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Reviews of Ailay

14/20 Koh Phayam, Amphoe Mueng, Ranong, 85000 Ko Phayam, Thailand

#16 of 39 hotels in Ko Phayam

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Review score

Based on 36 hotel reviews

8.5

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.6

  • Comfort

    8.7

  • Location

    9.5

  • Facilities

    8.0

  • Staff

    9.3

  • Value for money

    7.6

  • Free WiFi

    5.0

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  • Reviewed: 30 March 2024

    8.0
    great Beach & Bungalow
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Studio Beachfront
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    first of all we would like to thank Khun Dew and her whole team! we had a very pleasant stay and enjoyed everything. I recommend the front row, the peace and quiet depends largely on the neighbors and we were lucky. great breakfast and really nice and hospitable team ! regards, Khun Jung 🙏

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 February 2024

    8.0
    I will seek opportunities tostay here again.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Studio Beachfront
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Food was okay - not great. Bungalows could have feet wash troughs off the front of the porches.

    Location, staff, quiet, vlean

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 February 2024

    9.0
    Perfect if you want to stay on the beach
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Deluxe Studio Beachfront
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Shower water pressure was low but that’s how it is on the island, no complaints. In my opinion the price should have included breakfast although it wasn’t too expensive paid separately either.

    Beachfront bungalow right on the beach with full seaview. Was able to go for a swim at night time with plankton and then fall asleep to the sound of waves. The staff was extremely welcoming, helpful and kind. Location was great, a bit on the side away from busy bars but easy to walk to any of them by the beach.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 20 January 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Suite Beachfront
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Super friendly and helpful staff. Nice location. Full recommendation, would go again anytime.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 January 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • People with friends
    • Deluxe Suite Beachfront
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hut was great and an impressive size and views were amazing. I was very comfortable here and had no complaints. It is perfect for a quiet and laid back get-away. The restaurant next door meant you never had to go very far for food and drinks. Staff were amazing and were always willing to go the extra mile. Very lovely people.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 2 January 2024

    10
    Paradise on earth!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Double Room with Partial Sea View
    • Stayed 12 nights

    Location is ... paradise. So peaceful and quiet. The beach has many cozy and laid back restaurants so easy to find other place to eat if you don't fancy that of the hotel or just need a bit of change. Staff is super friendly and sweet. Also close to the jungle. We went on many walks down the beach or into the jungle. Also clean and tidy.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 10 April 2023

    9.0
    The perfect island getaway - ideal to relaxation.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Suite Beachfront
    • Stayed 5 nights

    Free wifi was spotty. Bathroom had some ants and other creepy crawlies.

    Ailay Resort is almost at the end of the beach which makes it particularly quiet; it is as if you are the only one there. Better than most other resorts, almost all bungalows are directly at the beach and have full ocean view, lots of windows, and indoor bathrooms. They are really comfortable and spacious, though not really luxurious or stylish. The owners are really friendly, hospitable, and super accommodating. While the menu is not expansive or fancy, it is really excellent Thai home cooking. The enormously wide 4 km long beach in the bay is most beautiful with white sand, quite clean, ideal for long walks, jogging, yoga, kajaking, and hours in the water - you barely see other people, and no noisy boats or beach bar night life. At night, you only hear the cicadas and the waves of the ocean. During high tide you can snorkel around the reefs and during low tide explore the tide pools.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: 20 March 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Deluxe Double Room with Partial Sea View
    • Stayed 10 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Amazing place. Very friendly staff and good food. It is right on the beach. Very quit and relaxing.

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 20 March 2023

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Room with Partial Sea View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bungalows do need some love and taking care of though, along with all the place there. It could do with a bit more decoration and ambience

    Best spot on all Long beach! You open your bungalow door and you sink in the soft sand in front of the beautiful sea. Bungalows are basic and cleaned everyday. Staff were nice and polite

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 25 January 2023

    10
    the nicest place on a beach you could wish for with amazing staff and amenities.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Studio Beachfront
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    nothing

    everything

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: 21 January 2023

    10
    really enjoyed staying here. Fantastic views of the sunset! Great, friendly people! Thanks
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Deluxe Double Room with Partial Sea View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    n/a

    very clean with great service and lovely staff

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: 8 January 2023

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Studio Beachfront
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Stayed here back in 2019/20. Lovely beachfront bungalows with AC. Room are basic but have everything needed. It is a short 10/15 minute walk to other bars/restaurants. Nice and quiet at this end of the beach. The owners we’re fantastic again. Will definitely stay here again

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: 1 January 2023

    10
    Amazing place with Amazing People
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Studio Beachfront
    • Stayed 11 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    was just perfect!

