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Reviews of recent stays in Aree Beach Resort.

Comments on the hotel

 

Svetlana Ivanova, Estonia, 9.-20.4.2008
Wonderful place. Very peaceful, friendly and just nice. Walking distance from the city; right on the seashore. The staff was very helpful and the manager was personally making sure we enjoyed the stay. The only negative thing was the sea. Stones and coral reefs, impossible to get in without shoes, but we bought the shoes in the city (sold virtually everywhere 200bt or so) and enjoyed snorkling after that. Overall, I recommend this place to everybody.  

 

Stefan Gyger, Schweiz, 23.-26.2.2008
Haben fuer drei Naechte das Aree Beach Resort gebucht. Der Strand, das Zimmer (Beachfront) und die familiaere Atmosphaere, hat uns so gut gefallen, dass wir auf insgesamt acht Naechte verlaengert haben. Eines der netten Zimmermaedchen hat sogar fuer ein kleines Entgeld an einem Abend fuer vier Stunden auf unsere Kleinen aufgepasst, damit wir mal einen freien Abend fuer uns hatten. Wer Ruhe sucht, aber doch innert 10 Minuten zu Fuss am Leben von Lamai teilnehmen will, dem kann ich mit gutem Gewissen dieses kleine Resort empfehlen

Nicola Read, England, 17.-24.2.2008.
What a great resort, clean, quiet, very friendly, free safety deposit, and right on the beach which was perfect. It was a birthday treat for my husband and the owner even arrange Flowers and Beer for our arrival. Perfect location with some really cheap Food stalls and only 10 mins from Lamai Central. Would definately stay there again and already recommending to friends, thanks to Helmut and staff for making our stay perfect.
 

 

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Joerg Schienhammer, Germany, 17.-23.1. 2008
We stayed for 5 nights in a beachfront-AC-room. The room-size was o.k., the bathroom a little bit small. The room was cleaned every day, one pillow was pretty dirty under the sheet, but i have seen it the last day... Maybe they would have changed it if i would have asked before. The location was fine - close enough to Lamai-Center to reach the restaurants in some minutes, a 7-11 is not far away - but it is far enough from the noise of the bars at night. The beach and the water was during our stay a little bit dirty. For Lamai the Aree has a good value, but I am not sure if i will come back again.

 

Samuel John Phelan, Australia
Just wondering if you have 2 beachfront A/Cavailable for 2 couples for the 21st of Jan until
the 30th Jan 2008. Have heard great things of this resort. Thanks in advance for the reply.
Kind Regards, Sam

 

Ruarke Kerr , South Africa,2007-12-21 until 2008-01-06 
Good value for money. However after booking out after 3week period to be informed that no credit card payments are accepted is poor form.Deposit etc paid by credit card. Website should advise that business is cash only. Very inconvienent

 

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Mark Elliot, England, 2007-11-27 until 2007-12-03
Very happy with my stay at Aree Resort! The beachfront studio more than met my expectations - nicely decorated and thoroughly cleaned every day. Good patio area in front of the room with table/chairs and sun lounger. Beach a bit skinny at this point but just wander a bit further up and problem solved. There was much more depth to the water than on previous visits so swimming better, although water quite murky. Will definitely stay at Aree again! 

 

Nadine und Adrian Fota, Germany, 28.1.-5.2.08
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
wir haben schon einmal Ende 2003/Anfang 2004 in Ihrer Anlage gewohnt und es hat uns sehr, sehr gut gefallen.
Wir haben vor, in diesem Jahr von 28.01.08 bis 05.02.08 wieder Urlaub auf Koh Samui zu machen und würden gerne bei Ihnen wohnen.

