Location: We stayed in the Koh Tao Cabana for 5 nights earlier this month. The resort is located on the best stretch of Sairee beach – the water is shallow and great if you like frolicking, and aren’t too much of a deep sea swimming fan. There are no corals here as the beach is shallow for quite a distance. We walked along the Sairee beach numerous times, and I would say that the sand here is the best. The resort staff takes due care in keeping the beach clean. The beach loungers are very comfortable and add a very romantic feel. The staff sets them up for you the minute you get there. You can get a taxi boat here as well. The resort is a 10 min walk on the beach from all the restaurants and bars at Sairee. We preferred walking on the beach as compared to the cement road inside – was much more lively. There are a couple of laundry outlets 5 min from the resort, who can do your washing at B40 per kg (B60 for express).

Swimming Pool: The pool is new and clean – has a very rustic feel to it. You can use the beach loungers/pool loungers/showers in the pool area if you arrive before check in or need to wait for a couple of hours after check out. There is no pool side bar, but you can carry a beer/coke to the pool from your minibar.

Rooms: The rooms were lovely. We felt that we were guests in the Flintstones’ house. Everything was rustic and earthy. We spent 4 nights in the whitesand villa. The room is large with a balcony and a partially open air bathroom. The items in the minibar were not too expensive either. We stayed in room number 9 which was a little uphill – it was cumbersome to walk till the room after we were dead tired from the dives. Also, our balcony overlooked a service cottage – no disturbances at all from anyone in the service area. The advantage of the distance is that you have your own piece of the forest. There is no noise that we heard from any bar/party on the beach in this room. However, given a choice, we would have preferred to stay in villas 1-5; it would have been less of a walk.
On the second last day of our stay, it rained for a few hours. There were ground worms partying in the tropical paradise, and some of them decided to drop into our room – from the roof. Harmless creatures, but made me feel really creepy. We called the reception, and within 2 minutes, we had 3 people to help us out. They saw me standing in the corner, all petrified with the creatures, and upgraded our room to a sea view villa for the last night. If we would not have had this problem, our stay would have been perfect.
The sea view villa was a slightly smaller room, but with better view. There were no ground worms! If you can afford to, it would make sense to spend the marginal amount more, and stay in this room.

Restaurant: The Rim Lae restaurant has a lovely view. The breakfast is average – especially for vegetarians; pancakes- delightful. We had an afternoon coffee here once, with some stir fried vegetables – the food was fresh and tasty.

Spa: The spa seemed a little expensive for Koh Tao, and hence we never explored the option.

Reception: The roselle juice, cold towels and popcorn bag made us feel pretty welcome. Check in and check out were smooth and quick. However, the reception does not look very impressive, as with most hotels in Koh Tao. Please do not let this make an impression in your mind about the room. The rooms are much better and very well maintained.

We would love to stay here again – but would make sure that we stay in the waterview villa!

Excellent location with a beautiful view to the beach.
We were in the sunset villa which is located at the end of a row of rooms, with amazing views and wonderful privacy, But you have to take into account climbing just a little hard ...
The room is relatively old but clean and well maintained, lovely open shower but you should be ready to accept all kinds of animals there... (We visited by Crab, ants and mosquitoes ...)
The view from the room is worth it all!!!
Free wi-fi works well.
Lovely restaurant staff. except from breakfast we do not recommend the food (expensive and not so good....) Better to walk to restaurants down the beach ....
Great pool, excellent beach and the staff was happy to help with anything.
Strongly recommend!!