We stayed here for 7 nights and thought that may be too long, however it was a great week at a very classy resort. From the time we arrived at their office at Seree Ban Phe we were treated well! The shuttle service to the resort was by speadboat, it was a little bumpy but that was due to the weather being a bit bad. The speadboat drops you off right on the beach of the resort only feet away from reception. On arrival we were greeted by The receptionist (Saifon) who was very friendly and helped us throughout our stay. Our cottage was very spacious, clean and had a great view of the beach. I was a little disappointed with the outdoor spa, actually it was just an outdoor bathtub, but would have chosen this cottage anyway because of the views. The beach itself was clean and well kept and was for exclusive use just for people staying at resort, which meant it was always quiet. The restaurants were fabulous, the 'O' restaraunt serve Italian food, and would definitely recommend the seafood pizza...I never seen so much seafood on a pizza. The Buzz restaurant served amazing Thai food and we ate here the most, the Breeze restaurant which was part of the Ao Proa (sister resort) 5 mins away was also very good, they also have evening singers at the Breeze and a fire dance on Fri and Sat evenings. We were a bit disappointed by breakfast, on the weekends the selection was fabulous, but during the week it was limited. There was a cheap food place in between Ao Prao andLe Vimarn called Lima Coco, and was very very cheap, but the quality was poor. When moving around the island you options are limited, theirs taxis consist of a pick up truck where you have to sit in the back and the roads are bad so expect an extremely bumpy ride. There are other places to eat on the other side of island, we took taxi to venture out on the first day ans to get a feel of distance etc then walked thereafter. The walk is about 20-30mins. Overall this resort was good value for what we paid and staying here 7 days was not enough and we would definitely be back. The staff here are very friendly and cannot do enough for you, The restarant manager Payab and his team always treated us as 5 star guests and made our stay that extra special.

Had a trip for 5 days 4 nights in a Spa Villa to celebrate my friend's birthday, warmly welcome by the staff from the begining until departure. We spent most of our time at the Spa and their staff is extremely attentive and professional, also their little 'part time staff', beer the cat always welcoming us at the Spa reception. Frankly, all the staff members are very attentive with passion, they solves our problem promptly which make our stay without any hassle. Me and my friend had a dinner in 'O' and they had arranged a birthday cake which really surprised us. At this place, you could found a lots of little creature around you like lizards and snake. Sai Kaew beach also a good place to hang out for a drink or dinner, you may also enjoy the fire dance show there.

One shortfall was their reservation team is seems needs to improve on handling enquires, I had sent a email for confirm transportation arragement 8 days in advance but no respones until the arrival day. This trip we found overall experience is great and definetly will go back again.

We spent a weekend in the Vimarn with our two sons. It's a good alternative for those who want to escape the rush of Bangkok for a weekend. We took the taxiboat(2000 bath for the boat, prepare for a 'shower when it rains...) on fridayafternoon as we were too late for hotel shuttle-boat.
The weather was very bad, rough sea and rainy. The entrance lobby of the hotel is nice and well kept. Disappointment when receiving our rooms, 802 and 803. Very old and dark. Old wooden terrace, even blankets were old and in rough cotton. As we passed many modern cottages on our way to our rooms we were surprised to see ours. As it was raining very hard we didn't do more prospection (...) that evening and 'accept' this lodging. A very noisy airconditioning and another unpleasant story changed our opinion about this type of rooms and the next morning we went to reception to complain. We were very surpised when we were told that modern cottages were the same classification of ours. I must admit that I had no problems to obtain new rooms.Apparently reception is aware of this 'discrimination' in roomtype. The new obtained rooms were great. Compare it with a tuktuk and a limousine. What a difference. Honestly such a difference for the same price is not permitted. We spoiled one night of the two. So be aware when booking. Avoid 801,802, 803. The 6.. and 7.. are new rooms for sure. Mention the new cottages when booking.
Pizzas in the italian restaurant are excellent (wood oven). The Thai restaurant (Buzz) is also very good. Breakfast as far as choice of bread a bit poor. Where was the dark(er)bread ?
Price of wine is indeed, as I read in other reviews, very expensive.
As the rain on sunday was very heavy we had to take an open jeep to the harbour. Fortunately you get raincapes but ..... Shame on Koh Samet. On the road to the harbour we crossed dirty, very dirty villages where all the garbage seemed to be dumped. Depressing to look at. Is this a national reserve ??????
They need months to clean everything. Perhaps it's better in the direction of hotel Paradise, otherwise don't leave the hotel.....

We will go back for a short break but will avoid old rooms. If I understood well they intend to renew all of them after rainy season.

We drove about 2,5 hours from Bangkok. Of course try to avoid rush hour when leaving the city...