 

Family Andersson Oerebro, Sweden, 8.2.-13.2.08
Dear Sirs,
Thank you for the pleasant stay here at Aree Beach Resort. We enjoyed it.
Maybe we see you in  Ullared, Sweden this Summer.
Thank you.
Family Andersson

 

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Michael Pospisil, Austria, 30.06.07- 14.07.07
"
Aree Beach Resort: Clean, friendly, fair," As a first stop in Ko Samui we booked 3 days and finally spent 10 days. Helmut is a nice reliable Partner, his wife Aree is very polite, the staff is friendly, rooms are clean, its simpy like comming home...

 

Delahaut Brigitte, France- 15.12.2006
hello helmut and aree
how are you?it's brigitte ( french family)this year we have only 3 weeks hollidays ,and we'll come to koh samui and as every year , we like to stay in aree bungalowswe 'll arrive the17 december and we leave the 4 januarywe'll be very happy if we can have the same bungalow B2
nice to see you againi'm waiting your confirmation
*brigitte
jeremy
jean claude delahaut

 

 

Ole Fjordside, Denmark – 11.04.2007
H
allo Helmut und Aree,
thanks a lot for a great time with you guys in Thailand, I am sure that we will come back again soon.
Then we will definitely come and stay at your place!
Best regards from Germany
Sabine & Ole

 

Stefan Kozlowski, Germany -12.04.2007
Hallo Helmut! Ich möchte mich nochmal für die wieder einmal sehr schöne Zeit bei euch bedanken und schicke dir im Anhang zwei nicht uninteressante Bildchen mit.Viele Grüsse auch von Dirk und Cord, Hoffentlich bis bald Stefan

 

Hella Petersen, Germany
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, 
wir haben Kunden, denen Ihre Anlage sehr gut gefallen hat und nun haben wir die Frage, ob Sie über den deutschen Markt über einen Veranstalter buchbar sind?Es wäre sehr lieb, wenn Sie mir bald eine Antwort senden könnten.iele Grüße aus Berlin.
Hella Petersen
- Reiseberaterin –

 

 

Chelsea Anderson, United Kingdom – 26.06.2007
Hi there i'm looking for something on the beach or close for my partner and I in August. I've heard so many good reports on your resort and would love it if you could help us out thanks.

 

John and Frances Bolaris, USA – 06.07.2007 
Dear Aree & Helmut,We just wanted to thank you again for such a lovely time we had at your Resort.  We can't thank you enough for all that you did.  Your staff was very friendly and helpful.   We will definitely stay with you again the next time we are in Samui.  
We really appreciated all your kindness.  
Sincerely, 
John and Frances Bolaris, Nevada, USA 

 

 

Rátkai János, Ungarn -27.06.2007
Lieber Helmut,
wir danken Ihnen fuer alles, wir waren zufrieden.Wir hoffen darauf, dass wir in dem nächstem Jahr treffen können.
Herzliche Grüße:János und seine Familie 
                                                 

 

Kasper Møller, Denmark - 26.07.2007
I had the pleasure of staying at Aree in 2004 and I really enjoyed living in one of the beach front bungalows (I think it was B3?)
I will be on Samui from the 7th of September and will be staying for 17 days. I would like one of the beach front room again if possible.
Kasper Møller

 

     Sandy Rose , Australia
     2007-07-20 until 2007-07-22 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     We are actually still at Aree Beach! We booked 2 nights and we have now
     been here a week and don t ever want to leave! It s a really great place
     and we highly recommend that if you are ever in Koh Samui stay at Aree
     Beach! It is perfect and we have no complaints!

 

   James Donaghue, England
     2007-05-23 until 2007-05-30 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     Brilliant place to stay, very quiet, right on the beach great value. It is
     5 minutes from Lamai centre & Tesco s cinema & food complex, you can hire
     a motor bike or get a taxi to any of these locations. Chaewang centre
     about 10-15 minutes away. Very friendly staff & always helped with
     everything I needed, they even helped me out of a tight situation. Will be
     back here for sure. Spot on again, made several bookings with this company
     and not once been let down.
                 

