Aonang Lake Side Bungalow

3 birgit siemayr - 4 years ago

Slept in a bungalow.
Owners were very very nice and helpful. Even got an orange juice when we arrived.
Nice pool and beautiful nature around. They really care about the garden.
Con: toilet was blocked soon, needed to fix it. There was no tube under the sink, so as like the water from the shower also the water from the sink splashed on the floor, and then splashing on your feet again.
The whole bathroom in the bungalow should be renovated.
The beach was nice but in the afternoon you couldn't swim because of low tide. But beautiful to walk also to some small islands.
Beach 1,1 km away from hotel. So quite far to walk. And also the next supermarket was 15 mins away from the hotel.

1 Jeana S - 3 years ago

Our room had a lot of mould and holes in the bathroom ceiling. We wanted a different room but they were full so we left. We had paid for 4 nights. We got out money back but they didn't make it easy for it. The locals here know of this and have told us yes it is an old hotel. Unfortunately, it must have been once beautiful and comfortable but is now run down. We are not fragile foreigners but we expect a little bit of cleanliness when paying for a hotel.

3 Olga Kovalenko - 2 years ago

You can get so much better for the same price, so please don’t stay here. It’s not worth it. These are not the romantic bungalows you’re searching for. We were supposed to stay for three days but we decided to forget about the wasted money for the last day and moved to a different hotel.

We had initially chosen this location because I really wanted to live in a bungalow. However the bungalow I imagined in my dreams was a far cry from what we actually received even though the pictures online and seemed rather good. I believe the rating on booking actually reflects a better picture of what this is because this is definitely not a 4 1/2 star place.

Let’s start off with the good. It’s a rather sweet territory with the birds chirping around and butterflies flying around obviously playing. We had a nice blue sink we did which wasn’t shipped in anyway. When we arrived we had two bottles of water in the fridge two soaps and toilet paper. Initially we were supposed to stay for three days. The room was something like cleaned only on the second night. The bedding was changed and we got a fresh roll of toilet paper. There was also nice porch. The pool is also very nice though there are quite a few tiles missing and nobody bothered to replace them. There are several plastic bags to sunbathe on however they’re only three so whenever more than one couple comes there’s not enough. There’s also a shower next to the pool. I wasn’t able to get it working however the girl that came out to me was.

If you do decide to stay here here’s a life hack. Make sure to aim the fan at the window during the night. That way it pushes all the hot air out and you get the nice cool air for when you sleep.

Now for the bad. There’s not enough until nation in the room. And judging as there is both you’re sleeping area and the bathroom and one room with no wall separating it this is rather bad there’s no window in the bathroom which makes the room in the whole bungalow very stuffy. It is very difficult to get fresh air in the room and as a result it is always stuffy there and difficult to breathe.

Everything is very dated an old but was struck me most was the carelessness of the owners. When we arrived there was some guys shirt in our wardrobe. Nobody even bothered to throw it out. There are also two very old toothbrushes right next to the sink. No one bothered to throw even those out. And while I understand that rebuilding a Bungalo may be difficult adding a hole for ventilation in the bathroom is not. Moreover there was obviously some kind of insulation hole in the ceiling as we could see it was covered up, but I would’ve preferred not to have been covered up. I wasn’t able to get any Wi-Fi in the room however my husband was able to get the Wi-Fi from the common area.

2 Davi Cury - 3 years ago

Frankly, I’m writing this review with a broken heart. As much as I found the place deplorable, I know there’s honest hard working people doing their best to run the business, and they do deserve credit for it.
But, long story short, I paid for a 12-day stay and, after having problems in two different rooms I had to ask for my money back on the 5th day of my stay.
The two rooms they put me in were absurdly run-down and had strong smell of mold, which is something my rhinitis doesn’t really tolerate.
Good thing is that the staff understood my point and were kind enough to give me back 6-day worth of payment back.

4 Jo Mateixa - 3 years ago

Nice place near a little lake. You can see the squirrels jumping on the trees and the frogs singing. A paradise for nature lovers. There is a little pool, really nice and convenient. A Family Mart and some little restaurants at about 300 meters. Near a mosquee and the Muay Thai stadium. About 10 minutes to the beach. We stayed in a room with air conditioning. It's huge, and has a balcony, TV, fridge... Really big bathroom and shower. It needs a little bit of improvement, but it's OK.

2 Janina De Coco - 5 years ago

Everything is worn down. Owners were having a bid BBQ at the pool. Their guests walked by our windows and stopped to look inside. Very unpleasant. Door don't really close, so mosquitos come inside. Also the blankets are stinky and dirty. Seem to not have been washed in forever. At check in in the evening, the man who let us in was only dressed in a towel, running directly to the room to spray room freshener to hide the molten smell. Also they first tried to give us a much more worn down and cheaper room, even if we had booked the more expensive one.
Location is not really close to anything. You can walk everywhere, but there are many nicer places to stay in this area.
I'm sure it was a nice hotel once, but sadly it has not been taken care of.

2 Mbali Msiza - 4 years ago

Two stars because the owners were really lovely and accommodating but they really let the place go. The trees in the area need to be trimmed and rubbish thrown away. The WiFi wasn't working in the room I was. The room itself was OK nothing amazing a bit dirty. But you can rent a bike here for 200baht so that's the only good thing about my stay here.