3-Sterne-Hotels in Ko Lipe

It is situated between sunrise and sunset beaches with small but beautiful private beach with island view and golden sand. We had a parter pull view room. It was modern fubrished but with a zing of Thai elements. Very clean and filled with everything you could need. Staff is very helpful! Hotel picked us up from the speedboat and also gave us a ride back. Breakfasts are very European( which can be a plus or minus depends on your need) , so if you would like to try something local you need to go out outside. We had a chance to see most of the hotels on the island and this one is our favourite by a mile!

Schönes kleines Gemt rechts am Bergoberst von Koh Lipe. Es hat einen erstaunlichen Blick vom Restaurant und einen erstaunlichen Blick vom Zimmer (wir reservierten den mit Meerblick und nicht enttäuscht!) Leider gibt es einige ungenutzte Einrichtungen, aber ich denke, dass dieses Resort ein riesiges Potenzial bald ein 5-Sterne sein kann!! Die Mitarbeiter sind freundlich und hilfreich, obwohl sie manchmal nicht verstehen können, ich denke, sie behandeln meist mit thailändischen Touristen, aber Sie können sie leicht verstehen. Das Restaurant serviert nur Frühstück (frei!) und Mittagessen, das ist gut genug, seit 6:00 Uhr haben sie einen kostenlosen Shuttle, der Sie in die Walking Street führt, wo Sie leicht irgendwo zu essen finden können. Wird sicher zurückkommen ❤️

So this is our second stay here. We booked castaway because it has a certain charm, the restaurant and commonly areas have a really lovely vibe and are such a nice place to while away many hours enjoying the sea views. There are lots of things to live about this resort but also some annoyances/ things that could be improved. I’ll be as balanced as I can. Rooms: We stayed in a big beachfront breezy room. Right on the beach, private veranda and balcony.room price did not include breakfast. Rooms are BASIC but we knew this when booking. There is no hot water and no air con. There are two large ceiling fans. Unfortunately one was right above your head where you sleep so this was bothersome for me. I asked maintenance could it be adjusted but it couldn’t. Mosquitos were a real problem- please ignore the information inside room which says you probably won’t need the mosquito net. It was essential! The mosquitos also mean it is very difficult to enjoy your veranda/hammock in the evening/ nighttime and early morning because mosquito’s are everywhere! I was covered from head to toe in deet. Reception will spray your room each night if you ask them. Room cleanliness: Our room was cleaned daily but not to a high standard. On at least two occasions, the toilet bowl was not cleaned at all. I reported it to reception once but it happened again. Towels were replaced daily- it is supposed to be an eco resort so this was disappointing. Restaurant/food: Food was always to a very high standard. Definitely priced at the higher end of the scale in comparison to other restaurants but very nice food. Coffee was really good- but 100baht for a latte seems very expensive to me? The restaurant staff were very welcoming and very friendly. Service wasn’t always smooth tho- breakfast would come in stages, toast would arrive before eggs, and without cutlery. Then I’d ask for cutlery to then discover no condiments so it often involves calling the waiter two or three times before you could enjoy your breakfast! One morning we waited thirty minutes for our breakfast, this would be fine except every other day it arrived in about ten minutes so it meant we were rushing for our diving trip. Diving: We had some great dives and the dive shop team were all lovely people, especially Tos who made sure we had a great time. Not always very organised- we met at 9am one morning and due to them not reading the tide tables right we didn’t leave until 11.45! Equipment was very well maintained and seems to be plenty of it. Food serves on day trips was from the castaway restaurant so it’s as always delicious. Arriving: Unfortunately they do not arrange pick ups from the ferry arrival points so when we arrived we had to lug our cases along the beach and quite a long way up “walking street” to get a tuk tuk Would we stay again? Probably not. We love the charm of the place but it would be nice to have a hot shower in the evening and the temperature regulation in the rooms was not idea

