Sala Talay Resort & Spa

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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sayed here for 3 days and found it the best hotel in aonang, at first thought it was not near aonang beach but no trouble just a short walk , the 2nd floor rooms are delightful and it still has that secluded feel with all top amenities

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got too many e,mails for one booking should be more simple

Date: 4th May, 2012
Written by: Terence Hodson

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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We had à really good stay! Thank you ;)

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Easy

Date: 31st January, 2012
Written by: Setareh Assadian

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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Hotel needs refreshing, looking rather old and out dated

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no issues

Date: 8th November, 2011
Written by: Michael Cogger

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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i wish i can stay for many days more... such a great resort to be in... love it to the max.

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fast and easy to book. no hassle.

Date: 3rd October, 2011
Written by: Toh Tiong Hai Daniel

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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Location pretty near Aonang shopping but if u r lazy to walk, a tuk tuk is always nearby for just 60 baht per lift. We were there on low season for 3 nights on 22/9/11. Enjoy the stay thoroughly. Shower is good, bed is good, aircon is good. Room very well cleaned by keepers, they even fold 3 elephants out of our bath towels n placed it on our bed that looked so cute, we loved it very much, I regretted not giving the housekeepers some tips as appreciation for their warm service. All the staff are very friendly. Room access is fantastic! Will return to Sala Talay but hope that the hotel will continue to upkeep and maintain it's glamour as I know that it is pretty new at the moment

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Very good and efficient. Best price after comparison. Will not hesitate to book thru siamwebhosting again on my next trip to Thailand

Date: 30th September, 2011
Written by: Tian Cher Bian

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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Very clean and friendly hotel well worth the price I paid but traffic wise a bit scary we had an accident on the tuktuk and on the way to phang nga there was also a few road accident so remember to put seat belt and better take taxi if possible or walk along the beach overall this is a nice hotel can come back again will recommend to those going to krabi aonang beach

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Date: 28th September, 2011
Written by: Tian Cher Bian

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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we traveled with 2 babies. Pool was so nice. Hotel staff are very kind and we really had good time there. Good location, not far from aonang road which was very convenience.

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fast...good

Date: 25th September, 2011
Written by: Oh Minsun

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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Lovely pool, good food for room service. Limited breakfast but nice dining area, open concept hotel. Love the pool. Beach is not great but the island hopping is amazing

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Great service

Date: 21st September, 2011
Written by: Navpreet Sidhu

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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We stayed 3 nights at pool access room and 1 night at penthouse suite. We really love jumping into the pool everyday and we love their pool bar!! Penthouse suite is spacious. The water in the private pool was too cold to dip in coz it's shaded. The balcony is great for sun bathing as the area is open to the sky. It has a partial ocean view. Ms Yanisa speaks good fluent English. She answered all my touristy questions with no problem. Most of the staff are warm and friendly, except for one who seem to man the green towels, I haven't seen him with a smile in my 5 days stay. Ao nang centre is about 15mins walk for us. We pass by several other resorts and we find that sala talay is the best one to stay in. We love the modern design of the rooms (it would be perfect if the pool access rooms were bigger.) we could tell that the hotel is pretty popular coz new guests appear right after the previous ones check out. It was nice that the hotel is adequately packed (not overcrowded.) other hotels seem like a dead town. We had a really enjoyable and memorable stay. My friend said she will check out sala talay for her next trip. ;)

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The entire booking and payment was a smooth and fast.

Date: 22nd August, 2011
Written by: Lee Chin Ling

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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good location. Unforgetable sunset at the beach just opposite to the hotel.

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Date: 25th July, 2011
Written by: Wong Kwok Chung

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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Great location, nice pool and room set-up.Restaurant and bar could use an improved menu selection.Good value for the price. Would stay again when in Krabi.

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Always good, never a problem

Date: 24th July, 2011
Written by: Richard R Wells

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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I was there for one week. I had a great time. The swimmingpool is fantastic. I can recommend the rooms that have access to the pool. It is worth it. The only thing what could be better is that most employees and service stuff speaks very bad english. I think the management of the hotel should sponsor english lessons for their hotel stuff.

