The Nine Thipthara Klongson Resort

un cadre idyllique, le personnel pas très serviable, super chambre je recommande

This hotel was very clean, tidy and quite unique. It is small and the staff are really friendly. However the location is a little problematic as there isn’t much around. That said, you can get a taxi into Aon Nang (costing about £5), but a return journey every day does become pricey. There is a shuttle to the beach a couple of times a day (free).

Pool area lovely, breakfast was plentiful. Drinks and general food are expensive and have tax + service charge added (around 250 Baht for a cocktail - £6.50p ish) which is far too much for Thailand.

Superbe hôtel, très authentique.
Situé à l’extérieur de Ao Nang mais c’est agréable et la plage d’Ao Nang est à seulement 8-10min en voiture ou scooter.
Beaucoup de charme et très apaisant. Seul bémol : ne pas avoir une chambre proche de la route car ça peut être bruyant. Nous l’avons signalé à notre arrivée et le lendemain nous changions de chambre.
Petit déjeuner : correct mais à améliorer.
Personnel très charmant.

The hotel is in a quiet area a few Km out from Nopthara/Ao Nang beaches. Unless you plan too stay put, you will probably want a motorbike or car or to download a taxi app. Our room was spacious and comfortable, but not the greatest design as the dressing / utility area was essentially in the bathroom, making it a bit inconvenient for two people to get dress/bathe at the same time. Also there was no drawer space for clothes and no power point for the hairdryer close to the single bathroom mirror. The patio area outside the room had rather uncomfortable thai-style seating, so we didn't use it much. The pool is nice, and set in a pleasant garden, but didn't have enough shade or umbrellas when busy. We went out for breakfast most days as it's not great in the hotel, limited choice and the coffee from the machine is worse than you would expect on an airline (much better form the machine in the room). Spa massages very expensive for Thailand as they tend to be in hotels. Cocktails on the lurid list in the (deserted) bar looked like they are made from bottled mixes and they were unable to make a gin and tonic when we asked. We might stay again when we go to Ao Nang, but given the number of little issues we will most likely look for somewhere a bit more polished.

Considering the hotel is next to a couple of roads, they’ve gone out of their way to create an enclosed ‘jungle’ feel thats been achieved really well.

The hotel, rooms and swimming pool are all stunning and it’s so quiet and peaceful. For the price you pay, it’s an absolute bargain. The staff couldn’t have done more for us and they were an absolute delight!

My only recommendation for the hotel is to run the free shuttle bus service at later times. The last pick up from ao nang town is 7.30pm and the last drop off is 4.30pm which isn’t ideal if you want to go out for dinner in the evening.

If you do visit, get the ‘grab’ taxi app instead of getting a taxi as you normally would. It saves about £3 on each journey compared to the prices that taxis would normally charge.

You can hear the people and children staying in the bungalow next to you. You hear everything.
The AC is next to your bed - draft!

So so so lovely. The whole place is stunning. I arrived on my birthday, sat by the (spotless) pool drinking cocktails and then had a massage by the pool. I died and went to heaven. Staff were excellent - very friendly and spoke perfect English. I went with a friend but it would be the perfect place for a romantic getaway.

The bathroom was particularly lovely & outdoor shower! All felt very luxurious. I only wish we'd stayed longer!

Hotel et personnel sympathique, petit dej et resto correct. Chambre avec accès piscine jolie. Toutes les qualités de cet hôtel ne peuvent compenser son principal défaut : les chambres mitoyennes sont invivables. Un simple panneau de bois séparé les 2 chambres, c'est comme si vous partagiez la même pièce. Chaque bruit est parfaitement audible, la douche du voisin, sa télé, ses ronflements.... On ne parle pas d'une chambre mal insonorisée, on parle ici d'une absence complète d'insonorisation, les nuits sont donc très courtes. C'est bien dommage car le reste de l'hôtel est chouette

When I booked this resort, I expected to place calm and peace due to the location of it far from beach. But it is placed very edge of car road. Therefore cars’s and motorbikes’s noisy sound comes into my room and other weird sound I don’t know where it comes from. But employees are very kind and helpful.

What we loved about this hotel are the chilled atmosphere, its incredible aesthetics and the amazing food. Although the location is not great for those seeking Ao Nang buzzy nights, we found this place ideal for those (like us) wish to escape the touristic Ao Nang but also be close enough to catch boats for day trips. We've chosen Nine Thipthara to literally get this relaxing experience of being in the middle of the lush tropical green jungle garden. We found it very family-friendly too as (a) the hotel offers a very good wooden cot bed with a nice mattress (upon request), (b) it is stroller friendly you can easily roam around the cement paths to access pool or restaurant or massage pavilion, (c) baby high chair is available at restaurant (d) pool has a quite shallow part, ideal for toddler and (e) every room is equipped with mosquito repellent liquid vaporizer for mosquito free sleeps.

I won't speak heaps about the interior design as this is all obvious from the multiple photos users are posting, instead I will focus on the good quality sleep this massive king size mattress gave us, the spacious bathroom with the jacuzzi, the outdoor shower and the huge balcony covered by tropical plants so you can have your privacy.

Food wise, apart from breakfast, everything we had for lunch and dinner was simply amazing. The hotel has a very talented chef on board which offered us the best of the Thai cuisine. All pool rooms are a stone's throw away from the restaurant and pool so we enjoyed meals and drinks by the pool while our tod was sleeping in the room (make sure you bring your baby monitor). Speaking of breakfast, I won't say it was awful, I will just say it is quite a shame this hotel has so good food but so poor breakfast so definitely an area of improvement to get my 5 star review next time we visit.

