We went with a family of 2 adults, 2 children. A good, calm hotel, it seemed to me with notes of Europe, the food is good, the breakfasts are good, there is always an egg (scramble, glaze, steep, crumpled), soups, porridge was delicious as homemade, usually they do not know how to cook in hotels, even Masala tea is, not all hotels also happen, there are a lot of fruits to choose from, watermelon, melon, pitahaya, tangerines, pineapple, passion fruit, natural yoghurts, at dinner in the restaurant the prices are reasonable, the most important thing is qualitatively cooked, there is always a choice, the rooms are spacious, clean, cleaning every day, the bed is changed immediately if they see what is dirty, usually the children got dirty, 10 minutes to the sea on foot, it is inconvenient only to cross the road, to the 7/11 store along the embankment about 15 minutes somewhere, to the pharmacy too, restaurants and cafes are full on the embankment, prices are plus or minus the same. The disadvantage is that there are few fruits sold on the street next to the hotel and the price is too high, any issues at the hotel are immediately resolved, cocktail treats were arranged in the evenings every other day, it was also nice, animators played with the children.
A normal hotel. The price for it is too high, but overall everything is pretty good. Breakfast is standard for Thailand. Eggs, pastries, a couple of Thai and Indian dishes, vegetables, fruits, cereals, milk, yogurt. The dishes were not very clean and sometimes even had an unpleasant smell. The coffee is so-so. The rooms are rickety, the bedroom has a view of the construction site, and the air conditioning is noisy. Nearby there are a couple of massage parlors, a shop, fruits, and an exchange rate - the exchange rate is low and the prices are too high. The road to the beach is 7 minutes past the stinky river. To a place with restaurants, shops and in general, where all the traffic is 15 minutes on foot. The dishes on the menu are average, nothing special. Cleaning is daily, there are no problems with towels, the sea and the pool are different.
We lived on the 4th floor, there is no elevator, it is not very convenient with a child. The slide to the pool is contactless. The staff is friendly. I won't go a second time, 12000b for the night is too much.
Great hotel. We went last year from 08/26/2017.23. We went with two children aged 5 and 16. We got into the partial rainy season, it's not critical, it's just that it wasn't always possible to go into the ocean with children. We could not find information about the hotel, it turned out that in 2021 the radisson chain bought it. Great location for 5 people (after the tsunami =>normal hotels have gone to safe zones).
We lived on the 1st floor (a little further from the pool, family room = 1 bedroom, 2nd room with 2 single beds and a large guest room with its own kitchen (knives, forks and other utensils) TV + microwave... good breakfasts, fresh coffee, various pastries, room cleaning and service (there is a guide at the hotel) excellent swimming pool (you can enjoy swimming, both for children and adults).
For children = the children's room was open from morning to evening, extra.animation in the afternoon, contests in the evening, exercises by the pool, 2e aqua slides. The hotel has its own restaurant with very reasonable prices, there is a massage parlor and another cafe nearby... then all the cafes are on the beach.
Attention: there is no elevator in the hotel!
The location is 5 minutes walk from the beach. From the rest: big C, 7/11, night and fruit market, etc. not much. But it suited us, we wanted silence and relaxation (even with 2 children)
Great beach, nice lagoon on the right side.
We were satisfied with the hotel and the service.
Kamala is a pretty quiet and slightly cheaper place, unlike Kata or Karon. There are no active streets and other traffic.
You can rent a car (for earlier state services, you need to make a European right) and then drive to explore the island.