Outdoor pool, pool loungers

Reviews of Nora Beach Resort and Spa

4 out of 5
Nora Beach Resort and Spa
222 Moo 2, Chaweng Beach, Bophut, Koh Samui, Surat Thani

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 181 out of 416 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 167 out of 416 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 44 out of 416 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 20 out of 416 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 416 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The beachside villa was amazing. The restaurant and cocktails were very average.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had a great time! Wonderful staff, and beautiful grounds, close to Chewang but far enough away at the same time. Very peaceful. Would recommend.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mimi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful Thai style villas that were well maintained and lush landscaping. Calm and peaceful resort that was large enough to allow easy access to loungers in pool area and dining room yet felt intimate and inviting.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Helen, Ling Yu

Travelled with group
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
I had a hard time using the access card to open the door and so did my friend. We had to slot in the card multiple time and it just won't unlock. When closing the door to go out you will need to slam the door and hence, you have plenty to people slamming their doors throughout the day and night. Mixer for hot and cold water is ridiculous, after waiting for a long time to have warm water, it disappear half way during the shower. There is no lift if you are assigned to be on the high level. You need to climb the stairs, not recommended for those with weak knees. The only enjoyable part is the sea view during breakfast.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Liliane

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Positive: we had a beach Villa with private pool, was nice and spacious. Negatives : resort wifi was weak and unreliable. They gave us a pocket wifi that worked great for couple days until it did not. They changed our pocket twice…still very weak wifi…tech guy came to set us up with a ‘’private connection’’ but it was in & out, again not reliable…Breakfast was just ok, seems they had a difficult time keeping up the paste refreshing dishes, other mornings, options were mainly noodles, rice, pasta. Some staff members were obviously happy to assist us as for some others, it was obviously a burden. The gym is minuscule, they added so many equipment that there are no room to move around.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

jean-claude

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Were nice place stayed for more days
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Roy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Nora resort and spa is without a doubt our favorite hotel we stayed at during our entire thialand trip. The premises were breathtaking, the rooms are large and gorgeous, with some of the best views from the pool and room. We wish we would’ve stayed even longer just to stay on the resort and enjoy the perks of being here. Could not recommend this place any more than we already are, a must stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nadine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What a beautiful property with beautiful service! Thank you so much for making our trip to Koh Samui incredible.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Kamala

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing views
Really nice resort with an amazing view, pool. Breakfast had a great variety. Only thing was the villa was really dark. Need to have more lighting, even dark in the bathroom. Cleanliness was just okay. Location was a 20 minute walk into town up and down hills otherwise taxi, tutt tutt should not be more than 100 bhat. Very friendly helpful staff
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mayuree

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Nice view
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

steve

Nice staff
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Leon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved Nora Beach Resort and Spa and will definitely stay again. The staff were friendly and very helpful. The resort was kept immaculately clean. We liked the dining options available and the prices were very reasonable for a resort. Location suited us as it is away from the main area of Chaweng but still close enough if you need to be in the action. The whole resort was really quiet and we found it very relaxing. Thank you very much for taking such good care of us!
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had a great stay at the resort. Great pool. Breakfast was good.
Stayed 11 nights in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

AMEER

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Rooms are bit outdated
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Inger

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mae Mee Rim

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved our stay here! Staff are all super friendly and very helpful. Breakfast every morning was a great way to start the day. Private Pool Villa with beach view was absolutely deluxe. Bathroom was showing it's age, but other than that, the villa was clean and beautiful! We'd definately recommend to others.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anna Catherina

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing Resort. Clean. Staff friendly. Let us book in earlier than 2 o clock.

