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Reviews of Salad Buri Resort & Spa

4 out of 5
Salad Buri Resort & Spa
60/2 Moo 8 Haad Salad, Ko Pha-ngan, Surat Thani

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 90 out of 301 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 135 out of 301 reviews" "
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Rating 4 - Poor. 24 out of 301 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 301 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Cheuk Fan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
They give us no choice
In the morning of the day of check-in, we got a message from this hotel telling us they are undergoing “construction” and don’t know what when will finish. Said they had put us in their sister hotel - Koh Ma Resort - “which is more expensive” They give us no choice at that point, as we cannot cancel on the day of check-in. In Koh Ma everything was closed and only one restaurant available,which the hotel restaurant. It was so depressing... nothing to do at all.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020

8/10 Good

Sharon and Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay in a private pool villa
We really enjoyed our stay. The accommodation was lovely and the service was great
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved everything about it! Will definitely returning in the near future.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Debbie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This was a nice property for the young and fit. I have a handicap and my BF has a heart problem so we found walking up the steep hill a little hard. While the room was nice, it was a little small.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Location was far off from anything, staff not helpful, everything closes down at 1030pm which seemed useless, but on other hand rooms were great we took an private pool room, pretty clean and well maintained
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Paradise found, great stay
Only had 2 nights here, staff were excellent, always polite and helpful, the hotel was near empty, due to low season, so breakfast was a bit of a mash up, ticks and circles on a menu list, but food was very good, highly recommended the yogurt with muesli and fruit, very nice, the beach is stunning and the views from some of the higher were to die for, the quality of the rooms and more importantly the bedding is very high, great nights sleep, If your staying a few days or more you’ll need to rent a bike, they can arrange that for you, breakfast was 200 baht each per day and motorbike 250 per day, they can arrange pickup from the ferry 150 each person each way, Would definitely stay here again, like being in heaven
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Rooms in poor condition, bad showers, poor breakfast
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Wayne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A slice of paradise
Excellent 10 day stay, very secluded area with a relatively small beach. Food at the resort was very good & well priced, plus there were a handful of close by restaurants.This resort is set into a hillside on various levels which gives all amazing views, however may not suit elderly travellers.The absolutely only negative I had was the very very steep drive to the resort from the main road which could be a problem if wet & especially on a motorcycle.
Stayed 10 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

mathersgl, uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel
Beautiful hotel set in a scenic resort with the three tiered pool right on the beach. If you can book one of the rooms with its own pool, we didn’t but they looked amazing. Our room was set quite far back up the hill so unfortunately it was a bit of a steep walk so there was no quickly nipping back to the room if we forgot anything so if you have trouble walking on uneven ground opt for a room close to the pool. The BBQ they have on each night is so tasty and staff are very polite and helpful.
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2018

4/10 Poor

seba

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not worth the money
It is 2 stars hotel, room too small and bathroom smelly(badly - you have to block tbd sink). No towels for hands or hairs.. no channels , they have few bad/ noisy signal channels that you can't even watch and not mentioning the tv is next to the bed. In addition the air condition decided to turn itself automatically during the night. Next to the bed is the mini bar which is noisy as well.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best pied a terre to discover the island
there are much better beaches and much better locations, but the comfort, luxe and service of this resort is better than anything else
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2017

4/10 Poor

chenelle, Australia

Disliked: Staff & service
Not a luxury experience
Very dissapointed by our stay. booked & stayed 3 nights paying almost 5000thb per night to stay in a lagoon pool villa, some staff cannot understand a word of english. the old lady in resteraunt was always abrupt annoying and confronting almost shouting at guests where to order from. Never saw her do any work. one night we rang to enquire about room service & the kitchen did not have what we wanted which was fine so we told them thanks goodnight, however 10 minutes later a banana pancake arrives with a young boy demanding we pay for it. i told him no & next minute "Lim" arrives and starts shouting at me in my room saying i shouldnt order food then not pay for it. basically intimidating me & trying to scare me into paying for it. i was horrified!! i refused then spoke with manager next day regarding it & no offer to do anything extra for us just a brief sorry thats it. the food is really no good... omlette is super greasy, food has no flavor poor quality. we ordered many room service & tried bbq on beach, all food is below average. the lagoons are filthy & need to add lots of fish because mosquitos are shocking. reception staff are happy and helpful. the lagoon villa pool rooms are lovely however the 2nd room is needing bedheads on the single beds and the matresses are like sleeping on a rock. another problem is noise... the staff seem to allow people to yell & scream without keeping it under control. tv only has 5 channels. for the price the property needs lots of work.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

