I booked a Dusit Suite, but it wasn't beachfront like the promotional pictures suggested. I imagined being able to see the sea from my room and stepping out directly onto the beach. In reality, it was quite a distance from the sea, tucked away in a grassy area, with my view filled with buildings, trees, and people. This made me feel like I didn't get my money's worth, especially considering it was 6,000 baht a night during Chinese New Year. The room itself was very ordinary.
However, the hotel's exterior environment was excellent. The garden design and lawns were beautiful, and there was a private beach with fine sand. The hotel was full of foreigners sunbathing and many families with children, and the kids seemed very happy here. When I called the front desk, they responded quickly.
Aside from the room not being worth the price, another downside was that since the hotel isn't in a popular area, we were limited to eating at the hotel, which was very expensive and offered extremely poor value for money. The New Year's Eve dinner, a buffet at 2,800 baht per person, featured grilled sea prawns as the 'finest' ingredient. The texture and freshness of the prawns (which were often undercooked) weren't as good as the à la carte prawns we had ordered at another hotel restaurant the night before. If this price and standard were in China, a buffet costing a third of this price would easily outperform it. I definitely felt ripped off.
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