'The Best Private Beach Corner of Thailand'

First Bungalow Beach Resort is the first bungalow resort in Koh Samui. The resort has been located on the best site of this mini-peninsula since the early 1970's. First Bungalow Beach Resort is also the only resort hotel placed on the connecting point of Chaweng Beach and Chaweng Noi Beach, where is accepted that it is the finest site of Koh Samui.

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As still run by the owner is family, it can be seen today with the unique blend of the same old simple, traditional and personalized hospitality of the owner, and all the modern amenities one can dream of in an exotic far-flung island hideout like Chaweng Beach. Nowadays, First Bungalow Beach Resort has been a must on travel-menu of every holidaymaker.



ACCOMMODATION

Room: 147 guest rooms :  Fully equipped with air-conditioner, hot and cold water bathroom, Cable TV, Mini-bar, and IDD telephone. 42 Beach Bungalows, 14 Sea View Bungalows, 11 Deluxe Bungalows, 80 Deluxe Rooms.

- : DELUXE ROOM :-
All Deluxe Rooms are comfortable and fully equipped, set amid the tropical garden. They are a few steps to swimming pools and Jacuzzi. It takes just a few minutes to the beach. The 80 Deluxe rooms in the resorts main buildings have their own balconies and also all enjoy views of the tropical gardens and/or the pools.

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There are many sizes of rooms available, which are varied from 4x4 meters (16 sq.m.), 4x7 meters (28 sq.m.), till 4x8 meters (32 sq.m.).

Each Room is furnished with:

  • 2x2.7 meters (5.4 sq.m.) bathroom, provided hot & cold water, shower and bathtub
  • Air-conditioner
  • Cable TV
  • Mini-bar, with free 2 bottles of drinking water daily


  • IDD telephone
  • Double bed room (2 rooms)
  • Twin bed room (46 rooms)
  • Double bed and 1 single bed (32 rooms)


-: POOL SIDE OR SEASIDE BUNGALOW :-
This luxury Thai style bungalows are on the famous Chaweng Beach. Each is equipped with distinctive four-poster bed with mosquito net drapes. All bungalows are fully equipped and set amongst the private peaceful tropical garden. These 14 bungalows are on the shore of Chaweng Beach, set in the private zone where gives the feeling that you are in the small village.

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Each is equipped with:

  • 2x5 meters (10 sq.m.) terrace
  • 4x5 meters (20 sq.m.) room area*
  • 2x3 meters (6 sq.m.) bathroom, provided hot & cold water, shower and bathtub
  • Air-conditioner
  • Cable TV

*Some bungalows room area may be vary upon the beds and location


  • Mini-bar, with free 2 bottles of drinking water daily
  • IDD telephone
  • Double bed room (2 bungalows) room area 15 sq.m.*
  • Double bed and 2 single beds (1 bungalows) room area 40 sq.m.*
  • Double bed and 1 single bed (11 bungalows)


-: BEACH BUNGALOW :-
Located directly on white sandy Chaweng Noi Beach. Our private beach is an ideal spot to watch sunrise over the ocean waves and sunset in the backdrop of the plush tree groves on the main land behind. It is also nice to swim and sunbathe. All bungalows are fully equipped and renovated to be more attractive, adorable and cozy. All of our 42 Beach Bungalows line on the seashore of Chaweng Noi.

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Each is equipped with:

  • 2x4.5 meters (9 sq.m.) terrace
  • 4x4.5 meters (18 sq.m.) room area*
  • 2x2.5 meters (5 sq.m.) bathroom, provided hot & cold water, shower and bathtub
  • Air-conditioner

* Some bungalows room area may be vary upon the beds and location


  • Cable TV
  • Mini-bar, with free 2 bottles of drinking water daily
  • IDD telephone Double bed and 1 Day Bed



RESTAURANT

  • First Restaurant serving sea food, Thai food and International food with good cooking
  • Pool Bar
  • Beach Bar

Our Recommended Menu:

- Food: Tom Yum Goong - The famous Thai spicy soup with shrimp, herbs and mushroom Important Ingredients: Shrimp, Lemon Juice, Galingale, Lemongrass, Citrus Leaves, Small Chilli (Prik Khee Noo) and Fish Sauce or Salt.

