I would only suggest staying here overnight if you have an early flight from the airport otherwise avoid! The staff and service are not good, and place itself is not great either.

We stayed here overnight whilst travelling to Koh Samui. We flew from Bangkok to Surat Thani and then got the bus to the hotel. The hotel was only about £18 but I really regret staying there. This hotel is massive, but they couldn't give us a double room so we had to rearrange the two single beds together. There is nothing around where the hotel is so were forced to eat at the hotels own restaurant. There was a band playing some awful music and every few songs a different woman would get up and sing with them, badly.

The menu only had thai food but we didn't mind trying the local food, I wasn't that hungry so tried to order some plain rice & mixed vegetables, my partner went for another rice dish with shrimp but the waitress was cluless and despite pointing at the items on the menu we ended up with different things. The food didn't taste too bad, but then the next morning I was ill and this lasted for about a week - I had gastroenteritis, great!

Breakfast was very bad, we were up early as our transfer to the ferry was picking us up at 7am so in the end just opted for toast. However the packs of spread supplied tasted awful, as did the juices so not a good start to the day.

If you are desperate for somewhere to stay for the night before travelling on to Koh Samui then this hotel is just about bearable, but please avoid the food! It really put a dampener on our holiday and completely made me want to avoid Thai food which was a real shame. Also be aware that it becomes quite expensive travelling from Surat Thani to Koh Samui as I think there is just one company offering the transfers. I think it was about 150 baht on the bus to our hotel, then in the morning we were picked up at 7am in a pickup truck that everyone had to squeeze onto the back of with their luggage before getting dropped at where the coach was. This was the most disgusting, smelly bus I have ever been on and the journey takes around an hour as they stop somewhere for salespeople to get on and sell you their accommodation and transport. Then you finally get on the boat. I think the transfer to the ferry port and for the boat crossing was 450 baht. I really wish we had flown direct to Koh Samui, I really would urge everyone to strongly consider this option if you can afford it as otherwise it is a lot of travel and a wasted night in a horrible place unless you take the night ferry which didn't sound too great either!

we stayed the night because we were arriving late from a train trip, but we were on our way to Koh Samui...

Rooms were fine, but breakfast choices for foreigners were poor. Also, no Airport transport unless you fly Thai Airlines; any other airline, you are on your own (both ways) and expensive. Not a good location - almost nothing of interest within walking distance.