Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; beach views

Reviews of Haadtien Beach Resort

4 out of 5
Haadtien Beach Resort
19/9 Moo 3,Haadtien (Shark Bay), Koh Tao, Surat Thani

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 226 out of 501 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 173 out of 501 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 72 out of 501 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 17 out of 501 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 13 out of 501 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Jessica

Travelled with partner
The property is not 4* The shared areas like the restaurant are unclean There seems to be a lot of staff who do very little There needs to be more security on the beach. Outside guests are not supposed to be within 25m of the beach properties, however this is not implemented by the security and outside guests lay wherever they want. Outside guests also fly drones right up to the windows of the guest properties which felt like invasion of privacy. The bus is at unhelpful hours so not much use. The water was filthy and snorkelling was not possible - may not be the fault of the hotel - however they do not clean up the beach of dirt, leaves and general litter. Syringe found on beach outside room. The shuttle to the ferry is too late, all guests nearly missed their ferry. The ferry is at 930am departure, the bus does not leave until 9/910 and is at least a 15 minute drive due to the suitcases being on the roof of the vehicle and needing to drive slow. This hotel needs improvement or to significantly decrease their prices
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Sorhaya

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property is not well kept, It's a 3 stars resort at best. The common bathrooms are dirty. The prices for food at the resort (although the food is good) is quite expensive, as expensive as some of the 5 stars resorts on the main islands. The breakfast options are very limited. we had to change room and both times the toilets seats were damaged. The hot water was not working properly. And finally the resort is severely under staff. Avoid at all cost!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Monika

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great peaceful resort - highly recommend it. Awesome hidden villas with pool and ocean view, paradise!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
No late checkout or early check in, service is okay to below okay for the price and i would not come again inless the same price is offered as full board, breakfast was okay not wow
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
2nd visit
The setting of the resort is outstanding on a beautiful hillside with excellent snorkelling directly from the beach. If you want peace and a great place to recharge then this is it
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2022

4/10 Poor

Annie

Travelled with group
It’s unbelievable! A day before I had to arrive I wrote you that according to the bad weather I can not com from Koh samoui! There was no fairy going to Koh tau !!!! I couldn’t arrive at all. I got no answer from you. I asked to freeze the reservation. Pls answer me.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Travis

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A 4 star property, with 3 star service. We paid for the private beach front villas and there were always random people camped out in our beach area, despite the "private" sign. Staff doesnt explain private and public areas upon check in.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jessics

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everyone was very nice and helpful. Property was gorgeous! Hotel picks you up and drops off at ferry. They also shuttle into town because the location is away from the main areas of the island. Would 100% stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
10/10
Excellent resort , friendly staff. Best hotel on island
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
I really liked the property and liked how clean the room was, however I did not like how far it was from everything else on the island. If you missed the shuttle to town you had to pay extra to get a taxi back to the hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Courtney, Las Vegas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The beach at the Haadtien was absolutely beautiful! Very clean and not super busy. They do allow outside guests but the guests have to pay to get in and we didn't find that it brought in too many people. However, the pool itself looked like it needed cleaned. The water was a murky color. The rooms were very nice, nothing super fancy but we really enjoyed the privacy they offered. Also, the beds were super comfortable! A buffet breakfast is included and it was pretty good. The pool/beach bar does a happy hour from 4-6 which was really awesome, the mojitos were delicious! We found the food and drink to be very reasonably priced here. Haadtien location is about 8 minutes from Sairee beach.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Yossi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing resort
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Beautiful beach Unique hotel The room is a little bit old fashioned
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good service And yummy food.Perfect location and nice pool.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Aman, New York, NY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Pros: - Very nice resort grounds - right next to shark bay - Nice pool area - Love the breakfast - Comfortable/cozy rooms (stayed in the Hideaway bungalow) Cons: - When first entered the room the hot water was not working. Hotel staff took care of the problem in 1.5 hours. - In the middle of the night air-conditioning started leaking and had to be switched off - Shower pressure in bathroom very weak - Lots of flies Overall a great stay with some minor glitches. Highly recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful Resort on a Secluded Beach
We absolutely loved the Haad Tien resort. It’s a quaint spot located on a secluded beach away from all the action on Sairee Beach. Food is good, snorkeling is great, and you can’t beat a spot RIGHT on the beach!
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Charlotte

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Paradise
Loved the whole experience.

