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Reviews of Family Tanote Bay Resort

3 out of 5
Family Tanote Bay Resort
40/1 Moo 3, Tanote Bay, Koh Tao, Surat Thani

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 10 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 13 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 17 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 49 reviews" "

6.6/10

Cleanliness

6.4/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

6.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

2.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice staff and employees. Excellent location
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Pascal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Bungalows - Great view
Always great to stay there. I love the bungalows with their great view. They are quite simple, but that's all I need. Very quiet bay. WiFi was also pretty good in the Restaurant - doesn't work what well outside of it though. Would go there again.

10/10 Excellent

Alexandra, SE

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice location and staff
We stayed in a small bungalow up the hill, the view from there was amazing! We had our own bathroom and a fan, it was so windy up on the hill so we did not even miss ac. The staff was super friendly and always happy to be at our service. The restaurant is cozy with fenomenal food for a cheap price! The beach is beautiful and the hotel offers sunchairs and hammocks at the beach for free. The water is clear blue and full of fish! We booked snorkling trips through the reception and they also have taxi service..
The hotel from the beach
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Food from restaurant
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Response from ฺBank on Feb 27, 2017
Thank you warm review and our service . We are looking forward to coming back again.

4/10 Poor

dan, cape town

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location . Hotel is a rip off.
Amazing view and quiet location away from busy sairee beach. But VERY far from everything. Dangerous gravel road and no store for miles. I stayed in a fan bungalow. And was charged 1100baht a night. The man who worked there admitted it was 800 by mistake. After I had already payed. The electricity would turn off daily which meant no fan. The wifi is a joke. They say they have wifi..they should just be honest. It dosent work maybe once a little in 5 days. The food is good and kItchen and waiting staff where great. A normal fan bungalow on the beach is around 600baht. I was ripped off. And couldn't get my money back from expedia or the hotel. Don't do it you can get much better value for money in many places on the island. Tenote bay is worth a day trip tho.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

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

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Good luck
Hope you find it because their telephone number is out of service...

6/10 Okay

Lee A, Liverpool

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Best bay in koh toa
Hotel room was a dump however we got the cheapest room, view was absolutely amazing. Electrics hanging off wall and dark rooms and hole in ground in toilet! All this said you get what you pay for and the view from the hammock defiantly worth it. Location a bit of a nightmare for getting the main party strip costing 500 baht per person and 600 baht the way back! Tanote bay easily nicest bay on koh toa and a must see for everyone.

4/10 Poor

Amelie, Seattle

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not recommend it
We booked the hotel via Expedia a couple days before our arrival and when we arrived, the staff didn't even know we had a reservation and they were very un-welcoming. After we showed them the confirmation on our cellphone, they took us to our bungalow. Even though we had booked the priciest room (with sea view and air conditioning), we were very disappointed by it (there was no safe as it was supposed and no fridge), a very basic room. The AC wasn't working well and they laughed at us when we asked them to check it out and they pretended not understanding English. They didn't clean the room neither gave us new towels for the three nights we stayed there. We spent our whole time in the other resort next to ours, named Montalay Bay, where the staff was friendly and the food very good (we should have booked with them).

2/10 Terrible

James, England

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family Tanod Bay Resort in Ko Tao
Our stay at Family Tanod Bay Resort was unfortunately the worst of our 3 week stay in Thailand. We paid for 3 nights but actually only stayed 1 and checked into another hotel in the bay. The staff on arrival were very disorganised and un-welcoming. We had been trying to call the hotel to arrange a pick up transfer prior to our arrival but they never answered the phone. Our room was very basic to say the least - a bed and a table and a single light bulb in a dark wooden room was not what we expected. The 2 large Gecko's in the bathroom were a nice surprise as well. The mattress and bed sheets were old worn and very uncomfortable. We tried to ask to move but after being ignored first time round we didn't bother persuing this and promptly moved. As a positive the room did have a lovely balcony which looked out over the bay. The bay itself and beach is also lovely and great for snorkelling.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bungalow FUN!!!!
Staff went out of their way to help us out. The cheaper rooms are higher up from the beach, but they were much larger and well built than any other bungalow that I've stayed in. During our 4 day stay, not one mosquito got into our room. =)

