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Lotus Resort
9/9 Moo 1, Sairee Beach, P.O. Box 11Koh Tao, Surathani 84280
Location:Koh Tao, Sairee Beach
Hotel category:
Traveler ratings
| Summary of 18 reviews : | 4.9 |
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4.4 |
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4.5 |
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Lotus Resort in the middle of Sairee, Koh Tao's most popular beach, just across the road from the seaside and 10 minutes from town, you will find the perfect place to relax and enjoy.
We offer both budget fan and air-conditioned bungalows for your holiday. Bungalows in various sizes with air-condition or fan and shower for up to three people and connecting bungalows ideal for groups. To help you enjoy a memorable holiday in the gulf of Siam our friendly, easy going staff are happy to attend to your special requests.
Don't miss our special seafood barbeques on the beach, Mondays and Fridays at the Lotus Restaurant and Beach Bar the only place on Koh Tao serving fresh Lobster.
We offer both budget fan and air-conditioned bungalows for your holiday. Bungalows in various sizes with air-condition or fan and shower for up to three people and connecting bungalows ideal for groups. To help you enjoy a memorable holiday in the gulf of Siam our friendly, easy going staff are happy to attend to your special requests.
Don't miss our special seafood barbeques on the beach, Mondays and Fridays at the Lotus Restaurant and Beach Bar the only place on Koh Tao serving fresh Lobster.
Travel reviews for Lotus Resort
Date of stay: Jul 08, 2011
Accommodation and facilities:
Sucks. This is the worst place I have ever stayed at. The room was so bad--tiny, view of the construction three feet away, and low ceiling--that we complained. We were then offered a nicer room: no shower handle on the shower. We made a reservation for three nights. Even though we showed up on the first day, the hotel refused to give us our money back for the first night, claiming that they held the room for us. The hotel appeared almost empty. Avoid this hotel and avoid making reservation with any online booking service. I wish I had read customer reviews before I booked. --Norman Stephens
Reservation service:
I asked for my money back, since I did not stay at the hotel. The hotel refused. Siamfreestyle, care to refund my money? Right. I will avoid both the hotel and Siamfreestyle and let others know about my experience.
Sucks. This is the worst place I have ever stayed at. The room was so bad--tiny, view of the construction three feet away, and low ceiling--that we complained. We were then offered a nicer room: no shower handle on the shower. We made a reservation for three nights. Even though we showed up on the first day, the hotel refused to give us our money back for the first night, claiming that they held the room for us. The hotel appeared almost empty. Avoid this hotel and avoid making reservation with any online booking service. I wish I had read customer reviews before I booked. --Norman Stephens
Reservation service:
I asked for my money back, since I did not stay at the hotel. The hotel refused. Siamfreestyle, care to refund my money? Right. I will avoid both the hotel and Siamfreestyle and let others know about my experience.
Date: Jul 11, 2011
written by: Norman Stephens
written by: Norman Stephens
Date of stay: Mar 18, 2011
Accommodation and facilities:
Where to start... location is alright. We had a very dimly lit bungalow with a double bed. The bed consisted of a bottom sheet, and 2 fleece blankets to cover - kind of a weird set up. The bathrooms are add ons to the original bungalows, the water coming out of our sink and shower was brown, our toilet was broken when we first arrived and I had to manually fix it myself by taking the lid off the back and connecting the flusher mechanism. Despite following the no toilet paper rule our toilet BARELY flushed. By the end of the 4 nights it no longer worked, and we were seeking out bathrooms at local businesses when we had to go. The air con was great, no problems with that. We did not get maid service, bedding change or towel change like you would expect at a resort, so I m not sure why this is considered to be one. They should just call it Lotus Bungalows instead. NOT a resort at all. When we tried to ask for maid service, they clearly did not understand what we needed and told us we can clean our own room if we like. The staff was useless when we asked for help. We also heard a loud rustling sound in our ceiling which turned out to be big orange cat according to one of the staff. We re backpackers, and have stayed in some pretty awful accommodations, but we thought we were upgrading a bit by staying at Lotus and we were sadly mistaken. Do not stay here if you are expecting anything more than the BARE basics.
Reservation service:
No problems with booking service.