10/10 Excellent

anthony

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely

10/10 Excellent

Camille

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nora Beach Resort is set in a stunning cove north of Chaweng Beach. The property is so lush and the beach view villa I stayed in was incredible. The staff are exceptionally hospitable and accommodating. They are so friendly and do their best to ensure you have a great stay.
Stayed 10 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Raymond

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is a fabulous resort. The location is magic, the staff very professional, courteous, friendly, helpful & very welcoming. Pla was a stand out performer & so was her supervisor. Very clean, spacious, well appointed with everything necessary for a stay, your own swimming pool right on the beach. The restaurant is excellent as is the breakfast. Only a short taxi ride to the centre of town and a half hour ferry ride to Kho Phangnan. All in all this is one of my favourite resorts.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Brandon

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nicolas

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice and quiet resort. Great restaurant. Rooms a living dated but still great. The beach side Villas are amazing.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Jeff on 17 Mar 2020
Thank you for your rating our hotel. Yours sincerely, Management Team. Nora Beach Resort

8/10 Good

Fiona

Stayed 12 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Shane, Brisbane

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There was nothing we didnt enjoy about the property
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Jeff on 2 Oct 2019
Thank you very much for your feedback.

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Around the Corner
Great location - just around the corner from the craziness of Chaweng Beach. Quite secluded beach with great swimming pool. Breakfast options were numerous and quite tasty. My only wish list items would be Stand Up Paddle Boards that guests could use.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Jeff on 3 Sept 2019
Thank you very much for your feedback. Paddle Board? Sound very interesting for us too. Let us work it out with hotel executives. Yours sincerely, The Management Team.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, wonderful pool, beach, clean spacious rooms, friendly staff. I do have a few comments - - hotel is less than 5 min drive from airport and 7 min drive from Bangrak pier. Not only don’t they offer complimentary pickup they ask for 400baht for 2 persons from pier and 300 baht for 2 people to airport... was able to get a taxi for 4 people to airport for much less on my own.... - water is extremely overpriced 70baht for small bottle (they don’t have big bottles...). -most important comment is the construction carried next to the hotel, so when at the beach/pool there’s constant banging noises.... very disturbing. Altogether it’s a good hotel and we had a nice time
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Jeff on 12 Jul 2019
First of all, thank you very much for staying with us. Thank you for your feedback and comment. Please allow me to clarify on your feedback (with respect). - You're right that our hotel located not far from Samui airport and Bangrak pier. However, the price that we charge for transportation are likely the same as local taxi. The price will charge per car (even occupied by 1,2,3,4 persons with or without luggage, depend on the capacity of the car). So 2 or 4 persons are the same price if you take only 1 car (if all accommodated in 1 car). Some hotel that may provide complimentary airport transfer may already put this cost in the room rate already, but we don't. So there cost for gasoline, manpower, car maintenance hope you understand on this principle. - Small bottle of water at Baht 70.- which you're thought that overpriced. The selling price of beverage in hotel are almost the same. The point is if you compare with price from convenience store in Thailand then it is big different on price. It's only you take the hotel price with your convenience or go to convenience store to buy and carry back to hotel. In Australia or European countries, price for a bottle of water may not different since the price in convenience store or vendor machine is slightly cheaper than the price that sell in hotel (may only 1$ different). So we do respect you to make decision on buying or not buying. - The most important comment on construction next to the hotel. The Coral Bay resort has stop doing their business and the new project has purchased the land. Now they doing dismantle all buildings (95% completed). We have no idea on their plan and it's beyond our control. We do apologize on this kind of situation that happen during your stay with us. As said above, it's totally beyond our control. Our team will do their best to accommodate our guests. Yours sincerely,

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
The pool was too warm and shallow and the so called free 'shuttle bus' was at odd times so you had to spend more on travelling as everything was a bit too far to walk. Breakfast was one of the worst I have ever had at a resort and communication from reception was quite poor. The room was clean except for a stench after a heavy downpour. When we told reception about it, someone came to spray something that wasn't much better. I would not book this hotel again.
Stayed 10 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Jeff on 12 Jul 2019
Our staff has call all rooms that booked via expedia.com and stay at our resort since we cannot identify you as "anonymous". The result from all expedia guests are fine with no complaints. However, please allow us to clarify all point that you had mentioned: - the pool was too warm and shallow /// trust that we cannot satisfy all guests in the same specific issues. If our hotel pool was too warm, then another resort in Koh Samui will have the same problem. Shallow? each resort are different depth level. But one thing for sure that the size of our pool is bigger than some international brand hotels in Koh Sumui. - Shuttle Bus, our free shuttle schedule from hotel to Chaweng centre (2.3 km) is 10.30am / 3pm / 10pm which suit with guest expectation to go out for lunch+shopping, dinner+shoppiing and for night life. Trust that all guest that made booking via on-line travel agents should aware on resort location before make final decision to book the hotel. - Breakfast, we used to have issue with our breakfast due to guest are vegetarian or other food conditions like gluten free ect.., (there are limited products in Thailand regarding to special food requirement). For your case that mentioned the worst breakfast, please kindly give me more detail that will help us to make the improvement. If 95% of our guest are happy with our breakfast, we cannot ignore those 5% that we may do it better by your comment in details. - Reception communication //// thank you very much for your comment. I will discuss with team on how to improve this point. - Stench in room after downpour, thank you for your feedback. We will work it out and try to improve this. As all above with fully respect on your feedback, we reply with the purpose that other people who may read this review may have the clear picture of both side. Yours sincerely, The Management Team

