We had booked Horizon at Patong. On...
We had booked Horizon at Patong. On arrival we were told we were booked into the sister hotel at Karon - we weren't, then we were assured we were being upgraded to 5* at Horizon Karon Beach.We were transferred to Karon and asked to look at the room. The room was great, very clean, large, new.We decided to stay at Karon instead of Patong. The facilities at Horizon Karon are beautiful, great pools, beautiful gardens. The location is fair, there is a tuk tuk to get you up the big hill! There is a free"truck" to tranfer you between Karon & Patong. Karon is very much quieter than Patong but there are some great restaurants.As for the hotel the service was very poor, on one occasion we rang reception asking for a local phone number, they never got back to us.Food was also poor. On talking to other guests, the majority had been "upgraded" and also had vouchers for free meals and free massage - we didn't but on complaining about this were given them the next day. Overall the hotel facilities are beautiful but the service lets it all down. It was a very strange set up with so many people being given "free upgrades" when they had booked Patong - don't know what was going on.