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Reviews of D Varee Mai Khao Beach

4 out of 5
D Varee Mai Khao Beach
128/2 Moo 3, Thalang District, Mai Khao, Phuket

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 31 out of 120 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 47 out of 120 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 20 out of 120 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 14 out of 120 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 120 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

5.8/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A piece of paradise in coronovirus nightmare
The foyer is misleading as very dark and dismal. Get through there and the pool rooms are amazing. The door opens straight onto the most amazing pool which is really clean. Opens onto a lovely beach which is empty. Service in hotel is lacking but due to poor English rather than apathy. Overall would go back and would recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Aruba
Very quiet hotel in a quiet area ideal for couples. Lovely beach too
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Stayed 12 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved our swim out room, walks on the beach and next door property to hang and enjoy. Spectacular sunsets.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

allan, UK

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All three swimming pools were very dirty, which meant we were unable to use them. The water was green and you could not see the bottom. We asked if cleaning would take place and we were told it would. However, although there was some attempts to clean one of the pools, this took four days and was still being cleaned when we left after 7 nights. We did send an email to the hotel but received no response.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 16 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller, Travelled with group
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Huge hotel but a bit old and need renovation. Various kinds of breakfast but fruits were not fresh and things are not well prepared. Beautiful swiming pool but not quite clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Quite old but the pool is big, near to the beach but I dont understand why staff took a photo of my friend and I during chrcking in without permission.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kerry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Chris, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I would like to express my thanks and gratitude to management and staff for their attention, concern and care provided to me while I was ill with a flu. A get well card, fruit basket and a lovely hot soup put me back on my feet to enjoy the rest of my holiday.
Stayed 9 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Property Needs a facelift
The overall experience in Dvaree Mai Khao was alright, not exceptional. The property is big but not well maintained. The beach is nice and quiet, unfortunately this was the season of jellyfish in Andaman Sea, so get rashes on the body. This property has 3 pools, but not well maintained, water looks yellowish, even though we see daily cleaning by the staff. The service staff was overall friendly n warm. Breakfast has room for improvement. Outside hotel has a mini mart, 5 restaurants, few souvenirs shops and fruits stalls. They even provide laundry services at reasonable rates. The property is very secluded n quiet, and we find peace and relaxing moments. With some upgrading of the property, it surely be a paradise.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Nicky

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
1 night stay over.
On the beach is a bonus. Bed was a bit firm for my liking. Goof wifi, good breakfast. Room clean with pool right outside the door. Close to the airport is handy. Staff helpful, friendly. Travelling on my own, felt safe.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Hans

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Tucked away far from anything
I was looking for a hotel which was away from business and shopping, and I found the place! This is DEFINITELY NOT for you who wants party or a lot of things to do. This is the place to relax, rewind and stay away. The hotel it self is a bit dated, but still quite ok. The rooms are big, but the bed a bit too hard. It is right on the beach which is not crowded. There is a (small) gym, restaurant, spa and a small conference room. Outside the front of the hotel I a mini-mart and,... that’s it! The service is excellent and the people very friendly. Only for those who wants solitude!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Bradley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We stayed here just for an afternoon so we could experience Mai Khao Beach before catching a late flight home. We found the staff and service to be excellent, warm, and accommodating during our brief stay. The hotel itself is quite beautiful but not well maintained. Most everything is old and a bit rundown. There is this sense of faded beauty about the property, which can have it's charm, but this doesn't really extend to the rooms themselves. We did not find the room to be particularly nice, though it was clean and the bed and linens were comfortable enough. Very rough around the edges generally. Also, bizarrely bad lighting. With proper investment, this could be a pretty amazing property, but it's clear that ongoing maintenance or renovation is not a priority for the owners or managers. A plus is that it is right on Mai Khao Beach, which was one of our favorite beaches in Phuket. (Very peaceful, pristine beach. Though there are many resorts in this area near the beach, none are visible from the beach itself.)
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The condition of the place is a little dated, but still can't beat the beachfront location for that price. Breakfast buffet was alright, but most options weren't available as staff couldn't replenish food fast enough for the amount of guests present. Overall, it was a decent stay and very peaceful.