Where to start... location is alright. We had a very dimly lit bungalow with a double bed. The bed consisted of a bottom sheet, and 2 fleece blankets to cover - kind of a weird set up. The bathrooms are add ons to the original bungalows, the water coming out of our sink and shower was brown, our toilet was broken when we first arrived and I had to manually fix it myself by taking the lid off the back and connecting the flusher mechanism. Despite following the no toilet paper rule our toilet BARELY flushed. By the end of the 4 nights it no longer worked, and we were seeking out bathrooms at local businesses when we had to go. The air con was great, no problems with that. We did not get maid service, bedding change or towel change like you would expect at a resort, so I m not sure why this is considered to be one. They should just call it Lotus Bungalows instead. NOT a resort at all. When we tried to ask for maid service, they clearly did not understand what we needed and told us we can clean our own room if we like. The staff was useless when we asked for help. We also heard a loud rustling sound in our ceiling which turned out to be big orange cat according to one of the staff. We re backpackers, and have stayed in some pretty awful accommodations, but we thought we were upgrading a bit by staying at Lotus and we were sadly mistaken. Do not stay here if you are expecting anything more than the BARE basics.
Reservation service:
No problems with booking service.
Date: Mar 21, 2011
written by: TAYLOR BASARABA
written by: TAYLOR BASARABA
Date of stay: Dec 22, 2010
Accommodation and facilities:
Stay only one night, The music was so high that we hade no sleep at all. If party and no sleep it´s the right place
Reservation service:
ok
Stay only one night, The music was so high that we hade no sleep at all. If party and no sleep it´s the right place
Reservation service:
ok
Date: Jan 02, 2011
written by: Kenth Grendeus
written by: Kenth Grendeus
Date of stay: Aug 06, 2010
Accommodation and facilities:
House was on the beach,next to an open sewer that dumped into the sea, also next to a loud bar that played music untill 4am, after which at 6am the very loud fisherboats would start. The house itself was in terrible shape, everything was dirty and broken, even the toilet was cracked doen the middle. Wallpaper peeling off everywhere, windows held in place with ducttape, electrics exposed, etcetera. We payed 18000 baht for 6 nights, checked out after the first night and got only 10500 back. Total ripoff!!!!!
Reservation service:
Should have mentioned bad location and terrible state of the house.
House was on the beach,next to an open sewer that dumped into the sea, also next to a loud bar that played music untill 4am, after which at 6am the very loud fisherboats would start. The house itself was in terrible shape, everything was dirty and broken, even the toilet was cracked doen the middle. Wallpaper peeling off everywhere, windows held in place with ducttape, electrics exposed, etcetera. We payed 18000 baht for 6 nights, checked out after the first night and got only 10500 back. Total ripoff!!!!!
Reservation service:
Should have mentioned bad location and terrible state of the house.
Date: Aug 08, 2010
written by: Mark van der Kwaak
written by: Mark van der Kwaak
Date of stay: Jul 26, 2010
Accommodation and facilities:
Room was nice but absolutly stank of sewage. Luckily we only stayed on Koh Tao for one night or we would have deinatly moved hotels.
Reservation service:
Room was nice but absolutly stank of sewage. Luckily we only stayed on Koh Tao for one night or we would have deinatly moved hotels.
Reservation service:
Date: Aug 26, 2010
written by: Daniel Finn
written by: Daniel Finn
Date of stay: May 29, 2010
Accommodation and facilities:
Lotus resort is cheap accommodation and you get what you pay for... The air-con worked and that was what mattered most to me. Ko Tao is so beautiful that I wasn t their to spend time in my cheap room. The bungalows are private, have a balcony and are surrounded by gardens.
Reservation service:
I had no problems with sawadee.com and was happy with their service.
Lotus resort is cheap accommodation and you get what you pay for... The air-con worked and that was what mattered most to me. Ko Tao is so beautiful that I wasn t their to spend time in my cheap room. The bungalows are private, have a balcony and are surrounded by gardens.
Reservation service:
I had no problems with sawadee.com and was happy with their service.