8/10 Good

Aly, Bellingham, WA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Family Tanod Bay: relaxed beautiful location
This hotel was a great value for what we paid. It was right on the beach and the view from our bungalow was incredible. If you're looking for the same service and accommodations as a five-star resort, you won't find it here. You can't use air conditioning until after 6pm and you can't flush toilet paper in the bathroom. But the beach, remoteness, and view make up for this. You need a four-wheel drive vehicle to access the hotel, and it's sometimes recognized as Tanote Bay Resort instead of Family Tanod Bay Resort. The staff doesn't hover but will be helpful when you make a request. The lounge area/restaurant had a fun hostel atmosphere- you put in your own orders to the kitchen and can play games, drink and socialize with the other tourists while overlooking the beach. Good, cheap food- my husband highly recommends the shakes! One tip- if you're coming from the pier, be sure to book your transfer to the hotel ahead of time or else you'll end up paying 2-3x more for a taxi once you arrive.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Ok for backpackers

8/10 Good

Elaine, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family Tanod Bay Resort - peaceful location
Away from it all on the opposite side if the island to the party/dive shop crazy west coast. £10 taxi from the pier, cute huts set in a maintained garden, great sea view, from the hammock on our deck. Real family fun place with friendly staff. Good food at the onsite restaurant. 1 min to the small quiet beach with good snorkelling if not to windy. Didnt try to walk anywhere else as very hilly but could taxi/rent scooter if you want to discover more than beach, sea and relaxation.

2/10 Terrible

Joakim

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Läget är fantastiskt, dessvärre är det riktigt nedgånget och smutsigt
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

van

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Atemberaubende Aussicht! Freundliches Personal! Sehr zu empfehlen
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Therese

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from pakaporn suksom on Jan 24, 2020
We Thank you very much for your stay in our resort. I hope you come back again

10/10 Excellent

Miriam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Agréable séjour à Tanote Baie
Nous avons passé un agréable séjour. Nous devions avoir 2 bungalows simple en bois (bp de marches à monter, mobilier simple et pas d'eau chaude) et le responsable nous à proposé une chambre de 4 personnes plus récente et plus/mieux équipée (clim, eau chaude et tt prêt de la plage). La plage de Tanote est une des plus belle plage de l'île (et nous avons vu une quantité de poissons incroyables ! Meme un tt petit requin à pointe noire !! Top). Il y a un club de plongée juste à côté (langue allemande, française et anglaise !). Plusieurs restos à proximité (celui de l'hôtel est très bien mais ferme à 21h !). L'île est toute petite mais mieux qd même de louer un scooter. Tout ce que nous avions lu sur la location de scooter à Tao nous avait fait peur (grosse pente et arnaque des loueurs). Nous avons loué juste à côté de l'hôtel un scooter tt abîmé (tant mieux) et en effet le loueur était super cool et n'a même pas vérifié l'état du scooter au retour (250 bath par jour). Et pour ce qui est de la géographie de l'île, les gens font peur pour presque rien, il suffit de rouler tranquille !! L'hôtel mériterait d'être mieux entretenu parfois mais vu le prix j'y retournerai avec plaisir !
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Oaew on Sep 5, 2019
Thank You Verymuch for coming to our resort.Welcome always.

8/10 Good

Silvia

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Traumhafter Blick über die Bucht. Gutes Essen im angeschlossen Restaurant. Personal an der Rezeption recht unfreundlich. An den meisten Unterkünften wurde anscheinend schon lange gewenig gemacht. Der beworbene Transferservice in den Ort kann zweimal täglich genutzt werden. Die Rückfahrt kostet dann unangekündigt den doppelten Preis.
Stayed 12 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 12 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Hans Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Schöne Anlage - dürftiges Essen
Wunderschöne Gartenanlage. Die Bungalows sind sauber und erfüllen ihren Zweck, Heißwasser ist eher rar, das Mobilar sollte dringend ersetzt werden. Einziger echter Minuspunkt ist das Essen, aber es gibt am Strand gute Alternativen. Ohne Aircon kann es im Zimmer sehr heiß werden. Wäschekluppen mitnehmen, es geht ständig der Wind. Ausflugsboot am anderen Ende des Strandes buchen (neben dem Massagesalon)
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Direkt am Strand in unmittelbarer Nähe zur deutschen Tauchschule. Sehr viele deutsche Gäste. Das Personal wirkt etwas zurückhaltend, ist aber trotzdem sehr freundlich.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
La plage la plus sauvage de l’île !
Lieu superbe ! Vue imprenable sur la baie des bungalows! Équipe pas chaleureuse du tout mais ce n’est pas le plus important !

