"My first time to Samui. Had no idea where to stay, how much to spend, no recommendations. I booked purely on hotels.com and star ratings, in conjunction with price. We did splurge for a private cabin which if I recall wasn’t all that much more per night and was totally worth it. This hotel was really nice. The room was big and private entrance with porch and well equipped with great AC, big shower AND tub, king size bed, full size couch, and a chair. If you want 5 star it’s not. But a solid 4. The service from front desk to servers to cleaners were typical southeast Asian great hospitality. Room was 30 feet from the beach. The pool and outdoor bar and restaurant was 50 feet past that. We ate at the restaurant for dinner on the beach twice. They do really great fresh seafood. You can do Thai style or many other foreign choices. Great service on the beach. And all prices were very reasonable. For 2 of us eating dinner twice, breakfast once (albeit may have been included), and all sort of drinks on the beach for 4 days our total food and beverage bill was only about $200. The hotel is right in town. But it’s set back against the beach so you’ll never hear noise. But in 5 minutes walk you have many choices of restaurants, bars, and shopping. Oh, and 2 doors down the beach you can rent a jet ski for a very reasonable price. For 2 of us (1 ski) it was $80 for 40 min. And no hours of paperwork needed!"