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Reviews of Samui Boat Lagoon

4 out of 5
Samui Boat Lagoon
78/36 Moo 5, Bophut, Koh Samui, Surat Thani

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 54 out of 92 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 33 out of 92 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 92 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 92 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 92 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderfully well presented resort with private villas and pools. Very quiet and peaceful but only 10-15 minutes taxi from both Chaweng and Fishermans Village. Staff are great and communication is always timely and helpful. Will be back.
Stayed 9 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing outdoor shower, pool was excellent. The layout and design was great and we really felt we would come back with how enjoyable and comfortable the stay was. One of the best stays we had in Thailand.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A really wonderful small resort containing private pool villas. The villas are well laid out and give great privacy. The private pools are a blessing, but the resort also has a large shared pool if you want to do longer lengths. What makes it such a good place though is the wonderful staff and management who are so helpful. Excellent, will be back (again!).
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really enjoyed our stay at the Boat Lagoon. The villa, with our own pool and outdoor kitchen area, was stunning. Situated in the North of the island was lovely and quiet yet with some good food and activities close by. The beach by the hotel wasn’t remarkable - although great for watching the sunsets, but there was a free shuttle to a good beach nearby. The staff were all really friendly and the reception staff very helpful. Thoroughly recommended and would definitely stay again.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely brilliant, staff were fantastic, will definitely go back 😊
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Gretchen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Honeymooner approved!
We loved this hotel! This was the first stop on our honeymoon trip and the Samui Boat Lagoon set high expectations for the remainder of the trip. We booked a one-bedroom villa with a private pool, which was very romantic. We enjoyed using the pool at night to unwind. The property is beautiful and the staff is helpful. They were able to arrange taxis for us when we needed it, but also provided free pickup and drop off at the airport, which was a great perk. Additionally, the hotel is close to a 7 Eleven (where we stopped often to get water/snacks/beer), a Thai restaurant, a motorcycle rental shop and even a place to do laundry for $3 a kg. It is located farther away from the touristy Chaweng Beach, but we liked that about it, since that area is really congested and loud.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic
Rooms were fantastic! A hidden gem in Koh Samui!
Stayed 14 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cozy hideaway in north Samui
What a hotel. This hotel is worth every penny. The room has everything you could ever want. Outdoor lounging and pool truly is something special. Hotel is even nice enough to order food for you from the restaurant next door to have it delivered. Prices were also extremely reasonable and the food was great. They also have a motorbike rental service they recommend directly through the hotel that will deliver a bike directly to the hotel for you. Very convenient. Overall the stay was great.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 10 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

George

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

YIU MING

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing Home Retreat
I had good family time in Samui Boat Lagoon. It was a relaxing home retreat. The only insufficient thing is that it is away from restaurants and shops.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice although ...
Loved the villa although it is very out of the way. The only thing that let this place down is a rude member of staff who works on reception she would always try and earn commission off our taxi fare (which she always did, she actually fell out with another member of staff over it as he would do it for 100 baht less as we’re here for such a long time he said it’s not fair on us). But then he explained that she’s not happy about it and they’re talking about us so we can only have it cheaper when we’re not there. She obviously just didn’t like us, you could feel it when you were in her presence and she tried charging us money for washing that we never had done and just the way she TELLS you that we had it done all angry isn’t very nice. If it wasn’t for her I would have loved this place, I think they really need to get rid of her for this to be the amazing place that it is.
Stayed 14 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel for couples and families
Lovely hotel, close to lively restaurants. Walking distance to local sites. Local amenities easily accessible.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2018