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quote and beautiful bay
Bungalows are overlooking marvellously beautiful bay. Staff is very friendly. Moderate price
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2017
Response from bank on Jan 19, 2018
thank you. we are looking your come back.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
nice bungalows close right at the beach
We stayed at family tanote bay resort in September 2017 as a family of four. We booked 2 bungalows close together. The booking worked out fine. Questions we had send via e-Mail to the hotel were answered immediately. The bungalows are simple but clean. Our kids loved the hammock on the balcony of the bungalow. The View over the bay is just great. We enjoyed the closeness to the beach. Great snorkeling right there. The hotel restaurant offers a variety of breakfast dishes and very good dinner offers. We rented a bungalow with a ceiling fan. It was very warm at night - so next time we probably would go for aircondition. The staff was helpful and friendly ! During our stay (6 days) there was no room service, but if you needed new towels, toilet paper (or anything else) you got everything immediately at the reception.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pay for fantastic view
Bungalow basic, but amazing view. Staff unfriendly, food not tasty. Good Coffee! The bay is not good for Kids, too many corals and stones at the beach. Many snorklers standing on corals, demaging them! For Kids we recommend Ao Leuk. We enjoyed the choice of nice Restaurants at the small beach. Few days at tanote family Resort are Ok. We would not choose them again. Nicer Resorts around.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Einfache Bungalows mit traumhaften Meerblick
Die Bungalows sind einfach, aber sauber! Das man kein warm Wasser hat stört überhaupt nicht! Der Meerblick ist gigantisch! Der Staff ist sehr bemüht und hilfsbereit! Alles in allem sehr empfehlenswert! Tanote Bay ist wunderschön! Ich würde sofort wieder hingehen
Response from ิBank on Feb 25, 2017
Thank you warm review.And we are looking forward to service you as we can do.

6/10 Okay

andrea, zürich, Schweiz

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Holzbungolows indie Jahre gekommen, aber okay.
Die Aussicht ist toll! Sauberkeit in Ordnung. Personal nicht unfreundlich. Aber Restarant schliesst schon um 21.30!

6/10 Okay

Stefan, Essen

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Optisch sehr schöne Bungalows, innen sehr einfach
Bungalows direkt am Hang gebaut. Von aussen sehen sie sehr schön aus. Von innen sauber, aber sehr einfach ausgestattet. Kein Kleiderschrank vorhanden, wo man seine Sachen mal ablegen könnte. Auch im Bad keinerlei Ablagemöglichkeit für die Badutensilien. Unser Bungalow hatte Gott sei Dank eine Klimaanlage, ohne kaum aus- halten.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gigantische Aussicht und super Lage....
Wir waren 10 Tage in diesem Hotel und waren super zufrieden. Die Lage is SPITZE!!! Meerblick von allen Bungalows und jeder hat seine eigene Hängematte auf der Terrasse. Die Ausstattung des Zimmers ist einfach und spartanisch, aber alles erfüllt seinen Zweck und das Bett war groß und bequem. Es gibt nur kalt Wasser in den duschen, aber wenn man nicht morgens duscht sondern tagsüber oder abends hat man warm Wasser. Essen Im Hotel sowie außerhalb am Strand war gut und günstig. Wir sind super zufrieden und würden auch jederzeit wieder kommen...

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Schöne gartenlodge mit sehr guten Ausflügen
Waren 4 Nächte dort und haben 3 Trips mit Alex gemacht Ein sehr schönes Erlebnis Zimmer nach hinten waren ruhig und sauber Das Restaurant sehr gut Sehr nettes Personal
Den haben wir gesehen

6/10 Okay

juel, ulm

Liked: Staff & service
Es ist ein kleines nettes Resort
Es liegt malerisch gelegen in einer wunderbaren Bucht. Ein Paradies für Taucher und Schnorchler. Sehr einsam und abseits gelegen, sehr still. Natur pur. Keine Partys. Um zum Hafen oder andere Strände zu kommen benötigt man einen Roller. Straßen sehr steil und kurvig, teilweise nur Sand, eine echte Herausforderung.
Juel

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Ganz ok
Wir waren jetzt zum 3 mal hier. Sind diesmal sehr enttäuschend gewesen. Personal ist unfreundlicher geworden, hatten ein Zimmer ohne Tür zum Bad, war nur ein Vorhang davor, Matratze durchgelegen. Taxi preise werden so gemacht wie man grad lustig ist und am Ende wird noch versucht einen über den Tisch zu ziehen.