 

                                                                        

     Fay Lawton, England
     2007-03-02 until 2007-03-12 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     Had booked 2 beachfront bungalows and they were both better than expected.
     Staff friendly and helpful no problems at all would happily recommend it. 
     First class, got what I d asked for, very efficient.

 

     Heidi aune , Norway
     2007-02-14 until 2007-02-19 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     Paradise on earth! Aree was exactley as we dreamed it would be. We booked
     more nights after comming there to see the beutiful location.Located at
     the beach. Friendly and helpful staf. Clean and nice rooms.After a little
     time also the big gecko at the roof was cosy. It was our first time to
     Thailand so the gecko s were a little bit frightening in the beginning.
     The only ting we have to compain about were the madras in the bed- quite
     hard and uncomfortable. We really hope they will change the madrasses
     cause we really would like to come back. I guess we will come back anyhow,
     cause prices are so low that we can only by our own madrass for the
     stay:-)

 

    Lars Vestergaard Jensen, Denmark
     2007-02-11 until 2007-02-18 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     The hotel was perfect. We had a beachfront room and there was 10 m to the
     water. the people who worked there gave us an fantastic sevice and were
     always smiling. The beach, however was not the best: stones in the water
     and it was a little bit dirty. Efficient and professionel

 

    Vibeke & Joergen Olesen, Denmark
     2007-01-12 until 2007-01-26 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     Thank you Aree and Helmuth, we really enjoyed our stay - nice staff, clean
     rooms, just lovely. Best regards from Denmark  Effective - no problems at
     all !!

 

    Steffen Englisch,Germany
     2007-01-05 until 2007-01-10 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     Everything was fine, the german hotel manager Helmut is very friendly and
     helpful. Beach 20 meters away, so I had a great time! Perfect service

 

     lindzay lee, South Africa
     2006-12-28 until 2007-01-04 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     one of the best places that we ve ever stayed at! service was great,
     besides that fact the breakfast is not included! will definately stay
     there again! we ve had beachfront before, but this was fanastic

     Wolfgang HORNISCH, Austria
     2006-12-10 until 2006-12-15 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     Very nice and clean room with mini-fridge, serviced daily. Perfect shady
     oceanfront-terrace. Sea was not clear, bathcloths muddy after swimming.
     Good location, quiet and in good distance for everything. First tried to
     book Oceanfront but was not possible, garden confirmed. After arrival got
     immediately oceanfront with correct charge.

 

    Imbi Tonisson , New Zealand
     2006-12-08 until 2006-12-11 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     We stayed in a beachfront bungalow. It was a clean bungalow with tv, hot
     water and bar fridge and right on the beach. The grounds were a bit messy
     and the restaurant & reception never seemed to be staffed. All in all i
     think you pay for the room facilities of tv, air con and fridge. If you
     can go without these then you could stay somewhere a lot cheaper. Aree was
     very nice and friendly. Her dog was very friendly too!

 

     Jin Yuan ,China
     2006-09-25 until 2006-09-27 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     Nice Hotel in a very quite location, beautifull beachfront view. Far from
     heart of Lamai town. Good for people with car, otherwise the
     transportation cost is expensive.  Very good.

 

     Kah Yee, Singapore
     2006-08-22 until 2006-08-26 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     I ll rate AREE 2.5 to 3-stars. IT is a peaceful place to relax, read
     novels while enjoying snacks from passing hawkers. Staffs are nice, they
     understand simple English. Fresh towels and 2 bottles of water provided
     daily. Hot water is at the reception counter. Room is cleaned daily. No
     soap and shampoo provided, but 7-Eleven & Family Mart is just nearby. Roof
     for Room No.A3 is too low, it s not comfortable if u r taller than 1.7m.
     Sand is coarse and the beach is shallow even on high tide. It s okay for
     sun-tanning but not for swimming. No problem with the pickup service, the
     driver was already waiting for us when we arrived. Booking is as simple as
     1-2-3 !! One of the most efficient services I ever encountered. TWO THUMBS UP!
!

