Ao Phai Hut

Good friendly spot

Photo of Ao Phai Hut, Ao Phai, Ko Samet. , Ao Phai

What we say:

To reach Ao Phai Huts you need to tramp up a wooded hillside. It's worth the short walk as guests receive a friendly welcome and the choice of several adequate rooms. The location's not bad either, nestled between good swimming and sunning spots at Ao Phai and Ao Hin Khok. The individual wooden huts are clean and well looked after, though they do range a bit in quality. If the first one you see isn't up to scratch, be sure to ask to see another. Huts in the back are set at the edge of the forest in a thick bamboo grove, and offer a lot of privacy -- you won't hear the bars at night, but you can still hear the sound of the sea. The restaurant here is passable, though some of the places on the beach are a better choice if you want a good range of seafood. Air-con rooms include breakfast.

Contact details:

Ao Phai, Ko Samet. T: (038) 644 075-6

What we were quoted

Type of room	Low season	High season	Notes
Bungalow fan private b'room	300 THB	500 THB
Bungalow air-con private b'room	1,000 THB	1,200 THB

Added to Travelfish on: 19th January, 2004
Last visited or updated on: 21st January, 2010

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Rated 3 out of 5

Based on 4 ratings and 4 reviews

price fan rooms

Didn't stay here but when I called to ask if I could book a fan room for 300 baht, the owner told me he NEVER sold there rooms for that price and it's 600 baht for the fan room.
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Ao Phai Hut reviewed by sjoelbak (Total reviews: 3) on 1st March, 2011
Rated 3 out of 5. after a stay here in 2/2011
Disgusting

I checked the rooms of Ao Phai Huts on a Tuesday in November. They quoted me 500B for a fan bungalow and 800B for air-con. Both with private bathroom and cold shower. After asking for discount as I planned to stay 3 nights, they offered 400B for the first and 700B for the latter. Either way, the rooms looked disgusting. Worn out, simply old and not worth the money. Maximum half the price would start to be reasonable. I saw 1 fan and 2 air-con bungalows, I can not recommend to stay here.
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Ao Phai Hut reviewed by Secret (Total reviews: 3) on 19th November, 2010
Rated 2 out of 5. after a stay here in 11/2010
Security Risk!!

I very recently stayed here for 2 nights. Everything above you read about it is very true, nice staff, peaceful and quiet, etc. However, I woke up 2 nights ago at 5am to find a Thai guy standing over me, rifling through my stuff!! He bolted straight away with my laptop and wallet. The staff admitted that this happened 2 nights ago to another tourist, and before that too, in the same bungalow no less!! The huts are very spread out and it seems the same thieves are freely roaming the grounds every single night looking for bunglaows to break into (as other travellers told me they heard/saw suspicious guys walking around each night they stayed). There is no watchman here at night, so nothing to stop them. Sure, there's security boxes at reception, but who likes to find a stranger in their room at night having picked through two locks?!? So, dont stay here..choose a place that at least has a watchman at night, as the (helpful) police told me these break-ins has been endemic over the previous few weeks on Ko Samet!!
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Ao Phai Hut reviewed by almondy23 (Total reviews: 5) on 20th November, 2009
Rated 3 out of 5. after a stay here in 11/2009
Friendly Staff

This place is pretty cool. It looks nice and the bungalows are your basic classic bungalows with private decks and some chairs to relax. The staff is friendly and works hard to keep the place clean. But, the rooms are very very basic. Which isn't so bad, the fan room kept us cool on a hot evening. The only big problem is with the showers, the water is pretty funky. If you don't mind roughing it and not taking great showers, this place is an option. Good price and great location right on Ao Phai.
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Ao Phai Hut reviewed by ballatanda (Total reviews: 3) on 8th July, 2009
Rated 4 out of 5. after a stay here in 7/2009

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