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Region: Central Thailand> Province: Kanchanaburi> Location: Kanchanaburi
Apple's Guest House
Still a popular choice but has been better
52 Soi Rong Heeb Oil 3, Kanchanaburi
Kanchanaburi Province
Tel: (034) 512 017
Fax: (034) 514 958
Email them at: applesguesthouse@hotmail.com
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Description
Apple Guesthouse seems to suffer from too much guidebook coverage, which can trigger some mixed reactions. Nevertheless, it has a great location at the junction of Rong Heeb Oil and Maenam Kwai roads and is often full to capacity. Well off the river, the bungalows and longhouse are set across spacious and quiet gardens which hide the traffic noise well, and while the rooms are clean and well maintained, they're hot and a little overpriced for this area, especially the air-con rooms. The once stellar AS travel agency at the entrance is but a shadow of its old self and looks quite deserted for most of the time. There are also numerous reports of poor treatment of guests who opted to not use it. Despite there being much better alternatives close by, it remains a really popular choice and the staff are, on the whole, pretty helpful.
Dbl fan private b'room
250 THB (low season)
250 THB (high season)
Upto 300B
Dbl A/C private b'room
650 THB (low season)
650 THB (high season)
Only 2 available
Added to Travelfish on: 21st July, 2003
Last visited or updated on: 8th September, 2006
Guest feedback
Great food - 
By jofml ( total comments: 10 
) Stayed here 11/2007
Rating is for food, it's the best in Thailand: The yellow curry and tom kha gai were the best I've ever eaten. 9 points because you only get western breakfats in the morning, how can this be?
overrated restrauant - No rating given
By solero ( total comments: 19 )
the restrauant is well overrated and expensive to boot. I agree with the main article here, it's a clear case of 'guidebook - itis' when coverage means the place is always going to get business given the coverage it's had, and standards can then slip.
GREAT FOOD - 
By mick110971 ( total comments: 3 ) Stayed here 5/2007
DIDNT STAY HERE BUT HAD A MEAL AND IT WAS FANTASTIC NICE AND RELAXED IT IS THE TOP 2 OR 3 MEALS I HAVE HAD IN THAILAND SO FAR.
RATING IS FOR FOOD ONLY
Ok, but not great - 
By Jerta ( total comments: 7 ) Stayed here 11/2006
Didn't stay here but ate at the restaurant a couple of times. Food is good but nothing special, and a lot more expensive than other places in town. Tours are also more expensive. I guess they figure that because they're so popular they can charge more. Overall somewhat disappointing.
Eat here! -
By daybreaker ( total comments: 4 ) Stayed here 10/2006
Didn't stay here but the guesthouse restaurant is excellent. Laidback atmosphere & better than average service. The food was fresh and tasty. Had a memorable meal.
Overated - 
By cyb023 ( total comments: 8 ) Stayed here 9/2006
Only popped in for food, which was admittedly decent, but nothing special. You can get better food at a quarter of the price from street vendors.
Disappointed - 
By ontour06 ( total comments: 13 ) Stayed here 6/2006
We expected great things from reading the guidebook ... clean, friendly etc. We were disappointed. We were asked to pay upfront for a room (300B double with fan) which was hot and not very clean. We found it hard to get friendly service and even info about the tours offered so we moved elsewhere and found cheaper, cleaner rooms with friendlier staff. we considered doing the cookery course but spoke to others who were disappointed because they skipped the market tour and finished early at 1pm ... didn't sound like value for money.
Great food!!! - 
By womblefur ( total comments: 7 ) Stayed here 2/2006
We didn't stay but did a fairly expensive but good cooking course and ate in the restaurant, the massaman and penang are a must!
Food and drink not what it's cracked up to be - 
By mangoboy ( total comments: 11 ) Stayed here 7/2004
I had heard loads of rave reviews about this restaurant so was eager to try it for myself. Imagine my disappointment when all I found was cold, overpriced 'westernised' Thai fare. Very ordinary indeed. Try SutJai on the other side of the river for some proper Thai cuisine.
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