Is Smile Bungalows pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Smile Bungalows?

This property doesn't offer parking.

What time is check-in at Smile Bungalows?

Check-in start time: 7:30 AM; check-in end time: midnight.

Where is Smile Bungalows located?

Nestled on the beach, this Ko Pha-ngan hotel is steps from Bottle Beach and 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Haad Khom Beach. Thong Nai Pan Yai Beach and Thong Nai Pan Noi Beach are also within 6 miles (10 km).

Smile Bungalows Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

8/10 Good

Malva

4 Jan, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stannade här i 5 nätter. Otrolig plats men långt ifrån allt annat. Tog över en timma att ta sig dit från piren. Otroligt dålig väg den sista biten. Vi var där under regnoväder så stranden var inget vidare. Men under bra väderförhållanden är det magiskt. Mysiga bungalows precis vid stranden och en mysig restaurang med trevlig personal. Fanns ej kylskåp på rummet.

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Hannes

18 Mar, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

David

26 Feb, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Lars

29 Dec, 2023

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Der Weg zur Unterkunft ist auf jeden Fall abenteuerlich. Wenn man denkt es kommt nichts mehr, dann muss man dem Schotterweg noch 4km folgen und ist plötzlich da. Die Unterkunft liegt schön direkt am Meer und man schläft mit Wellenrauschen ein. Sehr weit ab vom Schuss. Es ist ein einfaches Bungalow ohne warmes Wasser. Die Mitarbeiter sind freundlich und in den Resorts nebenan kann auch abends Billiard gespielt werden. Hier wird am Strand wird sehr viel Müll abgespült, darüber waren wir etwas überrascht.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Ron

22 Feb, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Smile Bungalows

This is a very nice place to stay if you are on a budget. This is the best beach on Koh Phangan and they are right on it! No hot water for your shower, and no AC in the rooms but plenty of fans to keep you cool at night. Food is decent and the prices are good. Do yourself a favor and go!

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

14 Feb, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The staff are amazing. The bungalows are clean and well kept. The food is delicious. The beat place I have stayed on Koh phangan

Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

1 Feb, 2020

Bottle Beach is still a beautiful place and Smile bungalows is my favorite - but nowadays the travellers vibe is gone and instead there are families, with heaps of (young) children (and with the crying, screaming and temper tantrums along). We arranged a pick-up in Thongsala - nobody came.. The standard room (on Expedia it says 23m2 - same size as a family room) is barely bigger than an economy bungalow (15-18m2). In the end they gave us a family hut - which had two double beds (we don't need that)

Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

14 Jan, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

4 Nov, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Vincent

26 Aug, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Petit village de bungalows niché dans la forêt, qui donne directement sur sur une vaste plage, à la fois tranquille et magnifique. Pour avoir comparé les différentes plages du nord et du nord-ouest de Ko Phangan, c'est vraiment la plus belle et la plus agréable, même si elle est peu connue. Elle est un peu à l'écart mais il est facile de joindre les autres en bateau (pour les amateurs de snorkelling : faire un tour à la presqu'ile de Ko Ma, à 20-25 minute en long tail boat, c'est absolument fabuleux). En plus, le staff du restaurant est adorable et la cuisine excellente et peu chère. Une destination idéale pour des vacances familiales tranquilles et en contact avec la nature, loin du béton et du bruit du sud de l'île.

Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mélanie

9 Mar, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Just awesome, the beach, the hotel, the staff... I suggest to buy big 5lt bottles of water before going as they don't sell any, just 1.5lt. Ask for the pick-up directly at the pier, it's cheaper and faster than by boat.

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

1 Mar, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness

Bottle Beach is amazing. Unfortunately Smile Bungalows wasn't. It wasn't expensive, granted. But there are just a few things that could be improved and they could ask for $5 more per night and it still would be fine. Like the internet or re-occuring power cuts (which are really no fun when you only have a fan cooling you). The main reception guy was often very unfriendly. They kicked me out of my room at 10.30, although check-out was at 12, saying new guests are there... SO? Food was nice though and they took good care of the area. All other staff was nice, too.

Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

John

11 Jan, 2019

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not for us

We had a superior bungalow which was actually up quite a few steps up a steep hill and the bathroom was downstairs which was a challenge in the night. First night we come back there was a rat in the room, we chased it to the bathroom and it boldly lifted the shower drain and went inside. There were droppings everywhere which we stood in. Reported this next day and they said they would solve and clean the room, when we got back there was more droppings so we moved to a cheaper bungalow as that is all they had. In there were more droppings and what appeared to be a half eaten cockroach on the bed. As we were leaving the next day we were very happy to leave. Bottle beach is quiet if that's your thing but everything closes really early. Staff were friendly and helpful.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

24 Dec, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Leider schwer zu erreichen und schwer weg zu kommen...um 2-3 Tage in Abgeschiedenheit zu verbringen ist es traumhaft, aber mit dem Roller die Insel zu erobern ist von diesem Platz nahezu unmöglich ....nehmt genügend gewechseltes Geld mit und Zigaretten, beides ist dort schwer zu bekommen...der Strand ist traumhaft

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Haruna

1 Sept, 2018

大満足。

ロケーション良いバンガローでお値段以上だと思います。海もとても綺麗でシュノーケルには最高です。水シャワーなので早めの時間に浴びるのをオススメします。

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Pierre

23 Feb, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Magique !

Merveilleux ! Bungalows pied dans l’eau! Vue magique ! Jardin superbement entretenu ! Équipe super accueillante ! Notre 2eme passage

6/10 Okay

William , Sydney

6 Feb, 2018

Disliked: Staff & service

Nice hotel on the beach

Nice hotel on the beach, great views. Beautiful clear water.

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Michael

17 Aug, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Christian und T, Schweiz

16 Aug, 2017

Paradiesische Lage, direkt am Strand!

Waren 7 Nächte im Smile B. Top Lage in natürlicher Umgebung. Ein guter Platz zum relaxen. Tolle hilfsbereiter Staff aus Mianmar. Food Qualität ok, aber etwas überrissene Preise! Bungalowanlage/Restaurant teilweise schmuddelige Kissen und Hängematten. Dem Abfall um die Anlage wird nicht viel Bedeutung geschenkt. (Überall in Thailand, sonder hinter das Hotel geworfen..) Komme aber immer wieder gerne...

Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

davidredstone, Sydney

1 Apr, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Beautiful secluded beach. Very basic bungalow

Haad Khuad (Bottle Beach) is beautiful and unspoiled, and can be reached by longboat (beautiful journey) or 4WD through the jungle. You must at least visit for a day. As for smile, the staff are lovely and the food is decent in taste, presentation, and price. The bungalows are really cute but are very basic. In the 'economic' one, the shower is pretty much over the toilet, with little room. There's a fan, not AC. The power sockets have been pushed in, so charge your gear in the beachfront cafe/bar/restaurant. What I'm saying is if you can rough it a little, you'll love this place. The snorkelling was okay on the east/right side of the beach. Some coral, some colourful fish. Visibility was not great. There's no sunset here, because it faces north, but the clouds still go orange. Anyway, do visit this very petty beach!

8/10 Good

Sarah

19 Feb, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely Remote beach

A great place to escape if you want a break with basic amenities. A true paradise type get-away with lots of people to chat too on their travels. The location is beautiful and relatively quiet, with very basic accommodation. It took an hour by 4x4 to reach the resort by road and very steep dirt tracks. Which I think adds to the experience.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

29 Dec, 2016

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Schlechtester Service in 4 Monaten Weltreise.

Das Personal war sehr unfreundlich und unkoordiniert. Das Essen brauchte teilweise über eine Stunde oder würde auch mal ganz vergessen, dafür wurde sich nicht einmal entschuldigt. Der Mülleimer mit den Sanitätertüchern wurde erst nach drei maligner Bitte entleert und Toilettenpapier müsste man sich jedes mal aus dem Restaurant holen. Die Matratze war so hart, dass man nach dem ersten Tag schon Rückenschmerzen hatte und die Hängematte war verschümmelt und roch unerträglich. Alles in allem überhaupt nicht weiter zu empfehlen und besonderes nicht um zu entspannen.

10/10 Excellent

Lara

16 Sept, 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Smile Bungalow Sep. 2016

Pure Entspannung! Tolles Personal, toller Strand, viel Ruhe.

10/10 Excellent

J, K

21 Jul, 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Solid bungalow close to a beautiful beach

Quite secluded from the rest of the island, the bungalows sit at a beautiful beach. Staff is friendly and will go out of their way to help you. The barbecue is killer. Recommended.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

27 Aug, 2015

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

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