2/10 Terrible

Terry, Auckland, New Zealand

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Incredibly dated hotel in the middle of nowhere
The only "luxurious" thing about this place is the self-rating they gave themselves in their slogan. It looks absolutely nothing like the photos, which I assume were taken about 15 years ago. the furniture was old and decayed, the bed linen was grimy and stained, the shelves and towel hooks were literally falling off the walls, the bathroom sink and tap were rusty, the air conditioning had only two settings: freezing cold and hot as hell there was no in-between. The staff were completely useless. We arrived to our overbooked hotel and were given an "upgrade" which consisted of a two-bedroom instead of one with the catch that the second room was locked and we couldn't access it. Our bathroom had no hot-water and it took about a whole day and 5 of them to fix, no apologies and couldn't even move us to another room. They finally agreed to it after much complaining and to make the most out of the experience we purchased an oil burner which the cleaning staff broke and took away from the room, no warning. when we came back from a day out we noticed the oil burner was missing and we were told it was broken and they threw it away. Everything was in mint condition when we left the room, so upon return we complained to reception and they started an argument with us instead of apologising and told us we needed to wait until the next day? why? we will never know. Overall - a highly unpleasant experience that almost ruined our holiday. Completely overpriced - AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Sze

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was good experience overall. Nice room and quiet. We like the private pool so much and the water is clean. Staffs are helpful. But too many mosquito.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Daz, australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would stay again.
Great place would recommend. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Glicos

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nicest Hotel-villa that we stayed in Thailand
Everything was great on this villa. The infrastructure, the location, the staff we have no complaints and wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Travis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful
Great and relaxing in private villa
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

6/10 Okay

Austin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Sapci, TURKEY

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
To much moskitos

10/10 Excellent

rRod, Tasmania

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful Pool Units in Quiet Location
Our third stay at Samui Boat Lagoon and continues to be a wonderful quiet hideaway. Private units, great splash pool and outdoor kitchen living area, with huge bathroom and garden shower. While no restaurant facilities on site plenty of close local options and in room delivery if desired. Huge 25 metre pool near reception great for laps or lazing in or around..
Main Pool

8/10 Good

Abi, Melbourne, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
When we called the hotel the day before to book the airport shuttle, the staff were very quick, easy to understand and reliable. We caught the shuttle with ease from the airport and were checked in immediately. The villa we were assigned with had its own out door dining area with a private pool behind it a king sized bed and out door shower. Clean and private in the sense that we weren't able to hear people in the rooms next to us arriving and leaving as if we were in a hotel. The hotel itself is about 600 metres from 7-11 which is where we got most of our snacks. The street that the hotel comes off has about 5 places to rent a motorbike or scooter from for as little as 150 baht per day ($6.00 AUD) which is what we decided to do. The mall (which is where we did most of our eating and shopping) was approximately 15 - 20 minutes away by scooter, approximately 15 kms away. At the front of the hotel is a restaurant called Thai Garden which had amazing and very inexpensive Thai dishes as well as western food however we definitely preferred the Thai food, our sneaky tip is to order the chocolate pancake for dessert with the coconut ice-cream! You won't be sorry. Over-all we had a great experience here, much unlike the hustle and bustle of Phuket it was a nice alternative get away for us.

10/10 Excellent

Hanna, Gold Coast, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely luxurious hotel in a calm area
We couldn't have chosen a better hotel; the private villa was fantastic and luxurious with heaps of space, everything clean and neat, free transport to the beach in Chaweng, 100m down to the beach by the hotel, 500m walk to shops, some restaurants close by and then more about 1km. We chose this place because we didn't want to be hassled every time we walked outside like in the more touristy places, and it was perfect. 1.7km walk to big budda and shopping. Would love to stay there again!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Private villa with private pool
The location is in between chaweng and the fisherman's village. Very quiet, clean and friendly! Privacy is key and I really appreciate that. The private swimming is a huge plus andthe separare kitchen too! Staff are friendly.