10/10 Excellent

Mel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Paradise
We had an amazing time. The staff couldn't do enough for you, pleasant, friendly and always have a smile on there face.Definitely try the food on site, beautiful presentation, tasty and great value for money. Great cocktails. We stayed in a beach villa which I would highly recommend. Just perfect
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Jeff on 27 Jun 2019
Thank you very much for your feedback. We do look forward to a chance to welcome you back to Koh Samui again in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nora beach resort review
This hotel was easily the best I have ever stayed at (and I have stayed in 100's) . The room was amazing, the breakfast was 1st class and the staff very helpful and happy.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Jeff on 27 Jun 2019
Thank you very much for your feedback. We all here at Nora Beach Resort do look forward to a chance to welcome you back to Koh Samui again in the very near future.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
the staff are so lovely and friendly. the views at breakfast were beautiful
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Jeff on 18 Jun 2019
Thank you very much for your feedback. Best regards, The Management Team.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Jeff on 18 Jun 2019
Thank you for rating our resort.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was lovely, the chalets/huts were awesome. There were 5 of us in our party so we had both rooms in our hut and there was an adjoining door between us. It is quite a slope down to the beach and pool so if you have any walking disability than this may not be the hotel for you
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Jeff on 6 May 2019
Thank you very much for given us a feedback score. Yours sincerely, Management Team

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Jeff on 25 Apr 2019
Thank you very much for given us a feedback score. Yours sincerely, Management Team

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I liked that despite there being quite a steady amount of rubbish wash up on the beach, staff cleaned it up. Impressive the resort prioritise this. The breakfast was good. Pity about the coffee machines. Also no soy available despite indicating I’m dairy intolerant. Same thing for son-in-law. He has a significant reaction to gluten & told staff but no gluten free foods available to him.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Jeff on 25 Apr 2019
Thank you very much for your feedback and your comment. It's quite tough for our kitchen team since there are very limited gluten free products in Thailand. We will do our best to find out gluten free products to serve our guest in the future. Yours sincerely, Management Team.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff very friendly. Room was beyond amazing. Massage was excellent. Would definitely come back and stay longer.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Jeff on 25 Apr 2019
Thank you very much for your feedback and comment. Yours sincerely, Management Team.

10/10 Excellent

Gina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Little Slice of Heaven
This was a last minute booking, I wanted to be near the airport, and I didn't know how wonderful it was going to be! You feel like you are in a secluded garden with a gorgeous pool area overlooking a private beach, having all the amenities needed for a pleasant stay. The spacious and open, beachside restaurant has a full vegetarian menu, and the food is excellent, so no need to even leave for days! The rooms are spotless, with nice balconies and updated bathrooms. Wifi is spot on. There is a safe and refrigerator in the room. There is a full spa and a workout facility, neither of which I saw due to the brevity of my visit. And the service is impeccable. Wonderful experience and I am looking forward to a return visit in the future.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from JEff on 25 Apr 2019
Thank you very much for your feedback and comment. We do look forward to a chance to welcome you back to Koh Samui again in the very near future. Yours sincerely, Management Team.

