Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, sun loungers

Reviews of Aree Tara Resort

3.5 out of 5
Aree Tara Resort
177 Moo 3, Aonang Soi 8 Road, Aonang Beach, Krabi, Krabi

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 40 out of 242 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 101 out of 242 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 62 out of 242 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 28 out of 242 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 242 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Ella

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Pool was unsafe and full of algae, wifi didn’t work and room smelt of mold
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Thanyathorn S. on Jun 14, 2023
Dear Ella, Thank you for taking time to share your feedback with us regarding your recent stay. We sincerely apologize for the inconveniences you experienced and the dissatisfaction it caused.We apologize that the cleanliness of our facilities are falling short of your expectations and we will immediately investigate this matter and take the necessary step to ensure that our facilities are properly maintained. Also, our IT team will be alerted to address any WIFI issues promptly. We will inspect the room you stayed in and address any mold issues immediately to prevent such occurrences in the future. Thank you once again for bringing these matters to our attention and we hope you will give us another opportunity to provide you with truly exceptional stay and restore your faith in our hotel.Warm regards,Hotel Management Team

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The breakfast was excellent with lots of selection. Lots of loungers by the pool. It would be nice to have a couple tables and chairs by the pool if you just want to sit and have a drink with friends or play a game of cards.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Sor. on Feb 4, 2020
Dear Guest, Thank you very much for your review . We'll do the best for service to make you happy to stay with us. Best Regards

10/10 Excellent

Jeanette, Sand Hollow, ID

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location, short walking distance to beach, night market and resturants. Longtail boat rentals close by as well as tours.
Stayed 9 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Kurt, Reading

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Upon booking this hotel I was pretty impressed with their pictures of the rooms and pool (I should have known better) as once we arrived it was very apparent they’d taken photos of specific rooms which they’ve recently renovated or used for the photo shoot. The hotel itself was very dated, the rooms looked like they hadn’t been refurbished since the hotel opened and the pool area was very small compared to their photos. That said the location was central to all parts of Ao Nang and if you’re happy with a little bit of dated rooms then this would be a good place to book.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Hotel pool under renovation , didn’t inform early Breakfast area also close,
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Sor. on Dec 1, 2019
Dear Guest, Hotel Pool not renovation just cleaning in morning. Breakfast time start 7:00-10:00 AM we have inform upon check in already. Sorry for any inconvenience. Best Regards,

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyed my stay at Aree Tara. Ignore the negative reviews I had no problems with this hotel. Clean, good area, nice breakfast and friendly staff.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Sor. on Nov 9, 2019
We thank you very much for your recomment. Hope you happy to stay with us. Have a nice stay. Best Regards,

10/10 Excellent

Jiuan, Malaysia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s a pleasant stay for family or even for couples. Room is in good condition. Keep it up!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Sor. on Oct 31, 2019
Dear Guest, Thank for very much for your comment. We hope you happy to stay with us. Alway welcome you. Best Regards,

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Sor. on Jul 10, 2019
Dear Guest, Thank you very much for your recomment us. We'll improve all for make you happiness. Have a nice stay with us. Best Regards,

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019
Response from Anutida on May 10, 2019
big thanks

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice pool, good location, friendly staff, good AC.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Sor. on Apr 10, 2019
Thank you very much for your comment. We hope you happy to stay with us. Have a nice holiday. Best Regards,

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disappointed with room
The location of the hotel is perfect with lots of eating shops. My room has been upgraded by the staff at pool view room level 1. The room has cockroach and mosquitoes (due to near the pool). The safe box is spoilt and worst they do not have any iron. So i think for muslim travellers who need to iron their scarf, need to check if hotels have the iron.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
This is a decent basic hotel in a fine location. Definitely not fancy or especially memorable. Good location a short walk from the beach, restaurants, and a night market. Good breakfast with lots of Western and Asian choices. The pool was clean and pleasant but quite small and mostly surrounded by private rooms, which made it less than ideal for small children to play freely. The wifi is terrible—it almost never worked. The information states that room service is available until 10:30 pm, but when I tried to order it at 9:00 pm they told me it was already closed. The rooms are clean but basic. The lobby has a constant background smell of sewage.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Room was facing the back of the building and when asked for a change of room, was told that it's fully booked when clearly that there were rooms that's available.... Wifi signals is very very bad throughout the room.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Zahidah

