Lub d Koh Tao Tanote Bay

My sister and I spent two nights in a cottage at Montalay. The cottage was comfortable and had a cozy porch to sit out on in the morning and early evening. The bed was comfortable and the room was clean. Downfalls: the wifi didn't work, the shower head was broken, and the resort is about 15 minutes via a dirt and hilly road away from everything. I was nice to be tuck away for a night but after eating at the resort for 1 day we were ready to get some better food.

We went to the Montalay Beach Resort with the purpose to use for diving trips. Since the hotel itself is a little remote, but they call a boat for pick up, it absolutely perfect for diving. The stuff in the hotel, restaurant and dive center a re really friendly. Overall we liked it a lot.

To arrive there can be very difficult. Indeed, to rent a scooter might be a not very good idea but we did it. And it was doable, overall. If you do not want to go out for dinner, the hotel has a great restaurant with very good prices (for a resort). The beach is great!! The room was big and confortable.

the drive to the resort was horrendous, the roads are half rubble dirt tracks at height through the mountains, but on arrival the hotel is actually very beautifully set. The grounds are lovely, although they were doing some building work constructing more bungalows. The room was not as nice as I had anticipated, sharing the room with a number of insects and lizards. The staff and the food let the hotel down, as it is such a trek to eat anywhere else your choice is limited.

Hotel is located in a remote area of Koh Tao, accessible by a very rough track that can't be called a road.. so you are a bit cut out of everything, but the hotel is so pleasant and quiet, with wonderful view, good food, amazing breakfast, that it really doesn't matter to be a bit isolated! Cottages are very nice, ours had a balcony with view on the sea, wonderful view. We even had the visit of a cute squirrel on the balcony ^^ Bathroom is quite basic and the stone floor was so-so clean, but beds are very comfortable and there was no bugs. A few super tiny ants but that's really no big deal. I would definitely recommand this place for romantic holidays!

The hotel is OK. Quiet but too many moisquitoes and location is inconvenience.

Beautiful beach resort at the far side of Koh Tao. Everything there was lovely from the beach and the pool to the food and service. The rooms are really quirky yet very comfortable. The only warning I would give is that it is impossible to 'nip out' to use an ATM, go to the shop etc, so bring plenty of money and toiletries etc.

Great hotel very accommodating when we asked to move from the treetop cottage to the hotel, I wouldn't recommend the cottage, we did it for 2 nights and it was very hot and cramped with no storage and plenty of bugs. Hotel room was much better, we didn't get air con and it was bearable. Lots of storage and very large room with big balcony and modern design. Food from the menu was great but breakfast was mostly cold and bit boring. Staff didn't understand what "starter" meant as they were brought out with or sometimes after the mains. Some staff were great and some just wanted to sit on their phones. We booked this hotel for the scuba diving but when we got there the guy we spoke to did not seem interested at all telling us snorkelling was just as good, as if to put us off booking with him so we went elsewhere. The snorkelling is fantastic there, we saw a turtle on our first day. They also do drop off and pickup to stairwell beach and the pier regularly throughout the day.

My husband and I stayed for our honeymoon, staff is great, rooms are great, we stayed in a bungalow, so it was a work out to get to, but it was amazing. The beach there is absolutely stunning and clear water, beautiful bay. Only down side is its secluded and hard to get to the main strip, which we wanted to do for one night, but it was a lovely getaway

Remote hotel even for us the lonlyners...bad road getting over there. Over priced for a hut. Hut is smal and not clean.. Staff is really nice and helpful