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Date: 21st May, 2011
Written by: Roland Vanoni

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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Fantastic pool based resort. In a great location 10 mins walk to the main area of Ao Nang. We would definitely stay here again and would certainly recommend a pool access room.

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Great service. Always use SiamWebHosting in Thailand!

Date: 2nd May, 2011
Written by: Ben Marshalsay

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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Very good hotel, the beach near the hotel is not so good.

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good

Date: 25th April, 2011
Written by: Kurt Olsen

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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Sala Talay is a first class hotel where you feel completely at home. Rooms are well set out and the pool access is terrific and a real bonus to have. Staff are friendly and very competent. we felt truly pampered and spent many hours relaxing on the deck taking in the beautiful scenery. Would definitely recommend.

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Date: 24th June, 2010
Written by: Coralene Gaye Stead

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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A beautiful hotel with wonderful, friendly,helpful staff. We had a poolside room which was great. Couldn't find fault and would strongly recommend Sala Talay to anyone.

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As efficient as usual.

Date: 28th April, 2010
Written by: Julie Eaton

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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2 weeks of joy and happiness, great hotel and staff. Great pool and restaurant and tour guide. we had Sea view Grand deluxe great room and balcony but if we have to find anything not good it would be lack of storage space and light over the mirror.. but that is only if we are looking for something. Its one of the best places that we have stayed and we will surely come back to this Hotel again.

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great no problems

Date: 4th November, 2009
Written by: Richard Steiness

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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We had pool access rooms , and it was amazing, but remember that Ao nang is a very green and tropical terrain so if you dont keep the aircon on , you may get geckos in your room ! the best hotel we ever stayed in .

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Date: 3rd November, 2009
Written by: Allan Steiness

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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Reception and check-in smooth and friendly. Room clean and spacious. Seaview only when leaning out of the balcony and looking around the corner. Hotel is a bit over designed with cold naked cement walls. Breakfast is good. Restaurant service needs improvement. First evening they forgot our order and we left hungry after waiting 40 min. Not enough tables prepared during breakfast busy hour. Had to sit at naked table in the outside area and could not catch attention. Staff did not take care of arriving guests searching for a table. Beach is close, just across the beach road. Would come again, if no alternative available.

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Good as always.

Date: 29th October, 2009
Written by: Stefan P.

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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A good Resort. Quiet and beautiful swimming pool. The room is very good. But its location is not very convinient.Need to walk 10 mins to the center of Ao Nang.

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good

Date: 15th September, 2009
Written by: Xue Feifei

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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A really nice place to stay for a short break. The position of the hotel is excellent with beach and the rooms were a good size with balcony and modern bathroom. Breakfast was good yummy!..lots of choice and I can look sea view. Deluxe Room with a balcony very pleasant

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Date: 12th September, 2009
Written by: Chuleephon Paengsakul