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staffs are friendly and polite. Very near to beach, 711 and grocery mart, pharmacy and most importantly food stalls! Pool is very clean and room is awesome. The bed is so comfy! Only problem is mosquitoes. There were lesser mozzie at the pool than the room itself. Maybe they should install an electric repellent or smthg. Other than that, it's great:)
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Sor. on Feb 22, 2019
Dear Guest, Thank you for your recomment. We'll improve it that your requested. Have a nice stay with us. Best Regards,

2/10 Terrible

Sarah Amjad Zaki

Horrible stay
It was horrible - there are not breakfast which who can it if you are not asian. Only Rice or noddle with some meat and some cake. I could not find anything to eat all 3 days I stayed at the hotel. The rooms smells so bad and the personale was not that social or open. The air condition is old and I could not sleep because of soooo high sounds of it.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018
Response from The Management on Sep 15, 2018
Dear Guest, Thank you for your recomment to us. We'll improve the service and all you information to us. We opologized to you. and hope next time you come back to stay with us and happiness. With Best Regards, The Management.

8/10 Good

Sazalina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

fiona, singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
comfy and quiet place
Wifi sucks. Bought 3G ais can’t even connect from the room either. No toothbrush set. Other than that everything is great. Service is good. Room is very clean except for the wardrobe( got one kind of smell), quiet. Can rent bike, buy your tour tickets at “everyday tour” at aonang (beside an Indian restaurant). So much cheaper. Breakfast wise. Just motor bike to the main aonang street and eat. Save 200baht per day. Will book this hotel again :) good stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017
Response from oum on Jan 10, 2018
thanks so much for your cooment.

2/10 Terrible

ellen, canberra

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not a great experience
Bathroom and curtins mouldy. Staff were unhelpfull and rude. Not hot water. Had to book with new hotel. Only good thing was pool area.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2017

4/10 Poor

SZE LING

Disliked: Staff & service
BAD SERVICE EVER I EXPERIENCE!
Staff in this hotel is not friendly and not helpfull at all the last day i came back to my own country , i accidentally realize back that i left my spectacle at room i straight away call back to hotel informed that but they just told me dont have and dont have anything in the room. they not even help at all even i at hotel i request for newspaper they also dont have, even i ask them where can i buy but they just tell me ' i dont know ' it is so ridiculous if you are staying at your own country and you telling me you dont know where can buy newspaper
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

4/10 Poor

SZE LING

Disliked: Staff & service
Not recommended!!!
Staff is not friendly not helpful My spectacle left at room i ask the staff help me find and they just told me dont have. So i lost my spectacle !!!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Sa, MY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel and cheap
Nice view hotel.. near market, near with halal food.. just walk to beach and market.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017
Response from Anutida A on Jul 22, 2017
thanks so much for your cooment

10/10 Excellent

emily , kuala lumpur, malaysia

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
It rained for majority of my stay but having a nice, clean spacious room with balcony overlooking the garden I was still able to enjoy relaxing. Great convenient location Close to many restaurants just at the end of the street which was convenient to grab a quick bite when the rain settled before it picked up again. Short walk to Ao nang beach and all the tourist stores and street food along way. Will definitely stay here again if not wanting to lash out on a beach front resort.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Steven, West Midlands, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really nice hotel, attentive staff, comfortable.
The hotel is modern, clean and has good facilities. Staff at check in were very helpful and polite and helped me when we discovered we only had coffee sticks in our room and not coffee. The location is just off the front, a few streets behind - about a 5 minute walk from the beach area/seafront restaurants, but there are plenty of shops, restaurants on the doorstep if your not too fussed about a sea view while eating. Overall good experience and good hotel for Thai standards.

4/10 Poor

me

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
not recommended
the staff didn't know any English. not nice. everything you ask they will do for cash! clean,not very near the center. small pool. Resort is certainly NOT

8/10 Good

Tam, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel
Hotel is clean, short walk to beach and restaurants. Only downside is the pool doesn't get a lot of sun.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Rooms and hotel overall didnt look as good as in pictures. Hotel staff could barely speak english. Smell from the area around was unbearable. Wifi disconnecting all the time. Central location to travel around, satisfying breakfast. Not hot water all the time. Would have rather spent more money to stay in a more decent place. There is no free satlle bus to take you from/to the airport. Clean rooms at least

8/10 Good

Noor Azreen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Love it!
Amazing!

