First Villa Beach Resort

Great stay, location and amenities were all very good, friendly staff with good attention to detail

Friendly staff who helped us with sorting out visa extension, motorbike rental and taxis. Cosy hut which was perfect for a couple and seconds way from the beach, pool and restaurant. The food in restaurant was amazing and very well priced. Could eat there everyday. In all, very very good value for money. Would stay for longer next time. (stayed for 3 nights). Would definitely recommend staying here.

Nice quiet place

This is a great place. The property is well maintained and and right on the water. The staff are helpful.

If the complex was a little better maintained we would have scored higher as we did have a nice stay. The staff here are lovely, the food in the restaurant is amazing, every meal we had was delicious, the beach and sea are lovely right on the doorstep, you have to walk up quite a long dirt road to get out of the hotel, if you turn left at the top of this road there are lots of nice restaurants to choose from just a short walk away. We had a room with two beds for 4 of us, the beds were not the comfiest but were ok, room was a good size, bathroom had a bath and shower, the water was never warm, always cold, not bad after a hot day but be prepared its always cold, the sink at the end of everyday always had black dust in it, we were unsure where it was coming from? Rooms cleaned daily, new towels provided, they provide bottles of water in the room but then you have to fill up at reception and the water dispenser was often warm water so we just bought our own. The safe had a padlock and when locked you could still open the safe door about an inch, lots of coat hangers to use in the wardrobe. You are in the wilderness so expect creatures, we had a nightly huge gecko visit us on the porch, little gecko in the room and something running round inside the ceiling, you come across lots of interesting bugs, bring mosquito spray and coils/candle if you want to sit outside as they are rife! didn't bother us was all part of the fun! lol. The thing that let this place down was the pool area, the pool water was green, the hot tub was green with slime in the bottom and part of the pool became like this too during our short stay, there was broken concrete and tiles everywhere, it all needs a little TLC, the pool had what looked like a pond filter trying to keep it clean so no wonder it was turning green and slimy!

After spending a wonderful month in another resort I spent my 3 last nights on the island in the First villa. 3 nights = 3 five cm disgusting cockroaches in the room. One coming out of my shower bag. They don't put any spray against them. The first two days there was no hot water. The receptionist was bold and unpleasant . The food was sometimes mediocre and sometimes good, but the dishes were very small. So often I ended up ordering twice the same dishes to fill satiated. The bungalows are old. the window screens were filthy. There is no good insulation between the bungalows so you hear EVERYTHING going on next door. There is no staff in the evening from around 20:30 till I think 8:30 so for example the electricity went down in my room - which means no AC - and there was no one around to help me with it. They did give me tiny piece of paper when I arrived with the phone number of one of the staff, but who could remember where they put it when they just arrive with their suitcases and who could find it in the dark. The wifi was very weak and did not work well in the common areas so I was advised to work from my room - which is not why I went to Thailand. I would not go back to this place.

First Villa Beach Resort is located directly at the beach. They help you renting a Scooter easily (and a Scooter is recommended to drive around the island). We've been there to visit the Full Moon party - they help you organize the Taxi (300 bath / person which is totally fine). We had an amazing stay and would come back immediately.