 

     richard tomlinson , Australia
     2006-08-06 until 2006-08-16 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     Absolutely fantastic - the best !! great bungalow, perfect location,
     wonderful staff. See you next year :-) PERFECT !!!!
 
     richard Tomlinson, Australia
     2006-08-06 until 2006-08-14 Aree Beach Resort, Lamai Beach
     Absolutely fantastic experience !! Perfectly located, spotless bungalow
     and exceptionally well managed. Friendly staff with room cleaned daily.
     Will definitely be back next year :-) Thanks Aree !!!! Perfect - very
     smooth and no hassles. Just be aware that although you can pay the deposit
     online by credit card, Aree Bungalow itself does not accept credit cards.
     (cash only) 

 

     Reinhard Pelekies, Germany
     2006-01-19 until 2006-01-23 Aree Bungalow, Lamai Beach
     The location really is beautiful. We booked beachfront, and it was so as
     we expected. Just very close to the sea. The staff was friendly and
     helpful. The room was cleaned every day and fresh drinking water was in
     the fridge. The beach was not perfect for swimming. But it doesn t matter.
     We had a motorbike. And so it was no problem to go to another part of the
     beach. By foot it takes about 15 minutes to the center of Lamai. I
     recommend that accomondation to all who wants to have a beautiful and
     quiet and comfortable accomondation. Very good. No problems. Have to pay
     in advance only for one night, not for the whole booking time.

 

     Chantal Burns, England
     2005-12-14 until 2005-12-30 Aree Bungalow, Lamai Beach
     This is my second visit to these bungalows. Aree is a great place to stay.
     It s location, at the quieter part of Lamai beach is ideal (if you want
     peace). The staff are helpful and responsive to requests. The bungalows
     are comfortable and rooms are cleaned every day with fresh towels and
     drinking water provided (a nice extra touch). I happily recommend them and
     will no doubt stay there again when I visit Samui. seems reliable and
     efficient for an online booking system

 

     PHILIP HAMLETT, England
     2005-11-19 until 2005-11-24 Aree Bungalow, Lamai Beach
     First visit to koh samui. Aree bungalow, beachfront. Very good, close to
     Lamai centre. Very friendly host, Helmut. Recommended a visit. Very Good.
     No problems

 

    Tomi
     2005-03-18 until 2005-03-22 Aree Bungalow, Lamai Beach
     We booked Bayfront villa for 4 nights but we were asked to stay at a
     different type of villa for the first night only. We didn t mind but we
     were not informed of the change in advance. We walked 10 min. or so to get
     to better beach as the beach in front of the villa wasn t so exciting.
     Staff were friendly. Over all, I think it was worth for the money. It was
     efficient. Thank you

     Dan Brown, England
     2005-03-04 until 2005-03-10 Aree Bungalow, Lamai Beach
     We were picked up from the airport without a hitch, he even waited around
     for 2 hours because we were delayed!!Our room was clean, tidy and
     comfortable, air/con worked great; quiet and effective. People were
     friendly, helpful and polite. Location was quiet and a 100 (about ?1.20)
     BHT taxi ride from Lamai centre, 150 BHT ride from Chaweng centre. Our
     bungalow was right on the beach, going to sleep with the sound of the
     waves lapping at the shore was very theraputic. Didn t try the food, just
     a few eggs for breakfast. Couple of lovely dogs kept us company as well.
     Well worth the money. We paid more than double in Bangkok for a room that
     was awful. Say hello to Penn (thai woman cleaner/cook who was lovely).
     Booking was simple and easy. Good follow up.