Date: Jun 11, 2010
written by: Tanya Vessey and Adam Mannering
written by: Tanya Vessey and Adam Mannering
Date of stay: Feb 11, 2010
Accommodation and facilities:
bungalows tres sale a notre arrive,wc non nettoyer fuite d,eau dans la salle de bain fenetres non etanche moustiques facile a penetrer malgre insecticides portes du bungalow se fermant tres mal obligation de partir ala plage avec effets personnels.constation faite a la direction de l,hotel qui na donne aucune suite vraiment cher pour cela a cote de nonbreux hotels de meilleure qualite
Reservation service:
tres serieux aucun problemes avec toutes mes reservations
bungalows tres sale a notre arrive,wc non nettoyer fuite d,eau dans la salle de bain fenetres non etanche moustiques facile a penetrer malgre insecticides portes du bungalow se fermant tres mal obligation de partir ala plage avec effets personnels.constation faite a la direction de l,hotel qui na donne aucune suite vraiment cher pour cela a cote de nonbreux hotels de meilleure qualite
Reservation service:
tres serieux aucun problemes avec toutes mes reservations
Date: Feb 28, 2010
written by: Rekik Michel
written by: Rekik Michel
Date of stay: Jan 30, 2010
Accommodation and facilities:
Fabulous. Ideal for the traveler seeking day and evening mood at Tao. For 600 baht the standard room was a cottage on stilts. Very aesthetic, well maintained and located. Far above expectations. Location... adjacent to Lotus bar on Sairee beach... most happening nightlife on the beach in Tao.. is here. Fireshows.. and fun dancing in the bar and the beach with comfy beachside sitouts. A MUST STAY place for the budget and non-budget traveller. STAFF: Awesome... we had an issue with the motorcycle and needed help. The guy made calls from his phone. The info. centre is very nice. Friendly people, well aware of all beaches AND speak GOOD english (very important for Thailand)
Reservation service:
Smooth and perfect
Fabulous. Ideal for the traveler seeking day and evening mood at Tao. For 600 baht the standard room was a cottage on stilts. Very aesthetic, well maintained and located. Far above expectations. Location... adjacent to Lotus bar on Sairee beach... most happening nightlife on the beach in Tao.. is here. Fireshows.. and fun dancing in the bar and the beach with comfy beachside sitouts. A MUST STAY place for the budget and non-budget traveller. STAFF: Awesome... we had an issue with the motorcycle and needed help. The guy made calls from his phone. The info. centre is very nice. Friendly people, well aware of all beaches AND speak GOOD english (very important for Thailand)
Reservation service:
Smooth and perfect
Date: Feb 02, 2010
written by: Dhruv Kumar
written by: Dhruv Kumar
Date of stay: Dec 18, 2009
Accommodation and facilities:
Basic Bungalows with 1 light and cold water shower- was sufficient for what we wanted (affordable place near the beach with ac) but it could do with updating. Reception did have locker facilities included which is a bonus.
Reservation service:
Sawadee were helpful and answered email queries quickly- would recommend
Basic Bungalows with 1 light and cold water shower- was sufficient for what we wanted (affordable place near the beach with ac) but it could do with updating. Reception did have locker facilities included which is a bonus.
Reservation service:
Sawadee were helpful and answered email queries quickly- would recommend
Date: Jan 07, 2010
written by: Charlotte
written by: Charlotte
Date of stay: Aug 27, 2009
Accommodation and facilities:
pictures in internet no contract of the true bungalow with door forced(which does not close with key) bathroom room salt no sheet on the bed very noisy staff no friendly Please choose a another hotel in koh tao if you want to be happy
Reservation service:
pictures in internet no contract of the true bungalow with door forced(which does not close with key) bathroom room salt no sheet on the bed very noisy staff no friendly Please choose a another hotel in koh tao if you want to be happy
Reservation service:
Date: Sep 06, 2009
written by: Erwann HENRY
written by: Erwann HENRY
Date of stay: Aug 21, 2009
Accommodation and facilities:
Simple but it s all you need to be happy. very close to the beach (lotus bar is the favourite for party on ko tao)
Reservation service:
Simple but it s all you need to be happy. very close to the beach (lotus bar is the favourite for party on ko tao)
Reservation service:
Date: Aug 23, 2009
written by: Sebastian Stein
written by: Sebastian Stein
Date of stay: Apr 29, 2009
Accommodation and facilities:
Stayed in both a fan bungalow and moved to air-con bungalow. Both had a badly-connected bathroom which meant that mosquitos were abundant in the bathroom and I spent a lot of time killing them! Mosquito nets on windows had some small holes in - I recommend bringing a mosquito net if you re staying here for peace of mind!!!
