Originally Posted by
hillrider
Are you sure that's a suite? It looks just like a room from your pictures.
And as far as the view, that's a no-comment. And you paid for it. I think Starwood better get the property to remove "ocean view" from the room description as with the ocean <5% of the view, it can only land them in legal trouble. Same with the "bathtub overlooking the ocean".
As far as I know Jr Suite == room with separate sitting area, so I think it's the correct room. The room is fine really, what I'm most disappointed with is the "ocean view" and the bath tub "overlooking the ocean", also the chairs out on the balcony are outright uncomfortable.
Originally Posted by
hillrider
I hope the rest of the stay is better, and thanks for sharing your experience with us. I'll be in USM at the end of next month, and I've narrowed it down to either this property, the Le Méridien nearby (or the Conrad), so you're doing a great service to your fellow FTers! ^
If you have the opportunity to stay at the Conrad, then that should really be a no brainer - although a bit away from everything.
Originally Posted by
travelswithmyself
Thanks for the mini-review!
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What a pity they didn't upgrade you to a proper suite - listed as the Oceanview One-Bedroom Suite. Maybe you could hint :P
I just tried do a search to see what was available for the rest of my stay, but according to the SPG app there is no rooms available here until 12.04
Surprisingly many people here at the hotel, although it didn't exactly look fully booked. Guess there's still quite a few rooms undergoing renovation.
Originally Posted by
exmike
How do the grounds look? Pool and beach area specifically? How was the breakfast?
There's still some construction work going on here and there, but it didn't seem too bad.
The pool area seems nice, just went down and had a look, didn't try it out yet. The beach looks good as well, a mix between fine and a bit more grainy sand here and there, the water looked clean but will report more on that tomorrow. Ditto for breakfast, as I haven't tried it yet.
As for the local area, the hotel offers a shuttle bus to Chaweng center every hour, for 70THB p.p.
There is some restaurants and massage places along the road leading to Chaweng just outside the hotel, but I cannot account for the quality.
We went to have dinner at a place not too far away called Phensiri Thai Bistro, which had some good, although a bit westernized Thai food.
Some more pictures
here, will try to merge the albums later on but the WiFi is not playing along.