(same review in tripadvisor)
stayed for 2 nights...
(same review in tripadvisor)
stayed for 2 nights in Dec 06.
hotel is on a hill, about 100m distance.
booked the hotel by mistake after reading the reviews on this page. (got mixed up with karon beach resort).
good:
-nice garden and landscapes.
-new and clean rooms.
-good location. near to restaurants and an extremely
nice beach. karon beach is way better than kata beach.
clean sand, small marine fishes, nice waves.
bad:
-staff don't speak english well though they attempt to be friendly.
-breakfast was horrible. oily food, stale bread (exposed to flies). my son had runny stool after drinking the juice.
-porters not honest. picked up 2 of my luggage on check out. left 3rd piece behind. dodgy and evasive when i asked him.
(i placed all 3 pieces together. won't miss!)
-shuttle service between hotel and foothill stops at 6pm. there's a phone at foot hill to request for pickup. one rainy evening at 6.30pm, i asked to be picked up. front desk answered blankly...no service af!ter 6! told her my situation. had a 1 year old and a 4 year old with me. no help appeared. when the rain stopped, we walked up the hill. drivers/porters were free and joking with one another. tuk tuk shuttles were parked outside.
- gardens smelled of sulphur on the first night. we wondered, did some guest discover a snake???
- the children's playroom was not good. there were only a few pieces of toys: 2 play house, 1 rocking horse, 1 push motorcycle and 1 push car (those that a toddler can climb in). the push car had biscuit crumbs in the back compartment (a full biscuit) and no one cleaned up! the staff was friendly but lacked initiative. i had to ask for a paper napkin to clean up the crumbs myself. the entrance to the playroom had ants trail. a few climbed up to my son's feet when he was taking off his sandles. a bite would have been nasty.
my previous experience was at dusit laguna, which had
excellent facilities for kids. fish feeding, video movies, kite flying, umbrella painting. the toys were plentiful and in good condition. the staff carried out the activities even if there was only one child.
horizon karon was NOT.