Crystal Bay Yacht Club Beach Resort

A nice small hut with a spacious bedroom, big bed and a nice (quiet!) AC. The hotel restaurant is very nice - good food and helpful staff. Breakfast is available - a rather standard open buffet with some local food and some "western" (like croissants). It costs 250 baht / person, however you can add it before check-in - in such case it costs 200 baht/person. There is also a fine restaurant next to the hotel (you have to reach the street and go into Lamai direction about 100m) with a very nice guy (who knows english very good!) Beautiful beach next to the hotel - however watch out for underwater rocks - I've lost balance due to waves and hit one of those rocks with my big toe resulting in a broken nail and an unpleasant cut. Good, although a bit remote location - the city of Lamai is nearby. It is possible to rent a scooter (150 - 300 baht / day, depending on the model), so getting anywhere shouldn't be a problem.

We had a cockroach in the bathroom one night - my wife was rather unhappy with it :-) There was a loud party each night somewhere nearby, due to which falling asleep was difficult sometimes. The huts could be a bit more sound-proof. Additionally, if you like to go to sleep earlier, hearing people walk by your hut could be annoying. The shower area should be isolated from the rest of the bathroom. After each shower, half of the bathroom was flooded due to lack of isolation and no drain in the main part of bathroom - it took almost half a day for the water to evaporate - very uncomfortable if you wanted to use the bathroom in that time.