Koh Mook Sivalai Beach Resort

Friendly and helpful staff. COmfortable beach front villa. Just came back and i enjoyed staying there so much. Though the weather didnt permit us to go visiting the Enerald cave and had to stay all day and had our lunch and dinner at the resort. We found out that food was so good. Every dish we ordered was delicious. The massage at the spa was great too.

Very nice resort at a fine white sand beach. Nice setting with palms. Bungalows had better days but pretty cool to open the windows and be 2 steps from the beach. Lovely staff, breakfast was good and plentiful. However, despite the good service and location, there's a CONSTANT NOISE from longtail boat from dusk till dawn (even in the middle of the night which woke us up many times). Forget about sleeping in your bed or chilling on your sunbeds while listening to the sound of waves as you'll be met by constant rumbling of exhaustless boats/black smoke/smell. Same during breakfast, it's non-stop. It's a nightmare and ruins everything. Honestly, I read some comments about that and didn't think I would be such a hassle. It is. It's not the fault of the resort (even tho some boats are unloading people directly on the beach) but it's really something to take into consideration. Staff should pass at the beach and collect the rubbish left by the tides (I even found a used oil filter still dripping old oil stucked in the sand at low tide). This beach is okay but in general Koh Muk is pretty filthy/dirty with plastic everywhere. Next time I'll probably stay at Koh Kradan or Koh Ngai.

The island of Koh Mook is a real tiny community, with no cars on the streets and is filled with lovely locals. This was our 2 of 3 hotels in our Thai holiday itinerary and was by far the worst. The location is on the beach although many rooms do not have a beachfront location, which is a shame. The room was more like a shack. It didn't have windows in the bathrooms, just mesh, the fixtures and fittings were broken and poor quality and it was generally very run down. The electric shower was just plain poor. Even the 'refurbished' room we were offered had been repainted and had windows fitted but wasn't worth the effort to move. This was the first hotel with a mosquito net over the bed which was because of how exposed the room is. Thank god it's right next to the sea (which isn't swimmable at high tides as it's on a peninsular) as the pools are knackered. Tiles are cracked and broken and a trip hazard. The pools are dirty and in poor condition. The spa was nice, though again, for the price it was no better than any other spa or massage elsewhere on the island. Thai hospitality is wonderful, friendly and excellent value, but not at this hotel. During meals, staff disappear or congregate on their phones. At times you have to go find a waiter to get a drink or to order, for example. The food was around 3x or 4x more expensive than the village, which provided a friendlier and better experience every time. Even if you have breakfast included, get out of the hotel as there are some brilliant places within a very short walking distance. This is in stark contrast to the other places we stayed in Thailand where you were served well and they made good revenue and tips from us because it was such a nice experience. Access to the hotel is through a working school, and it's so lovely to be amongst locals and see the local community. However, the school gate gets locked during school hours and you have to clamber over ditches, rocks and walls to get into the village, which isn't very safe at all and was pretty perilous in the dark. There are better places to stay on the island and much better places to stay elsewhere in Thailand, and who'll deserve your custom much more. I have to say that the hotel staff weren't especially kind or helpful and this cascaded through every level of the hotel.