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Reviews of Secret Garden Village

3 out of 5
Secret Garden Village
13/80 Moo 1 Sairee Beach, Koh Tao, Surat Thani

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 77 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 36 out of 77 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 77 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 77 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 77 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Skye

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
We loved the remote location of the adorable bungalow. However it was tricky to find up the hill about a 20- 30 minute walk from the main area/beach as there is no sinage so it really was a secret bungalow. The bungalow did have a leak and some bugs. Despite this it was a cozy stay. Many dogs and chickens in the neighborhood will great you and you will feel like you are staying in a majestic untouched area.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

April

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice place for great price!
Htoo the manager was Awesome. Great welcome and superb service. WiFi was best I’ve experienced. Anything you needed, Htoo would provide or help get for you.

2/10 Terrible

Jon, Canada

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Has gone downhill
I had previously stayed here 2 years ago and everything seemed in order. This time was the complete opposite. It may seem close to Sairee Beach but the path is now not accessable for scooters and you can not walk it once it gets dark out. To get to the beach or bars at night you have to take the long way around. The room was the same type I booked before but this time it came with heavy mildew and mold smells. The bathroom door had to be shut the whole time I was there due to the smells. You wake up completely congested. The porch has an ant colony in/on it and the boards were not properly nailed down. If you stepped on the wrong one the opposite end would shift and pop up. I have travelled a lot in Thailand and have dealt with poor maintenance but this however was not acceptable. The overwhelming discomfort of the bungalow made me book a new hotel after the first night (I had 5 nights booked). I suggest not booking here even if my bungalow was a one off situation. I wouldn't roll the dice.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Mathew, Toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Nice quiet hotel, 10-15 minute walk to the action/
Nice quiet hotel/bungalow which is a 10-20 minutes walk from town and the beach. The room was clean and the bed comfortable. Selection of coffee and tea in the room along side a mini fridge and kettle. Ac was strong in the room and quite loud at night. Staff is friendly. Checking in is 11am, checkout 10am. If you are traveling by foot I think there are other places to stay that are comparable, ideally if you stay here, you should have a moto. If I can exchange back to Koh Tao I'd be looking elsewhere.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Juliette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Maggie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The cabins are very nice and clean. It has a nice garden in front. Wifi is good. Bathrooms are basic. The hotel is a 15 minute walk to town and beach over gravel roads and there is nothing close by.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

2/10 Terrible

Alyson

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disappointed that the property did not match the images posted on line showing property with beach views this is not the case. Cancelled reservation and I was disappointed with hotel.com handling of cancellation.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Francisco

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful experience!
The place is really nice, very comfortable and well maintained bungalows. Very welcoming and their manager, Htoo, really amazing..if you read this Htoo, you rock man, keep it up!! The only bit of down size is not on the beach but shouldn't be a surprise as it is described in the general description.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Johnnie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Bungalow for a Couple
This place was perfect! Close to the main area but also far enough way to feel secluded. Highly reccomend for couples. A bit of a dark walk home but Koh Tao is safe so I was never worried. The bed, deck, AC and bathrook were all so clean and great. Would highly reccomend staying here!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet little oasis
Amazing manager always willing to help us with whatever we needed. An easy 10-15 minute walk to town depending on if you took to the coconut grove or the street.

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing little getaway
Lovely manager always willing to help us out to make our stay comfortable and convenient. Even when the power did go out (as it does on the island) the generator worked hard to get everything back online within a half hour. It was only a 10 minute walk through the coconut groves to get into town for my dive course which was great. Even if it was too dark at night, only a 15 minute walk via the main roads, and each room came equipped with a flashlight for you to have on you. Definitely recommend this little hideaway.

10/10 Excellent

Sapphire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great little place!
I stayed here for 3 nights and would definitely return! Friendly staff and cute little place!! Only bad thing was it was abit out of the way, I had to hire a scooter to get back to the main town road , it would of been about a 20 minute walk other wise. The owner recommended a great scooter shop and they picked me up and took me to the shop. Room was cleaned when I asked (you have to tell them a time to come and clean) good wifi and a good little bungalow! Movie channels in all languages and the manager there was very helpful with everything!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
Great stay close to main attractions.