2/10 Terrible

roy, Israel

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
you're better off at a different hotel
Haad Salad is a great beach, you'll enjoy it very much, just choose any one of the other hotels in the bay. This hotel is about 10-15 years past its glory days and about 5 year past a much needed major renovation. everything you touch or feel on the verge of breaking or already broken. bed mattress has 6 metals across you feel the whole night, inroom safe doesn't work (since we had 2 rooms we used the other), hot tube either doesn't work or can't drain water, jets are green from stagnant water, door to balcony shuts at about 4 cm off the doorpost to allow muskitos to enter the room at night (on an island full of them..), the part of the air-condition that directs the flow of the air was removed (or broken a few years ago), lightpost outside the room had been broken sometime ago and now you can mostly see the black masking tape used to fix it ;-), all wooden decking around hotel are either broken or will break any minute, pool shower floor has small sharp stones instead of the wood deck that broke, there is a huge hole next to the pool where the bar used to be... and more and more and more.. i've got plenty of pictures i will post for everyone to see. you can sum this all up with what the receptionist told us on checkin when we asked if the manager was in the hotel that day.. he said "She is never here" ! can't blame her...
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Melinda, M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved it
We had an amazing view of salad beach. Family room was very good value for money. Breakfasts were great. Mama Tim very helpful In booking trips such as snorkelling at Koh Mae. Salad Beach itself was great. Will definitely stay here again.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect place to relax and get away.
Hotel staff were all very welcoming and friendly. The front desk was very helpful. The restaurant at the hotel was absolutely amazing, I would recommend eating breakfast and dinner there! The bungalows are in pretty good condition and kept spotless. I was sad to leave this excellent resort and plan on going again on my next trip.
Balcony jet tub
Balcony view

8/10 Good

Philippe

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
3 dressed up as a 6
This is almost a beautiful place, but no upkeeps are done. We paid a high price due to full moon party. We had trouble with wifi in our room; bed was not comfortable, the room had a smell that was cleared when we opened the door and the balcony door. The AC blows straight onto your face while in bed, and was not pleasant. But, the room was large and lovely. It is a shame that they don't put in a little effort to keep the rooms and hotel in better condition as it is a great location on the beach. Breakfast was good. Main road was under construction so troublesome to get there, but they worked on it very fast. Best to have scooters to explore the island, though you can walk the beach for various other restaurants and massages. I would look for another place next time.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would definately come back and stay again! Breakfast is yummy and the atmosphere of the resort is calming and peaceful

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible
Looks nice on pictures but the place is old and needs a complete renovation the mouldy smell was everywhere from the reception to the restaurant to the rooms, where we found old towels, stained bath robes, dirty slippers, and they made us count the old dirty cups and towels in the room... !? The staff was nice but they are obviously managed by very stingy owners. On the bright side the salad beach location is beautiful, the ferry pick up was well organised, and the restaurant Thai food was great. But not worth the US$110 ticket they charge. We couldn't stay even for one night, we packed up and left even though the room was prepaid, and we found lovely beach bungalows in nearby charming Chaloklum bay ranging $25 to $50.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel for family
I thought this is a good hotel. Quiet and clean. I booked a 2-bed room villa. The swimming pool is OK not really big. There is also a Jacuzzi which I didn't try but I think children will love it. Transportation is not very convenience but if you book this hotel you should know that. I am really a bit scare of their taxi there so I usually book the hotel van to go outside. You can arrange with the hotel.

8/10 Good

Jules, UK

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location & service
I stayed here for 9 nights B&B in late June located on the North West of the island about 30 mins drive away from the noisier Southern resort area of Haad Rin (Full Moon parties etc). The hotel accommodation is built into the hillside and set into a stunning landscape and on a fine beach. The beach has a number of restaurants, bars, masseuse huts etc as well as the in-house offering so plenty of choice. The hotel itself though - like a good number of the island resort hotels - is set down a steep hill and to get around means hiring a scooter - very reasonable - or taking a taxi to outside locations further afield. Standard taxi fare is between 100 and 200 baht depending on the destination i.e. £2 to £4 - not going to break the bank. The pool is set on 3 linked tiers and is beautiful for lounging for those who do not want to lie on the white sandy beach. The bay is tidal so the far end (5 mins) is better for swimming as the area immediately in front of the hotel is too shallow and used by some small local boats etc.

10/10 Excellent

Danny, Kuala Lumpur

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Get the pool villa, it's worth it.
It's a bit far from town (all the shops are near Tong Sala pier), but there are a lot of restaurants along the beach offering decent food at great price. Rent a bike and you could have more options. For inexperienced riders, please be careful, as the road leading to the hotel is a steep hill with sharp bends. Like really steep. Room is great. Beautiful room, spacious, clean, cosy bed, clean private pool, fantastic beach view from the room and the private pool. The living hall smells like old wood, but the air-conditioning gets rid of it after you switch it on for a while. You can access the pool directly from the living hall as well. Our room is quite far from the reception, very tiring to walk. But you can call front desk to get a buggy to pick you up. Hotel staff can help you with bike rental and other transportation (even until Surat Thani airport). The beach where the hotel is at (Haad Salad) is not that great for swimming (amazing sunset view though), but a 5 minute bike ride can take you to Mae Haad beach (really beautiful beach), or Haad Yao beach (wide, shallow beach, with the softest sand I've ever felt). Hotel staffs are very helpful. Only a few staff can speak English well, but overall they're all really nice people. Breakfast is just okay though. If you could choose, get the room near the pond. It's nearer to the reception and the beach. The pond looks green, but it doesn't smell or anything really.