Apart from being almost on the beach itself, this place is a bit overrated as far as overall quality of certain aspects of their offer in services and amenities. Room is confortable, view from it is fabulous but…the pillows are horribly hard, woke up with a sore neck, the food at their restaurant is kind of ok if you choose Thai food but for American food, it is, let say, less than average, there are some choices that they scratch from their menu because they just don’t know how to cook it, simple thing bruschetta, club sandwich, breakfast is also pretty boring if you not Asian; cold and uncooked chicken sausages, cold chicken ham presented in cold water bowl, coffee is good though and toast are great, I ended up eating that only…last déception, beach access from beach front villa number 2 you need to walk about 200 meters right to the marina entrance or 200 meters left to the restaurant to get access to the beach that is about 20 meters right in front of your room. There is a concrete wall, high of about 1.6 meters that separates you from the beautiful white sand beach. See photos attached…

Das Hotel bietet eine ausgezeichnete Lage mit schnellem Zugang zu jedem verfügbaren Strand auf der Insel. Das Hotel bietet alle Einrichtungen, die Sie für einen komfortablen Aufenthalt benötigen: ein Kühlpool, ein ausgezeichnetes Frühstück mit mehreren Optionen, auch kostenfreie Transfer von/zu den Hafen. Unser Zimmer war immer sauber und gemütlich, und die Betten waren komfortabel. Einchecken war sehr glatt, und die Mädchen auf dem Büro sind sehr hart mit Lächeln auf ihren Gesichtern; sie waren froh, mit allem zu helfen. Wir genossen jeden Moment unseres Aufenthalts und empfehlen dieses Hotel sehr.

Ich habe dieses Hotel geliebt. Es ist super gut gelegen, 200 m vom Sunrise Beach und 100 m von der Fußgängerzone entfernt. Sehr saubere und riesige Zimmer! Wir hatten ein Doppelzimmer mit zwei Einzelbetten und sie waren sehr komfortabel. Das ausgezeichnete Personal!!! Alle super freundlich. Sie holen Sie auch mit dem Motorradtaxi vom Hafen ab und bringen Sie auch kostenlos dorthin. Ich würde es auf jeden Fall wiederholen!!

Der Preis ist super hoch, vor allem weil die Lage des Hotels sehr gut ist, die Suiten in der ersten Strandreihe wurden aufgewertet. Die Zimmerausstattung ist nicht sehr gut, aber sehr praktisch. Der Favorit ist 3-5 Meter von der Tür entfernt

Wir waren schon zum zweiten Mal im Ten Moons, weil sich hier der schönste Strand der Insel befindet. Am Ende des Sunrise-Beach, eingerahmt von Felsen, feinster weißer Sand und schattige Bäume. Wir lieben diesen Platz. Die Bungalows sind an einen steilen Hang gebaut, so dass man viele Treppen steigen muß. Belohnt wir man mit einer tollen Aussicht und einer ruhigen Lage (auf der sonst recht lebendigen Insel). Direkt am Strand ist ein Korallenriff (wenn auch sehr beschädigt bzw. viel abgestorben), aber es gibt immer noch viele Arte von Fischen zu sehen, in kristallklarem Wasser. Ein wunderbarer Platz um zu Schnorcheln. Tauchausflüge auf Nachbarinseln werden angeboten. Das Personal ist sehr freundlich und aufmerksam, der Service ist gut. Die Zimmer sind ruhig, die Ausstattung sehr gut. Das Frühstück ist gut, man kann nachbestellen, hervorragender Kaffee, Terrasse direkt am Meer. Zum Fuß ist man in 10 Minuten in der Walking Street, dem touristischen Zentrum mit einer Unmenge an Lokalen und Bars, davon viele sehr gut. Hierher kommt man nicht, wenn man ein Luxus-Hotel-Resort wünscht, sondern wegen der einmaligen Lage am traumhaften Strand. Einschränkungen, die eine Insel mit sich bringt nimmt man gerne in Kauf.

