Regarding the height of the beachfront villas. They were all around the same height. Here is a picture of our villa from the beach, where you can see the height.



The weather at Amanoi was hotter and dryer than at Con Dao. At the latter we had some clouds and rain in the evening. At the former, we had neither.

I also like a warm pool, but at Amanoi they were HOT. At around 35 outside with full sun, you jumped in the pool and it felt hotter. So, any sense of refreshment was lost. Clearly the hot weather and sun were factors, but so was the fact that all of the pools are dark grey/black in color, which really draws in the heat. Pools were OK until around noon, but then were really too hot to use comfortably (again, except for the cliff pool which was somewhat shaded).

For veggie dishes, main courses were probably around $12USD. Fish dishes slightly more (maybe $18-20). Portions were large. There were other, more elaborate dishes on the menu which were more expensive. But we don't go there on vacation. A couple of nights we both had an order of the fresh rolls and then split an order of pan fried noodles. Total cost, probably < $25 for both of us. Of course the same dishes in HCMC cost a fraction of that.