Time Out Hotel Beach Front

I liked that I got a room that faced the beach. The staff was excellent and awesome about cleaning every day. Proximity to all needs was outstanding and only within one or two blocks if even. the pub Street is within short walking distance and the Buddhist temple is a little bit farther, this hotel is just across the street from the beach (See 5:30am pic). No booths or vendors there either. Nice ocean front facing balconies on the third and fourth floors. No lift though. Nice staff. utilitarian in decoration but acceptably clean. Very large room. I booked the three-bed Seaview room because I wanted a sea view,however that one was on the second floor and since it was only me she just put me in a king on the third floor which is perfect because I wouldn’t have had a great view if I stayed on the 2nd floor. I loved having tea on the balcony in the mornings before it got busy. In the entrance to this particular property there is an ice cream place and a subway sandwich shop so food could be very convenient. Right next-door is a currency exchange booth which actually gave the best rate of any others, a 7-Eleven type store called family mart, a tour guide operator seller and a laundry drop off. Beyond that you’ll find a restaurants, Starbucks McDonald’s and whatever else you want and you haven’t even really crossed the street yet. In the opposite direction bunches of other places, you can get massage you can buy souvenirs, there’s some Thai/Indian/European restaurants and a Burger King. If you’re an early bird like me McDonald’s and Burger King r open 24 hours, Burger King has the best coffee for that time of day. In the room you get free coffee and tea and two bottles of water every day. There’s cups and spoons and a kettle to boil water. There’s also a flatscreen TV a couple of dressers, a wardrobe and two nightstands.., everything you need but it’s very basic. Quiet inside.

The mattress wasn’t all that great, and being right on the main strip like that means it could get pretty noisy, and the local tuk tuk drivers have these incredible sound systems and they don’t think nothing about turning them up at 3 AM when you’re trying to sleep. So I suggest sleeping as far away from the window as you can and bring earplugs and I had my sonicscape music that helped drown out a lot of the external noises. Can’t drink the tap water or brush your teeth with it in Thailand so that being said there’s a bunch of assumptions you can make from that like how long to shower, whether not to soak in the tub, or what that smell is...