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Reviews of Al's Laemson Resort

4.5 out of 5
Al's Laemson Resort
154/14-15 Moo 2, Chaweng Beach, Bo Phut, Koh Samui, Surat Thani

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 14 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 21 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 17 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 60 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Cool bungalow style rooms give extra sense of privacy. Staff was friendly and able to help with bike rental and taxi services. The room was clean overall however there were mosquitos and a couple other insects. The bathroom door did not close and the water pressure was inconsistent.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019
Response from SURASAK on 20 May,2019
Thank you so much for your feedback we will improve on your comment and hope to see you again

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from SURASAK H on 27 Apr,2019
Thank you for stay with us and Have agreat experience We hope to see you again

6/10 Okay

liesl

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from The Management on 10 Feb,2019
Dear Liesl, Thank you for your good review. We are delighted that you had enjoyed your stay with us and came away with lasting impressions. We look forward to your return visit soon. Kind regards, The Management

4/10 Poor

Kate, England

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Al Leamson Resort
We booked this hotel based on its location through Expedia. However, when we arrived it was not in the central part of Chaweng beach and at the furthest point away. It is located next door to Casa De Mar. The rooms are little huts and the air-con didn't work. The bathroom was also dark and dingy and the shower was outside but attached to the main bathroom through a door. If you do not like walking long distances or have difficulty walking up steps; this 'hotel' is not for you. After discussing our concerns with the manager about the location, he offered to move us to Al's resort which is located more centralily. However, we decided this place was not for us and only stayed one night. I cannot fault the manager who refunded us the other nights that we had booked to stay.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Michael, Cincinnati, Oh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Peace and quiet...
Love this place!! Nice and quiet bungalow setting. Beautiful beach access and the food was great.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

2/10 Terrible

Jeff, Ojai, Ca

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A work in progress
I was expecting a resort on the beach, but the walk to the unappealing dirty beach took a few minutes. The new bungalow style rooms are like fishbowls and the entire property is a work in progress. The staff was very cordial, friendly and helpful. They quickly offered a room at their sister hotel in central Chaweng Beach Al's Resort.

6/10 Okay

tanye, aus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Pleasant stay
It was overall an okay (3.5star) experience. Just a few issues in regards to water pressure and termites. We didn't notice the termites until the next day, as they were hiding behind the tissue box in the toilet.

8/10 Good

Jaylene, South Africa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Resort with own beach
The resort has a very nice layout of rooms, pool area and breakfast area overlooking it's own 'private' beach with lounges and umbrellas. It's modern, neat and clean. The staff are friendly and helpful. Excellent breakfast buffet. The WiFi did not work from the rooms or the pool area from our mobiles, but we were able to connect with iPad and there is a PC available to use to connect to internet. I highly recommend the resort for it's service, rooms and breakfast, the only setback is the location. It is not located on the main Chaweng beach; however they provide a free shuttle service at allocated times during the day to and from the centre of the city where all the restaurants/markets/shops/nightlife and main Chaweng beach are. It is not in walking distance from the city centre but it is a short drive. There are some local restaurants, laundry service etc. close by. Also a hospital which I visited everyday to clean wounds from a scooter accident. There is a bar at the pool-side, so you can order whilst in the swimming pool - it is very nice but expensive.

8/10 Good

LeeLee, Liverpool

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good hotel, shame about the location
The hotel was lovely, the hills to the rooms not so much. The hotel is about a 20 minute walk from the centre or a 5 minute taxi ride, costing THB50 per person (£1). The hotel has lovely facilities, big rooms, and a lovely pool and restaurant. This hotel is ideal if you want to get away from everything and chill out for a few days, however I would not stay here again, just as we where unable to walk into the centre as much as we would have liked, it had to be planned.

8/10 Good

pki23, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and comfortable
Clean and comfortable hotel with great service. Slightly further away from the main street than expected, but free shuttle service is handy as is hiring a motorbike/scooter from Reception. Pool and pool bar is fantastic and a great way to watch the hours go by. Private beach access although the beach isn't as nice for swimming as in main Chaweng.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

6/10 Okay

Mike, New York, NY

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Not too bad for the price
Overall, not too bad for the price. Front desk staff was not super friendly. I don't think anyone ever smiled at me or thanked me for staying there. Many rooms under construction currently. Room was clean and simple. Pool is nice. This section of the beach is not so great though...

