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The reception to the Anderson is a little difficult to find, but it turns out to be the happiest reception desk in town. The staff were tripping over themselves trying to make us welcome. The Anderson is packed in at the end of a narrow alley in Ton Sai village, an anomalous little place that is half-hotel, half-guesthouse. Rooms are cramped, but they all have air-con, fridge, and TVs with DVD players -- as well as private baths. All rooms have optional air-con in the low season, but mandatory in the high. A lot of people seem to be willing to make the trade-off between space and extra comfort, so it's usually full. One set of rooms are located above a steakhouse, mainly serving Scandinavian crowds, and as such the rooms are often taken by Swedes and Danes. These rooms are accessed via a different restaurant's cooking area which can be a worthwhile adventure in itself. The second set of rooms, by the reception, are the newer. Watch out for the noise at night, as the Anderson is in the thick of the bar action.

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Ton Sai village, Ko Phi Phi. T: (081) 298 2818

What we were quoted*

Type of room	Low season	High season	Notes
Dbl fan private b'room	700 THB	1,300 THB
Dbl air-con private b'room	1,100 THB	1,500 THB

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Added to Travelfish on: 28th August, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 7th February, 2010

Hotel H.C. Andersen reviews

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Price is the only plus! - 9th August, 2009
Prices in Phi Phi are crazy high! This was the cheapest. We had a triple room (2 twin beds and a mattress on the floor) for 700B with A/C, but that is because this room doesn't have TV nor bar fridge. The girl in the reception is really nice and helpful and speaks very good English. We had a room in the old part of the hotel and it wasn't that nice. The bathroom smells bad, they must have a sewage problem.

Hotel H.C. Andersen reviewed by luchy1309 on 9th August, 2009, rated 3 out of 5.
Stayed here 8/2009
Total reviews submitted: 7.
luchy1309 also reviewed: Chada Guesthouse, Old Darling II and Asia Queen Hotel, Sugar Palm Karon Resort, Sumit Hotel, Summer Hotel, Tony's Place.

Good value for money - 4th December, 2007
We stayed at two different rooms in this hotel. The first was only 1,000B with air-con. A very small room but it is clean and taken care of. But this room was in the new area (where the reception is) and it's very near two loud bars. Don't expect to sleep until 2am (Thai curfew). The second room was in the older building above a restaurant. This had more room and wasn't loud. It was our cheapest room of our entire holiday and was very OK. It doesn't include breakfast, but you get a 10 % discount for the AC Anderson restaurant. It is also in the middle of the town and near a 7-eleven. So if you plan to party, you can stay at any room. But if you intend to sleep early, make sure you have a room in the old building.

Hotel H.C. Andersen reviewed by JFonck on 4th December, 2007, rated 4 out of 5.
Stayed here 11/2007
Total reviews submitted: 5.
JFonck also reviewed: Jungle Park Beach, Jungle Park Beach, Palita Lodge, Phi Phi Viewpoint Resort.

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