 

     Birgit Lonergan, Ireland
     2005-03-03 until 2005-03-10 Aree Bungalow, Lamai Beach
     Wir hatten uns den Beachfront-Bungalow gemietet. Die Unterkunft war sch?nd
     zweckm
ig eingerichtet. Die Betten, zwar f?tsche Verhaeltnisse etwas hart,
     wurden jeden Tag frisch bezogen. Auch gab es taeglich frische Handtuecher,
      die man auch zum Strand mitnehmen durfte. Eine herrliche Terrasse direkt
     vor unserer Tuer. Die Anlage ist sehr gepflegt, ueberall Orchideen und
     Blumen. Das Personal ist liebenswert und freundlich. Wir haben tolle Leute
     dort kennengelert. Gerda und Peter Frank aus Iserlohn. Das Ehepaar lieh
     uns bei unserer Abreise Geld, da in der Nacht zuvor, waehrend wir
     schliefen, durch das Fenster ein Einbrecher kam und unser Bargeld, Foto
     und Kreditkarte stahl. Ich mag gar nicht daran denken, was uns haette
     passieren koennen, wenn wir aufgewacht waeren. Auch moechte ich Ninja
     empfehlen, ein Restaurant wo wir fast taeglich gespeist haben (gleich um
     die Ecke). Fragen Sie einfach Helmut, den Besitzer, wo Ninja ist. Nochmals
     Dank an Helmut und Aree. Wir kommen wieder. We had a verry good stay
     there. The beachfront bungalow A3 was beautyfull (two rooms). They cleaned
     the bungalow every day, changed the sheeds and gave us fresh towels (You
     could take them to the beach). The girls who work there are very
     friendly. We met real good people there who helped us out with money after
     a burgler came trough the window while we were sleeping in the middle of
     the night. If you will stay there I promis you will have a good stay
     there. Verry good

 

    Helen, England
     2005-03-01 until 2005-03-04 Aree Bungalow, Lamai Beach
     The Bungalow itself is fine but seems the view is not so good: the water
     is a little bit dirty. The location is nice: about 15-30 minites walk to
     Lamai busy street. Accomadation is OK, but the bed is not enough as we
     expacted. And they charge 20BAT for the safey box, but you can use as long
     as you can. The owner of the bungalow is a nice German

      chantal , England
     2004-12-28 until 2005-01-12 Aree Bungalow, Lamai Beach
     I had a lovely stay at Aree. I had a beach front room. It was cleaned
     every day. The staff are very helpful. I also moved to a cheaper room
     after extending for a few days and they were happy to do that. I would
     recommend Aree if you want a reasonably priced, good choice of
     accommodation on Lamai. The booking service is great. Easy and a faily
     quick response. when i arrived, my booking was secure.

 

     Temora Maclean,  Hong Kong
     2004-10-16 until 2004-10-18 Aree Bungalow, Lamai Beach
     An excellent place. Rooms are spacious and clean - we had a beachfront
     bungalow which was literally feet from the sea. It s well located for
     privacy and good views, and very reasonably priced. Look out for friendly
     brown cat. Absolutely wonderful as always: efficient, straight forward and
     friendly.

 

Frank Junghanns, Germany 15.-19.5.2008*
Lieber Helmut, 
wie versprochen melde ich mich, um, auch im Namen der Freunde, nochmals einen herzliches DANKE zu sagen. Wir fühlten uns ausgesprochen wohl bei Ihnen Die gemieteten Unterkünfte waren sauber, sehr gemütlich eingerichtet; und vor allem die Lage ist schwer zu toppen. Alles in Allem werde ich Ihr Resort mit gutem Gewissen weiter empfehlen. ( Unser 30 minütiges Geplauder im Meer fand ich wirklich schön)
Liebe Grüße Frank aus dem Raum Stuttgart

 

Simona und Winfried Peschke
hallo aree und helmut,
 es hat uns bei euch(bis aufden einbruch) sehr gut gefallen. wir haben euch
der familie wolf empfohlen. die werden wohl imdezember bei euch sein. wir bringen unsere
tochter und ihren freund mit. wir wuerden gerneeinen bungalow mit blauem dach mieten, und fuer die kinder den seaview raum mit klima. Ankommen
werden wir am 25.12.08 zwischen 18 und 19uhr.bitte um kurze bestaetigung ob das mit der
buchung klappt. liebe gruesse simona und winfried
peschke

