Ark Bar Garden Beach Resort, Guest Reviews

Michael Dory
2008-04-21

To the Hotel:

Thank for everything. excellent holiday.

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Booking was made so easy online thank you goholidaygo.com

Calvin Richards
2008-04-07

To the Hotel:

I stayed there for 10 nights over the songkrann period and thought it was absolutely faultless. Friendly staff, fantastic food, reasonable room rates and they do a mean English breakfast if you can drag yourself out of bed before 11 am which is included in the room price. Mainly a young crowd stay there though as it can get quite lively at night, wouldn't recommend to over 50s unless you like 12 hour beach parties. Would definitely come back 10/10.

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First class, no problems what so ever, can recommend goholidaygo.com.

Roberta Andrews
2008-04-04

To the Hotel:

Stay away from this hotel. How they charge 1800 baht per night for these rooms to me a mystery. First off, my room was infested with mosquitoes. It also had a terrible smell. The bathroom was disgusting. We were also tormented by construction noise from 8 o'clock in the morning.(Since this is a party hotel a 8 o’clock wake up call is not wanted :-) ) there is no safe in room, which turned out to be a problem. The reception staff looked like they wanted to kill you every time you wanted something from the safe. When this is said, you can not beat the beach parties that they have every Wednesday. The food in the restaurant is also ok. The beach is really bad on this part of Chaweng. Litter and bottles everywhere. But it's not worth the money. You can get better rooms just up the street for 700-900 baht per night. So my advice is, unless they cut their prices in half stay away from this hotel.

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Booking on line worked like a charm.

Jane Eyre
2008-02-20 until 2008-02-24

To the Hotel:

Pros: cheap price for an excellent location, great lunch and dinner food in the attached bar/restaurant. Cons: bathroom can get disgusting, water pressure not reliable; door lock was broken upon arrival, no lockbox in the room, terrible breakfast food in the attached bar/restaurant. This hotel is good for those people that don t mind sacrificing cleanliness for location. Ark Bar hosts one of the biggest parties each Wednesday night, so it s nice to be staying right in the middle of it. I don't recommend this hotel to families, as the thumping bass plays till 2 AM and can be heard from most rooms. If thats your thing, though, this place is a MUST! My friends and I had a great time.

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Booking online took us less than 40 minutes which I thought was incredible, well done goholidaygo.com

Ronn Baker
2008-02-20

To the Hotel:

Do yourself a favor and stay some where else. The rooms are small and not worth half the money they charge. The staff in the so called reception where rude, one night we went to get some money out off the so called safe which is a envelope in there filling cabinet, and the staff told us to come back in 15 min because they was eating then sat there laughing and talking in Thai. The sink in the shower room had no connection so when you turned on the tap your feet got wet never got fixed in the 6 days there. The plus side is the food in the restaurant and the bar. I would recommend that you stay else where and go to bar and beach area for the atmosphere. We also emailed the ark bar twice to be picked up at airport and no one to picked us up. The ark bar should take a good look at them selves and get back to giving service with a smile (Thai style)

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Very good as always, I use them when ever I go to Thailand.

Michael Coltrane
2008-02-28

To the Hotel:

Just arrived home from this resort and can t think of anything good to say about this place except the food in the bar was good. The rooms are very small. Power kept going off. Toilet leaked water kept going off when in the middle of a shower. Very noisy people wandering round and banging on doors until 6 or 7 o'clock in the morning. The pool was very small and never cleaned to our knowledge during our stay. I think the price was to high for what it is and you can get rooms much cheaper when you get there. The breakfast was included in the price but we only had it once as it was not worth bothering about. The location is good but the road leading into the resort is covered in potholes and very mucky especially if it rains. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone with children and its full of young people getting drunk every night and making lots of noise. This is not a hotel style holiday more like a hostel.

Song Yan Park
2008-01-03 until 2008-01-05

To the Hotel:

So-so, near to the chaweng beach, just steps away. Our room had a bad smell but still ok. If you are always going out for sunshine or just need a place to sleep, I think it's alright. But the price is rather high comparatively to other hotels.

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Very good and efficient.

Lisbeth Taylor
2007-12-17 until 2007-12-21

To the Hotel:

The Ark bar was a really great place to stay for the young hearted!! We are two girls from England and we stayed for 4 days in Dec prior to moving onto the Koh Phangan for the full moon party. The atmosphere here was fantastic both day and night and we met lots of great people. In the day, they have great tunes playing and everyone would be recovering from the night before and just enjoying soaking up the rays then at night this is the place to hang out prior to everyone moving onto the club Green Mango or other bars only a street or so away. The food is fantastic and very cheap and the staff are quite friendly but be prepared if it's your 1st time in Thailand. I don't think they quite understand the word service! On the whole, its clean, equipped, sits on a fantastic beach and great for those who want to be in the heart of it all but if your after a good nights sleep or your a couple who want a few days of chilling then I would recommend staying in a neighboring luxury hotel as you certainly wont get any sleep here! 4 days was definately enough for us. I would advice booking in advance as it does get busy. The Ark bar also do a pick up service from the airport which was excellent for us.

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Excellent booking service. No problems on arrival.

Eleanor Rendahl
2007-12-03 until 2007-12-08

To the Hotel:

Definitely a place to recommend for people in their 20s. Perfect location if you want to have easy access to all the bars. The hotel s bar plays music until at least 11 pm so bring ear plugs if you want to go to bed before that and you have a garden room. :-) My room (Garden Room) was nice and clean. The pool was out of use during my 5 nights stay.

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Good as always.

Colin Farewell
2007-09-30 until 2007-10-04

To the Hotel:

Ark Bar is probably the liveliest resort on Chaweng Beach. The bar is always busy, the food is excellent and the staffs are very friendly. Be aware that you can hear music until around 2am each night. If this doesn't bother you it's the party place to stay.

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Very good and efficient, great service with prompt replies, well done goholidaygo.com

Katie Holmes
2007-08-02 until 2007-08-04

To the Hotel:

Rooms are clean and spacious. Staffs were helpful in giving info about what to do, where to go etc. Small pool right near the beach and a good spot to meet people. Overall a nice place to stay.

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No problems at all.