6/10 Okay

orna

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Jeff on 14 Feb 2019
Thank you very much for feedback score. Yours sincerely, The Management Team.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We booked a beachfront Pool Villa Suite and we were very pleased we did as it was lovely and gave us the privacy and quiet we were hoping for. The only disappointment, which we could not tell from the photographs when we booked it, is that you do not have direct access to the beach. There is a retaining wall almost the whole length of the hotel's land and only a narrow strip of beach the other side accessed by steps. When the tide was in there was no beach at all in front of our villa. The manmade beach in front of the villa was very coarse and stoney. When we first arrived there was a lot of rubbish, bits of plastic etc outside our villa, which we collected and put in a pile. I think the garden got the hint and collected it the next day!! It was very upsetting to see how much rubbish was in the ocean and, although I know this is not the hotels fault, was surprised that the Hotel Management had not told their staff to pick up any plastic waste that was washed up on the beach in front of their hotel. The breakfast was good, lots to choose from. Did not eat their in the evening as it was completely lacking in atmosphere and did not use any of the hotel's other facilities. One other point to consider when booking the Nora Beach Resort is that it is as bit in the middle of nowhere (if you walk down the hill there are three of four reasonably priced restaurants) so it means taking taxis all the time.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Jeff on 18 Feb 2019
Dear Sir, After read through your review, I don't know on how to start our response to you. We do understand that this is not your fault to stay with us during this period. However, please allow me to explain as following details: - You may not aware that the southern part of Thailand was affected by storm "PABUK" that hit to our area during 2-5 Jan 19 which still affecting our area with high sea water level and strong wave. - During the storm, the strong high wave had hit our beach area and drag the sand from area behind retaining wall and brought the dead coral in small pieces from the sea to our manmade beach area. - Actual, the beach in front of our retaining wall is longer and wider than you saw, but because of the storm that affected our island up till now. The tide is remaining high which cause no beach at the moment. - The rubbish from the sea are dead seaweed and plastic container that cause by human behavior. The high wave have bring in non-stop during the high tide (which remaining high tide). Our hotel staff (mainly by gardeners) has collect these garbage on daily basis, but cannot do it all day. It's like never ending works. So just to waiting for the nature back to normal. At this stage, we have our staffs to clean the beach in front of our resort on daily basis, one time in the morning and one time in the afternoon. Yours sincerely, The Management Team.

10/10 Excellent

HUI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Jeff on 2 Feb 2019
Thank you very much for your feedback. We do look forward to a chance to welcome you back to Koh Samui again in the very near future. Yours sincerely, The Management Team.

10/10 Excellent

adam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Do it!
The staff were wonderful and the resort was amazing!
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Jeff on 3 Jan 2019
Thank you very much for your feedback! We do look forward to a chance to welcome you back to Koh Samui again in the near future! Yours sincerely, The Management Team.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Jeff on 25 Dec 2018
thank you for give us the score. Yours sincerely, The Management Team.

10/10 Excellent

Nisha, Dubai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spread in acres, this property felt home away from home. Beautifully made villas, gave a royal feeling. The overlooking beach and pool was outstanding. Not to forget, their Spa is to die for. Highly recommended. Will definately visit again.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Jeff on 11 Dec 2018
Thank you very much for your kind words. We all here at Nora Beach do look forward to a chance to welcome you back to our resort. Yours sincerely, The Management Team.

8/10 Good

Tony, Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good resort great pool staff
Had a week here recently was our 2nd stay and was great, highly recommendable
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Jeff Sakakorn on 9 May 2018
Dear Khun Tony, Thank you very much for your feedback. We do look forward to welcome you back to Koh Samui again in the near future. Yours sincerely, The Management Team.

10/10 Excellent

Diven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One of the best beachfront villas on Koh Samui.
We rented one of their beachfront villas with private infinity pool and this resort is really hard to beat in that aspect. The location (beach), their facilities and staff make this a premier place to stay. The only bad thing we encountered was one night our sheets were not the right size and were clearly not of the premier quality. The staff is fabulous in how well they treat you; all (with the exception of one) went out of their way to greet us and made us feel welcome and special. We went to the other well known resorts on this island and can definitely state that location-wise this one is very hard to beat. We will definitely come here again!
Response from Jeff Sakakorn on 24 Mar 2019
Attn: Diven on Thank you very much for your feedback. It's great to learn that you had a good time during stay with us. Regarding to the sheets as you had mentioned, we do apologize on this and will use your comment to improved our team. At this stage, we do look forward to a chance to welcome you back to Koh Samui again in the future. Yours sincerely, The Management Team.