10/10 Excellent

David, Scotland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful resort
Lovely villas, showers and bathroom requires some upgrade as does the kitchen facilities but this didnt stop us from really enjoying the hospitality of the resort.Excellent value for money. A little bit remote and off the beating track. Lovely restaurant at the entrance to the resort which we visited regularly.Would have been great to have had a bar for drinks and refreshments around the pool area. Staff very helpful and nice.Will definetely be returning to Koh Samui in the future.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet; private pool; you need transport. We hired
Staff very friendly. In house meals good. Restaurant at front V good. Clean & tidy. Will stay again

8/10 Good

STEPHEN, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyed
Lovely hotel and staff just not in the best spot. Putting this into perspective thou. If you wanted this standard of hotel in Chaweng or Choeng Mon you will pay double. SBG has a lovely decent quality Thai restaurant right out the front that serves local and western food run buy the nicest people. Didn't try the Pizza place over the road. seemed funny going all this way to eat pizza. Hotel looks after to you with free airport shuttle and for a small fee, if they can, they will run you around like a taxi. Front desk booked all our trips and did a wonderful job.. At this time of year there is no beach to swim at SBL. Have to travel to one of the other beaches for that but its not hard to do... Only real negative to the suite was the bed is as hard as a rock but the hotel did provide a free mattress topper to improve this slightly.. All in all for oor very first Thai trip we came away happy..

6/10 Okay

Ki, H.K.

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Worst feeling in samui
The female reception staff was too lazy to provide information even when we asked for. The living room was outdoor and it was really messy when it was rainning. The private swimming pool was quite good even though relatively smaller then other resort. The air conditioner keep discharge hot gas to shower room which is not good. The shuttle bus only go to sala resort car park but not other famous beach or shopping center are also not good enough. Luckly it still provide the shuttle bus to airport and allow us to have a late check out to fit for the flight schedule which make it still rate a little bit higher than average.

10/10 Excellent

Sonia, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A honeymooners retreat
We stayed here for the first 4 nights of our honeymoon & were incredibly impressed by the villa - an absolute spot for relaxation & tranquility. Service was great & although the location is a little outside of more tourist-type areas, the locals and hotel staff were very friendly & helpful, bending over bacwards to accomodate & assist. Although no on-site restaurant, room service allows for food from local reastaurants to be delivered to the villas. We also booked in for a tradition thai massage to our villa which was so relaxing & great value for money. Pool was so clean & great for a dip at any time of day or night. Outdoor living area with the kitchen facilities was a lovely place to chill. A real gem of a hotel all in all! We hired a scooter to see more of the island from the store just outside the hotel gates. I really recommend this. It was our first time driving one but take it slow & you will be fine! Also, Thai Garden restaurant located outside the hotel is a great place for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a tasty cocktail before heading out anywhere. Great food & staff!

10/10 Excellent

Rod, Sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great pool villas and friendly and helpful staff
Stayed here for the 2nd time and love the privacy of the pool villas with their great plunge pool, alfresco living and dining area and huge well laid out bathroom. The main 25m pool outside reception is great for doing laps or floating around in. Staff so helpful with arranging activities, and pick up and drop off at airport makes it easy to get there and away. A twice daily transfer service to Choeng Mon beach was just right, and we enjoyed the food at the local Thai Garden restaurant just outside the facility. Taxis to Chaweng, Fisherman's Village and other sites are readily available, and there is parking space for a car if you choose to hire as we did for some days. If you prefer top class accommodation in a quiet location Samui Boar Lagoon is perfect, and easy to get to other areas as and when you want.

10/10 Excellent

Michael, Jerrabomberra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet resort, away from busy beaches
A wonderful stay. The staff, the rooms, the pool - can't fault any of them. Staff are friendly and go out of their way for you. From the reception staff, cleaning ladies, maintenance guys - so friendly and receptive, They are always smiling and nothing is too hard for them. We arrived at 9.30am - obviously the room wasn't ready. We were given refreshing towels, drinks, a change room, and towels. We spent a few hours by the pool relaxing. They kept us up to date with timings for when the room would be ready. When it became available, they looked after the bags. Gave us a run down of the facilities in the room (which had been decorated for our honeymoon). Our own plunge pool. Complimentary fruit and bottled water. Directions to nearest groceries. Fishing pier just down the path - lovely at sunset. They will drop off and pick up from the local beach for free. Some of the more distant beaches, and shopping centres incur a charge but it's only about $15 for round trip. No restaurant on site but we used the Melati resort 50m down the road. Just remember - Thailand is a cash economy. Very few places take Visa or MasterCard. If you are stopped on the street by guys on motorcycles, and asked if you speak English - say no. There is a scam going on regarding new resorts. They offer free stuff including a 1 week stay in one of their resorts. Don't get sucked in - like us. 2 hours we will never get back.