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great holiday - thanx hotels. com
it was truly a good experience.just one issue was that.. the special arrangements which we wanted from the hotel during our stay .. were not provided.. neither was there a mention of the same to the hotels.other wise it was good

6/10 Okay

Daron, Thailand

Liked: Staff & service
Nice hotel, good location, good price.
Nice hotel. We had a double bungalow which was nice. The staff were really friendly and happy to help with any of our queries. Location is good if your looking for something quiet and away from the busy Chaweng strip. The hotel is on a beach, but not the main Chaweng strip.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice, quiet hotel away from the main areas
I liked this hotel, great rooms and comfortable setting. I was not happy that it was far away from Chaweng Beach at the very end of the beach. Long walk to the main areas and there was a very small beach. The hotel was nice, but the staff was okay. They didn't have their stories straight about the amenities, so I wasn't sure what was allowed at certain times. Also, the van was nice transportation, but it was frustrating to relay on the long time periods. Also, they were waiting at my door at 11am check out time. This was very frustrating.

10/10 Excellent

jan, Lincolnshire, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
spacious laid out resort
The complex is very nice and spacious laid out, one of the best in the area we thought. its about 20min walk to the main strip. much nicer to walk along the beach than the road. you can cut through the cabana resort at the bottom of the road. The hotel do have a free bus and taxi was £5. The pool area and beach were very good and the food in the restaurant was good. although you could get better in restaurants along the beach. The resort is very much like Spain 35 years ago. a bit behind with health and safety regs, holes in roads and paths, bad drainage ect. on the hole we have a lovely holiday. the staff were very friendly and helpful. would recommend staying here.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
amazing staff
The staff was EXCELLENT! I woke up in the middle of the night with severe food poisoning and the manager drove me to the hospital. On my second night in the hospital the hotel sent me flowers. I don't think you can find this type of service anywhere else. Thank you!

8/10 Good

Funky Gibbons

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
A Good Hotel
This resort is very close to the airport, about 15 minutes. The hotel is situated at the top end of Chaweng Beach down a little side street with a elevated sign bearing the hotel name. There are 79 standalone bungalows which are nice. The rooms are bright, spacious and clean. The bathroom was nicely renovated and also included an outdoors shower if you want to embrace nature. There is also an indoor bath/shower in case you don't like the outside one. Overall, the room itself was good. We got a nice welcome when we arrived, staff very helpful. we did arrive in the low season so the place was very quiet. Our only criticism is that even though we were far from the nightclubs we could hear the music all night from midnight until 6.00 am which meant we could not sleep.

8/10 Good

Glenn, Australia - QLD - Sunshine Coast

Liked: Cleanliness
Facilities: Everyday, Pool great wifi terrible; Value: Economical; Service: Sufficient; No taxis to town from hotel, short uphill walk to get one, easy enough

2/10 Terrible

Ambrozja, Hong Kong

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Al's- POOR- Laemson
Hotel seemed to be nice place for relax, and it was for few hours. Hotel management is not helpful, I had bad experience with jet ski at the hotel's beach, hotel manager ignore me request for help. Later on I discovered the hotel's/ room's accessories like doors, fridge etc is old, and easily can be damaged by normal touch. The worst experience there was the food. It was my first day of staying in Koh Samui, and food was under any standrad, served cold instead of hot, tasteless. Pool bar drinks were supposed to be with alcohol, but you can barely taste any. Do not recommend to anyone.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute huts, bad location and amenities
Really liked the room, beautiful pool with poolside bar, direct access to a quiet beach and free use of kayaks but that's about it. We spent 6 days here and it rained heavily for 2, the lady in the spa hadn't a word of English and there is no bar to go to pass some time, and the hotel is quite far from any other bar/restaurant/spa/shopping. We hired a moped for our entire stay which was quiet expensive over 6 days but it was absolutely necessary as it is a 20minute walk to the heart of chaweng! Breakfast was just ok, the small restaurant food wasn't great either and overly priced with a 10% service charge. Laundry was unbelievably expensive too! U had to buy an internet card to use the wifi and it was only available at reception, a real let down as even the most basic hotel we stayed in anywhere else in Thailand provided it in the room for free! Wouldn't stay here again, and wouldn't recommend it

8/10 Good

Luke, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
cheap, nice and clean
Great location just north of the busy part of chaweng. quiet at night so you can sleep in peace but only a ten minute walk along the beach to all the bars and shopping. only problem was the A/C in our room was knackered and we were sweating loads but they did offer to shift us.

