Krabi Tipa Resort Reviews & Ratings

Nice, clean and spacious rooms. Lots of plants and trees, nice pool area. Good atmosphere, good food, quiet at night. Very sweet, friendly and helpful staff. We're very satisfied and have already recommended it to a friend!

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Tipa grounds are lovely. If you don't have kids or don't want to be surrounded by them, this isn't the place for you - if you are a family with kids, you'll probably love it. Many Scandinavians who seems to forget they need to adapt to new culture - letting kids run around naked at pool while Thais are VERY shy and modest. Mattresses are very hard - not a problem for me, but might be for you. Breakfast OK, except eggs "pre-cooked" (omelettes & fried), so rubbery and cold. Staff is very gracious. Walking paths could be swept daily. It was a fine place, but I expected to be a bit more "wowed" for the price we paid.

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A nice family hotel, but still quiet. Ground floor room are a bit dark. Breakfast: nothing fancy - meals could be warmer. Location isn't great, uphill in a quiet street, about 400m to the beach, restaurants and a small supermarket nearby.

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A real nice place. Friendly staff. The receptionists are very kind and attentive. The bungalows are very nice. The mattresses are a little bit too hard.
We missed more hooks on the wall for towels etc. The room rates are too expensive!

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Great place for families - not for couples looking for quiet/romantic getaway. Pickup at airport was wonderful - no one seems to expect tips and is thrilled to get one. Breakfast was lukewardm. Rooms were spacious. Pool area quite small - if there are loud people or kids it's not peaceful. The grounds are lovely - lots of nature. Easy, convenient location.

I felt it was a bit expensive for what we got. We paid around $80, I felt like $50-$60 would have been more appropriate.

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The hotel was very impressive. The room was very nice and the service was great. Best value compare to other hotels. The food was good and convenience location. If you are looking for a good place to stay, I would say "Go for this place". I will absolutely come back!!

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Flew from BKK - Krabi on a Thai Airways domestic flight, duration 1 hour and 15 minutes. Arrived in the afternoon at Krabi airport and were picked up by The Tipa pickup service and arrived at the resort after about a half hour drive, early evening on Dec 3, 2005.

Staying 3 days as planned. Booked a bungalow, very nice and romantic, up the hill, it's quite a walk/climb, but no problem for us. Staff / reception and everyone that worked there all very friendly and helpful. We were at their restaurant twice and it was really nice, do however wear protective clothing and use anti-mosquito stuff.

Breakfast was good enough. On walking distance of the Ao Nang Beach and the shops and restaurants and some bars, no view of the beach however from the resort, just some mountains.

You can book a day trip to the Phi Phi islands for 1,200 Baht at the reception. This includes transport to the long tails boats that bring you to the big boat, the big boat, drinks and some food, snorkeling equipment and a lunch at Phi Phi Island restaurant.

The boat stops at Phi Phi Ley and Don, gives a tour and some information through a speaker. Stops at Maya Bay (The Beach) for snorkeling.
Boat trip takes about 2 hours.

Very happy about choosing Tipa Resort, good price, great quality.

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You get what you pay for. We enjoyed our stay. This time, we were budget minded. Not a bad place. Not a great place. The kids could care less and had fun in the pool and playground (yes, there's a playground right next to the breakfast buffet, which was great for us)

Note: The rafting trip was fun... but be warned it is an 1.5 - 2 hr drive to the rafting (everyone neglected to tell us this... including the hotel staff)

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The english standard for the staff should be improved. Mostly the staff didn't understand our enquiry or request at all even we expressed ourselves in gestures.

The bellboy is helpful to carry the luggage along the difficult and harsh hillside.
The food quality of the restaurant was quite unacceptable and lack of choices, it was out of our expectation and poor value for money.

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We stayed at Tipa Resort during X'mas of 2006. Overall, the stay was great and we would certainly be glad to return to the Resort at our next visit. We just have to avoid eating there!

There are some irks that we would like to highlight. While the reception staff was fabulous, staff at the restaurant left much to be desired. Except for one really kind lady at the restaurant, we felt totally discriminated at the restaurant. Caucasians were clearly favored and Asians were totally ignored. One particular gentleman at the restaurant was most obvious in the discrimination. He joked, talked and laughed with Caucasians and were rude when serving us.

During the X'mas dinner, Asians were also clearly forgotten. The Masters of Ceremony were all so engaged in only addressing their European guests.

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