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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My husband and I stayed at the Sala Talay in a pool access room mid June 2009 for 7 nights. Location of the hotel was great and has already been stated the beach is across the road (we knew this before we booked, so it didn’t bother us). We were able to walk into the main area of Ao Nang or catch a motorbike taxi whenever we chose. There are a couple of places nearby where you can drop your laundry (35baht/kilo not ironed), there is a small 7/11 type place a couple minutes walk towards Ao Nang, bars across the road, and tours booking agents nearby. Heading in the other direction the hotel is walking distance to “A One restaurant” (although we didn’t end up eating there as we ran out of nights). We were in Room 1101 which is the first room opposite the pool bar, as the hotel was only a third to half full during our week we didn’t feel our privacy was compromised, as there was only ever 3-4 people on this side of the pool bar side at any one time (there are other benches around the bar which are accessed from the lawns and reception area). The only thing that I would say is a minus for this room’s position is, it gets the direct afternoon sun from about 2pm and the decking gets very hot to stand on, the first bit of shade comes in about 4.30-5pm. All the pool access rooms in this wing get the full afternoon sun, so if you prefer a little more shade ask for one of the rooms in the wing running parallel to the beach road. Check in was smooth and the reception staff were very friendly, service was a little slow at times. The tour booking lady doesn’t encourage people or invite any interest in the tours/day trips on offer, so I’m not sure what she really did to amuse herself all day. Breakfast was ordered from a menu rather than buffet style, but the choices were reasonable and the eggs and omelets were well cooked and quite tasty. Yes, the mugs are stained with tannin from the tea, maybe they could buy new ones more often. I drink tea at home and it is definitely hard to get the stain off, so that’s when it’s time to replace them. We didn’t eat any other meals here during our stay, although I was a little disappointed as the Pakarang Restaurant was closed for renovations during our entire stay. Happy hour was from 5pm to 6.30pm daily. Our room was cleaned daily and we had to put the towels in the bath when we wanted them changed, you are supplied with x2 white towels for the shower and x2 green towels for the pool and we were allowed to take these on tour as well (obviously you would be asked to pay replacement cost if you lost them). There was a price list already in the room, I broke a glass accidently and they contacted us the next evening and I was happy to pay the 50baht price asked (I have read about this in other hotels in Thailand and that when checking out people have been asked to cover the breakage costs are less than impressed). I think I was on a mission this trip as I broke another glass at our hotel in Phuket as well. The “rain “ shower in the bathroom was brilliant and the water pressure and temperature were ideal. The pool was brilliant, (we have now become totally addicted to “pool access rooms” as this was the 2nd time we have stayed in one), water temperature was perfect (for me anyway), there was plenty of sun during the day time, pool loungers were readily available (might need more in high season). We did discover the blue grout around the tiles, but it does wash off easily, not sure what can be done in the short term, but once we were aware of it, we just avoided touching the tiles. The pool was the same depth all the way around (over 1 metre) . There wasn’t much to keep kids amused, but majority that were staying there the same time as us, were either quite young (requiring floaters and direct adult supervisison) or that little bit older and seemed to enjoy themselves. There was work going on while were there, not sure if it was renovations – I thought maybe they were still applying some of the finishing touches from the original build. It didn’t bother us, just gave us the usual amusement at the safety standards in Thailand (or should I say “lack of”). Another thing that was particularly great for us was the free WIFI available in our room, so we could use our own laptop, we just needed a code from the reception area. Of course along with “pool access rooms” this had become another requirement for future hotel wants. Overall we would be happy to return to Sala Talay if we visit Krabi again in the future.

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SiamWebHosting were very helpful during the 6 months leading up to our trip, especially as I sent them on a merry goose chase while trying to decide which hotel we stayed at in Krabi

Date: 3rd August, 2009
Written by: L Ryles

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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Nice .....amazing hotel, but the hotel is quite far from market or restaurant.

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two thumbs for siamwebhosting, great....

Date: 14th July, 2009
Written by: Lesmanawati

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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НА РУССКОМ! Это, пожалуй, самый лучший отель в Тае, в котором я был. Расположен на окраине Ао Нанга, до центра 10 минут. Нет шума и суеты. Отель новый, небольшой, с большим, длинным бассейном и ухоженной территорией. Новые, хорошие, большие комнаты с очень красивым дизайном. Интернет через WiFi по всему отелю, бесплатный. Есть тренажёрный зал. Завтраки хорошие, по меню. Персонал стремится создать отдыхающим максимум удобств, но без вымогательства чаевых и без подхалимства. Уборка делалась дважды в день, при этом уборщицу вообще не видели. Море - 1 минута через дорогу. Но купаться лучше на о. Пода. Стоянка лонгтейл ботов рядом. Отель посоветовали консультанты из компании Двери в Тай . Браво, и спасибо ребятам за чудесный отдых.

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www.thaidveri.ru - советую, профессиональные консультации и ребята компетентны в тайских отелях.