8/10 Good

Ankit, Australia - NSW - Sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Facilities: Good, Nice , Above average; Value: Affordable; Service: Professional, Respectful, Courteous; Cleanliness: Delightful;

10/10 Excellent

Anonymous

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Al's Laemson
Fantastic. Sure there are other nicer 5 star hotels and resorts that cost 400 more dollars a night, but the location of this place is probably better. Every picture that you see online [...] on their website is exactly what it is in real life. There's no false advertising!Just don't be foolish enough to stay at the beach behind the hotel. Go to the one across. It's far more beautiful.

8/10 Good

javier, buenos aires

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great hotel with great pirce
perfect for medium bufget travelers

8/10 Good

Kristian

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Sommerferie på Koh Samui
Da vi kom fra en længere rejse med mange oplevelser, var det vi søgte afslapning og godt vejr (strand). Alt dette kunne vi finde på Koh Samui og valgte her Al's Laemson Resort. Alt i alt er det et fint sted og personalet er flinke og hjælpsomme. Dog da vi nu boede der i 14 dage, måtte man gerne tjekke om der feks. Trængte til at blive skiftet sengetøj og håndklæder. Derudover er det forventeligt at beskidt service efter roomservice m.m. fjernes dagen efter under rengøring, hvilket det ikke blev før nogle dage senere. Ligeledes ville det være god stil, at når man ellers tilbyder en fin service som gratis shuttlebus til midtbyen/søsterhotellet, at man så overholder tiderne og ikke kører 10 minutter før anført. det kunne også være dejligt hvis der var en morgen-afgang. Ellers er det nu dejligt roligt og en afslappet atmosfære. Resturanen er god og selv om den ikke er meget besøgt, de aftener vi var der, så var maden rigtig god og høj kvalitet. Husk dog myggespray til om aftenen.
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2019
Response from SURASAK on 9 Aug,2019
Dear Value Guest Thank you for your good comments and sharing your recent stay experience. We are delighted that you had enjoyed your stay with us and came away with lasting impressions. We look forward to your return visit soon. We have now make some adjustments and improvement that especially the ones that you have mention. We hope that there is still a chance that you can visit us in some way that we can show the improvement we had. Kind regards, The Management

10/10 Excellent

Kim Andre

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fint hotell
Er første gangen eg har vært på et sånt hotel med så god service og et så hygelig personel som jobb er der,ensete som kunne ha vært litt bedre er utvalget på frokosten
Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2019
Response from SURASAK on 15 Jul,2019
Thank you for your good comments. We are delighted that you had enjoyed your stay with us and came away with lasting impressions. We look forward to your return visit soon. Kind regards, The Management

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Flott
Veldig fint hotell, med en flott beliggenhet nær chaweng beach. 2 minutter gange langs stranden så er man på koselige strandrestauranter og barer. Bodde i en familie-villa rett ved bassenget, som absolutt kan anbefales. Frokosten var noe begrenset, men god. Anbefaler dette hotellet
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Kae on 29 Jan,2019
Dear Flott Thank you for your good comments. We are delighted that you had enjoyed your stay with us and came away with lasting impressions. We look forward to your return visit soon. Kind regards, The Management"

6/10 Okay

borgini, italia

Non è possibile fate il bagno perchè ci sono le barche
Stayed 13 nights in Aug 2018

2/10 Terrible

birrou, koh samui

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
déçu
très déçu l'emplacement sur la carte n'a rien à voir avec la réalité alors qu'on a choisi l'hôtel par rapport à l'emplacement!!! la qualité laisse à désirer hôtel très mal entretenu. arrivée dans une chambre très sale et pas faite. petit déjeuner sans hygiène et pas trop de choix. Merci hôtels.com!!!
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 18 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Marius

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beoordeling 8
Super Fijne resort en iedereen die daar werken zijn echt heel vriendelijk. We komen zeker terug.