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: 27 December 2022

    8.0
    Excellent beachfront holiday stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Suite Beachfront
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Excellent location for a quiet beachfront holiday. The rooms are basic, but with a wonderful view and great access to the beach. Perfect for families or couples who prefer a quieter place than the other options that are offered on the beach front.

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: 12 December 2022

    10
    Home away from home
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Studio Beachfront
    • Stayed 13 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Couldnt think of anything we would change. Will be coming back.

    Couldnt ask for more from Ailay. The hosts were genuinely friendly and caring, rooms got cleaned everyday, food could be delivered to the room, on a beautiful clean quite beach with coral reefs close by (they have snorkeling gear, boogie boards, kayaks and more that are free for guests to use). I have a gluten allergy and the hosts were very helpful and accommodating, never had a reaction. Hosts helped us book all our transport to our next hotel. Wonderful experience overall that made for a very relaxing getaway.

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: 20 January 2022

    10
    we enjoyed our stay with the great beachfront view. Staff was great. Thank you for your extra service that we had every
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Studio Beachfront
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    everything was good

    Beachfront bungalow with a nice view. Great Staff and Service

    Stayed in December 2021

  • Reviewed: 3 March 2024

    3.0
    2 star resort charging 4 star prices.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Studio Beachfront
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    This was not a bungalow, it’s a basic and very badly built hut. Cut up plastic shower curtains stapled to the walls served as curtains in the bathroom, the sheets were stained and torn, the curtains are in tatters and the shower is a joke. The manager is only interested in your money. A glass in the room cracked, she chased me down in the “restaurant “ demanding “you pay, you pay 60 baht for glass”. We did, only because we were sure she would have taken the money from the cleaning staffs wages. We paid 28.000 baht in full - three and a half months in advance and she had to embarrass us over 60 baht. If we hadn’t paid up front we would have left and found better accommodation. See the photos and the truth of this review.

    The beach is beautiful. The hut is right on the beach. The air conditioning worked very well. The cleaners were there every day, so as clean as they could make it.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 2 January 2024

    1.0
    Rip-off! Not recommended the second raw bungalows!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Room with Partial Sea View
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing if you are in the second raw bungalows. We booked for 5 days and looked for another place the very same day we arrived. The location was terrible, the view was to a wall from the bungalow in front, totally overpriced, and they kept telling us that if we didn’t like it we should talk to booking.com. Needless to say that the tv, the air-conditioned didn’t work,… total rip-off. They are lying to you when the sell the second row bungalows!

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 29 December 2023

    2.0
    Bad value
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Room with Partial Sea View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Ran down. Messy. Badly overpriced.

    Superb location / beach

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 February 2023

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Room with Partial Sea View
    • Stayed 5 nights

    Poorly built bungalow, lacking comforts such as a headboard, cushions, comfortable chairs - overall poor value. Breakfast (optional, not included) was terrible value at 200 Baht each.

    The beautiful peaceful location. Good quiet aircon.

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 12 February 2023

    2.0
    ok
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Studio Beachfront
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Way too overpriced for the poor standard of the bungalow

    Location is nice but theres a noisy Rasta Bar next to them

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: 6 February 2023

    1.0
    don‘t go there - don‘t wreck your holidays
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Room with Partial Sea View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    bathroom was in a horrible condition, bedbugs in the beds, moult on the floor, a/c nearly not working, next to a garbage dump (directly next to the bungalow), view to an ugly wall not like in the pics.

    nothing apart from the fact that it is close to the beach. but ghey have bed bugs, are totally overpriced, description is incorrect, service very poor

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 24 November 2023

    8.0
    Peaceful relaxing getaway.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Room with Partial Sea View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    You could argue it was a little expensive for the facilities and no breakfast. But the location is amazing and hard to beat.

    Beachfront (first row) was amazing. We felt like we had our own beach.

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 25 April 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Studio Beachfront
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

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    Stayed in April 2024

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