Hotel advice for Patong Beach in Thailand

[Happy82]

My sister is meeting her partner in Thailand (Patong beach) in a couple of months and is unsure of what hotel to go for. You guys have any tips?

Cheers!

[audidoody]

I'd rather eat my eyeballs than stay at Patong Beach. But if you must there is a Holiday Inn in the centre.

[anonymous-user]

Coconut Village, for a good price near the beach with a pool, Holiday Inn is awfull full af fat Germans and kids, Sand Hotel in Soi Bangle for Girls, Alo Ha Villa is cheap and clean if you don't want apool, Yorkshire in is cheap and clean B and B, PP Bunglows are cheap and clean as ar ist Bungalows, but both a bit of a walk into Patong center.
Don't listen to people about Patong it can be what ever you want, I've had great holidays there with my twins when they were 6, Bike weekends with the boys, and a great weekend with my son, drinking a few weeks before I had heart surgury.
Most of the hotels are clean and have small pools, I normally drive up and book on arrival you get a good price that way, If you fly in get the taxi driver to drop ypou off and walk around, there is a German Hotel on the beach side of the second street 150 metres North of Soi Bangle that is great, good pool resturant and lots of tres in the grounds, cant remeber the name at the moment.

[Happy82]

Thanks, I will forward the suggestions on to her! Their friends are getting married there which unfortunately limits them to that area as they do not want to be too far from the location.

[Nobby Diesel]

No idea of the budget, but take a look at Le Meridien, about 6 or 7 minutes from Patong, toward Kata and Karon. It's a lovely hotel, in a private, sheltered bay.
Absolutely no hassle from beach sellers and an easy trip into the centre of Patong.

Patong has an awful lot to offer. It also offers the very worst features of Thailand.
Depends on what you're after. For me, I wouldn't bother travelling half way around the world to spend my time in a resort that is the same as many a resort in Spain.

[audidoody]

Much of the sh+t hole that was Patong was laid waste in the 2004 Tsunami

Fortunately they rebuilt it in the style of the previous sh*t hole (I love the smell of open drains in the morning)

[RSoovy4]

Happy82 said:

You guys have any tips?

Double bag it, and don't drink the water.

[RSoovy4]

Happy82 said:

You guys have any tips?

Double bag it, and don't drink the water.

[Happy82]

RSoovy4 said:

Happy82 said:

You guys have any tips?

Double bag it, and don't drink the water.

I believe my sister has a vagina so should be ok

Thanks for all the advice have no idea why the wedding is there, but they are Aussies so probably wanted to watch games of ping pong

[anonymous-user]

As I said Patong is what you want, if you want to go to doggy bars with lady boys it the place, but if you want a family hokiday you can and no one will bother you, when my kids were young they loved Niki's Handle Bar, they thought it was real hard hell's angel place and their Mum hated them going there, in fact it full of rich expats who ride on the weekend and the kids played pool all night, with a mate who was a lawyer in Bankok, or you can book days away to do anything from Bungi junping, rock climbing to bird watching, if you want to walk up Soi bangle and then complain about it then stay away.
I'll check the name of the German place over the weekend and post it up for you. the internatinal places are ok, I am in Le Meridian in Kota Kinablu at the moment it is OK, but you can get better value for your money if you go local, of course some people like it, but I just had a go with the Manager about kids running round the resturant, not for me with my money I'd rather a privetly owned place.