- Food: Pad Thai - Thai style fried noodle with pork/beef/chicken/shrimp/seafood (The most popular one is Pad Thai Goong - Pad Thai with shrimp.). Important Ingredients of Pad Thai Goong: Shrimp, Small Noodle, Bean Sprout, Chinese, Celery or Spring Onion, Egg, Sugar, Fish Sauce or Salt, and a piece of Lemon for decoration.

- Dessert: Banana Fritter  -  Fried Banana covered with special mixed flour, served with honey or one scoop of ice cream

- Dessert: Banana in Sweet Coconut Milk -It is one of Thai delicious dessert that should be tried. Thai calls it "Kluay Buad Shee"

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SERVICES & FACILITIES

Other Facilities:

  • Hotel Transfer Service
  • Internet Service
  • Fax Service
  • Car Rental Service


  • Sightseeing Tour & Ticket Services
  • Currency Exchange
  • Safe Deposit Service


  • Laundry Service
  • Room Service
  • Baby Cot

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  • Newspaper: available daily in the Lobby and Restaurant
  • Thai Traditional
  • Massage First Beauty Cottage (Hair & Body Treatment): open daily 09.00-20.00 hrs.
  • Swimming Pool: 25 m. Free-Formed Swimming Pool, Outdoor Jacuzzi,
    Swimming Pool for Children
  • Baby-sitter: to be arranged on advanced request
  • Doctor: 24 hours on call service
  • Gift Shop: open daily 12.00 -21.00 hours
  • Supermarket: open daily 08.00 - 22.30 hrs.



LOCATION & MAP

  • 25 minutes from Samui Airport
  • 35 minutes from Samui Ferry Pier
  • 15 minutes walk from Chaweng Shopping Area or 5 minutes drive from Chaweng Shopping Area

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First Bungalow Beach Resort, the Samui legend on the finest site of Chaweng Beach.

Location Map of First Bungalow Beach Resort First Bungalow Beach Resort

First Bungalow Beach Resort

4/6 Moo 3, T. Bophut, Chaweng Beach
Koh Samui, Suratthani 84320
Hotel Category : 3.0 Star

7 out of 10 (48 reviews)

Rates from 36 US$
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First Bungalow Beach Resort, Koh Samui

First Bungalow Beach Resort was, as the name implies, one of the first small resort on Koh Samui, the first huts were already available in the early 1970s. Since then it has grown steadily and now has higher standards, better facilities, a pool, spa and much more. The 147 rooms are divided into 42 beach bungalows, 14 seaview bungalows, 11 Deluxe Bungalows and 80 Deluxe rooms. All have air conditioning, mini-bar, hot water shower and bath, cable television and direct dial telephone. The restaurant serves Thai and international dishes as well as fresh seafood. All kinds of services are also available to guests.


First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Beautiful Beach. Only 5 minutes wih the chickenbus to chaweng.

Reservation service:


Date: 7th May, 2012
Written by: Staub Thomas Markus




7.2
Room 8
Location 4
Facilities 8
Service 10
Date of stay: 4th May, 2012

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
We were planning to stay 2 days and then move to one of the other islands or another beach. But after the 2 days we decided to stay the full 8 days because it was a most beautifull place with a very nice private corner of the beach 1 minute from the room and a very nice pool area just outside the room. The surounding area is very quiet but only a few minutes to walk and you are in the buzzy resturant&bar + shopping street of Chaweng beach. Next door was a very nice tailor and a event agent who arranged nice day trips for us. Loved the stay and will definately come back! As the reception where the private beach is (it is not obvious). Should also mention that the included breakfast and the general service was excelent. In total, very good value for the money spent!

Reservation service:
Fast and reliable online booking with presice and on time information even though we booked only 2 days prior to the stay.

Date: 26th April, 2012
Written by: Vigbjoern Halvorsen




10.
Room 10
Location 10
Facilities 10
Service 10
Date of stay: 9th April, 2012

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
The resort is an older set up but very sound. Every thing worked, the rooms and grounds were neat and tidy. The staff were very polite and tried to help where ever possible.

Reservation service:
Very simple and quickly handled.

Date: 25th April, 2012
Written by: Mr Hugh Dorey




7.6
Room 8
Location 8
Facilities 6
Service 8
Date of stay: 21st April, 2012

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Nice place, clear sea, clear beach. The staff is not so attentive to guests. There was many cellers on the beach and we bored from them. Breakfast usual like in any hotel. Room is clear and the towels are white. About food - we can advise the Japan restaurant on the Chaweng beach road and we don't advise the Steak house on the same street. We had the great walks in evenings on the Chaweng beach, near sea. I wish everybody the great rest on the Samui. :)

Reservation service:
The booking service is fine. Thank you!

Date: 17th October, 2011
Written by: Egorova Maria




9.2
Room 10
Location 10
Facilities 8
Service 8
Date of stay: 3rd September, 2011

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Fine Bungalow and pool. Breakfast ok, but there are lot of cats in the restaurant. It is not ok. the beach are thr best on chaweng.The dogs on the beach are nice and not dangerous, but the staff kill them if the cath them.

Reservation service:
Excellent

Date: 14th September, 2011
Written by: Tommy Corfitz Pedersen




5.8
Room 8
Location 6
Facilities 6
Service 2
Date of stay: 18th June, 2011

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Eine traumhafte Kulisse am Strand wie auch die Anlage selbst. Es gibt allerdings ein Problem, das während der 2 Wochen latent vorhanden war und auch nach mehreren persönlichen Gesprächen mit dem Managment sowie der Rezeption nicht gelöst wurde, das sind die streunenden Hunde, die täglich am Strand herumlaufen. Diese Hunde, man muß es so drastisch wiedergeben -pissen und scheißen- an den Strand.Ein absolutes no go. Zusätzlich laufen diese Köter jedem hinterher, der etwas essbares bei sich hat. Es gibt allerdings viele Reisende, die diese Hunde füttern. Die Problematik, gibt es bei fast allen Anlagen. Es ist für die Zukunft wünschenswert, hier eine gemeinsame Lösung im Sinne aller Urlauber zu erarbeiten, denn Urlaub ist doch die schönste Zeit im Jahr!

Reservation service:
Dies war unsere erste Onlinebuchung und wir waren sehr positiv überascht, da alles problemlos geklappt hat.

Date: 24th August, 2011
Written by: Volmer Klaus




8.2
Room 8
Location 10
Facilities 8
Service 6
Date of stay: 19th August, 2011

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Room neat, clean & well stocked. Staff always willing to help with any request

Reservation service:
Fast & easy to use

Date: 15th August, 2011
Written by: Raymond House




8.4
Room 10
Location 6
Facilities 10
Service 8
Date of stay: 12th August, 2011

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Lovely accommodation, staff all very very friendly and efficient, we had a leaky ceiling in our cottage and once we told staff, within an hour it was being fixed. Lovely pool and buffet breakfast and the location on the beach is beautiful.

Reservation service:


Date: 11th July, 2011
Written by: Jane Jones




2.6
Room 4
Location 2
Facilities 2
Service 2
Date of stay: 8th July, 2011

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Really good hotel! Great pool, great beach. Value for money!

Reservation service:


Date: 10th July, 2011
Written by: Jeppe Thomsen




7.2
Room 8
Location 8
Facilities 6
Service 6
Date of stay: 7th July, 2011

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Stayed 7 nights in Garden View Bungalow. Would recommend it to everyone. Spacey and very clean. Will come back for sure!

Reservation service:


Date: 26th June, 2011
Written by: Frank Schlogl




9.2
Room 10
Location 10
Facilities 8
Service 8
Date of stay: 23rd June, 2011

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Bonjour, Nous avons séjourné en famille dans cette hôtel. Ns ne le recommandons pas. Les réceptionniste n étaient vraiment pas sympatique surtout Mme le dragon. Elle ne parle pas elle gueule. Nous sommes arrivé à 21h00 le soir nos lits étaient sale et il avait oublié de mettre un lit enfant de plus. Déjeuner : il ne faut surtout pas arrivé plus tard que 930 car il ne faut plus rien à manger. Les tables sont sale et le personnel n est pas dutout souriant! Concernant les bungalow ils ont bien subi les inondations du mois de mars 2011 (il ne faut pas's attendre à du luxe). Quand il y a des coupures ils ne sont pas très rapide pendant 4-5 heures deux jours de suite. Heureusement qu ils sont sur la route de chaweng. Drôle de politique pour un hôtel ou tu paies quand même plus de 130.-- la chambre.

Reservation service:
Alors pour du siamwebhosting il on était très arrangant car vous savait qu il y a eu des inondations. Ils ont était super cool pour tout les changements de jour. Juste un petit point négatif pas très rapide mais super!

Date: 1st May, 2011
Written by: Rittener-ruff




2.6
Room 2
Location 0
Facilities 4
Service 2
Date of stay: 28th April, 2011

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Hi, wir waren 14 Tage im First und im ganzen gesehen war es in Ordnung. Wir hatten einen Beachbungalow der zwar mal renoviert gehört aber er war sauber und die Lage war super.

Reservation service:
Der Service von Thailand-Ticket war echt klasse. Werden bestimmt wieder darüber buchen.

Date: 16th March, 2011
Written by: Karl Heinz Reeb




6.6
Room 4
Location 10
Facilities 6
Service 6
Date of stay: 24th February, 2011

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Very, very, very good place to stay in. Nice Bungalow on the Beach and good breakfast. Not walkingdistance for children to Chaweng shopping, but Taxi or Tuk Tuk nearby. We really liked the hotell.

Reservation service:
SiamWebHosting is always no 1 when traveling in Asia.

Date: 15th January, 2011
Written by: Andreas Idfeldt




8.0
Room 8
Location 8
Facilities 8
Service 8
Date of stay: 7th January, 2011

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Very dirty sunbeds and very old beach towels. Отель находится в прекрасном месте , но впечатления испортили грязные шезлонги на пляже и старые рваные полотенца. Завтраки однообразные.

Reservation service:


Date: 13th July, 2010
Written by: Alexander




6.2
Room 6
Location 8
Facilities 4
Service 6
Date of stay: 30th December, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Früher sehr viel schöner, jetzt voll und nur noch Durchschnitt, entgegen der Werbung keine Thai-Athmosphäre mehr. Lage immer noch ideal, aber vor lauter Plastikliegen kaum noch Strand zu sehen. Der Platz ist gone .

Reservation service:
Excellent

Date: 24th April, 2010
Written by: Rolf Carstens




5.2
Room 6
Location 6
Facilities 4
Service 4
Date of stay: 5th February, 2010

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
The Bungalow was very dirty. the dust behind the bed and in the bathroom was very old. every morning the sunbeds were reserved with towels and the peoples came so late, thats was not OK. I think,the personal should not allow it

Reservation service:


Date: 1st March, 2010
Written by: Simone Scholz




6.8
Room 6
Location 10
Facilities 6
Service 4
Date of stay: 19th February, 2010

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
you cant lie on the beach because there are no free places in the morning, all chairs are reservated with towels, its like in mallorca. the pool is beautiful and the bungalows are clean and nice.

Reservation service:
booking was easy, very good

Date: 1st February, 2010
Written by: Simone Klotz




6.6
Room 6
Location 8
Facilities 6
Service 6
Date of stay: 28th January, 2010

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
We were here 5 years ago and like very much but know it was not the same too much crowded screaming young people throw chairs and sunmattress in the pool and the staff do nothing We never coming back

Reservation service:
Perfect

Date: 12th January, 2010
Written by: Kerstin Johansson




7.2
Room 6
Location 10
Facilities 6
Service 6
Date of stay: 10th January, 2010

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Very nice hotel. The first rooms were in a seperate building to the rest of the hotel but both the beach and pool were not far. The pool was great and the beach was nice and a bit quiter than Chawend itself. My only real complaint was the compulsary new years eve dinner. I was very annoyed at the whole thing, it was way too expensive, the food was terrible, we only got 1 free drink and then we had to pay, even for soft drink. The free drink included wine but not beer! the entertainment was poor. The whole thing left me, and many other guests, feeling very ripped off.

Reservation service:
Very easy to deal with

Date: 11th January, 2010
Written by: Kate Healey




7.2
Room 8
Location 8
Facilities 8
Service 4
Date of stay: 3rd January, 2010

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Basic hotel. Travel far to Thailand to stay at this poor hotel. Book hotel in central or north part of chaweng beach instead.

Reservation service:


Date: 1st January, 2010
Written by: Mattias Johansson




4.0
Room 4
Location 4
Facilities 4
Service 4
Date of stay: 27th December, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
The location is superb. Pool was well tended and very large. The room was adequate (pool view double room) and the staff relatively attentive. It's budget luxury so don't expect extras like room tea and coffee and power showers. If you can do without then this hotel is perfection.

Reservation service:
Fuss free

Date: 30th December, 2009
Written by: Mason John




8.4
Room 6
Location 10
Facilities 10
Service 8
Date of stay: 28th December, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
No recommendation. Maybe for poor families. Basic hotel. No safe on room. Not romantic. No lush tropical garden. No fitness. Breakfast was basic with lots of sugar and fat. No good value. Book a hotel in north or central part of chaweng beach instead of this. Every beachfront hotels in chaweng is better than first bangalow beach. Trust me.

Reservation service:
Ok.

Date: 30th December, 2009
Written by: Mattias Johansson




4.0
Room 4
Location 4
Facilities 4
Service 4
Date of stay: 27th December, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
No hot water. Far from the main street.The room is very simple

Reservation service:


Date: 15th December, 2009
Written by: Orit




4.6
Room 4
Location 0
Facilities 4
Service 6
Date of stay: 13th December, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Very nice hotel with great swimming pool. The rooms were very large and clean. The beach was about 1 min walk and had free sunbeds. The hotel is at the end of Chaweng Beach, so it's a little walk to get into town, but there are taxis outside of the hotel. We had breakfast and evening meal included and the food options were OK. I would definitely recommend this hotel if you are looking for a quiet, relaxing stay.

Reservation service:
Great service

Date: 10th November, 2009
Written by: Donna Stacey




6.4
Room 6
Location 6
Facilities 8
Service 6
Date of stay: 19th October, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
è un hotel situato in una bella posizione tra due spiagge e permette di avere sia una vacanza rilassante che una notte piena di vita

Reservation service:


Date: 25th October, 2009
Written by: De Nicolo Salvatore




7.8
Room 6
Location 8
Facilities 10
Service 8
Date of stay: 21st October, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Lovely and beautiful. Family atmosphere. We will come back as soon as possible

Reservation service:
perfect

Date: 9th October, 2009
Written by: Yvonne & Goeksel




8.6
Room 8
Location 10
Facilities 8
Service 8
Date of stay: 4th October, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
A great Bungalow in Samui. We had a beach bungalow which was large & clean the only thing not in the bungalow was a safety deposit box and you had to pay 10TB every time you used it in reception! Pool lovely,clean & large. Beach nice and always able to get sun beds! Breakfast nice and a good choice for everyone. These Bungalows are quiet and right at the end of the bust road so you will need to get taxi's into the town (5mins) walking would take around 15mins. Altogether lovely bungalows and would definatly stay again.

Reservation service:
Easy, no problems with booking

Date: 14th September, 2009
Written by: Debbie Peters




8.6
Room 10
Location 8
Facilities 8
Service 8
Date of stay: 3rd September, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
This was our second time at First Bungalow and we were very pleast. The staff uppgrade our booking from a poolside bungalow to a beach bungalow for the same price as a poolside. There had been some problem with our booking.

Reservation service:
Exellent.

Date: 5th August, 2009
Written by: Peter Eliasson




10.
Room 10
Location 10
Facilities 10
Service 10
Date of stay: 13th July, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
We always spend some time here when in Samui.Poolside bung. by far the best perfect for pool and beach.On the best part of the beach lovely location.Gone up quite a bit but still one of our favourite places to stay.Rooms comfortable and staff helpfull.

Reservation service:


Date: 30th April, 2009
Written by: Brian R Pawsey




0.0
Room 0
Location 0
Facilities 0
Service 0
Date of stay: 10th April, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
We was recurring customer in this hotel since the last 10 Years, but no more again since this trip. First Bungalow never take care about your room reservation request, The last three years we have requested with two month in adavance, we never have the room requested when arrive, all time negotiation and have the requested room in the followings days. You will be charged to return to the airport and if the coach was not on Airport, you will never recived the promised money back for the service. If the Beach in front still a very good one on Samui, the price / Service level arrived at ground state! The good is good but very expensive regarding the quality you paid for a 4 stars in a 2 stars hotel. The price of the beer, coke and food is very expensive. A good recommandation, take a other hotel in Chaweng Beach, and enjoy the Beach in front of this Hotel, no use theyr service.

Reservation service:
Very good as habit, no support at all from First Bungalow, Bad as habit

Date: 23rd April, 2009
Written by: Patrickmuller & Igor Preacco




0.0
Room 0
Location 0
Facilities 0
Service 0
Date of stay: 18th April, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Friendly and welcoming staff. Spacious rooms, clean and nice. Pool area very nice but for us, with a 6 year old, the pool was too deep. I could hardly reach the bottom with my toes. The beach was secluded and private but with alot of beach vendors. The hotel is a bit off the shopping and restaurants in Chaweng. I would rate this a good 3star hotel.