 

Ben Harrer, USA 23.7.-4.8.08
Could I speak more highly of this place? I doubt it. Helmut and his wife and the whole staff were great, the bungalows were clean and well-equipped, and the ambiance was splendid. I spent a few weeks with the beach outside of my window - a great way to start the day (or the afternoon, since you can spend your evenings in nearby Lamai or a-bit-further-away Chaweng if you so desire). Aree Resort was clean, quiet, and filled with travelers from other countries. The travelers seemed to be family-types and older than your standard lager-happy merrymakers, so the mood was mellow. I would highly recommend this place and will stay there again next time I am fortunate enough to be in Samui

 

Pirmin Scherer, Germany
Hallo Helmut,
erstmal viele Grüße aus Süddeutschland(Bodensee),wo es gerade sehr viel regnet.Wir haben heute die Flugtiket bei anderes Reisen gebucht und werden vom 9.4.09 bis 21.4.09 unseren Urlaub auf Ko Samui verbringen.Wir waren im April 2006 für eine Woche bei dir im schönen aree-beachresort.Du kannst dich vielleicht erinnern ein Familienzimmer,wir 4 Personen mit unseren zwei Jungs.Uns hat es so gut gefallen,auch deine Zimmermädchen waren so sehr nett,die Aree usw.,so haben wir uns entschlossen,eben die Urlaubstage bei euch zu verbringen.Wir hätten diesmal gerne zwei Doppelzimmer vorne mit Meerblick,letztes mal hatten wir die Eckwohnung rechts an der Holzsitzgruppe und so wäre es toll auf der linken Seite zwei von den Zimmern,es war nämlich so super,morgens direkt am Meer auf der Sitzgarnitur zu sitzen und frühstücken.Wir freuen uns auf Deine Rückantwort ,und freuen uns auf ein gutes Angebot von dir.Viele Grüße und vielen Dank.
 

 

Edgar Rolli, Germany
Hallo Helmut,
Sie werden mich noch kennen. Ich bin Edgar und habe mich bei Ihnen sehr wohl gefühlt.
Mein Frage heute: Kann ich ungebucht anreisen im Juni oder Juli diesen Sommer? Leider weiss ich den genauen Termin noch nicht. Selbstverständlich würde ich einen Bungalow in der ersten Reihe bevorzugen. Bitte mailen sie mir

 

Helena Roos, Switzerland
Hallo Helmut und Aree
Ich war das letzte mal bei Euch vor 2 Jahren ( infolge Ausbildung) und möchte nun wieder zu
Euch in die Ferien kommen !
Bei Euch war es ganz toll , wißt Ihr , ich bin die Frau die mit
Euch in die Berge zu Eurem Land fuhr .
Habt Ihr noch ein Bungalow frei in der Zeit von 14.12.2008-10.01.2009 und was möchtet Ihr dafür 

Ist Pet noch bei Euch ? Bitte gebt mir schnell Bescheid , wegen dem Flug !!!
Ich freu mich auf eine gute Nachricht von Euch und Euch hoffentlich bald wieder zu sehen !!!
Gruss Helena

 

Simon Chetwyn, England 2008-10-23
After a 10 hour journey from Bangkok Aree Beach Resort was just what we were looking for.Our room was bright and clean and the A/C was a constant refreshment.The staff were all really helpful and friendly and our room was cleaned everyday with fresh linen and towels provided. We were right on the beach front which felt like our own private little strip. It s about a 5-10 min walk into the main resort area which was managable. We had a fantastic stay here and would definately recommend it to everyone.
 

Michal, Haifa Israel, 19.-25.10.08
Thanks for a lovely stay

 

Mike Weatherley, England, 14.-23.10.08
Helmut,

Just want to say thanks for such a great stay last week. Loved your hotel and I will definitely be staying with you again next year. great week and everyone so friendly. Perfect. Thanks
Mike
 

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