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Latest post on 12 March 2011 - 10:19

hi! yet MORE advice on thailand needed!! anyone stayed at Katathani Phuket Beach Resort? really don't want to book into a dodgy hotel so trying to find tried and trusted places!!

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Latest post on 12 March 2011 - 23:59

We stayed there last year and the year before that and the place is lovely. We once booked the royal suite and then the second time we have a large room in the new and upgraded section. I would not advise you to stay in the old block. Both rooms were practically on the beach and we loved the fact that we were so close to it and could hear the waves lapping at night. Last year, we used their babysitter for two weeks running and she was a brilliant girl called Rupnama and my son just loved her. The resort has a lovely private beach and tons of stuff to do without it being very crowded. We also enjoyed lying in the hotel gardens, under the palm trees and having a massage or a pedicure at very nominal prices. There is a laundry right behind the hotel which takes in clothes by the kilo (very useful with small kids) and they bring everything back to the hotel the next day. we booked several tours thru the hotel and were never disappointed. It is quite easy to go to town and now the Kata town itself is quite lively. Their are some gorgeous dining places very close to the hotel....Mom Tri's Kitchen, The Boathouse are definitely some of our favourites. We're not really big on going into Phuket Town and spent most of our time at the hotel beach or on day long excursions but for sure we were not disappointed with the hotel in any way. Hope you have a lovely holiday!

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Hi trbdxb, agree with the comments about the hotel. we stayed there a couple of years ago at the start of the rainy season (April), and loved it. As a family, they had a supervised indoor play room which was fun for our son. It is quite remote, and the hotel is split into two locations which are opposite each other. One hotel is beach side and the other isn't. We stayed at the non-beach side but its like a 2 min walk to the beachside. We also dined at the thai restaurant that M mentioned and yes the food was yummy. One other tip, there was an internet cafe just walking distance from the hotel which is cheaper than the hotel rates. All in all the pool side rooms were lovely if a little small. I'd agree its probably more 4 star in terms of facilities but we weren't disappointed with our stay there.

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Latest post on 12 March 2011 - 15:14

We popped in there last year and had a look around and it looked nice but felt that the hotel that we were staying in was much better. We stayed at Le Meridien Beach Resort which is about 10mins south of Patong and it has a fantastic beach and was really good value for money - we had 2 interconnecting rooms on B&B basis for USD215 per night in total!!! Have a look at the deals on www.asia-discovery.com. Love Phuket and very envious of you going there as not sure we will be back there this year and have been going for many years now!

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Latest post on 12 March 2011 - 15:09

We stayed here 9 months after the tsunami - a few years ago. We had a ground floor room which gave us easy access to the pools and beaches. It was a busy time of year (August) so the resort was a bit crowded. It is more like a four star resort than some of the resorts you would be used to in Dubai. I recall we stayed in an upgraded room as the travel agent suggested to us that the hotel had not been renovated for a few years and the rooms might look tired. Not sure what it is like now though. There was a fantastic Thai restaurant outside the hotel, a few metres down the road. Not much to look at but the food was delicious. Service at the hotel was generally good, they had massage ladies and manicure/pedicure ladies servicing people around the pool grounds.

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Latest post on 12 March 2011 - 13:03

I've stayed there but it was about 8 years ago so this is old advice. It was a very quite resort set on an idyllic beach. I chose Kata to be away from the madding crowd and it was perfect for that. The hotel was really nice, and we loved the holiday there (also went to Phi Phi from there). The downside was that we had to go half board, it was the only option when we booked and I would not recommend that. The breakfast was great but the dinner was pretty poor, as was the entertainment. We went out most night to Karon or Phuket town, easy done with the tuk tuk just outside the hotel.

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