Racha Island Resort (Rayaburi)

Very good people, place, hotel.

This is a long review. TLDR - awesome staff, 10/10 view, but maybe don’t book our room (villa), or book a room here during travel peak seasons so there may be more staff and better maintained facilities. We stayed overnight for 1 day at Racha Island. Our itinerary: 1. Join half a day tour (Phuket ＞ Racha) 2. Arrive Racha and stayed behind 3. The next morning, left the island and joined the rest of the tour. We were lucky the tour guides were willing to accommodate our overnight schedule. Racha Island Resort itself had amazing staff, 10/10. However, the amenities are quite run-down, perhaps because the room we stayed at were not frequently booked and hence not well maintained. During our stay, the following happened: - Our room hairdryer broke and started smelling burnt - Our toilet flush malfunctioned and water kept overflowing out till the toilet floor - The shower head broke - There was no hot water until the staff arrived and fixed it - Our room minipool water seemed a bit dirty and green, we requested for cleansing but unfortunately that did not happen. We ended up not using our pool at all - We were supposed to have the entire villa area to ourselves, but the gates could not be locked and did not have enough gates. People kept ignoring the “private area” signage, opening the gates themselves, and walking in and out our area, and stared at us while literally walking past the outside of our villa, so we had to keep our curtains closed all day as it felt a bit unsafe. Can’t exactly blame their lack of respect since the surrounds did not have a clear indication / proper gates that showed they were not supposed to trespass. - We ordered a taxi to the pier but it never arrived (but thanks to the staff’s quick thinking, we had a motorcycle ride instead which was fun!) The view was amazing though, perhaps our stay would be been more pleasant if we had a more realistic expectations. However, the staff deserved all the respect for always making things work and for fixing all of the above issues fairly quick.

A very nice place for true relax on the fully comfortable beach.

Situated on a stunning beach, nice clear water. You come to this hotel to experience the beautiful beach. The speed boat ride to the island was late, and packed, takes about half an hour or so. Rooms are nice enough, quite tired and dark, but are fine. Nice swimming pool, but everyone uses the beach. Nice littl hotel bar on the beach, also hotel resturaunt. Dont expect much from the food, bland Thai dishes, no spice. Lots of food like burgers and pasta. Food quality is poor. Breakfast was very bland. All the hot stuff was cold, and all the stuff that should be cold was warm. You are going to this hotel for the beach, and it wont dissapoint. Staff are very nice and freindly. Remember to include your boat transfer when you book, or you could get stung for it later.

Racha hotel is a little paradise on the island. Everything is just flawless about this hotel.

We liked the location a lot for a peaceful getaway. It felt like we had a giant private beach available to us. The woman at the reception was rather unfriendly, but the rest of the staff was alright. We enjoyed!