Haad Yao Bay View Resort and Spa

its a good place in case you just need a place to park your luggage. the beach is rocky so no swimming. In case you are coming to the island for the full moon party in that case look for a place closer to the rin beach...as transportation costs 800-1000 bhats one way (full tempo) from this place.

We were satisfied with the location of the hotel, as the beach area and views are nice. However, it is a half hour drive from the Port and about an hour from Haad Rin where the fullmoon party takes place. The hotel does have taxi service to and from the beach which is convenient. The hotel room was decent - however, it was not the most comfortable room and there is no separate shower (It's just a shower head beside the toilet). There is also no wifi inside the rooms, which we were not happy to learn about. I would prefer to stay closer to Haad Rin beach next time as there was not a lot to do around this hotel.

I stayed for 9 nights with my girlfriend in a ”superior double room with sea view”. The room was really nice and had a huge balcony with a magnificent view over the beach and sea. The hotel staff was very friendly and helpful during all my stay. The front desk was helpful with arranging tickets etc., the cleaning of the room was impeccable and the waitresses in the restaurant were friendly and service minded. The pool was clean and nice and the restaurant good even though you can find more relaxed and cozy ones along the beach. In terms of value for money this hotel was excellent. I can really recommend staying here! Haad Yao is calm place with some super relaxed and nice restaurants on the beach. Some evenings one restaurant had a small beach party, but otherwise not much party right here. I can recommend hiring a scooter for the stay and visit e.g. Bottle Beach (via longtailboat from Chaloklum) and Haad Khom. I rented a 125 cc scooter at a very small place just 5-10 minutes walk up the road from the hotel and it worked well. The sunsets at the beach are amazing if good weather conditions!

Paid $60 au for one night (1800baht) currently paying 600baht for a room 4 times as good - shop around people is worn tired and needs some love to make it feel anything like comfortable

Great hotel and staff but I got annoyed that the wifi didn't work in rooms!!!!

I always stay here when I go to koh phangang as it's just the most beautiful part of the island. It's a secluded little pocket of about 6 resorts right on the beach (which is hard to find). It's about 40 minutes from the full moon area but the hotel offers a taxi service.

Very pleasant interactions with the staff. Helpful in all regards. Good breakfast, good food.

This is a huge hotel on a steep hill overlooking the bay with gorgeous views. Not all of the rooms face the sea - ours looked towards the jungle hillside which was also quite nice. If you're in the upper building, the hike to your room is quite a workout but your legs and butt have never looked better (lol)! The staff is a mixture of kind, hard-working young people and a very moody manager. They tend to care more about getting your money than your vacation so don't expect a lot in the way of service. They were literally pacing outside our door at 8am the day of our checkout (checkout is noon). The included breakfast is very average and not much variety. We ate in other locations at least 2 of the 7 mornings.

The wifi was not working very well, the tv was old and our room for 3 persons was rather small, other than that it was a nice clean hotel, really close to the sea, with tasty breakfast.

Unfortunately we had an accident in Koh Samui and were unable to make our stay and had to fly home to get to a Hospital. We called to tell the hotel we were happy for them to give our room to someone else. We never asked for a refund as we know this is not possible and wanted them to have the opportunity to give our room to another guest if they wanted to make more money. The response I had was that they couldnt talk to me as there were other people trying to call. This tells me that they are understaffed and have no regard to already paid customers. As soon as they found out we couldnt stay, they wanted me off the phone as soon as possible. I am pleased we didnt have to spend the second part of our Honeymoon at this hotel as other recent reviews have said they dont appear to be good. Please note the ratings are only for Overall & Quality. As we didnt stay, but had to put a number, so cant comment on the other ratings.