“A relatively pricey no-frills/basic hotel in a good location, which could do with blackout curtains”
The hotel sits on a quiet street about a 5‑minute walk from the old town and a few minutes from a shopping mall that has eateries and a Tops supermarket, accessible via a car park that hosts a Wednesday night market. The owner and his wife/partner are very friendly, informative, helpful, and speak good English. The room rates are cheap for Phuket town, but they were 200‑300 baht higher than the rates I paid at other no‑frills, fan‑only, cold‑shower hotels in other southern Thai towns and cities during a 7‑week cycling trip. In room 219 the sink basin in the bathroom drained very slowly and the bathroom floor looked like it needed a good scrub. The room faced east, and because the curtains were thin and had no blackout lining the room would get very hot by 9 am; I put my blanket over the curtain pole to block some sunshine, which helped a little. The mattress was a bit saggy in places and I was a little surprised there was no mattress protector on it. There was only a single socket, far from the bed, next to the door and the light switches. Luckily I had a 1.5‑meter charging cable, so I put my phone on one of the chairs to charge.
AndrewHace 6 meses