Jaroenrat Resort

We stayed 2 nights here while driving from Koh Samui up to Chiang MaI. It is a beautiful hotel based on several buildings, with some fabulous wooden bungalows. There was a teachers symposium on when we arrived, and were given a free upgrade to 2 of the wooden buildings. We live in a teak house in Chiang Mai and these buildings at Jaroenrat were fabulous! Firm bed, coffee/tea facilities, good shower/wet room. We used the pool, large and clean, with 5 sun loungers, but we were the only ones using the pool. The whole hotel site was clean and litter free during our stay. Not a place for boozing and nightlife, as its a way out of town. We visited the train market (still no trains cos of upgrading to the line) and the floating market. Our stay was midweek so the floating market was quiet. The day we left they were expecting a large group of tourists from Bangkok. It sounds like its a place that's quiet during the week and busy during weekends. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. If you want a nice place to stay while visiting Aphawa, this will do nicely.

We could not believe all the good reviews about this place! There were only 4 sunloungers for this big pool yet caters for many guests, poolbar does not exist in fact there is no bar! Sops consisted of one tiny room where you could buy the very basic essentials like water. The hall where you eat was like a sweat box which only served thai food. The room is less than basic the bathroom was tiny and disgusting. Attractions near by are none out in the middle of nowhere, when we asked at reception about getting out and seeing things she replied I will google it !!! Please if you are thinking of staying here don't do it, we checked in and checked straight back out!

This is a nicely designed resort but we had some points that we found uncomely. - There is garbage lying all over the ground, we could not understand why not every staff member was obligated to pick up every piece that they see when they pass it.. - The standard room is only of 10 square meters size and not really clean. - The bathroom had mold between the tiles and some staines on the tiles that could be removed simply by us, why does the staff nothing similiar? - The pool had only one umbrella and five deck chairs of which one was broken. There were water insects in the pool, so there could not have been enough chlorine in the water. - The breakfast buffet could have been ok, if the rechauds would have been lit and if the empty bowls would have been refilled. Reclamations about it were apologized but nothing done to solve it, although that would have been easyly done - only some of the staff members were so polite and greeted us back.