Koh Kood Beach Resort

Beautiful spot with your own private beach. Our kids loved just walking into the water for basic off beach snorkling, plenty of small fish to see. Nice deep swimming pool was great and restaurant food was excellent with plenty of Western and Thai options available. Not too expensive. Our family of 5 stayed in a multiroom villa, it was excellent. The outdoor bathrooms are novel. The staff were excellent and helped with everything incl scooter hire, transport and laundry services.

located far from anything on the island, the hotel charges 800 Baht for taxi pickups... you must rent a bike unless you are with family. showers/toilets are out on the open, which is nice, but poor facilities and planning makes it hard to enjoy a good shower.

Second visit to island so wanted to sample different hotel and paid more for family room (Sunset 1 upper house). One of the main reasons was also the swimming pool for my 4 yr old to practice swimming etc. Setting lovely with nice beach and good snorkeling gear to explore fishes around rocks. Unfortunately, room and general resort is tired and needs investment to keep up with rivals on island. First impression of room poor, lights not working, wobbly toilet seat, out of date drinks in fridge and attack of bees/wasps at night! Manager response poor and dismissive, not really interested and fobbed me off on a number of occasions and made you feel as though you are hassling him. The other staff are very pleasant and pool area and beach area is lovely and can't argue with view from our room. But little details like staff smoking in view of customers, coconut trees did not looked maintained (falling coconuts) and very average food (we are in Thailand!) bring the scores down. Understand that mistakes happen and its how they are resolved. We received insect killer spray to sort out our bee problem, no apologies, just pay the bill at the end of your stay, thank you very much. Oh, also managed to get our transfer to the pier wrong, not enough space on first taxi...our trip on the second taxi was quite a ride and great if your a rally driver (my wife told drive to slow down as I was hanging onto my child and dear life).

Stayed as a couple for a week in a Bali style house. Nice room, king sized bed, secluded resort- very happy with the accommodation. There were a few families as well as couples staying at the resort but it always felt very peaceful and there were a lot fewer people that I would have expected - perfect for a relaxing holiday. The resort is by the sea and a beach with corals on the side. There is also a pool which we didn't use. The food/drinks were fine with a lot of choice of both Thai and Western food- at better prices than what we saw from some other resorts on the island (a admittedly based on very limited experience). A diving school operates on site which does occasional free test drives but also provides courses etc. You can also rent bikes for free which we did to a waterfall (it's reasonably hilly so do expect a bit of a workout!) and you can rent a mopeds, kayaks etc. Overall very much enjoyed the stay- perfect for when you you looking for a relaxing, quiet place to stay away from all the crowds!