Oh my Gosh! Where do I start??! Short version: ONE OF THE WORST HOTELS I HAVE EVEN VISITED - STAY SOMEWHERE ELSE - ANYWHERE ELSE. Long version: We chose this as a base to stay in Phuket for 1 night before being picked up the next day by the Elephant Hills Luxury Camp team at Khao Sok National Park. Needless to say, we like most people, could normally put up with something a little grotty just for one night, however this was beyond grotty. Our taxi pulled up in the middle of a huge tourist area of bacon & egg type cafes and lots of "massage parlours" with girls outside, shouting across the street to my partner. The area resembled Playa de las Americas or Magaluf. We realised that the swimming pool (small and dirty) was in a paved area just behind the main entrace to the hotel, so you could be seen from just about anyone on the street. The rooms were appauling - dark, no aircon, no real cupboards or wardrobes, no balcony, no patio, no private outdoor area unless you want to sit by the pool, near the road, opposite the massage parlour girls???? We opened the curtain to our window (wondering why on earth are the curtains closed in the middle of a sunny day??) to discover huge boiler tanks right outside. We would have had to stay in our room for the entire afternoon and night with the curtains closed, no fresh air or air-con. It was just awful - we were going to take photos, but my partner was so eager to get out, we had one drink in the hotel bar (also on the street) - just to get some daylight to read the Lonely Planet guide to find another hotel. It was so bad, we didn't even stay to complain about the major misrepresentation of the standard of this 'hotel', we just asked for a taxi immediately. Within an hour of arriving at the Blue Ocean Resort, we were checking into the Impiana Hotel, Patong which I have reviewed - much improvement!

i stayed at the blue ocean for 5 days at the beginning of the month- what a little gem!
i'd only found it by accident (was looking for the holiday inn) and was a little dubious at first but for the money it was spot on.
it's in a quiet little corner of patong (a feat in itself) but only a 5 minute walk from the main drag. the staff were lovely and couldn't do enough for me when i walked in at 11.30pm after a particularly stressful journey. the room itself was basic but very clean and i had a lovely kingsize bed even though i was travelling alone. there's a decent size pool which was nice after a long day and the inroom tv had 2 movie channels which were much appreciated at 3am when i had jet lag!!
all in all, very good value for money

Hotel is a bit tatty and needs an update. Everything seemed to be extra (room safe key 2000Bt deposit, extra cup of coffee at breakfast 20Bt, friend to visit 500Bt). Compared with my stay at Club Bamboo this was a pretty miserable outfit.

Blue Ocean Resort 210/23 Soi Kepsap
Rat U Thit Song Roy Pee Rd,
Patong Beach,
Phuket 83150
Thailand
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walking distance(mins) to beach 4 mins walking distance to main night life area ie Bangla road 6mins .
Hotel clean with friendly staff,rooms cleaned every day and mini bar replenished every day.Hotel provides good laundry service and room sevice.Swimming pool small but pleasent with waterfall and pool-side bar and towels are supplied by staff. TVs are in rooms and have a good mix of Thai, english and other nationality speaking programes and good sports channel.All rooms Air condititioned and have telephone and private safe (500 bht deposit)Extra guest charge is 500bht during high season but maybe less during lower seasons.Also hotel provides Airport taxi service both ways just email the hotel and give them your flight details and expected time of arrival and then just look out for your name on arrival 500bht.
Overall I liked this hotel and its location and would recommend staying there.