Date: 30th June, 2009
Written by: Gleb Popov

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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We were very disappointed with this hotel. It has only been open since December 2008 and already renovation work is being carried out on it to some of the rooms on the top floor. The design of the hotel is very modern and minimalistic and if you didn't know it was a hotel, you would have thought, from looking at the hotel from the road, that it was an unfinished building. There was no proper sign outside the hotel either. Most travellers visiting Thailand like to see Thai style buildings and we were disappointed with this, as we have been to Thailand many times and thought this style did not show off the wonderful Thai culture to travellers from other countries. The design is very poor with flat roofs which cause problems when it rains. We had nearly solid monsoon rain for two days and the roof leaked in reception, behind the reception area and also the restaurant upstairs. The rooms are very bare because of the design and there is not enough space to store clothing. The hanging space is okay, but there is no proper area (shelves/drawers) for smaller items of clothing. The room we had (Grand Seaview Deluxe) was a good size, but lacked any personality. Fresh bed linen was provided when you requested, as was the same for towels and beach towels. The staff were very friendly, helpful and were always prepared to assist you, but most of them had very little knowledge of the English language which made things difficult at times and English is a commonly spoken language across the world. The hotel was very clean, you couldn't fault that at all. The breakfast facilities are very limited in the low season, because the number of guests is a lot lower than in the high season. The wireless Internet connection was awful and we often could not get connected to the signal as it was so low, so that needs to be sorted out too. It is called a beach front hotel, but although the beach is just across the road, it is not wide enough to use as an alternative area to sunbathe. The best beach is in the next bay at Ao Nang and there are lots of restaurants, bars and shops there too and it is only about a 10 minute walk from the hotel. Also it is called Sala Talay Resort and Spa, but there was no spa and they advertise in their brochure as having a kids club, but there was no kids club either. I hope the hotel does make some changes, otherwise it will struggle to survive. You don't expect to see repairs being made to a brand new hotel and I hope this doesn't put guests off and stop them recommending it to others. I hope this review assists others when making a choice of their hotel accommodation.

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Date: 24th June, 2009
Written by: Fiona Robinson

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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its good. the beach on aonang area is much much much better the pool need more proper maintenance if hotel can provide muslim food would be better

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ok

Date: 23rd June, 2009
Written by: Mohamad Razali Izham

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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this is the most amazing resort !!! its beautiful and well maintained... the staff are excellent and very very warm.. the room that we stayed in, was awesome and all the amenities were good..its been a great pleasure staying here and will surely go back to stay there on my next visit to krabi...

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good...

Date: 17th June, 2009
Written by: Srijita Ghosh

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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The hotel was quit new and the rooms were comfortable. Good location. Nowbody in the hotel speaks english fluidly, was dificult when you needed any information. The free wifi did nt work and they have one computer at the reception that did n work well. Many details that makes Sala Talay no a 5 star hotel. The hotel take a comission for every service of third parties that we requested. The hotel is a resort and a spa, but they don't have anything in regard to a spa.

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Date: 31st May, 2009
Written by: Adriana Iniguez

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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We booked for 8 nights at the Sala Talay and thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The location is good, although in the quieter area of Ao Nang which may not suit everyone. The hotel overlooks the beach across the main road and there are bars, restaurants and other facilities nearby. We booked a deluxe room on the top floor of the hotel. The room was large, had an excellent bathroom and had good sea and pool views. The public areas of the hotel were all comfortable, clean and well furnished, etc. and the pool was lovely and peaceful. The service at the hotel was good and all staff were friendly and attentive. Areas we thought the hotel could improve on? The rooms did lack storage for clothes and we thought that provision of storage drawers would be helpful. Also the breakfast was a bit limited and lacked any variation - the only nice breads were wrapped for display only, there was no cheese offered and only a choice of 2/3 fruits. We would also suggest that bar promotions should be made available at more convenient times for guests, e.g. late afternoon and later in the evenings. All in all, however, a very enjoyable stay and we would recommend this hotel to travellers who wish to stay in a quiet and relaxed hotel close to the Ao Nang central area.

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No problems with booking service - all went according to plan

Date: 30th April, 2009
Written by: Andrew Lennon

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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Nice hotel, friendly people, good food (more variety in breakfast would be appreciated), good location (just behind the corner of Aonang Beach). Only remark is that the website suggests that the hotel is located on the beach but in reality it's accross the street. The beach in front is not really suitable for swimming and sunbathing.

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Booking service was excellent, transfer to hotel also arranged through booking agent.

Date: 17th April, 2009
Written by: Jozefien Verstraete

Sala Talay Resort & Spa

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Top Hotel! Gerade vor 2 Monaten neu eroeffnet trafen wir sehr freundliches und hilfsbereites Personal an. Das Fruehstueck war im Vergleich zu anderen Hotels auch sehr gut in Bezug auf Qualitaet und Auswahl!

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Date: 26th January, 2009
Written by: Andreas Witzke