This is a truly beautiful hotel, with...
This is a truly beautiful hotel, with amazing gardens, pool area and facilities.
We loved the pool area for kids to play, and despite the sea at Huahin having jellyfish throughout most of the year, it was a nice clean beach for walking and playing. We did not enjoy the many, many rental horses on the beach as they smell bad, and can be dangerous galloping along the narrow beach.
We would not recommend this hotel if you want peace and quiet. When we were here it was very busy and noisy with Thai families, who are quite happy to let their kids run around making a lot of noise at all hours. Also the pool area did not really have enough sun chairs for the large numbers of people.
The food is excellent, and quite reasonably priced for a hotel of this calibre. However with only one restaurant available for breakfast it was very overcrowded. We had to wait for a table a couple of mornings, and often had to wait for food in the service lines at breakfast. The breakfast buffet though is excellent, with a wide range of delicious foods - all fresh and constantly replenished. The slowdown is caused by cooking stations where eggs and pancakes are prepared to order. This is very, very slow.
As the rooms are built of concrete, with tiled flooring, we heard a lot of noise from the room above us - wooden furniture scraping on floors, and running feet. Also the hotel is a long way from town, so if you don't have a vehicle it will be expensive to get taxis into town. There are very few tourist facilities nearby like restaurants, shops and bars.
Rooms on the ground floor are a bit bigger (as the balcony area is glassed in) and allow up to four people to sleep in two beds, a hideaway bed, and using the small sofa in the lounge area as a fourth bed. Upper rooms have a very nice spacious balcony with comfy lounge chairs. Connecting rooms are connected via the balconies - unusual, but effective.
Ideal for families, but if you want more tranquility try the Sofitel.
