Outdoor pool, pool loungers

Reviews of The Beach Village - Hostel

2 out of 5
The Beach Village - Hostel
100/5 M.1, Ban Tai, Ko Pha-ngan, Surat Thani

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 5 out of 23 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 23 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 23 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 23 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 23 reviews" "

5.8/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

2.0/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
if you are a don't care person as long as you have roof over your head then it's ok if not do not waste your money or time. photos fall for photos.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

2/10 Terrible

Pavel

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hellish stay during the storm for 40€/night
Dangerously thin bamboo walls in my bungalow, with my luck the storm Pabuk hit the islands. I paid 40€ for each night and thought I'd get the concrete bungalow, but received bamboo wall- one in the dark backyard of the hotel/hostel area. 1. Walls are thin so you can hear everything from the outside and outsiders can hear you. I heard my neighbouring bungalow where couple had sex. I also heard party sounds from Slumber partyhostel close-by. I actually changed there later and slept like a baby because they have noise isolating walls unlike this place. 2. Holed in between front door so all the animals like gekkos, snakes and others might crawl in while you sleep. 3. No aircon, only some ceiling fan. 4. Toilet looks dirty, no water heater and shower head was leaking so pressure was too low to even shower properly with cold water. Water is also yellow which indicates old piping where hostel had clear water. 5. Holes in walls and in blankets, pillows were all yellow because of previous customers sweating (I guess) and mattress was uncomfortable. 6. Pool had some layer of oil on top of it, so I guess filters are only clearing the bigger dirt and not filtering the water itself. 7. Beach area looks nice and staff were somewhat helpful when they arranged ferries for other tourists leaving the island because of the storm. - Never again!
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2018
Response from The Beach Village Resort team on 6 Mar 2019
Dear customer, We are truly sorry for any inconvenience that you have to experience while staying in our resort. if you had inform us we might have done something for you during your stay. We believe that was a period after the New Year festival, we had a lot of customers, something might have slipped through the cracks. We will try to improve things according to your suggestions. regards

10/10 Excellent

w, nz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A+ Stay, ideal for full moon etc had a great time
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2018
Response from The Beach Village on 29 Sept 2018
Thank you for staying with us :) We are glad you had a great time, come and visit again soon! Big love, The Beach Village Team

6/10 Okay

TOR, NYC

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
JUST OK
i stayed here for one night in a bungalow. the bungalow itself is ok. i mean you see ants and lizards in the bathroom but i would expect that. what i didn't like was the bed sheets were stained with oils or something. the hotel is locted on the beach and has it's own beach and bar which are nice but nothing fancy.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Katherine Paige

Liked: Staff & service
Need AC to be totally comfortable
Really enjoyed our stay at this hostel. It felt more like a resort. The pool was great - with an even better view of the sea. The food was good - a little expensive but the local area had food vendors that had meals for 50baht. Definitely a good place for the half or full moon parties. Would have rated higher if we had an ac room (cost more)
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

JC, Asia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel, very nice staff
Nice hotel, very nice staff, good pool, good location for sunsets

10/10 Excellent

Traustlafur

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place for young people to stay and meet other people. Good food nice staff need nothing more

6/10 Okay

Josef

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

6/10 Okay

Jonathan, Bournemouth

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Average stay at the beach village
Place was OK. Confusion over a double booking when we arrived which was sorted thankfully although only due to us pressing how dissatisfied we were. Staff were on a whole, were good however did manage to get someone's food order wrong majority of the time. I understand English isn't the first language so not marking them down just overall wasn't the greatest service. Room was cleaned to high standard when we asked for cleaning rooms as a whole were a bit basic and had holes in bathroom ceiling. Pool never got cleaned while we were there so by end of our stay was disgusting. Filters had seemed to stop working as well. Hotel location was nice close to beach and shops and other bars. Chairs on the patio were broken and would have been nice to have a table other bungalows did just not ours.