10/10 Excellent

Hailey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hostel!!
The owner was great he let us use his snorkels and motor bike for a really cheap price. It's super laid back and a little hard to find. You'll turn right off the main street and then take a left off of the secondary street there is a resort area where you turn left. Then follow that road a little ways and at your first left take the left there was a blue building at that turn. Follow the road all the way to the end it becomes gravelly. Take a left over a bridge (this is past where google maps says the address is ) You'll continue walking and see a sign for a hostel. Go to the hostel and ask for Tu. He'll take you to the villa its right behind the hostel. Super nice place to stay!! There is also this cheap dinner place up the road on the street with the resort. It's right across from the Health gym. I highly recommend it!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Quiet place amongst the palm trees
Located a short walk through a palm tree forest from Sairee beach, the bungalows were a perfect place to stay away from the crowd but close enough to still be involved. The beautiful garden made you feel like you were living isolated in a tropical garden. Aircon and fan kept the room very cool. Sairee village is less than a 15 minute walk away and you can also order authentic Italian pizza delivered to your bungalow. Staff were excellent and very friendly/ helpful regarding any of your needs. Couldn't have asked for a better place to stay!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value
Comfy cabins easy walk through a coconut farm to get to the beach and to the shops and bars

8/10 Good

Kath, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet clean bungalows
Great bungalows, air conditioned with fridge a short 5 minute stroll to the main strip and beach. Quiet and comfortable.

8/10 Good

Kath, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet location
Quiet location near base of hills. Only 500 m walk to main road. Htoo (manager) was great and helped with all requests. Clean, comfortable room with aircon and fan and free wifi.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommend
Tucked away but still in a great location! Very awesome host that helps you with anything you need ( bike rental,island information, ferry booking, etc). Clean, strong A/C unites and nice porch. Loved staying here!

10/10 Excellent

Celina, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cozy, quiet rooms, close to the action
The rooms were super cozy and private. Very close to the beach, maybe 5-7 minutes on foot. Also its located right in Sairee, so you're super close to tons of food, activities..etc. But the cottages are tucked away down a dirt road so its very quiet. Aside from the roosters haha. The manager was incredibly friendly and helpful, i would definitely stay here again and recommend it to anyone.

8/10 Good

ala

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay, not far from city, but quiet.

6/10 Okay

Angela, england

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
stayed here recently for four nights. the location is quite out the way and requires a 5-10 minute walk through jungley area which i found particulary daunting and scary at night as it is pitch black and you can hear all the animals - be aware of this. this put me off staying again. The guy who owns the place is increadible and would do anything for you and he makes this place good. nicest guy you could meet. the rooms were a good size and confortable. However the shower was over the toilet and therefore gets the toilet wet when you use. Also our bathroom door did not close properly and during our stay our room wasn't cleaned. However, had we asked the owner to clean it he definatly would have.

8/10 Good

Nick, Ottawa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Cute little bungalows in forest
It really is slightly out of the way, but nothing a 10-minute walk or scooter rental can't fix. Good little bungalow for the price at the expense of location.

10/10 Excellent

Michael, Manchester

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The guy who runs the place is brilliant - helps you out with anything Off the main road but within less than 10mins walking distance to the beach and the town. A nice little area which is clean and comfortable with very helpful staff

8/10 Good

byron, kent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice bungalows.
Really set of bungalows. The manager, Htoo, was really nice and did whatever needed doing. Nice quiet location, and not far from the main beach.

8/10 Good

Trevor, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Surprise
Only stayed one night but a great little place 400 meters from the main road set in cocanut trees .

6/10 Okay

Grant, Glasgow

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
nice enough.
Hotel owner was very friendly and hospitable and the room had all the basics plus a fridge. The long dark path wasn't ideal walking along at night but flashlights were kindly provided. Checkout was at 10am which we felt was earlier than most.

8/10 Good

Rob, Holland

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Nice hotel close to the beach.
It's so secret the taxi drivers couldn't find it. The sandy lane towards the hotel is going to high grasses. In the evening you certenly need candles!

6/10 Okay

Jenni, Helsinki

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place, peace and quiet off the main road
Me and my husband stayed three nights in a very nice bungalow with all modern comforts. Location is a bit off the main road so there's no danger of any annoying music etc. at night. The sounds of the jungle are the only ones present at night, very cool! Scooters are for rent at the hotel for a very reasonable price. The hotel has no restaurant but it was no problem for us to walk a few hundred meters to the main road. Remember to take a flashlight with you if going out in the dark, since there are no street lights. The owner (?) of the place seemed like a very nice guy. All in all, I would stay here again if I wanted some peace and quiet. No complaints.

