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Region: Southern Thailand> Province: Surat Thani> Location: Ko Pha Ngan/Ko Pha Ngan East Coast
Central Cottage
Motel-like family spot
6/3 Moo 5 Thong Nai Pan Yai, Ko Pha Ngan
Surat Thani Province
Tel: (077) 455 128, (077) 238 586
Fax: (077) 445 032
Email them at: central_cottage@hotmail.com
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Description
Central Cottage has a variety of bungalows and a stone, motel-like building forming a couple of tight rows running back from the beach through the gardened grounds. The cheapest little huts are of a very simple, drafty, wooden variety and provide passable lodging for budget travellers. A selection of air-con rooms are more spacious and have much better beds. These rooms are good for families, some sleeping up to three people, and a playground of sorts is avaialble for small children on the beach. A decent thatch-roofed bar sits on the beach and has a laid-back vibe although the DJ plays mostly sappy pop music that can kill the cool island atmosphere.
Dbl A/C private b'room
1,000 THB (low season)
1,000 THB (high season)
Bungalow fan private b'room
300 THB (low season)
300 THB (high season)
Deluxe bungalow
1,500 THB (low season)
1,500 THB (high season)
Bungalow A/C private b'room
1,200 THB (low season)
1,200 THB (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 31st March, 2004
Last visited or updated on: 22nd June, 2007
Guest feedback
More reports - 
By furixx ( total comments: 12 
) Stayed here 12/2006
Lately there have been lots of reports of peoples' rooms getting robbed here and the staff being rude and unhelpful in response. On top of that they have a new bar and the people there can be sketchy.
Poor service - 
By furixx ( total comments: 12 ) Stayed here 12/2004
While I personally spent 3 1/2 months here in a bungalow right on the beach and loved every minute of it, I do not recommend Central Cottage. The owner has a serious mental problem in which she hallucinates various ills done to her by customers and is known to kick them out of her place at whim. I know of at least three people, not including myself, who had this problem. Usually it's something like she caught you eating at another bungalow restaurant (shock! horror!) instead of hers. She has no qualms about humiliating someone publicly for some ridiculous reason or another. I refuse to take my business to a place that does not know how to appreciate their paying customers. There are several much better, stress-free places to stay on this beach.
Very poor service & noisy. - 
By specialk ( total comments: 3 ) Stayed here 8/2003
In the centre of the bay. Like Ibiza at night -- very noisy, not chilled at all. Very bad service in the day -- our waiter fell asleep in the middle of serving us, and we were often ignored/order forgotten. I think they were all hung-over from partying all night. Nice large clean rooms. Food was OK but not great. Don't stay here if you want to chill out, probably good if you want to party. We didn't so moved to Candle Hut.
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