Reviews of recent stays	Comment on the hotel	The reservation service
Christian Malmin  2008-11-16	Ao Prao Resort, Koh Samet, Ao Prao Love the Ao Prao Resort as usual, and the new pool is a nice addition. The only thing I have to complain about is the band playing during dinner. I m sorry to say that this performance is of a quality below your average karaoke evening, and more of an annoyance than a pleasure. Although some of the worst out of tune singing and lack of knowledge of the lyrics make it somewhat funny, it s mostly painful. It is also too loud, making conversation during dinner hard. Due to this we chose to have dinner at neighbouring Le Vimarn resort instead.	Excellent as ever, they were able to turn around just a couple of days before our departure and book the family room for us, which was not available at the time of our original booking.
Marko Gerlach  2008-10-26	Ao Prao Resort, Koh Samet, Ao Prao The staff there was very nice and helpful. The beach was nice. BUT, with a 7 month old baby we had a room uphill what was not so convinient. Then they booked a family the room above us with 2 kinds they thought the room is a playground. Terrible sound all day long until late night. During breakfirst I got almost killed by the toaster because the cables were not isolated. All in all I have to say that I wont come back!	Booking service was very nice and easy.
Rolando Montecalvo  2008-09-07	Ao Prao Resort, Koh Samet, Ao Prao The beach is absolutely wonderful and the boat service organized by Samed Resorts group is excellent. The staff at Ao Prao Resort were very accomodating and helpful (switching us to a better room, for example). And they have just installed a great little horizon pool right by the beach. Food was also good. The only problem was the construction. I think other travellers should wait till it s finished (early Novemeber), because right now it s quite pervasive and disturbing. The resort is small, so the construction affects the entire property, regardless of what they say. There s construction equipment all over the place, construction workers everywhere, drilling noises well past 5 pm, etc. Many of the rooms and some common areas badly need renovation, so on the whole the construction is a good idea. It should be wonderful when they finish.	Very good throughout. But some communication about our bedding needs (we have two children in the room) was dropped, so we had to request a room change.
Tamaporn L.  2008-07-30 until 2008-08-01	Ao Prao Resort, Koh Samet, Ao Prao If you want to relax and recharge, Ao Prao Resort is one of the good choices. Good hotel facilities, nice service and delicious food.	Good service
David Gregory Whitehead  2008-07-15 until 2008-07-17	Ao Prao Resort, Koh Samet, Ao Prao Renovations to hotel were not intrusive - work was on west wing only and east wing was fine. Rooms great for Thai style resort. Weather average as onshore winds prevail at this time of year. Experievce very good except for watersports service offered by Jimmy s Tours - life threatening banana boat experience which terrified teenagers - very poor. Have stayed there many times before and always enjoy, however ocean did seem to have increased litter.	Very good and efficient.
Angela Roberts  2008-07-12 until 2008-07-15	Ao Prao Resort, Koh Samet, Ao Prao Really lovely resort, fantastic service and the staff are wonderful!! We stayed in a cottage right on the beach which was beautiful, however they are renovating some of the beachfront bungalows at the moment so there was some noise.	No problems at all.
Hans Oivind Aarstad  2008-06-21 until 2008-06-27	Ao Prao Resort, Koh Samet, Ao Prao Paradise on earth... No man noise, just the sound of the waves and the jungle musicโ€ฆ We arrived midnight by speed boat, carried on to shore, us and our luggage! Felt like Royals all our stay! Wonderful! Food a little expensive, but well made, taste and design. Lot of the lovely staff stayed waving at the beach when we leftโ€ฆ Shure weโ€™ll be back!!	Just great! Only one thing: very short time to make payment; just 24hrs.
Hans Oivind Aarstad  2008-06-21 until 2008-06-27	Ao Prao Resort, Koh Samet, Ao Prao Paradise on earth... No man noise, just the sound of the waves and the jungle musicโ€ฆ We arrived midnight by speed boat, carried on to shore, us and our luggage! Felt like Royals all our stay! Wonderful! Food a little expensive, but well made, taste and design. Lot of the lovely staff stayed waving at the beach when we leftโ€ฆ Shure weโ€™ll be back!!	Just great! Only one thing: very short time to make payment; just 24hrs.
Angela Blunt  2008-06-13 until 2008-06-15	Ao Prao Resort, Koh Samet, Ao Prao Hotel was great, staff lovely very helpful and the food was OK, not overpriced considering. The chalets are adorable and super clean, the pool was being built as I stayed but the beach is a 2 second stroll and the sea was fine to swim in, I would definitely recommend and stay there again. I do wish they would lose the band that played the same songs on Fri and Sat night, I actually had to eat elsewhere as the dodgy singing got a bit too much! I would also hire quad bikes and not scooters as the roads aren t the best..	Very good
John Sydney Challis  2008-05-30 until 2008-06-02	Ao Prao Resort, Koh Samet, Ao Prao We stayed in a beach front cottage. The room was a top notch Thai bungalow, clean and comfortable. Service was good, staff friendly, no complaints. Unfortunately, there was a severe problem with the water quality at the beach - it smelt so bad that the staff were wearing face covers and you could not swim in the polution. I hope it was an algae bloom and nothing more sinister. Would stay again if looking for a really quite holiday and a guarantee that the water on the beach was clean.	Good website, email confirmations give some level of comfort. No complaints.