10/10 Excellent

VATIT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Burmese staff were very good. Some thai staffs were not good. They can improve their thai food menu.

10/10 Excellent

andy, manchester

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

6/10 Okay

Mark

Pretty but 'just nice'
Great grounds but overall the hotel is not as good as i expected. The pool is pretty small for the number of guests and was a little dirty. The beach is lovely but we were disappointed with the coral, most of it is dead! We did however see Sharks and Turtles one afternoon, but did have to swim quite far off the beach (200m). Having been to Koh Tao before as a backpacker 5 yrs ago we did notice the state to the coral had gone down a lot all over the island. The shuttle bus is very useful as we went to town most nights. The food at the hotel is ok, again not amazing. The service was ok, not as good as most other places we have stayed at in Thailand. For example we booked the Ferry trip through the hotel and despite booking it with them in person, they had to phone us three times (once at midnight the day before) to confirm the details.

8/10 Good

Demitri

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

8/10 Good

Jayne

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful location, but.....
Our stay at the Haad Tien was amazing, but could have been better. We booked a beach villa, which was fabulous but not perfect! We loved having direct access to the beach, our own sun beds and outside seating area. We were less impressed by air conditioning that only worked on one setting, and lighting that completely failed to illuminate the villa (started off romantic but got irritating quickly when you couldn't see yourself in the mirror before you went to dinner!) Check out was a nightmare.....we settled our bill the night before we were due to leave, as we were getting an early hotel transfer to the ferry, and thought this would save time. The following morning, however, the receptionist challenged what we'd paid (apparently, we'd paid for 2 Chang beers at 200 bahts each, but had actually had a Chang and a Leo at 200 bahts each - we failed to see a problem as we'd paid 400 bahts!) and wouldn't let us leave. We paid again to try and end the problem and speed things up, as we needed to get to the ferry, but by the time we'd done this the driver had actually left without us!! I thought that was totally unacceptable, and it has left a negative impression of the hotel with us.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

BPW, Vancouver, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great property, greedy management
We loved our 4 night stay at Haadtien. It is a gorgeous beachfront property, although without a motorcycle or other transportation you are captive, so don't stay for a long time as you will want to experience other parts of the island and other restaurants. We booked a "private pool villa", actually more expensive than the waterfront huts... do not consider these rooms, most of them are in the back of the property away from the beach and in the mosquito-ridden jungle. At check-in, when we saw the room, we asked to change rooms to a beachfront location. Management seemed to be accommodating but then they told us the up-charge would be 10,000 baht per night(!), more than we had already paid for the "private pool villa" per night. Eventually, after a protracted negotiation, they agreed to a 5,000 baht per night up-charge - still super expensive for Koh Tao, but it made our stay enjoyable, although the bartering did taint the experience.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

David, Seattle, WA USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful above water but ugly underwater
As long as you stay on beach or in resort you will be surrounded by beauty and helpful friendly staff. But Reef Dive Center did not answer emails about SCUBA or rent fins for snorkeling. I snorkeled without fins and saw mostly dead coral through the murky muddy water.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beach hut
Get a hut on the beach - beautiful! Sunrise in the morning is incredible while lying in your bed!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pristine lagoon beach beautiful friendly staff fab
Amazing stay at Haadtien resort we initially booked for 3 nights and extended and stayed for 7 nights in beachfront villa. Friendly beautiful staff..exceptional resort facilities.. great free breakfast.. snorkelling straight off pristine white blue lagoon beach... peaceful and quiet getaway... free shuttle into pier and town ...we will return absolutely fabulous stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A little bit of paradise. A really good place to rest and enjoy Koh Tao.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Gavin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Tom

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing place
Just like in paradise, amazing , helpful staff. Outstanding pool, beach and villas .
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2017