Personnel was fantastic, helped us with various baby-related requests, to book day trips (they called several tourist offices for us), to arrange taxis etc. A taxi will cost you around 200-250 baht for ao nang beach but we only went once as there is a great option for dinner next door (Khun Noi Thai Food) that we visited twice as the food was so good and reasonably priced.

Definitely this would be a 5-star review if it wasn't for the poor breakfast and also some policies missing from the hotel like no smoking policy: our neighbour next door was a heavy smoker and some of the cigarette smoke was slipping into our room (only wooden walls are separating the pavilions).

It was nice that they have a free shuttle to go to Ao Nang beach during the day, and then return to a peaceful oasis at night. The breakfast staff were so kind. The waterfall shower was a treat. We also loved the high bench with chairs on the little river by the dining area. Had a great stay.

Spent 16 lovely days there. Staff are excellent and could not be any more helpful. The tropical settings is beautiful and right next door is a traditional Thai restaurant. Would defiantly go back again without hesitation. I do recommend you hire a bike as it makes getting around much easier and they are about £10 per day.

Location between two major highways is an absolute disaster. We left after one sleepless night (walls of rooms are also paper thin) and had to pay for full four nights but it was worth finding a much better (and cheaper) accommodation in the area. Terrible experience.

Very calm and quite place, perfect for couples! The best way to explore the surroundings is to rent a motorbike at the resort.
With a motorbike you are in ao nang in only 10 minutes.
Great service an food at the resort.

I am a bit torn about that place. The garden is incredible, true jungle. The villas are super cozy and beautiful but there is almost no place to store your clothes.
The biggest downside is the breakfast. Absolutely no choice for vegans and only eggs and fruits for vegetarians. Coffee is awful, very limited choice for carnivores as well.
They do serve alcohol but drinks are just bad...
they turn off the pool lights at 8pm not sure why.
There are 2 fantastic local restaurants 200m away which was a saviour for us. Other that that, you are far from everything.

If the restaurant and breakfast would have been as great as the ambience that would have been the best hotel I have ever been.

Hôtel à l’écart de la ville, nécessite la navette ou le taxi pour toute sortie. Navette gratuite à 14:00 et 16:30 pour aller en ville et retour 17:00 et 19:30. Sinon il faut compter 300 thb le tuktuk. Hôtel merveilleux en pleine verdure, un endroit calme et magique avec une équipe au petit soin. Séjour inoubliable, je recommande.

To start with, the people are kind and nice. The place is good, the landscaping beautiful and the rooms have Thai signature.

If you don’t have a car or a motor bike i would not recommend the place since its far from anything except for nice resturant next door.

Its a bit isolated and no shuttles available ( the available free shuttle timing is completely useless) so you need to consider 30-50 $ per day for grab.

The villa we got was wall to wall wit another villa which was empty luckily for the first 3 nights then the fun started when the other villa got occupied and we could hear every single conversation lol .. decided to spend as much as possible time outside for the last day.

If you are looking for quite far place from tourist areas in Krabi i think this is the right place. Otherwise its not a good choice.

I did not like the breakfast at all :/ ( low quality )

Overall it was an ok experience and thanks for the staff for the good hospitality

Syns dette va riktig fint sted og bo på, service minded personal, rommet/huset med basseng hva så pass bra så att etter 4 netter måtte vi leie 12 dager til :). Anbefaler sterkt dette sted før dem som ikke vill bo midt i turist Kaoset i Krabi men har forsett Stein kast til stranden og Krabi senter

We booked this resort after looking at the pictures
resort is good in terms of ambience..good jungle feel but the downside of it makes me write a review as i feel so terrible that i want people to not fall just for pics...
good things-
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only and only the ambience, the jungle feel

Bad things -
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— short on staff. no one was available to carry luggage when we arrived
— the rooms are smaller in size, we had a canal view room but room didnt had enough space to keep luggage
— the resort is far from Aonang beach and every cab or taxi driver asks more money
— the resort is in a deserted location and feel unsafe if have to come late night on bike
— the free shuttle has horrible timings. last one from AOnang beach back to resort is at 7:30 which i am sure no one would want to take , so you daily expenses for taxi will shoot up .. 350 each side
— coming to buffet .. the breakfast buffet in morning is a disaster.. we ended up eating bread all 4 days
limited options in food and kept like left over
— the saddest thing , they dont have onions and tomatoes for omelette and we have to request for that
— no courtesy, staff is not good and courteous.. for everything the answer is no
— they denied us water in morning for 12 pm checkout and said they dont give water on checkout day.. beyond belief.. we luckily had some bottles from seven eleven
— the lights in the resort automatically turn off at 12 PM.. its feels so dark and unsafe.. you wont even want to sit out in your patio , we couldnt even enjoy canal view

The Nine Thipthara is absolutely lovely little retreat away from the hustle of Ao Nang beach road. The staff is super friendly, polite and caring. The villas are clean (thanks to the daily cleaning service!) and the beds are cozy. The atmosphere is just like in the pictures, jungle like garden with a nice pool.

The food is ok, regular thai-food, nothing too fancy. Breakfast is continental. Prices are reasonable considering it is a hotel restaurant. The cooks and the waiters are friendly and professional.

There is a free shuttle service to Ao Nang everyday 3 times a day. You can also book about every activity from the reception. The activities include a pick up service, which helps a lot.

The Nine Thipthara was a big factor in our lovely holiday so big thank you everybody for your smiles, kindness and professionalism. Would definitely recommend to anybody looking for a peaceful retreat in a jungle. 5/5!