2/10 Terrible

Andreas

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not a 4 star Hotel and we have nothing good to say about this Hotel Bad points: Late check in (Room were not ready by 2pm check in) many people were waiting Staff were very rude Pool was so dirty I did not let my kid use it Poor Breakfast Room not very clean Good point: We only stayed 1 night (Luckily)

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
very good
very nice nice nice nice and good and nice and good.......except this review questionnaire!!!!!!!! add more words!!!!!!!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Value for money
Very spacious room, almost like a villa. The beach is right at the steps of the hotel so it’s convenient.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Olena

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Abdullatif

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
the hotel is nice
it was nice, big hotel right at the beach. Quiet. staff was good and helpful. A few pools and one is huge/long. the area is super quiet. Not much at all to do so it is a great place to go relax.

8/10 Good

Nilesh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Value for money among the 5 stars in Mai Khao
The Hotel is very quiet, we were upgraded to a pool access room. The breakfast is good. there are a few pools in this hotel that makes most of the guests spread out, that make it feel that there is no one here. the best is the beach. clear water, white sand and not many dogs or people trying to sell you stuff (a change from Patong). we had a few friends staying at the regent and SALA (these are 5 start hotels) a taxi from D Varee cost 500 Baht but you can walk from the beach in less that 10min, most hotels have a open concept unlike in Paton and guests are free to wonder around any hotel. given the price and location, I would say D Varee was a great value for money but if you are here to party then you are in the wrong place.

2/10 Terrible

sandie, australia

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
So sad so disappointing
Classified as a 4 star this was barely a 2 star. even after viewing 3 rooms my room looked like it had only an undercover of paint, cigarette burns on desk top incl coffee cup rings. Free Wifi did not work in my room. No English speaking TV. no umbrella, no bathrobe or slip pons until my 5th day. Room service food inedible. Breakfast not as displayed on website totally self service incl cutlery. Had to limited breakfast each day to toast and fruit drink, everything else. yuk. On arrival advised not to use doe of pools as was not clean. Water was green and during my stay only saw a small external filter being used not unsuitable for sizes of the three pools. Air conditioning unit leaked into floor.

10/10 Excellent

Dan and Ash, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Throughly enjoyed our stay
Had a great stay at the D Varee. Just what we needed after a long day travelling to Thailand. Friendly welcoming staff, nice breakfast and a great beach with a little swing which we enjoyed. Would definitely recommend this hotel. Couple of bad points to make: bed a bit hard and quite far from local shops/restaurants.
Restaurant food

2/10 Terrible

Amanda

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

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
nice beach and room even though be far from city.

4/10 Poor

Lucas, Rock n' roll

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel when arrive looks nice but miss life!
Swimming pool looked dirty water. Booked taxi and next morning no one knew about it, poor communication. Staff at the restaurant very poor, slow... We went to holiday inn for dinner, there they had good food, drinks and great staff. The hotel looks nice but misses a good atmosphere, needs to be more live.

6/10 Okay

Rick, Sydney Australia

Quite far from the airport
Six hundred baht each way is the standard fare in either a taxi or hotel mini bus. Nice hotel but too far from the airport to be convenient.

4/10 Poor

cb, Johannesburg

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
You won't get any rest.
The walls are paper thin, you can hear stomping from people above you, snoring from people in the rooms next door to you, evey voice that makes a sound in the corridors and farting from people in the rooms below. This hotel is way overpriced for Thailand.

8/10 Good

Hugo, South Africa

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great for relaxing
Great hotel. Staff were amazing, very helpful and conscientious. not a lot to do apart from relaxing next to the pool or the beach.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was a very enjoyable and relaxing stay. The hotel grounds are very well maintained. The hotel is very quiet, as most of the tourists seem to stay only one night and leave just after breakfast. The hotel is situated right next to a clean and unspoiled beach. The room was big, comfortable and clean.

6/10 Okay

Maya

Nice and reasonalble place to stay

10/10 Excellent

Venci

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Free your mind
We had wonderful time with my spouse. Great location, nice amenities, comfort, quality service and friendly stuff. Unforgettable sunsets, lovely beach. Special thankfulness to the girl from the Front office for the hospitality and attitude.