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotell choice
A great place the kids loved it and we where all very happy with staff and hotel , great dining on beach, easy to rent canoe,paddle board , reef just outside the beach for snorkeling, nice pool and also took the kids fishing for squid - great family place

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Gorgeous hotel far from the busyness ! Ideal
only downside is the hills !! Get a moped from hotel reception and you're set as taxis / transfers seem to wait until the car is full which doesn't always help!

8/10 Good

Kris, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
Overall I'd say it was a great experience staying over at salad buri. Maybe the spa part wasn't exactly what I expected, since there were only masseuses outside and the rest of the hotels on the same beach had the same options but weren't named "spa resorts". The resort itself is rather isolated, so to travel anywhere I had to either take a taxi or rent a moped. Service was great, albeit a little slow at times. The view and the beach were the best on the whole island, always clean and always quiet. Room service was quick and tidy. Food was fantastic, always fresh fruit and vegetables, although you sometimes have to share either the space or the food with the local dogs that live around the hotel. They were never trouble, but it's best to keep them at arm's length. The only downside to this is that the living quarters of the resort are located on a rather steep hill, with a lot of sharp stones and steps and no railings anywhere.

4/10 Poor

Ana Cecilia, Houston

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
We arrived at the hotel, we did check in, and everything was fine except for the fact that the staff came in and out of our room about 2 or 3 times I don't know why. 6 hours later the person who worked on the reception got inside our room (while my fiancé and I were in the bathtub) saying that she had given us the wrong key and we were in the wrong room. We had unpacked everything already and we had to pack again really quick while she was waiting on the door. Then they moved us to a room that was basically inside the wardrobe of the room that we were previously. Honestly, the hotel is very good but this kind of mistake is inadmissible. Moreover, nobody came to stay in our first room this day. They should have let we stayed in this room at least for the first day as a compensation for the terrible mistake and for the invasion of privacy, but they did not give us anything and actually acted as if were our fault. Our second room was really small and as I sad, was inside the other room. We had no privacy at all. I would not recommend this hotel if you are thinking about to book a standard room.

6/10 Okay

Rene, Shangai

Liked: Room comfort
December 2015
Hotel was fine, we did not expect a lot. You cannot sign for food in the restaurant, which is a pain in the.... Breakfast is terrible, lunch and dinner so so. Hotels.com messed up our bookings and this resulted in a lot of stress for our family ( not our room, but another, we had 5 rooms). Overall I would recommend this hotel if you have the right expectations, just relax, dont expect great service or great food though!

8/10 Good

Jennifer, Bracknell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect
Great stay on this beachfront resort over Christmas. We had a pool villa which was spacious, clean and had everything we needed during our 4 night stay. The staff are lovely, the views are great, the pool is really nice with plenty of sun loungers. The area was perfect for a relaxing stay with enough bars/restaurants to eat at if you decide not to dine in the hotel. Would definitely stay here again as we felt it was great value for money.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
Thailand disappoints for customer service in general. The hotel was supposed to be 4+ stars. It's not.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

8/10 Good

Murray, Sydney, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay on Koh Phangnan
We stayed in a villa with private pool set high above Haad Salad. It was unfortunate that it rained for 2 of the 4 days we were there but the staff at Salad Buri were terrific. Often we required the cart to transport us up the steep hill to our villa. This is a great place for a relaxing holiday but nor suitable for people with mobility problems however the carts make it easier.

10/10 Excellent

Raphael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Rosie, Scotland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel
Our stay here was very pleasant. Dining on the beach every evening is available. The room was small as we went for a cheap option but very clean, comfortable and well decorated with some stunning views. A lot of stairs are climbed to get back to our room which means if you forgot something it's a tiring trip back up the hillside in the heat! Another downside is it's very remote. It's a very hilly walk to the nearest shop for drinks and snacks for your room. The hotel fills the fridge with drinks but charges you, even for the bottles of water! (Which we had for free even in much cheaper hotels). However, as a chilled out time in our travels, just lasting by the pool and on the beach, we had a great time. A short walk along the beach offers other restaurants to eat in, which are also cheaper than the hotel.

