We wanted to stay for 10 days at MeaNam resort but we only could stand it for 6 days. At arrival, we were a bit disappointed about the quality of the (beachview) bungalows, which are run down and without comfort, such as a TV, hammock etc. The beach was great though, very nice part of one of the nicest beaches on Koh Samui with lots of coconut trees. The water was dirty because of several rivers streaming into the sea nearby and the current brings the dirt back to the beach. I believe there is no water purification on Koh Samui, which makes this fact a little bit ... disgusting at best.

But what was absolutely inacceptable was the rat we had in our bed one night. It was licking on my ellbow and when I switched on the light, I could see it at the back of my wife. We went to the reception and the only reaction was to give us some sticky dish with bread on as a trap to catch the rat. Their reaction showed that they weren't particularly surprised about this. I insisted on another bungalow and we got that the next day. They put another couple that just arrived into our previous bungalow! Instead of taking care of this health threatening issue (rats can bite you while you are asleep and infect you with serious deseases), they just rented the bungalow to someone else.

At the second night in the other bungalow, another rat appeared (we heard the noises from the garbage bin). We turned on the light and moved the furniture a bit as my wife saw a rat running under our bed. That was it, we left the resort at the next day and all we got told by the owner was that we didn't properly close the door. We closed the door at all time since you get eaten by moskitos at night if you don't. All windows and doors have moskito nets, so the rat must have intruded somewhere else - but that is definitely not my problem to figure that out and solve it once and for all.

For the price of a nice hotel in Europe I absolutely expect a clean place, which this isn't. Together with the mediocre food, unfriendly staff and the way this issue was handled by the owner I can clearly not recommend this place.

By the way, we stayed at another resort on Koh Samui for the rest of our journey for about the same price with no rats and much better and cleaner bungalows. So there definitely is better value for the money than MaeNam resort.

This place was great to good.
Each room is a private bungalow. It is clean, and basic - but you are in Thailand, right.
If you do not want to break the bank in Samui - and do not want to be a part of the back packer scene - do not stay in Lamai or in Chewang.
Mae Nam beach is gorgeous - absolutely amazing. There is a $600 a night resort right next door to this one, and it is the same beach and same view. There are also a couple more dodgy places farther down the beach, but you can only see them if you go for a hike.
Get a numglow that has a view of the gulf - and has private steps to the beach - and you will not, NOT - be dissappointed.

The major problem we / my gf especially had with this place is the food. it is made in the kitchen by the mom who runs the place - but basically everything is deep fried - and just budget quality. There are not a lot of other restauraunts close to the hotel, and there are no cooking facilities - so you are basically stuck.

We wanted to stay here for 5 or 6 days, but ended up leaving after 3.

The price here is right tho - and we met tons of people who came back year after year. I can see why - but we couldn't get over the food not being great.

A bit torn with this review as I felt that the resort was good value for money, a beach front bungalow in a great spot on the beach being 1800 bhat. The bungalows were pretty good too, a bit dated but not really run down. Its missing a few of those added value aspects like hammocks or TV's but on the whole I thought it was quite a charming little place. Propbably the worst aspect was the restaurant which had zero service and below average food. It's a shame as I felt a bit more attention with thier dingin area could have made this a really great place to hang out and wile the days away. Just seemed lazy hotel management to me. Other facilities were pretty good though with laundry and scooter hire being available from the resort. I'd stay again having said that so if you're looking for a fairly basic but good value spot on the lovely Mae Nam beach then this is not a bad choice (just eat elsewhere).

The location is a good one and the beach is quiet enough to feel relaxed with a good view of Koh Phagnan just across the water. The rooms however are very run down, nails sticking out of garden chairs, light bulbs which must be about 1 watt, noisy aircon, black insulating tape around electric wires by the bed, a wardrobe with only one working door, a cockroach in the bathroom, you get the idea. I think for the above average price (about £40 a night for us) the place should be better equipped and less reliant on location. Most places at that price have a safe, a TV, decent lighting etc etc….