Mantra Samui Resort

Overall a 3 star! The hotel is built on a hill as you might expect from the pool view, but it is built in a most inaccessible, there are no elevators or any even somewhat convenient pathways! The connection path between the so called lobby and the rooms, pool, etc, are very steep roads that are really hard to climb and also lots of stairs, there is buggy service that you must use. The roads are so steep sometimes I felt I was falling out of the buggy and could hardly hold myself . In one occasion the buggy turned off in the middle of the uphill road and we had to jump out quickly, apparently the battery died! The buggy rides were actually quite frightening. Waiting for buggy every time you want to get out of the room was annoying. Aside from this major issue, the hotel is quite far from anything, the roads to the hotel are two sided but very narrow. (VERY risky also for motor bikes unless you are absolutely professional and you are confident about your vehicle) The hotel has free shuttle to fisherman village and chaweng 2-3 times a day but it only fits 12 people each round and the only good time to get out in the evening which is 6pm gets filled out right away (in the morning they get the reservation) Very poor breakfast, NO cheese, BLAND omelette, asked for mustard, not existent! BAD internet connection, water went cold frequently when taking a shower! At checkout wanted to pay the charges with US dollar, they did not accept, said they didn’t have the license to exchange. Overall a 3 star experience. The ONLY special thing about this hotel is the pool view, which by the way the pool area is quite smaller than what you might expect judging from the pictures. The sun-beds all tucked together in 2 rows.