Rawai Hotels & Resorts

Crystal Clear Thailand

Crystal Clear Thailand, Chalong (from US$40 per day) is popular with diving and snorkeling enthusiasts. In addition to guest rooms, the resort offers a number of daily dive and snorkel trips to various locations, and diving instruction/certification is also offered. The 12 guest rooms include balconies, high speed Wifi Internet, flat screen LCD televisions with satellite channels, minibars, and coffee/tea makers.

• Excellent services for divers and snorkelers
• Friendly and helpful staff
• Views from guest rooms

• No meals other than breakfast provided
• Limited activities for non-divers

Floraville Phuket Resort

Floraville Phuket Resort, Chalong (from $49 per night) offers a lush hillside location with coconut palm trees and exotic tropical plants and flowers. The property features a swimming pool, restaurant, and on-site spa. The guest rooms include cable television, wireless Internet service, kitchenettes with refrigerators, and separate seating areas.

• Clean and spacious guest rooms
• Good food at restaurant
• Helpful staff

• Reports of bed bugs in some guest rooms
• Pool needs maintenance

Chalong Chalet Resort & Longstay

Chalong Chalet Resort & Longstay, Chalong (from US$61 per night) as a small property with 18 guest rooms. Located atop a hill overlooking Chalong Bay, the resort offers a restaurant, a bar, a swimming pool, and laundry services. The guest rooms include balconies, LCD or plasma televisions, refrigerators, minibars, and rain showers in the bathroom.

• Beautiful swimming pool
• Bicycles for rent

• Unhelpful staff

Maalai Resort

Maalai Resort, Rawai (from US$106 per night) was formerly called the Phuket Sea Resort. Located near a variety of restaurants and shops, the resort features two swimming pools, a restaurant, room service, a bar, and laundry service. The 68 guest rooms include cable televisions, kitchen areas, and refrigerators.

• Clean and spacious guest rooms
• Friendly and helpful staff
• Nice swimming pools

• Beach not great for swimming

The Golden Tulip Mangosteen Resort & Ayurveda Spa

The Golden Tulip Mangosteen Resort & Ayurveda Spa, Rawai (from US$136 per night) boasts a scenic hillside location near Nai Harn Beach. The property features a swimming pool, a restaurant, a lounge/bar, and an Ayurveda spa. The resort’s 41 villas include Jacuzzi tubs, cable televisions, minibars, outdoor rain showers, terraces with hammocks, and coffee/tea makers.

• Helpful and friendly staff
• Complimentary shuttles to beach and town
• Beautiful pool

• Decorative pebbles on shower floor can be dangerous
• Isolated location

The Evason Phuket & Bon Island

The Evason Phuket & Bon Island, Rawai (from US$171 per night), located on 64 tropical acres near Rawai Beach, features a private island that can be reached by the resort’s shuttle boat. Guests can also enjoy the property’s on-site spa, three swimming pools, multiple restaurants, lounges/bars, kids club, fitness center, and dive shop. The resort’s 260 guest rooms, suites, and private villas feature balconies, in-room safes, satellite televisions, minibars, desks, and bathrobes.

• Beautiful beach location
• Helpful staff
• High quality food

• Some rooms in need of renovation
• Many stairs to some areas of the resort