8/10 Good

Bianca, Kirchdorf / Krems

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing room but....
Salad Buri Resort is a very beautiful resort and the rooms are just great but you have to walk a lot up the hill. If your room is half way up the road it is a real "climb" from the beach to your room but I had an amazing view from my balcony. One of the problems I had during my stay was that the phone in my room did not work and it was raining outside, so I had to call them through skype because I did not have any towels in my room. The Internet was kind of slow and did not always work but after calling them twice via skype, they actually managed to bring me some towels. Their booking service was not as good as I had expected and the stuff was kind of unfriendly, therefore I ended up booking my dive trip and shuttle service to Koh Tao in another hotel. Also their restaurant service could improve a lot (during breakfast there was not any stuff at all for about 20min) but that is not really a problem as there are a lot of other restaurants around. The beach looks nice from your room but I would not really go swimming there (therefore they have a swimming pool).

10/10 Excellent

Dominik, Killarney, Ireland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
spend great 10 days there. strong recommend. great service, great food and wonderful pool.

6/10 Okay

Ashley, Dubai, UAE

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Pictures are better than the actual property
This resort was a little too campy for our taste. The pool was nice. The beach was not so nice. There was loads of stuff washed up when the tide was out. This is definitely not a swim beach. There wasn't even chairs down on the beach. The room set up was nice we had 2 rooms that adjoined with a little sitting area. So it was nice and spacious for my family of four. It was nice that the kids had their own room. However, the beds were so uncomfortable. My biggest problem with this resort were the death trap stairs we had to climb to get to our room. They were unstable rock stairs that went straight up. There are no rails to hold onto or lights leading up the path. So hold on tight and god forbid you have a glass of wine and try and climb them. Going down was even worse. Getting the bags up and down the stairs was no fun. This wasn't ideal with two small children. Overall, the resort was very, very quiet (almost too quiet). When staying here don't be surprised to see lots of wild life. We had a very large lizard on the outside of our bathroom window, a large spider in our bathroom and when walking to breakfast saw a lizard walking across the bridge that must of been 3 feet long yikes... We left after only 2 nights when we had a non-refundable 4 nights booked.

10/10 Excellent

shirley, Frankston

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice and quiet you cant swim in the sea to much coral all over also the tide is out during the day but has three lovely pool set in a nice cove plenty of resturants along the beach. The hotel is about twenty minuete car ride from the ferry very hilly .we enjoyed our stay and would go back again

2/10 Terrible

Graham, brisbane

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A complete disaster
Arrived to find the lagoon being cleaned out so 30 workers going to be there for our entire stay of 10 nights Showed us our room we had booked, private pool ,pool disgusting so dirty as was the room. Asked for another room and agreed to lagoon pool even though they were working on the lagoon it was an improvement. Bed stale smell. .First thing in the morning we were woken with skill saws and hammers then a note slipped under the door informing us they were replacing all the timber decking of the main pool and this will continue for a couple of weeks You have got to be kidding me, unbelievable we checked out, refused to give us our money back, they were rude and to them it's just all about the money, they don't care. This was supposed to be a resort for honeymooners etc, it was our wedding anniversary and was totally ruined by this resort

6/10 Okay

lmt, cardiff

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Okay, poorly managed.
Hotel has great potential, nice location with pool etc.. But it seems to be poorly managed. Staff are not very interested, there is clutter everywhere and halfway through our stay they commenced major renovations so the pool became out of use and there was always drilling and sawwing.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Hideaway Hotel
This hotel is located north west of the island. Some website says it is only 8 minutes from Thongsala Pier. ACtually it is about 20 minutes drive and about 45 minutes from Haad Rin Beach. The room is clean and the view from my room is breath taking. The staffs are friendly and very helpful. This hotel is ideal for people who are looking for a quiet and relaxing place. You can't really swim on the beach in front of the hotel but you can crash other beach resorts that are located nearby. The pool is perfect. Overall I enjoyed my stay in this hotel very much.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
Staff and facilities are great. The beach was not so good (rocky stones).

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Avoid
Terrible hotel, beach pit front looks bad, swamp near half the rooms. Outer room as a family room up a hill 10-15 minutes impossible with kids. We left could not stay here

2/10 Terrible

Elvira, Melbourne

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very poor quality hotel
We didn't end up stsyng and lost our money. Hotel was in very poor condition. Is not at all a4 star maybe a 2. They placed us in a family room 10-15mins walk up a steep hill which we could not accept with 3 small children, there is also a green swap in front on reception and the water is full of rocks and unswimable in low tide. Really recommend against this place

10/10 Excellent

Sam, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
We had a fantastic stay, the resort is lovely, the staff very friendly (service is sometimes a little slow, but always with a smile). Will certainly be coming back to Haad Salad and will definitely stay at Salad Buri.

10/10 Excellent

Ben, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Full moon getaway
Great place to stay if you want to relax. We did the full moon party but wanted to be away from it for the rest of the time and this place was perfect

10/10 Excellent

jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort