Beautifully situated at the end of the beach, great breakfast. Authentic Thai style buildings.

Situation from main town requires one to either pay local taxis or rent a scooter to access other options than are not on the small Wong Dueang beach. Only a few of the staff could speak English very well. Majority of guests either Chinese or Russian.

Great views.

The approach to the property needs improvement. Vehicles cannot enter the property so lugging a suitcase of appx 12 kgs from the entrance to the reception was a major task as there is a steep incline at a point with poor road condition. This issue needs to be resolved. The walk from the entrance to the reception area needs to be also kept clean and maintained better.

Perfect quiet place, nice views ; perfect ocean

It looks like the Ceptic system on the island is rather primitive; all hotels drain their pipes directly into the ocean. Also they burn plastic ; no recycling . But it doesn’t happen every day; so the air is mostly clean

Clean, cosy, great view, and one of the few properties on Samet with a pool.

It’s a bit off the beaten path.

It was such a relaxed atmosphere to sit in front of the restaurant at the seaside under a huge old tree that gave shadow and having a super fresh sea food meal from the very good kitchen there. The prices a bit higher than around but big portions and all fresh and tasty.

We had room B8 in the main building at the end of the second floor with a nice sea view. Lucky we had only one room neighbour, because the walls seem to be of paper. We could hear nearly everything of them especially the bathroom door banging, obviously it needed some power to close it. Better book a bungalow if you are sensitive to this. Unfortunately the breakfast was not on the same high level as the restaurant food, cheap toast bread and low quality jam spoiled the overall good impression a bit.

This is undoubtedly the nicest resort in the Wong Duean beach area, out on a peninsula so a little removed from the evening noise of the beach. We stayed here 13 years ago and were impressed with the improvements made in the intervening years, particularly the pool and surrounding area. We had a deluxe seafront room, which was beautiful. The little cabin style rooms are also lovely, but we appreciated the light and the amazing view from ours. The hotel restaurant is excellent, and no more expensive than any along the beach. However, it definitely feels 'nicer' than some of the beach ones, and if you need a break from the relentless loud music and fire-dancer shows on the beach, it's lovely to eat here. We enjoyed the breakfasts, although after a week there, they did feel a bit 'samey'! But it was good coffee, and the Asian dishes were generally very nice. The staff were unobtrusive but nice. The poolside bar was excellent, and served a wide choice of drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. The fruit smoothies were very nice, as was the iced coffee. The cocktails weren't very strong though!

For a nature reserve, Koh Samet is surprisingly dirty. Whilst the Vimarn Samed itself is spotlessly clean, you only have to take a few steps out onto the peninsula rocks to find piles of litter, particularly plastic bottles. I cleared some up, but found it surprising that the resort staff didn't make more of an effort to do so as well.

The location is exquisite and the resort is quiet and away from loud parties or scooters.

While it's not the resorts fault, there is a lot of plastic waste on the beautiful beach at Ao Wong Duen. The resort was clean, but the plastic just washes up... but still waaaay cleaner than some other popular resorts in Thailand. Staff and surrounding vendors were really friendly it was so relaxing.

The sense of privacy. We were at the end of the beach, no people passing in front of our bungalow. Amazing restaurant, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Stir fried curry crub is a must! One of the best I ever had. Beautiful afternoon by the pool with drinks at the bar. Best sunset of the island I guess. Overall good experience!

A couple of days before checkin I received a link on booking.com from the hotel saying that I should pay for the property again even if I already paid on booking, saying: “please not that time is limited”. A friend that was there with me received the same message, even if he booked from another platform. He asked them and they said their account on that platform was hacked. So I suppose their account on booking is hacked too. However, if you know all your accounts are hacked you advise guests beforehand not clicking on the link, not after they receive it and ask you if it is a genuine link. I imagine the amount of guests that clicked on that link and payed twice for their stay……….SO BE CAREFUL

Great location. Almost private beach in quite lagoon. Hotel based on the cliff with a wonderful views. Can recommend for the family vacation

Our room wasn't new. Not matching the pictures on the preview. But seems hotel currently under renovation and it will be better. Very low water flow in the shower

Sea view; the family room had a mezzanine level which made it seem more spacious. However, the ladder to the mezzanine is quite treacherous so would not recommend for small kids. The staff were friendly.

There was ocean garbage (bottles half full of urine presumably from nearby fishing boats) & plastic that swept up to the rocks just in front of our villa. If someone can do a sweep each day to pick up the sea trash that would do wonders to the place. Also, we were in the last villa (F4) closest to the pool, and people kept peering around the fence trying to walk across our deck/balcony! There should be a sign that says “no trespassing onto the balcony”. The coffee at breakfast is a Nescafé machine that was almost undrinkable. We ordered lattes from the cafe instead which was not free, but a lot nicer. The pipes in the bathroom also gave off a sewage like smell, so that needs fixing. Our friends stayed next door and this was the case for them as well.