8/10 Good

Brian, Ireland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Away from crowds but close enough to enjoy
Secret garden is a nice quiet place with well looked after bungalows, for some people it might be a little out of the way but not a problem as you can rent a moped from them cheaply. The owner went out of his way to let us use the facilities well after check out as we had the full day to spend before catching the night boat. The owner seems really genuine and relaxed which makes him a pleasure to deal with.

6/10 Okay

Adrian, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good but a little out of the way
I can't fault the accommodations at all, lovely new individual bungalows set amongst the coconut trees, clean, comfortable, everything worked and room service was good. Only issue is the location. It's a bit out of the way and then some distance off the main road up a sand track, if like us you don't mind a little privacy, and peace and quiet, highly recommended.

6/10 Okay

Lauren, Aus

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
In the jungle
Gorgeous new place, peaceful and very we'll maintained, it is a little out the way from the beach which is awesome for some peace but because of the heat, we wNted a pool after our walk home. It's an up and coming place and maybe after a few years of custom, they will invest in a pool :)

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

6/10 Okay

Elf, UK

Liked: Room comfort
Secluded and beautiful
The bed was huge and really comfy!! I get a bad back easily n this bed was great. The location was wonderful it feels like your in a secret hideaway definitely. Downsides is the bathroom could do with a bit more effort n the drains really smelt. I think a daily room clean n towel change would have been good, though he did do it when we requested. Its a good 10 min walk to your closest shop or restaurant so some sort of food or small shop on site would be good especially for breakfast. We hired out a moped from the owner really cheaply n that was great for getting about on. The owner is really friendly n chilled. Another thing I would recommend is a hammock or some sort of chill out area where you can lie down outside.

4/10 Poor

radik, isarel

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
it is a really a secret
Planed to stay 3 days at koh tao, when looked at the map it showed that the hotel is near the road, when took the taxi from the ferry it took me ibside the jungels on dirt road, abd the taxi didnt even was sure where the place is. When i found the place it looke really nice and well tajen care of, but it us just so far from everything. You need to walk about 10 minutes in the jungle to get to the road and then go about 5 ninutes to the center. it is a nice place to be away from everything and everybody but in other scenerio dont go there

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
街から少し外れにありとても静かで快適でした。 バイクがないと不便な場所ですが、それ以外は部屋も対応も最高でした！！
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Line

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Verdt å besøke i noen dager :)
Vi hadde to helt supre dager på Secret Garden Village. Det er en bungalow litt ut i bushen, bort fra støyet fra byen. Det er primitivt, men veldig koselig. Han som driver stedet (manager, ikke eier) snakker bra engelsk og er veldig hjelpsom uansett hva det måtte være. Vi ankom ganske sent med båt fra Krabi, men ble vist rett til vår bungalow uten noe problem. Vi fikk også leie scooter samme kveld så vi kunne kjøre inn til byen å få oss middag. Det er 3 minutter med scooter inn til sentrum og kanskje 4 minutter til stranden. Vi hadde det helt topp, men vær forberedt på at det er dårlig trykk i dusjen og ikke er frokost på stedet.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

kei, Tokyo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I'm in love with its quality and kind stuff. The atmosphere was really awesome. Someone posted that it"s far away from the beach but anyway you have to rent a bike so there's no problem with it. I'd love to stay here again. Cheers
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
フレンドリー
サイリービーチから徒歩で15分ほど 山の中にあり、夜も静かです。 スタッフもフレンドリーですし、部屋も清潔でした。 田舎好きには良いと思います。 また滞在したいと思います。
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Luiz Eduardo, Natal,RN

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Razoável

8/10 Good

Matteo

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

10/10 Excellent

Lena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super Urlaub
Sehr nette Leute, sehr nette Unterkunft, hat alles gepasst.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hyvä paikka. Suosittelen. Ainoa miinus rannan etäisyys.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Niko

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice bungalows
We was here 3 days. Clean and comfort bungalow. 400m to beach, but you can rent a motorbike from here. Village is little hard to find because it’s far from main road, middle in forest. I love this place. Villages manager is very helpfull and nice! Thank you!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Na ja
Wenn man keine hohen Ansprüche hat ok, ansonsten absolut nein.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Sandro

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Nicolas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
En dehors de l'agitation
Localisation un peu en dehors du bruit, dans la nature. 10 min de marche pour le centre de Sairee, mais pas un problème car on est au calme la nuit.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017