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Reviews of Amarin Samui Hotel

3.5 out of 5
Amarin Samui Hotel
12/71 Moo 1, Maenam Beach, Koh Samui, Surat Thani

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 45 out of 196 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 100 out of 196 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 37 out of 196 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 196 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 196 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Mohammed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good all round
Stayed 15 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Mohammed

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Really pleasant
Stayed 14 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place for value
Great stay for the money. Bed was firm in room I checked into. They moved me to another room with a softer bed. Very nice staff and stay. 👍
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place for the money. 👍
Great stay and great price. Bed was firm in first room, they swapped me into another room after I asked. 👍
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mae Nam Gem
Great campsite for what it cost .!!! Seriously, excellent value. Double Deluxe with balcony. Breakfast, very traditional and very basic. An old palace with a beautiful pool on the top of the building.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022
Response from Nhuii on Apr 21, 2022
Thank you for your kind feedback. Best regards,

8/10 Good

Brock

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
2 day stay on Samui
Small 2 day stay on samui, second time to hotel.... nice pool on the roof, relaxing and inexpensive
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Amarin on Apr 9, 2020
Thank you for the review, That’s very kind of you. We hope to see you next time.

10/10 Excellent

philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant stay
Big room and clean Pay a bit more and get a balcony over looks the mountains very pleasant Comfortable bed Reception very nice and kind Breakfast was buffet and very good first day and ok second but it will depend on what you like to eat Secure rooms good Thai restaurant near just turn right out of hotel about 100m down For the beach turn left and walk up to family mart and follow. The road that runs down the side orlf family mart
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Best regards, on Mar 13, 2020
Dear Philip Thank you for a nice review ! welcome you guys back to our hotell again for your next time !

6/10 Okay

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Dated Hotel
Like a lot of hotels in Thailand, the Amarin is a lovely old building, but in need of refurbishment. The air on unit is old, and let's smoke from other guests rooms in.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Amarin Samui Hotel on Mar 6, 2020
Dear Mr,Mrs Jane, Thank you for staying with us recently and for taking the time to share your review with others. The team and I truly appreciate your kind words and high praise, we look forward to welcoming you back again in the near future for yet another perfect stay experience. Warm regards,

10/10 Excellent

Charlotte

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would stay again
Great friendly service. At 11pm we noticed our air conditioner wasn't working and they came to our room right away. They were unable to fix it so they offered us s new room with a free upgrade! They offer free dvd's, have an awesome clean rooftop pool. Def would go back here, even though they are off the beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Amarin Samui Hotel on Feb 6, 2020
Dear Mr. Charlotte, Warmest greetings from Amarin Samui Hotel! Thank you for your compliment, we are glad that you have enjoyed our hotel stewardship. We definitely will pass your gratitude to our team for encouraging them to serve even better next time. We are looking forward to welcome you back to Amarin Samui Hotel and stay with us in the near future. Kind regards,

8/10 Good

Christina, Toronto

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Check in was quick and easy with very kind staff. The room smelled like a spa upon arrival and was very clean and spacious. We suggest paying extra for the room that includes breakfast as it was pretty good and convenient but he morning. There were a few restaurants and bars near by however we did find it a bit difficult to get a taxi to the main attractions. The street that the property is on is very busy and hard to cross with the amount of traffic. The roof top pool was beautiful with a great view!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Lyn on Apr 1, 2019
Thank you for your kind review. we wish you had a good time with us. Best regards,

8/10 Good

Heidi

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Quick overnight stay
We checked in here for one night before heading to Koh Tao. It's on the main road so pretty busy outside, but if you walk a bit and get off the main street, it is much calmer to find a spot to eat or drink. The hotel was a bit outdated - I would say 2.5 stars - especially the bathroom. The hotel overall is probably 3 star: the breakfast included was great with an awesome fruit selection, and the pool on the roof was lovely. It would be nice if they either had towels at the pool or extra towels in the room. They also had a large collection of DVDs available to check out for free, which is great! Note: 1000 baht deposit required at check in. There is an ATM next door.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Lyn on Apr 1, 2019
Thank you for your kind review. Best regards,

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Lyn on Apr 2, 2019
Thank you for your review score. Best regards,

6/10 Okay

Glynn

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Bit tired
Hotel a bit shabby, but the staff were helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Reservation on Feb 16, 2019
Thank you for your review.

