Myself, hubby and 2 kids stayed here in August 2007 and LOVED IT! Some reviews have stated that rooms were a bit old, but they were starting renovations as we left, so may be more modern now. Huge varied buffet breakfast every morning, pools beautiful and vacant a lot of the time (we went in the wet season). Staff friendly and helpful and resort beautiful overall. Close to main road and beach, but lovely and quiet once in resort. 'Games' room rather dated, could probably do with a couple of video games and some English language magazines/books. Would definitely stay there again and recommend it to friends. Cheap rates through Latestays.com.

Resort was better than I expected, the staff were friendly and the room was clean. We had a pool access room, which was great. I would rate the hotel about 3.5 stars.

Thara Patong is a nice hotel,with v gud location from the beach and main shopping area..its got 2 v nice pools w jaccuzzi...only drawback..the room service which works at snail's pace and the snail dies out after 11:00 ..so no room service after 11:00 pm..

Morning buffet breakfast was good..would consider staying again.,..

My wife and I got a great price for this hotel - B & B at £28 GBP/night/room. The location is great, being just a 5 mins walk from the main nightlife area, but still allowing for a quiet nights sleep. The beach is just across the road. The pool area is fantastic, even more so for children. The grounds and pool are the hotels main feature for a recommendation. We stayed in a standard room (superior, I think). This level of room was a bit shabby. The bathroom was small, the room needed refurbishing, i.e. new furniture and painting, however, it was reasoonably equipped, with mini bar fridge, tea/coffee, hairdryer, etc. The bed was old!!! We could feel every spring in the mattress and was quite uncomfortable which spoiled what is actually quite a good hotel with great facilities. Maybe the deluxe rooms offer greater luxury, or maybe we were just unlucky with the room we had. Maybe I would stay again despite the bed, because the location is great as is the pool area, also the price was very good. If only they had a new bed!!!