..)

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The Baan Laem Sai was a most stunning hotel ... we booked a pool villa, which was quite expensive but absolutely beautiful. The private pool was worth the stay there! Must say that the rooms were very small on Thai standards (and spending 3 weeks in Thailand, we've been to quite a few hotels). Bathrooms were beautiful and spacious. Not enough closet space, nor floor space to put luggage.

Again, the place is beautiful. the location is a bit far out ... fine for honeymooners like we were, but still expensive taxi ride (400 Baht) if you want to go to Chaweng.

We definitely felt that the service was lacking at the hotel. the shuttles to Chaweng beach were only 2 or 3 times a day ... we felt that the hotel should provide more frequent shuttles (only a 10 minute ride).

As this was our 3rd hotel in Thailand, we were accustomed to really great service, and didn't feel that "all smiles" attitude at the Ban Laem Sai. Shame. Our bed was decorated with flower petal hearts the day we came - real nice, but as they didn't bother with turn down service, we had to clean the flower petals up on our own. Not so nice.

We asked to have mosquito coils put outside the room at nights and to spray out the room while we are at dinner (other hotels do that) but they only did this on the day we asked, and not very graciously either. The staff's English was not good enough which should not happen at 5* hotels.

All in all, we were disappointed that such a beautiful hotel would not make us sad to leave.

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