8/10 Good

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Lyn on Jan 10, 2019
Thank you for your stay with us.

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Maenam Gem
Very close to the Maenam business area. Not all that far from the beach, but it takes a bit of walking to get there. Was good value for money
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from Lyn on Nov 2, 2018
Thank you for your visit. Hope you had a great time with us.

8/10 Good

Roberto

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Lyn on Mar 16, 2018
Thank you for your review.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Response from Lyn on Mar 11, 2018
Thank you for your kind review.

8/10 Good

philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good plac to stay in mae nam
have stayed here before and will do again nice room for the price and friendly staff has a small gym with a few free weights ,close to shps restaurants etc
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017
Dear Mr. Phillip, Thank you for your review. We are looking forward to serving you again. Best regards, Lyn Manageress

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A little gem
A very clean room in a quiet area. Friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017
Thank you for your kind review. :)

8/10 Good

philip

Liked: Staff & service
friendly staff big hotel room was good but a little dating but for price was good value ,small pool upstairs and gym which was locked so couldn't use it room had good amenities was close to restaurants etc would stay again

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel, poor location.
Me and my girlfriend stayed here for our last three days in Thailand. We really liked the hotel and the staff were awesome and very helpful. Location not the best. Our second last night we shared a seafood pasta, both ended up with food poisoning. Didn't make for a fun 20 hours of flying the next day. Overall, great place, but watch what you are eating.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
the wireless infrastructure requires you to associate to different SSID as you move from the lobby to your room. In certain rooms internet connections can be improved.

8/10 Good

Sim, Melbourne, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Friendly and warm stay
Clean and tidy hotel. Beautiful rooftop pool, being there during the quieter season I had the pool to myself every morning for almost a week. Hotel staff are charming and go above and beyond to help. Would stay again.

4/10 Poor

Laura, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Strange place on a very busy road
Firstly the location is quite poor unless you intend to use a bike. Its on a very busy road with no footpaths and felt dangerous to walk along. The staff were friendly and check-in was good. However the hotel seems deserted and there is a strange atmosphere. A large laundry service (for outside business) is run from the hotel and the elevator is often used for transporting laundry up and down. The 5th floor restaurant was closed and didn't look like it had ever been open but was used for the laundry instead. It was an Ok stay but wouldn't return and there are much better hotels to visit.

6/10 Okay

Syazril Hizam

Liked: Room comfort
Its a good stay.Not the best but is worth what you paid.

8/10 Good

Lindsey, Courtenay, BC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable stay!
Great room with a free upgrade, excellent food and free DVD rentals! Great, clean pool.

10/10 Excellent

joanne, leicester

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Hotel
Great view friendly staff beds were comfortable

10/10 Excellent

alex, canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
stayed for 6 nights
really nice hotel .got a beautiful big room with a king size bed . really clean has a gym and a pool. staff is really nice .easy to find the place

10/10 Excellent

Patryk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
strongly recommend ☺
super helpful stuff!!! (we didn't have chairs and table on our balciny, I went to the reception and ask ,lady said this room don't have any but after 5 minuts the lady was knocking to the room with two chairs and the table ,not mentioning helping me drive to town and renting the bike as hotel run out of mopeds) very recommend ;) thank you for great time Patryk and Siriwan

8/10 Good

Daniel

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

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

4/10 Poor

Sidney, United Kingdom

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel looks really old on the inside. The breakfast was the same everyday. Staff are very friendly and helpful. The room balcony faced an old and very dirty building.

4/10 Poor

Julie, essex

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
oops such a shame
This hotel was not for me, didn't feel welcome couldn't wait to leave just a concrete jungle. The hotel dad no atmosphere. I put my cutlery down to take a sip of coffee whilst eating breakfast (which is poor) and my breakfast was whipped away, I just looked in amazement, by this time, location wasn't bad that was the only reason I finished my stay there.