Reservation service:
The booking was excellent!

Date: 10th February, 2009
Written by: Helena Andersdotter Hegglov




0.0
Room 0
Location 0
Facilities 0
Service 0
Date of stay: 4th February, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
When traveling to Asia always remember to have low expectations...however this is difficult to do when paying 150 euros a night. It was our dream to stay in a beach bungalow, but when we arrived it was very rustic, smelled musty, and needed updating. Breakfast was included, but we often slept in as it left more to be desired...plus the wild dogs that were always running around the food service area and the pool... After one night on the beach we had a look at the pool side bungalow and were pleased at the new renovations, quietness, and cleanliness of this location...and it was half the price! Overall it was an OK experience...perhaps I will look further down Chaweng Beach next time..

Reservation service:
Booking service was great and always got back to me regarding questions! Thanks!

Date: 3rd January, 2009
Written by: Brooke Hoefler




0.0
Room 0
Location 0
Facilities 0
Service 0
Date of stay: 1st January, 2009

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Easily the best location on the island. Great hotel, excellent staff and the biggest swimming pool around. Loved our stay here, perfect for children. Nice beach and the breakfast was really good and very filling. Loved it

Reservation service:
Will use again as very impressed with how easy it was.

Date: 28th August, 2008
Written by: Rachel Jackson




0.0
Room 0
Location 0
Facilities 0
Service 0
Date of stay: 14th August, 2008

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Nice location on the beach (Chaweng Noi Beach) and good breakfast. The pool was very nice. Staff didn't know english that well. Have to take taxi to the center of chaweng road.

Reservation service:
very good and reliable

Date: 23rd August, 2008
Written by: Hanne Hetland




0.0
Room 0
Location 0
Facilities 0
Service 0
Date of stay: 5th August, 2008

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
There´s only two good things about this hotel and thats the beach and the pool! I have a hard time finding words to describe how bad the rest is!!! We booked a Seaview bungalow and I can tell you that there was nothing seaview about it at all! Two or three of the bungalows had a seaview and an ok location the rest is not worth the money at all. I have learned the lesson to never book a hotel where I have to pay in advance. We wanted to leave the place but it was too much money involved. Staff at the front desk were rude and had absolutly no interest in helping the guests. For example, the Internet was down for several days and they didn´t pay back the money for unused time to guests that was checking out. The restaurant took forever to serve your food and when you got it it´s cold. We tried it a few times just to see if we had been unlucky the times before, but no. Many guests left the restaurant because just a few in their company got what they had ordered. To sum things up, this is an overpriced hotel that only has the beach and the pool to offer. I´m sure you can find much nicer places with equally good beach and pool acess for this money! I´m glad that we had stayed at two really nice hotels before this one, because First Bungalow does not represent the land of smiles! We (a family of four) will never stay there again!

Reservation service:
Great!

Date: 15th July, 2008
Written by: Christina Ring




0.0
Room 0
Location 0
Facilities 0
Service 0
Date of stay: 18th June, 2008

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Hotel reviews are there for a purpose...to inform people of what the hotel is really like. I just wish I had taken heed to the many reviews about the first bungalow. If you wish to be insulted by incrediably rude, arrogant and disrespectful reception/front desk staff then most certainly you need to book at this resort. No problems ever with the room cleaning staff, in fact they should be the ones on the front desk if they could speak English. I blame the management of this hotel for training their staff on how to be offensive. I m sure that others have had a wonderful holiday experience at this place but for this family of six, we will never return or ever recommend it to anyone.

Reservation service:
As always, a very professional, easy to book with company. Have always and will continue to use SiamWebHosting when coming to Thailand

Date: 23rd June, 2008
Written by: Glenn Robinson




0.0
Room 0
Location 0
Facilities 0
Service 0
Date of stay: 6th June, 2008

First Bungalow Beach Resort

Accommodation and facilities:
Located on corner it was beautiful spot and the front beach bungalows are worth it. The Resort is not as flashy looking as a some, and its several minutes more walk to the busy side of town but the beach is much more secluded. I asked my girlfriend to marry me there and she said yes. The perfect setting. Staff friendly. We hired a scooter and motorbike from across the road and you can get around the island at your own leisure.