6/10 Okay

ANNIE, quebec

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Average and plus bécause of the staff and pool...
It is à big 5 floor hotel. Thé rooms are clean and large, thé staff is always smilling and helping. Some times thé élévator is broken...thé pool is vers nice, thé Wi-Fi is gôod and free. We Can bring thé pool towels at thé beach and on excursions. This is à gôod service bécause we don't have to buy some. Théy have a gôod choice of excursions. Thère are many gôod restaurants nearby. Thé only négative points are: it' is not on thé beach, and Thère is oft'en some bad odours coming from the street ? Or from the a/c.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place to book
The room is good Staff are kind and polite Swimming pool was good
Response from Sor on Oct 31, 2016
we’ll work hard to fix the issue you experienced. Thanks for letting us know.. If some think wrong, we are apologize for any inconvenience. Looking forward for your comback again, we will improve our service to make you a happy time to stay with us. With Best Regards,

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
hmm basically nothing fantastic abt this resort
not near anything, far walk to aonang or the beach, service was crap, pool wasnt clean, breakfast was meh. really there are better options out there.
Response from Sor on Oct 31, 2016
we’ll work hard to fix the issue you experienced. Thanks for letting us know.. If some think wrong, we are apologize for any inconvenience. Looking forward for your comback again, we will improve our service to make you a happy time to stay with us. With Best Regards,

6/10 Okay

J, Chiangmai

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Shower curtain too short, after shower the toilet will flood. WiFi too slow and useless.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
1. Location was ok 2 .but there has ant in the room walls . 3. and i was booked superior room with double bed but what i get is 2 single bed combine together.

8/10 Good

Marino

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Rachael, Macclesfield

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Misleading pictures
The pictures on the website do not match the hotel. I went with my boyfriend for 3 nights in Feb just gone 2016. There is a lot of construction going on so beware you won't get a good sleep. But that's not the hotels fault. The pool gets sunlight for about half an hour so if you like to laze around the pool look elsewhere. The staff don't speak English very well even when I ordered a Coke they had to get someone else to interpret what I had asked for. The room got no sunlight so it was very dark and depressing like a cave. And the wifi is awful. I would not stay here again.

6/10 Okay

Andreas

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Cameron

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel in Ao Nang
Nice quality room, not too fancy but great value for money. I had a nice view on my balcony of a lush green area without any buildings to be seen, that was a pleasant surprise. Easy walk to the main areas, lots of restaurants around and food vendors. I had a great time. Hotel staff very helpful with my trips etc. Nice inexpensive buffet breakfast.

6/10 Okay

Jenny, Bracknell

Disliked: Room comfort
Ok for a short stay
The front desk staff were welcoming & upgraded us to a room which had its own pool entry balcony, however the room was small with no space to even put our luggage. The pool itself seemed to be mainly in the shade throughout the day which wasn't ideal for us. Breakfast was ok with a fair selection. We sat by the window and it was very dirty with dead bugs at the bottom. We stayed in a different hotel for less money the next 2 nights after we checked out of the aree tara and it was much better value for money. The Aree Tara is ok for a few nights stay but I wouldn't want to stay for a whole holiday. The location is quite good as its within easy walking distance of beaches, shops, restaurants and bars.

8/10 Good

Aree

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Azimah, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will stay here again
Made a last minute booking and although we reached very late, room was ready and check in process was very fast. Receptionist was very helpful and provided some tips for cheaper laundry. Room was clean and perfect for a couple and bathroom was huge. It was located near the street and halal food was readily available.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rude staff!
Dont choose this hotel. The staff is super duper rude!!!!

10/10 Excellent

Shanan N.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Superb family holiday
The aree tara certainly lived up to its pictures. The room was very clean and the staff was very friendly. The room was big enough to acommodate my husband, myself with both my kids. The hotel on the whole is very clean and everything was in a walkable distance, even shopping!!!!! Thank you everyone for making this a memorable trip!

8/10 Good

Sue Tan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Staffs are friendly & helpful
Room is clean & comfortable, staffs are friendly & helpful. However, please add on the free wifi service in room.

8/10 Good

Timothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place to stay.
Nice place! Great breakfast.

8/10 Good

amol, singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome location n food
I have stayed in this hotel for 4 days.. It's value for money.. Polite staff, awesome food n very convient to roam around.. I will suggest this hotel to everyone.. Only issue I found here staff doesn't understand English well :(
Picture taken on first day
View from my balcony

10/10 Excellent

Jo L.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good hotel. value for money
Location is abit further from aonang beach. But you can easily rent a bike and travel around krabi ! Room is good for the price paid. will definitely come back to Aree Tara!