4/10 Poor

Hannah

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Sabrina, Berlin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Calm and relaxing neighborhood, perfect beach
We have been there for one night and we found the hotel on the second try. A shuttle service to the airport or ports would've been nice because taxis are expensive at Samui and the hotel is located close to a very nice (!!) calm beach but therefore far away from hot spots.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice place to spend a couple of nights
We arrived late - due to the air Asia fly ferry not being reliable or running to time and then a shared taxi taking us the long way to the hotel so that it could drop different people off first - but the staff were really great and made us welcome. We received a welcome drink and, despite the time, they helped to organise a tour for the next day to the Ang Thong Marine Park. We felt that they really went out of their way to help us and we were so grateful as we didn't have long on the island and wanted to make the most of it. The room itself was very nice and as pictured. Whilst it had the feel of a fairly upmarket hotel we got the impression that it was slightly passed its prime and was a little tired in places. The roof top pool was a real bonus though and we had it all to ourselves as we didn't see any other guests the entire time. The location was fine as its between piers and has various restaurants and bars nearby. It wasn't far on foot to the beach either. The only negative was the noisy air con. Would definitely stay again and would recommend to friends

8/10 Good

Magus, Chiang Mai, TH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great room and great service overall
During my very short stay, Amarin Samui had proved itself to be a very nice hotel. I was provided with great staff who were eager to help out, a rooftop pool which was very romantic under the moonlight, and above all a spotlessly clean room with comfy bed. The downside that I can think of was just its location at the quieter part of town, but what you get in return is a local morning market close enough to walk to without breaking a sweat. If you plan to rent your own transport, stay here, but if you're getting around by taxi, be warned that the fees might even be more costly than your room.

6/10 Okay

Teresa, Beijing/Denver

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Hotel was close to the beach and conveniently loca
The hotel was very clean and food was delicious. Very good service overall. However, the staff really struggled with understanding English and although there was a rooftop bar there was nobody working the bar so to have a drink or a cocktail at the pool was very inconvenient and had to go down for floors to have a drink or food while relaxing at the pool. Also the pool lounge chairs seemed a bit old and worn. although the studio room was clean and comfortable, I really needed a chair besides the desk chair like an easy chair for reading, And there was plenty of room for one.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

4/10 Poor

Sazzu, New York

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This hotel was highly overrated in many many ways
Horrible stay, really impacted my stay in Koh Samui. The reviews were so good and I really expected so much more. Even with a room upgrade it was so so sad. They forgot items in my room, never cleaned it well, I mean, even visible stains or spilled water from the leaky shower, were not cleaned. Very hard to communicate with the hotel staff in English. They really barely barely spoke English. This was the worst hotel I have been in Thailand for that. Highly overpriced for what they offered. It was also in a bad location, isolated and far away. Required a taxi for everything practically and it was expensive.

6/10 Okay

Mike, Exeter

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Just the location to think about....
Not a great location and the hotel seemed to be dead. Nice small pool and sun deck area on the top floor. Had a pizza delivered to my room and tbh it was pretty good and not expensive. I would stay here again, the room was spotless and housekeeping did a fantastic job. No problems with reception either.

8/10 Good

David G.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice hotel
In a quiet area of town, close enough to the beach and a short walk to restaurants. It suited us because we prefer quiet and chilled areas.

6/10 Okay

Faisal , Toronto, ON Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value for money
Nice hotel overall but don't fall for the breakfast as it gets progressively worse. The staff seems overly lethargic and will charge for things like ice which most places supply you as a courtesy.

4/10 Poor

Whiskey

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Hmm
Good cheap hotel, out of the way of the main area. Good if you fancy going to the different beaches that are dotted around near by for a couple of days. The only big problem we had was that the room was dirty when we arrived, and there were still people's clothes from before left in drawers and such like.

10/10 Excellent

mum & daughter, manchester uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice clean hotel with a roof top pool and gym
We had a lovely time at this hotel. The staff were very helpful. The room was very clean and towels and sheets changed daily. Our room had a balcony too. Its a short 10 min stroll to the beach.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice place
Very nice hotel at the perhaps most beautiful beach on Sanyo. Really worth staying at this amazing hotel. Clean rooms, great located and very caring staff. We came back after a week on phangan. Really recommendable - but see yourselves!

6/10 Okay

Liann7o7

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Good place for families
Very quiet, close to the beach but better for families and couples to travel to. The rooms were clean and the staff werefriendly and helpful.

8/10 Good

Michel, France

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Nice ; Value: Fair price; Service: Polite; Cleanliness: Immaculate;

8/10 Good

Marion, New Zealand - Auckland

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Nice ; Value: Fair price; Service: Polite; Cleanliness: Spotless; Great car park for the motorbike at the back

10/10 Excellent

Rod, Sydney Aust

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amarin
I found the staff friendly Room basic but meeting my requirement's Breakfast not much of a choice.