8/10 Good

Kate, U.K

Liked: Staff & service
Love is at the beach village
26 year old female traveller, I had read many things about women travelling in koh phangan and as one of life's worriers was concerned about the island. After getting to the beach village my fears were dissolved completely. The staff were kind and reassuring. The vibe of the community was friendly and everyone was happy to get to know each other. The wifi strength was great but could only be accessed in the restaurant or pool area. The rooms and pool generally need a good scrub/update but I couldn't have asked for more at such a great price. I will remember my time here fondly and if I return I can't imagine staying anywhere else. Bow made each day a party and was warm and knowledgable, passionate about the island and have us wonderful advice. Thank you all so very much.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Nice hotel close to the beach,nice friendly staff
Nice hotel with common area,pool and the beach on the doorstep, the rooms are a little basic but you get what you pay for. I stayed here for three nights and would stay again. It's close to Thongsala Pier to get the ferry to samui or Koh Tao Note: the Sea tide is low in the mornings

10/10 Excellent

Jodie, North east england

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Couldnt fault it
Absolutely loved staying here. I would definatly recommend it. If u were to stay pay the extra got the air con room but I really couldn't fault my stay the staff were so friendly and helpful I extended my stay to 5 nights each day said i was going to leave and then I went and asked for another night!

6/10 Okay

Jordan, Hull

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Good hotel, not so good rooms
Lovely set out hotel with very friendly staff. great big swimming pool right on the beach. Decent priced menu for food and drink. The rooms were poor for the price you pay, very small with bugs everywhere, room always had a funny smell, the room was never cool due to the material that that the hut is built from, air con did keep you cool at night though as it was directed at the bed. Water was often dirty and no pressure at all, very hard to get a shower.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Noisy and doesn't offer the facilities advertised.
Beautiful location but disappointing hotel. It was hard to find. The hotel blasted music at our room until midnight every night. It was so loud the springs in the 100 year old mattress were vibrating. Other guests yelled and screamed around the pool until 4am then hotel staff start cleaning and making noise from 6am. If you're a trashpacker and plan to get drunk enough to sleep through anything this is the party place for you. Facilities advertised in the rooms are optional. The tv had one channel and wifi didn't work anywhere near our room so we had to sit on hard chairs out with the mosquitos to get internet. Staff are unfriendly. The power went out for hours at a time, sometimes a few times a day. Rooms are small and often have large openings in walls or doors letting mosquitos in. Very poor value for money compared to other places we've stayed in Thailand.
Response from The Beach Village on 28 May 2015
Hi, We are disappointed that you had such an underwhelming stay at our resort. We have noted your comments and have recently invested in improving our signage to make us easier to find. The power cuts are unfortunately completely out of our hands, and would have impacted every business around us, in the last month a new power cable has been laid from Samui which will improve the supply to the island. We generally only play music after 11pm during the Full Moon period when the level of guests warrants it. (In the last two months due to cancelled parties on the island we have been forced to provide our own entertainment for our guests, the majority of whom do come here to party) We market ourselves as a budget backpackers, and as such only offer free wifi around the pool and in our other public areas, and do not claim anywhere to provide wifi in our rooms. (A decision we have made to encourage guests to come out of their rooms and socialise!) As for the mosquitos, this is Thailand, unfortunately they are everywhere, but our staff would have been happy to replace any torn mosquito nets. From all at the Beach Village we wish you safe onward travel and would look forward to welcoming you back during outside of the busy Full Moon period.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Resort am Strand, Sauberkeit mangelhaft!
Wir haben dieses Resort/Hostel gewählt, da wir doch etwas an unser Budget denken mussten. Mit entsprechenden geringen Erwartungen sind wir angereist, doch wurden diese noch untertroffen. Die Betten waren verschmutzt, an der Decke des Bungalow (Bambus) waren Löcher, welche regelrecht eine Einladung für Moskitos und andere Ungeziefer gewesen wären. Zudem zahlreiche Spinnennetze und ein Deckenventilator, welcher die Hitze im Bungalow nicht wirklich erträglicher machte. Beim Öffnen der Badezimmertüre wurde es noch schlimmer: unzählige Ungeziefer und sehr schmutzig. Zudem war der Wasserdruck der Dusche allerhöchstens ein kleines Rinnsal. Nach diesen ersten Eindrücken haben wir uns sofort dazu entschlossen ein anderes Resort zu suchen, ohne weitere Besichtigungen durchzuführen. Von der Rezeption wurde uns zwar ein Upgrade (wir haben gar nicht nach dem Preis gefragt) für einen baugleichen Bungalow, allerdings mit AC, angeboten, welches wir aber abgelehnt haben. Vor der Abreise wurden wir noch gefragt was wir denn für so wenig Geld erwartet hätten: Nicht viel, aber Sauberkeit sollte es dann doch sein. Bei der Frage nach einer Rückerstattung bzw teilweise Erstattung der Kosten (Wir hatten 4 Nächte gebucht und es war kurz vor Halfmoon) wurde dies sofort verneint. Wir haben dann ein sehr sauberes Resort mit Bungalows um 100 Baht (weniger als 3 €) Aufpreis pro Person/Nacht bekommen. Fazit: Billige Unterkunft, aber bitte nur buchen wenn man absolut keinen Anspruch auf Sauberkeit legt.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Jenni

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Ok, mutta en menisi uudestaan.
Varatessa majapaikkaa kuvissa näkyi toisenlainen huone, ei bambumaista bungalowta. Odoteltiin tovi sillä bungalowhun ei tullut valoja/sähköjä. Paljon reikiä seinissä ja vessan lattia täynnä muurahaisia. Tiedoissa luki että olisi jokapäiväinen siivous,mutta meillä ei siivottu kertaakaan ja majoituttiin 3 yötä tässä paikassa. Pyyhkeitäkään ei ollut valmiiksi huoneessa vaan ne piti pyytää. (Ilmeisesti unohtunut, sattuuhan sitä) Tiedoissa myös luki että wifi toimisi huoneissa mutta näin ei ollut. Toimi vain ”olohuoneessa”/ravintolassa. Uima-allas oli kiva, mutta aurinkotuoleja vain 7kpl ja osa oli varattuna tovin. Ranta oli huono. Henkilökunta oli mukavaa ja ystävällistä. Skoottereita saa vuokrattua 250b/päivä. Tyynyt ja sängyt tosi kovia. Terassin tuolit rikki. Hiljainen ja rauhaisa paikka yöpyä.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Sarah on 28 Feb 2019
Thank you for your review, We really appreciate your feedback. In relation to some of the issues you mentioned in your review, None of these were brought to our attention during your stay. If they had they could have been very easily resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. The room that you booked is one of our most basic rooms and the website does show that these are bamboo bungalows. We apologize that the light in your room did not work on your arrival. This was quickly resolved by our maintenance staff. Given the nature of the climate on the island we can get insects in the room from time to time.Again if this was brought to our attention during your stay the issue could have been easily resolved by our housekeeping staff. The resort does offer a daily cleaning service. Each guest is advised on check in that this needs to be requested each day, If it is not requested we presume that you do not want to be disturbed at your room. The website does say that their is free WIFI at the resort, This is only available in common areas, We apologize if this is not stated more clearly on the website and we will look into extending this to the rooms in the future. We do apologize if the beach may have been untidy during your stay. The tide can sometimes leave some natural debris behind. We do have our maintenance staff clean this daily and the beach is now looking beautiful again. Thank you for your positive feedback about our staff, We will make sure that this is passed on. Kind Regards, The Beach Village Resort

10/10 Excellent

Marcel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Markus

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Alexandre

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
hôtel pour roots fêtards
Il ne faut pas y aller pour se reposer, tant qu'on sait ça c'est super

8/10 Good

Kajsa

Hostel
Great hostel, great food, great service. BUT at Night the hostel dogs were creepy and scary..

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Inget wi-fi på rummet men fungerade väldigt bra i restaurangen och lobbyn. Ganska så lungt område, hände inte så mycke just där. Men bra service i allmänhet

4/10 Poor

Philippe, Toulouse

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Dommage
Personnel peu aimable, équipement des chambres délabré, musique trop forte de 12 h à 24 heure et surtout très mauvaise, piscine magnifique mais saturée en javel, un seul point positif, la connection internet parfaite. Cet hotel a pourtant tout pour être parfait, mais la direction déploie beaucoup d efforts pour nous en dégoutter.

4/10 Poor

AAA, 日本

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
蚊に噛まれまくる
部屋でWi-Fi使えない。共有スペースのレストランでのみ使える。ここのビーチで誰も泳がない。部屋がかなりセパレートされているから防犯性は危ない。スタッフは親切。なんだかんだ客は来ててそれなりに人気。