4/10 Poor

elena, Roma

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Non andateci!
Ho Prenotato Family Tanote bay su internet poiché la guida lonely planerò lo consigliava come posto a conduzione familiare. In realtà il proprietario è cinese e i suoi aiutanti birmani, uno di loro è stato anche molto scortese perché non credeva che avessi contrattato il prezzo di un taxi e mi ha dato della bugiarda, assurdo! Si contratta sempre con tutti, soprattutto con i tassisti! Comunque la spiaggia è molto bella però consiglio di non pernottare li ma a Sairee beach e poi spostarsi perché di sera non c e nulla e i prezzi delle corse dei taxi abbastanza alte.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Disliked: Room comfort
Wenig Komfort, tolle Lage, gutes Essen.
Ohne diese tolle Lage mit der guten Tauchschule würde ich mangels Komfort dieses hotel nicht wählen.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfekter Entspannungsurlaub
Zimmer total schön und ruhig gelegen, Luxus darf man sich keinen erwarten, aber ist ja auch kein 5 Sterne Hotel. Die Bungalows sind durch kleine Wege getrennt und Restaurant hat super Essen und wirklich billig!! Auch für ein junges Pärchen wie uns wie gemacht, ein wirklich wunderschöner und vor allem leistbarer Urlaub zum Entspannen und Genießen! Wir kommen wieder!

6/10 Okay

Cristina

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Niet aan te bevelen
Mooie locatie, ongezellig resort. Slechte service. Duiken is prachtig hier maar er zijn veel betere resorts in tanote bay

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spartanisch einfache Bungalows
Lage war top, Bungalows einfach aber ok. Restaurant war nicht gut, sehr herzlos zubereitetes Essen (Frühstück + restl. Mahlzeiten) weit entfernt von Thaifood!

6/10 Okay

Mark, Copenhagen

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Basic resort, amazing location
Stayed there in Jan 2015 and paid 650 baht per night. For that price I think it was a nice place. Had a very simple bungalow though with no flush in the toilet or hot shower. Location at Tanote Bay is really nice and the snorkling in the bay is amazing. Wifi is pretty unstable

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

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

6/10 Okay

Dmitrii

Disliked: Staff & service

8/10 Good

Kumpel, Stuttgart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Das Hotel ist in einem guten Zustand
Gutes Resort direkt am Strand. Das Thailändische Essen im Restaurant schmeckt lecker. Die Preise für eine Übernachtung sind relativ hoch im Vergleich zu den anderen Resorts in der Bucht.

6/10 Okay

txomin, españa

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
el personal desastre
El hotel nos gusto mucho . El sitio es inaccesible pero la playa de las mejores. El personal no da ningun buen trato y ademas no te dejan estar tranquilo. Con mejor servicio podria ser un buen hotel.

4/10 Poor

Henrique, Belo Horizonte

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Diaria adicional cobrada com valor superior
Por causa do mau tempo, precisamos ficar um dia a mais na ilha e a diaria extra cobrada foi superior ao valor das diarias anteriores, pagas via hoteis.com A pousada fica longe do porto (4km) e eh necessario pegar taxi para deslocar entre os dois pontos. A estrada eh bastante ruim e, em uma das corridas combinadas com o hotel, o motorista parou no meio do caminho para "renegociar" o valor, nos deixando sem escolha. Se escolher ficar em Tanote Bay, recomendaria outro hotel.

6/10 Okay

Johanna, Göteborg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Family tanod bay resort- koh tao
Bungalowsen ligger precis vid havet på en avskild strand. Mysigt familjeläge men inget för backpackers. 15 min krokig väg från piren och sairee beach, "där det händer". Trevlig personal, go mat. Hängmattor lite var stans. Avslappnat läge, ganska off enligt vår mening men beror helt på vad man är ute efter.