This hotel has all the facilities that...
This hotel has all the facilities that you would expect at a 4/5 star hotel. I stayed there for a few days, including New Year's Eve 2004. Consequently the hotel was full and I had to stay in a Junior Suite, but not expensive by western standards. A fruit bowl was provided. The hotel has at least two restaurants, one of which I sampled, where a la carte food was ok. The hotel also provides an array of night-time entertainment, from the up-to-date Thai disco, which means live rock music, to an outside bar with a small band and the quieter cabaret-type singing in the restaurant. Drinks were about $3 in the disco. The town of Nakhon Si Thammarat does not have a taxi or tuk tuk service, but the hotel will arrange free pick-up and drop-off at the airport by one of their fleet of mini-buses. These can also be hired privately to take you around touring or to the beach about 5 miles away. One downside to the hotel is the lack of English spoken, even by the reception staff, as Nakhon Si Tammarat is up to now not a place for foreign tourists. This could cause some difficulties, but I was fortunate to have a Thai friend, who did most of the talking. Will I go back? Yes. Twin Lotus is the only big hotel in town, but I would go back even if it were not