2/10 Terrible

Leon

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Natalie, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
First overseas trip! Amazing!
Could not recommend this resort enough! This was my first overseas trip and I couldn't have picked a better place for my partner and I to stay. - Airport transfer and ferry transport organised through hotel also greeted with cold towels and water - Staff were very welcoming, friendly and organised. Reception was also open 24 hrs if you had any problems. They also organised a hire bike company to come and pick us up - Plenty of activities to do at the resort if you do not feel like going into town on a hire bike or the shuttle that does drop offs and pick ups into town - Oat was one of the gentlemen working at the pool bar, if our glasses were empty he would be straight over asking if we needed another or fixing our towels and hanging our clothes on the back of the chair making it easy for when we got out of the pool. He also asked if he could order a Thai lunch for us and it was delicious. - The cleaners came in everyday and made the room beautiful again Overall this was an amazing holiday if you are looking to get away and relax, if you want to do things during the day the island and resort offer plenty of things to do but most of all the views were better then I could ever imagine and I can not wait to go back!
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Paradise!
Paradise! Beautiful tropical resort with great beach, clear water, nice swimming pool and great views. Isolated - so it is calm there, but if you want local shops/cafes/spa- you have to take taxi
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

LIRAZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent - for honey moon it is amazing place
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

LIRAZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very very good
The best beach I had been in Thailand , the team is excellent !!!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing beach, beautiful resort!!
We came here for 3 nights and immediately extended our stay for 3 more nights. This place has its own magic - with the resort being so well maintained, villas even more beautiful than expected, great food and cocktails, unbelievable service by the staff (thank you Dave), unforgettable beach... Go there! (And take the resort - not the club)
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

D, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice hotel, but very expensive for what you get
This is a nice hotel and you can see that they want to be a 5 star resort. But there are a few things that do not sit comfortably with the price you pay. Firstly the rooms are nice, we had a pool villa, there were 3 of us and 3 put in an extra bed at a cost of around 2000 baht per night, that is OK but the extra bed was old, mattress very thin and collapsed in the middle. The rooms are also pretty basic, they look nic, but not nothing overly luxurious, the private pool was nice, but not sure ti was worth the 30% extra cost on the room. Next you go to Koh Tao for the diving and snorkeling. However the reef in the hotel bay is dead, through a combination of to many people and bleaching. There is a little bit of life close to shore so you can snorkel here, but once you get more than 50 m out nothing, and def no sharks or Turtles when we were there in August. Diving in the hotel s a crazy price, so we used New Heaven dive school in Chalok bay next door, they pick you up and drop you of at hotel and 2 discovery dives were 2800 baths, in hotel it was 5180 bath for same! The hotel is isolated, but not to the extent some people make out, Get lucn in the Rocky Resort bar, walk off beach next to Beach Club, In evening walk up the hill to Eagle View, its basic but the guy catches his fish fresh every day. You can also catch the Shuttle to edge of Chalok, about 1 KM away where there are around 10 bars and restaurants, we walked back in less than 20 mins. Finally you can go into Sairee.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Kyle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolutely stunning and the diving is a HUGE plus
Only had a few nights in Koh Tao and thankfully we chose one briliant resort. Would highly recommend for anyone who is interested in diving, but also willing to lie by the pool or have a frolic in the beach. Amazing food in both restaurants, and incredible staff. Would come back here in a heart beat.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice spot
Cold water showers on consecutive days. Nice enough accommodations, but no beach in front of our place, jus shells.

10/10 Excellent

Gena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing staff and pools
A great property and location with amazing staff. The level of food quality could be stepped up a bit but the restaurants in town are wonderful and well worth leaving for. Beautiful pools and beach area as well. Off the beach snorkeling is possible but with low tide it can be a bit shallow over the coral. Take the boat trip with the dive center. Great day!

10/10 Excellent

Giovanna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful Resort
I really enjoyed this Resort. The property is quite beautiful, with an amazing pool and even better beach. The best one in the Island as a matter of fact. They have two great restaurants on property. The breakfast buffet is really good, although in my opinion for the hotel class and cost they should serve Fresh Orange juice and not from a box. The hotel rooms are spacious and clean but they could use a little more amenities and attention to detail. But overall they are great. We had a Pool Suite which we loved. We did Scuba Diving with the hotel's Activity Center and it was an amazing experience. They also offer FREE transport a couple of times per day to Pier in the main town and for a low cost to Sairee Beach where the Bars and Restaurants are located. It was a great stay and I highly recommend it!