Reservation service:
Good, although the guest house was not happy that we wanted to check out one day earlier although we had booked for three nights via sawadee.com
Stayed in both a fan bungalow and moved to air-con bungalow. Both had a badly-connected bathroom which meant that mosquitos were abundant in the bathroom and I spent a lot of time killing them! Mosquito nets on windows had some small holes in - I recommend bringing a mosquito net if you re staying here for peace of mind!!!
Reservation service:
Good, although the guest house was not happy that we wanted to check out one day earlier although we had booked for three nights via sawadee.com
Date: May 04, 2009
written by: M Cheung
written by: M Cheung
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Laidback and easy going resort with family atmosphere. We are right in the middle of Sairee, Koh Tao's most popular beach,
just across the road from the seaside and 10 minutes from town.
ACCOMMODATIONS
:: Mountain View ::
:: Garden View Bungalow ::
:: Standard Room ::
:: Deluxe Room, A/C ::
:: Superior Beachfront ::
SERVICES & FACILITIES
LOCATION MAP
Koh Tao - The hotel is located next to the night entertainment.
just across the road from the seaside and 10 minutes from town.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Lotus has both budget fan or A/C bungalows in the garden area and 2 bungalows on the beach. Garden bungalows are very simple and old traditional ones,
built in from bamboo and wood, equipped with bed, fan (A/C if booked), Asian toilet (no flush) and cold shower. The concrete-made superior Bungalows are right on the beach you,
optional fan or A/C and cold water shower.
:: Mountain View ::
:: Garden View Bungalow ::
:: Standard Room ::
:: Deluxe Room, A/C ::
:: Superior Beachfront ::
SERVICES & FACILITIES
To help you enjoy a memorable holiday in the gulf of Siam our friendly, easy going staff are happy to attend to your special requests.
Don't miss our special seafood BBQs on the beach at the Lotus Restaurant and Beach Bar! Tropical sun, sea, pristine sandy beaches -
it's all right here on Koh Tao. Be prepared to enjoy Thailand's most popular diving adventure holiday destination.
o-nineone restaurant
Our restaurant is located in the 'walking street' area. A relaxed location by day, which gets busier once the sun has gone down. Come in and sit in the shade with a cool shake, or sample one of our delicious Thai dishes. We also serve a variety of Western food so there is something for everyone. Join us in the evening for our special fresh seafood BBQ.
OFFICE BAR
For a fun and lively atmosphere with new friends, stop by the Office Bar. A great place to watch the world go by and meet fellow travellers. Located in the 'walking street' area, the bar is small and simple and very relaxed!
LOTUS BEACH BAR
Relax after a hard day on the beach at Lotus Bar. One of Koh Tao's most famous beach bars. The place to be for a late afternoon drink. Located right on the beach front, the perfect spot for watching those spectacular sunsets.
SIAM SCUBA DIVE CENTER
SIAM SCUBA DIVE CENTER IS A PADI RESORT OFFERING QUALITY INSTRUCTION IN SMALL GROUPS OF NO MORE THAN 4 AND A VARIETY OF FUN OPTIONS FOR QUALIFIED SCUBA DIVERS.
SIAM SCUBA DIVE CENTER
SNORKELING & FISHING TRIPS
See the beauty of the underwater world firsthand by joining one of our island snorkel trips. We will take you to some of the best snorkelling spots on Koh Tao where you can swim amongst schools of brightly coloured tropical fish and coral.
lolita spa
TOP-ONE SOUVENIR SHOP
If you need a gift, some souvenirs or something different to remind you of your stay here, visit our Top One Souvenir Shop. We have a large variety of original Thai products from woven Thai silk scarves and handbags to beautiful handmade jewelry, ornate boxes and carvings.
LOTUS CENTER & SERVICES
For any information about our resort and Koh Tao, visit reception at the Lotus Center and Service. We can assist you with any travel arrangements, snorkelling and diving, trips and tours around the island and also provide many other services including internet, overseas calls, money exchange, fax/copy and laundry.
LOCATION MAP
Koh Tao - The hotel is located next to the night entertainment.