Reservation service:
Excellent, efficient and prompt service and e-mail replies. No problems when it came to checkin into hotel.

Date: 27th May, 2008
Written by: N Watts




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Date of stay: 9th May, 2008

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The resort is a little out of town but shares a rather exclusive beach with five or six higher end hotels in a large cove populated by married couples over 30. I immediately upgraded to a beach bungalow which was metres from the beach and worth every penny. Relatively quiet beach and sensible folk. Accomodation was good, but satellite TV had few english channels and few quality channels. Good buffet breakfast which made you get up for it ( 6-10 am). Loved my stay because of the location and nice beach. I have reservations about having to pay over-priced taxi fares and less than friendly staff. I reported brown jellyfish in the water where i was swimming, in vicinity to rocks. A member of staff ame to see me in less than friendly manner and i had to remonstrate with her I was trying to be responsible for good of guests. When i paid, nobody thanked me for my stay. Still a good place to stay, and good massage service on the beach. Do your homework on brown jellyfish though.

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Date: 17th April, 2008
Written by: Sean Mustoe




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Date of stay: 12th April, 2008

First Bungalow Beach Resort

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First we were booked for the new building room which was a disappoinment. No window,only frostedclass door to toilet and balcony. There was no view, depressing. Later we got a nicer room around the pool. Pool area was beautiful. Price-quality is not very good, a bit overpriced. Beach is wonderful but you need to reserve sunbeds early which is quite dull. Breakfast tasty and sufficient. Overall it was ok for 6 nights stay but we rather not visit this hotel again.

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Excellent!

Date: 10th April, 2008
Written by: A & J Still




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Date of stay: 23rd March, 2008

First Bungalow Beach Resort

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Wir haben 1 Woche im Resort verbracht. Als wir abends ankamen, bekamen wir ein Zimmer, das wir nicht gebucht hatten. Kein Fenster im Schlafraum, nur im Bad. Von der Balkontüre vom Bad aus blickte man genau auf den Balkon vom Nebenhaus in ungefähr 1 Meter Entfernung. Wir beschwerten uns, bekamen aber erst am nächsten Tag das gebuchte Zimmer, allerdings mit Einzelbetten nicht Doppelbett, wie bestellt. Der Pool war am 1. Tag schon ziemlich trüb, am 2. Tag war er grün und es wollte ihn niemand benutzen. Die Gratisliegen am Strand musste man am besten morgens um 7 Uhr reservieren sonst war alles voll. Die Sauberkeit im Speisesaal ließ zu wünschen übrig, Geschirr und Kaffee waren oft aus und man musste oft bei dem unwilligen Personal nachfragen. Strand ok. Auswahl Speisen beim Frühstück recht gut!

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Date: 5th March, 2008
Written by: Herfurth Ricarda




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Date of stay: 20th February, 2008

First Bungalow Beach Resort

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Quite nice, the room looked really new and was quite clean except for a small influx of ants every afternoon. The pool is really nice and is a good location, only a short walk into town. Having to walk up and down four flights of stairs every time we wanted to get to the room was a bit tiring but everything else was good. Don't go to breakfast too late as they stop refilling things around 9:30am. Really great hotel and only a short walk to town. We would probably stay here again.

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Very easy to use and great to compare hotels around the area you want to stay in.

Date: 3rd March, 2008
Written by: Alicia Bradley




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Date of stay: 16th February, 2008

First Bungalow Beach Resort

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I have been travelling around thailand for about 15 years and stayed in everything from a shack to some really top end hotels... This one is not to be recommended for the following reasons: 1. Bungalows are the most expensive but in a terrible condition, 2. SOmebody died on our beach while we were staying there because of rip tides that exist almost all year round. ( There are several drowning deaths a year on Chaweng side but nobody wants to publicise that!) The hotel doesn't even have a safety boat - when you consider the rip off rates this place charges, they can definately afford one!!! 3. The day to day staff are great but the front of house staff have got a seriously bad attitude. 4. The hotel refused to transfer us FOC and made us pay for airport transfers- My advice: DONT stay here! Its overcrowded, impersonal and plagued by idiots selling stuff you dont want... Go to Phangnan or LAmai or bophut/ Big Buddha beach for a far better trip.... - On the other hand, if you want to be ripped off, treated like cattle and find it hard to find anyone but Russians around, this would make the idea holiday! - What a shame because I love Thailand, and this place betrays it!!!!

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Always good and this time no exception

Date: 14th February, 2008
Written by: Richard Rudd




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Date of stay: 29th January, 2008

First Bungalow Beach Resort

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HOTEL MUITO BEM SITUADO A 5 MIUTOS DE TAXI DO CENTRO. O MELHOR É ALUGAR UMA MOTA MESMO E FRENTE AO HOTEL AO CONTRÁRIO DO QUE SE DIZ É O MELHOR TRANSPORTE PARA DAR UMAS VOLTAS E NEM É NECESSÁRIO LICENÇA DE CONDUÇÃO. HOTEL BOM PARA UM 3 EST. O PEQUENO ALMOÇO MUITO MAU. NO GERAL UMA BOA ESTADIA.

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MUITO BOM. MAS MUITOS E-MAILS.

Date: 30th December, 2007
Written by: RogÉrio Guerreiro




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Date of stay: 10th December, 2007

First Bungalow Beach Resort

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We were upgraded to a beach bungalow because our preferred room was not available the first night, and it was perfectly lovely! The rooms and pool were quite nice; beautiful breakfast location overlooking the sea. The hotel is located at the end of Chaweng, a bit of a walk from the main drag, but still very convenient for restaurants, bars, etc. The hotel staff were very helpful, particularly when we asked to extend our stay.

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Easy and efficient booking.

Date: 26th August, 2007
Written by: Susan Greenwell




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Date of stay: 10th August, 2007

First Bungalow Beach Resort

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We stayed at the hotel in the buildings room and it was a nightmare, the rooms were smelling so bed, like we were at the sewage, there was a problem with the shower it was very hard to work it up, at the last day we didn't have hot water, the staff at the reception weren't so friendly, and there was always a problem to get a towel at the pool or at the sea, the towels were very dirty most of the time. There were a lot of mosquitos near the room and we were stung threw the nights.The Hotel is far from the center and you must use a texi in order to get to the center and the prices are very high considering the prices in Thailnad. The things that we liked at the hotel were the breakfest, it was very good, they have a very good beach, and the restaurant at the hotel was nice with good food and reasonble prices. I certainly won't reccomand this hotel to anyone.

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great, although I didn't understand the fact that I need to give my credit card details twice in order to complete my resrvation, I thougt it would be charged automaticcly, and it almost cost me my reservation, at the end everthing was just fine

Date: 13th August, 2007
Written by: Michal Kosher




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Date of stay: 1st August, 2007

First Bungalow Beach Resort

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Nice hotel. Pool view is the best. 2th flor is twin beds only. Notice that. Breakfast is good. Pool is nice but have some broken bricks - few times hurt a legs. Overall - come back next time.

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super!

Date: 19th June, 2007
Written by: Anton Bashurov




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Date of stay: 3rd June, 2007

First Bungalow Beach Resort

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Hotel is fine and located just outside the busy center of Chaweng. We stayed in the main building after a bad experience on a previous visit, when I booked an on the beach bungalow. These bungalows are really bad; old, not maintained and still in their late 70's setup. Fortunately they allowed us to change to the main building, however no refund because the beach bungalows are almost twice as expensive as the (new) rooms in the main building. Reception staff is not very friendly and the staff at the breakfast facility is on automatic pilot.They have to do this every day and you can see that on their faces when they look at you...another tourist out of thousands day after day. I speak a little Thai, and they are making remarks about their guests entering the facility, especially the cooks when a foreigner walks in which happens to be married to a Thai lady like me. Great pool and very friendly and helpfull pool staff; good food at the pool. Strange that you have to walk to the beach to get a hotel towel for the swimming pool(so walk back again)

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all ok.

Date: 1st May, 2007
Written by: Wim Verhage




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Date of stay: 21st April, 2007

First Bungalow Beach Resort

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clean rooms, frendly and helpfull staff,resort is in good condition and full maintanenced. beach is wonderfull. we spent there 6 days for our honeymoon, everything was ok. never hesitate to choose firs bungalow beach resort.

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trustable, never faced problem when we check in and out

Date: 8th January, 2007
Written by: Omer Yavuz




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Date of stay: 25th December, 2006