4/10 Poor

Frank, Smørum

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
DÅRLIGT OMRÅDE
Der var en meget dårlig strand, da man ikke kunne bade pga. fiskebåde der lå der. Langt til byen (Centrum)

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Leider kein WLAN im Zimmer, dieses war auch sehr schmutzig. Leider wurde ich sehr krank, der Fahrer hat mich zwar ins Spital gefahren aber abholen wollte mich niemand mehr. Sehr schlechter service (ich konnte nicht alleine zurücklaufen und das Spital war nur 4-5 Minuten entfernt mit dem Auto) Sehr schöner Pool.

8/10 Good

Jean

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Location failure
This is a "resort" of individual bungalows spread over a rather big area. We got one quite close to both the beach, restaurant and the swimmingpool but you might not be so lucky. The pool was ok but small so if the resort is even half full, you would need to fight for a sunchair or a drop of water in the pool. The resort is situated on a beach that are both shallow and houses a number of local fishing boats. The sand and the area are rough and not very nice. If you walk 150-200 meters in any direction, you have access to much better beaches, but they are all private and facilities like parasols, beach chairs etc are reserved the respective hotels guests. It is quite far from the resort to Chaweng centre. The hotel staff were friendly enough - some extremely friendly. To the point that you felt they tried to oversell the place. Breakfast was under par but they did serve good dinners, both thai dishes and one of the better burgers I've had in Thailand! They also had canoes for free disposal, so you could get out on the water and discover the local area on your own. If the beach would've been ok, it could have had potential. Although we loved our stay in Koh Samui, we would not return to this resort again.

10/10 Excellent

Ole, Hillerød

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
God betjening og fine forhold.
Fine bungalows med gode senge. God og dejlig morgenmad serveret ved/på stranden. Fin og god pool med bar. Fin strand men dårlige badeforhold - lavt vand, man skal gå 5 - 10 min op af stranden for at finde dybt vand til at svømme i. Meget venlige og hjælpsomt personale.

6/10 Okay

HAIM, כפר סבא

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
טובה לזוגות שמחפשים פרטיות
מלון נחמד ושקט אבל הדרך למרכז קצת רחוקה למרות שברגע שיוצאים לכביש הראשי יש אפשרות לקחת מונית למרכז צאוונג

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service

6/10 Okay

DD, HK

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good swimming pool, near beach, location is good.
The shower does not work and no body soap in one of the bath room. Staff are polite and helpful

10/10 Excellent

Anne Katrine, Danmark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Flot sted
Flot sted, ikke langt fra den lækre chaweng strand (ca 10 min på gåben)

6/10 Okay

A

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

6/10 Okay

jk

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Dålig service sur personal allt på frukosten va slut hela tiden

8/10 Good

USM, JPN

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
惜しい！宿泊したコテージの位置は抜群でした
●コテージ…プールサイドの430、431、308の部屋番号は位置が最高です。ベッドからプール越しに海が見えます！！ファミリータイプは、広くさ満足。２ベッド２バスは満足。更にそれぞれのバスの外側にオープンエアのシャワー付き。もちろん、外からは見えません。１つのベッドルームはキングサイズのベッド、もう片方はシングルベッド２つ。値段の割に十分。文句はなしです。ただ、ドアの立てつけが悪く、新しいのにもったいないです。朝食は普通です。●ロケーション…確かにチャウエン中心地までは歩くのは大変ですが、いい散歩ですかね。普通は行きはソウテウ、帰りはタクシー使用していました。●

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Besser als erwartet
Nette kleine Bungalows mit Terasse. Pool mit Poolbar hat tollen ausblick. Gratis Busse bringen dich direkt im die Einkaufsstraße von Chaweng. Gerne wieder.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

8/10 Good

Sebastian, Stockholm

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everyone that work on this hotel are so kind and caring. Help u with everything u need. Especially the young lady with braces at the front desk :) But unfortunately the location of the hotel is really bad. Its far away (30-40 min walk) from downtown. And the beach is really not the best. This hotel is NOT located at the big Chaweng beach. Its a small beach where the water is not very clear and the neighbours to the hotel have a lot of garbage, old boats and so on on their part of the beach. The rooms are excellent, they are big, clean and very fresh and comfortable. Only the outdoor shower is not so good, its seems like they never cleaning it. But u can shower inside too, in the bathtube.There are free shuttle bus to downtown and walking street sometimes every day too. So if u not have problem about stay away from the big beach and far away from the shops and bars this place is very good.