8/10 Good

Andrea

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

4/10 Poor

jacqueline, australia

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very tired
While the website sells this place as high end and the foyer is presented beautifully, the room was just awful. It looked and smelt old. And unless you are on the ground floor with a pool,access room, the pool is not inviting at all. You feel like you are swimming in someone's else's pool without their permission because you are literally swimming right next to their balcony. The gym is in poor condition. The multi exercise machine is frozen so that except for the weights you cannot adjust anything. The floor is hard with no floor mats at all and the air con is dodgy although I did manage to get it working. The beach itself was like a rubbish tip. Very dissappoing overall.

4/10 Poor

Remi, Sydney

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is not a 4 star hotel.
Booked the hotel based on the photos of the hotel and the fact that it was rated as a 4 star. Photos had probably been taken 10 years ago when the Hotel was in better shape. Room stank, old furniture, pool was dirty (dirty rim around the pool, leaves in the water). Everything really is in need of an overhaul. We stayed at the T-villa near the airport for the same price a week before;T-villa was a five star compared to D Varee. I wished I had stayed at the Holiday Inn next door, it was pretty much the same price and was also like a five star (went to their restaurant, as I did not want to risk eating dinner at D Varee).

8/10 Good

Anil Kumar Patil, Bangalore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
D Varee Review
Stay was great at D Varee, if you are looking for romantic getaway with your partner with beach side pool and the restaurant, this is the place to go. well maintained resort with direct beach access (be careful at the beach as its supposed to be rough all the time), but absolutely no crowd at the beach. loved our stay here for a night.

8/10 Good

suzie , canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
on an amazing beach . Very secluded
Very quiet resort, mostly adults; which is what we wanted. The Breakfast included was good. Meals on site were a bit expensive so we checked out An independent place and a market nearby. There s also a small store just outside the premise. The hotel also has a 24 hour canteen . The beach is amazing ..

4/10 Poor

Gavin, Nanaimo

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Overpriced, Useless Aircon and terrible food.
Thank god we had just one night. This hotel would have been OK if it'd been half the price but at near $140 for the night it was totally overpriced. The room safe wasn't even attached to the wall so was utterly useless. The food was terrible in the disgracefully overpriced hotel restaurant. We should have realized when we saw that we were the ONLY customers but we assumed that was because of the obnoxious volume of the music scaring people off. Lastly and most importantly, the air conditioning unit in the room was one of those prehistoric 'built-in' ones that sound like a partially shot down spitfire and provide as much cooling as you could expect from a burp in the face after a cold drink. Rubbish.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hotel
The location is far from town but near to airport

10/10 Excellent

LUIS, AZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful.
The hotel was further from the airport than expected, about a 20 minute ride (It said ~3mi). It was clean and beautiful. The hotel staff was very accomodating. We were greeted with a welcome drink and the staff brought us and our baggage to our room with a golf cart, since the grounds are pretty expansive. We had a bit of a hard time locating the breakfast, but it was great once found. This resort has a huge pool and beach views. I wish we would have been able to stay longer.

8/10 Good

Jaime, Australia - QLD - Brisbane

Liked: Staff & service
Facilities: Nicebut renovations need; Value: Too expensive for room ; Service: Professional, Respectful, Friendly; Cleanliness: Needs work in pool&room;

4/10 Poor

Richard, UK

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
One night relaxation
The rooms were in poor condition, first room the lights didn't work, second room the wooden floor was coming coming apart and rotten in places. Room service didn't answer the phone and reception couldn't speak English.

10/10 Excellent

Marni, Australia - VIC - Regional VIC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Top of the line; Value: Inexpensive; Service: Go the extra mile; Cleanliness: Immaculate;

10/10 Excellent

Patricia, New Zealand - Waikato

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Home away from home; Value: Fantastic; Service: Flawless, Go the extra mile, Outstanding; Cleanliness: Beautiful; Very clean and great restaurant.

8/10 Good

Katrina, Australia - NSW - Sydney

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

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Hotel was ok
Hotel was ok

10/10 Excellent

Lachlan, Australia - QLD - Sunshine Coast

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Modern; Value: Great deal; Service: Go the extra mile; Cleanliness: Beautiful;