We booked to stay in a fan cottage for 3 nights via the hotel’s own website which had a rate of 900THB per night which seemed better than that on booking engines. First impressions were that it’s a large ‘resort’ right on the beach next to where the speedboat ferries dock and adjacent to Walking Street which is 5 minutes walk away (though we heard no noise from it). There are a range of rooms- cottages with a/c and a block of rooms which also had a/c. There are about a dozen fan only cottages at the rear of the complex. Ours was rustic but clean with intact insect screens and a large bed. The bathroom was half open which was good for drying towels etc. All cottages have a balcony, ours was shaded by trees which kept the room cool though the fan worked well too and we actually slept better than we had in a/c rooms. Only downside to the room was no fridge. It had an old fashioned TV but who watches TV anyway on a Thai island?! Breakfast was included in the price- buffet style with Thai and western dishes. It was nothing special but eatable and enough to put you on until lunch. We liked Ko Lipe and were happy with the room so decided to stay for an extra 2 nights and that’s where we had problems. Again we booked on the hotel website and received a confirmation. We then received an email in broken English which we interpreted as saying the fan bungalows were all full and we would be ‘upgraded’ to an a/c room. We replied that we were already in the room so it would make more sense to upgrade someone else. After getting no response we attempted to clarify the situation with reception. I don’t speak Thai so can’t criticise people for not speaking a foreign language but when dealing with mostly European guests you would expect at least one member of staff to have the basics of English. Unfortunately not. We ended up in a confusion of Google translate messages with a teenage girl who was clearly sick (coughing, sneezing, red eyes and nose) and shouldn’t have been at work. I ended up speaking to ‘a manager’ on the mainland by phone but still couldn’t get any sense from them. Eventually we resorted to replying by email and were eventually told we could stay in the same room. You can go into any tour operator on Walking Street and find staff who speak excellent English. Why the hotel are unable to find staff with foreign language skills is beyond me. My guess is they are employing cheap intern labour from mainland tourism schools which is fine for basic check in and out but they should have at least one person who can communicate with guests if there’s a problem. The majority of rooms seemed empty when we stayed, the exception being the fan rooms which were very good value and always seemed booked out. Maybe the hotel could look at a way of turning off the a/c in some of the bungalows and selling them at a fan room rate? In summary, we were happy with the location of the hotel, the facilities and the room. The stay was spoilt somewhat by a disorgan

So etwas schlechtes haben wir in Thailand noch nie erlebt. Wir haben einen Beach Bungalow mit Frühstück gebucht. Check-In war der Witz, keine Einweisung in den Bungalow, auf Nachfrage haben wir dann erfahren das der Bungalow erst nach Abgabe des Schlüssels, am Check-In Schalter, gereinigt wird. Zweimal haben wir es in 8 Tagen in Anspruch genommen. Beim Ersten Mal wurde etwas lieblos mit dem Besen durch den Bungalow gefegt, ging auch nicht besser wenn man in einer Hand n Handy hält und Nachrichten schreibt. Beim Bett wurde einfach nur die Decke komplett übergeschmissen. Damit war Sie durch. Grottenschlecht! Beim 2. Mal hat man uns nur den Schlüssel auf die Terrasse gelegt und gesagt, man komme gleich um zu reinigen. Es kam natürlich niemand. Das Frühstückspersonal war so dermaßen unfreundlich, in einem anderen Land hätte ich den Kellner sofort angesprochen, in Thailand werde ich die Thais nicht bloßstellen. Ein Feedback gibt es dann hiermit. Keine Abholung zum Resort. Alle anderen Resorts haben ihre Gäste am Pier abgeholt. Freies WLAN funktionierte fast nie. Preis Leistung stimmt überhaupt nicht. 145€ die Nacht zusätzlich Steuern sind Wucher. Liegt wahrscheinlich an der Lage des Resorts. Dieses Resort werde ich niemandem weiterempfehlen.