10/10 Excellent

Birthday Getaway, Penang

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing Resort
We had a beautiful stay here. The room and bathroom amazing, huge! Private pool and outdoor lounge, kitchen great! Full size fridge and microwave. Just perfect. Onoy one thing I would mention is there are no phones in the rooms to contact reception but that's it. Will Defo go back again.

8/10 Good

Bonita, Australia - WA - Regional WA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Above average; Value: Amazing; Service: Professional, Courteous; Cleanliness: Lovely;

8/10 Good

Sinan, Australia - VIC - Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Modern; Value: Great deal, Fantastic, Amazing; Service: Good, Friendly; Cleanliness: Spotless, Immaculate, Beautiful;

8/10 Good

Rod, Sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Samui Boat Lagoon....we will be back!
While Samui Boat Lagoon is in a quiet local area, it's a superb facility. Very clean, modern and with staff who are so helpful, we had a great holiday and will return again. The two bedroom villa had a great plunge pool that was a good size, and use many times a day. The privacy of being in a totally enclosed villa area is just brilliant. The extra large main pool in the reception courtyard is superb and great for an early morning swim. Later in the day a lack of shade is the only downside. With small local restaurants at the entrance and 200 metres along the beach had simple tasty local food, cheap and with basic cocktails and Singahs! The pool table at the "Silver Bullet" near the entrance was well used. A 10 minute walk to the nearest main road gets you to Family Marts and more local restaurants, and there are plenty of local street food options. The street food setup just past the Chemist shop was clean, cheap and had great food and a friendly lady. It was our tasty breakfast source each day. Highly recommend.

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Superbe endroit pour se poser à Samui
Très bel hôtel au calme. La piscine privée dans chaque villa est un top . Le personnel est très accueillant et serviable. Moyen de locomotion recommandé
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Hans

Liked: Room comfort
Mooie bestemming
Geweldige accomedatie met heel vriendelijk personeel stonden direct voir je klaar als je een vraag had
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Agnès

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nickel
Hôtel d’une grande tranquillité. Très « jungle »! Douche à l’extérieure. Immense salle de bain. Lit très confortable. Terrasse et piscine privée. Hôtel pour les amoureux!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Tae ho

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
독립 풀장이 잘갖춰져있고.너무 좋었습니다.스쿠터대여도해서 이동하기도 편했습니다.술마시다.수영하고.바로옆 침실도 너무 좋았습니다.넓은 화장실도 좋았습니다.2명이 갔는데.커플끼리 많이가도 좋을듯합니다.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Freundlichkeit und hilfsbereitschaft des Personals, grösse des Zimmers
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cedric

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hôtel merveilleux
Endroit en tous points merveilleux. Les villlas sont belles et spacieuses et le personnel de l’hotel est toujours à l’ecoute pour répondre aux demandes. Magnifique séjour!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Le calme dans ce coin de l’île,bien situé pour prendre le bateau pour visiter les autres îles au alentours. La villa est très correct.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Sadri

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Schöner Urlaub
Die Zimmer verfügen über alle einen privaten Pool. Die Ausstattung ist gut, aber kommt langsam in die Jahre. Netter Service
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
環境很棒,很乾淨,很適合家庭或好友出遊 飯店位置離鬧區比較遠,搭車價格會比較貴 兩間房間只有提供一支吹風機、浴室沒有密閉,洗澡會冷
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Sohaib

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018