Katathani Resort Phuket Hotel

Save your money!
by LT from Sydney, Australia, 18 Aug 07

“We stayed in Phuket for three weeks and decided that we would stay in three different areas. So when choosing the Kata Thani, we thought this was going the be the "luxury" part of our trip, we were so wrong.

When we first arrived in the "Mercedes Benz" that was probably from the 80's we were given a drink and had to wait for 45mins in their lobby before we could get into our room.

When we got into our room, we had to inquire about the "fresh fruit basket" which arrived about 4 hours later and despite the staff confirming that we had a queen bed we were given two singles pushed together - thank god we weren't honeymooning! They left a card on the bed to ask us how we liked our mattress, if we would prefer it firmer or softer, well as soon as I felt the mattresses were clearly made out of bricks, I requested a softer one. When we arrived back to our room after a swim, we couldn't help but notice the smell of mould that had infested the room, it was putrid. I then noticed that the softer bed I had requested meant that they put two small mats (almost like yoga mats) under the sheet, which did nothing except make it seem as if we had two separate beds.

I also should note that you would want to be very close to whomever your planning to stay in these rooms with, because between the room and the bathroom there is a little fountain, which leaves a big gaping hole in the wall of the bathroom which means you can see/hear/smell everything whilst in the room (not advisable if you have eaten something shonky).

The only positives about Kata Thani were the beautiful (but a bit rough) beach that it is situated on, the vegetable carving classes and the Banana Pancke lady who stands at the corner.

I would go to Seaview Patong instead, half the money for a better room and better breakfast and no taxi fare to get to the centre of it all.”