Just spent a week here in a room 102 - seriously blissed out - BUT we were looking for peace and quiet - probably too quiet if you want easy a access to night life etc. Prices for F & B higher than local caffeand service bit iffy sometimes, just not coordinated on one night! The resort is spotless and well maintained and the front part sympathetic to the shoreline with individual low rise bungalows. Easy swimming, as shallowlish sea and free kayaks.

The Renaissance Koh Samui was heaven on earth to us. During our stay in the resort we were amazed by the tremendous effort and dedication every single staff member showed us. Having breakfast was like a warm welcome. Koi and her team even knew our drinks and always made sure that our favorite table on the balcony was available.

Besides the breakfast, the Quan Spa was something truly inspiring aswell. Getting a Thai massage while hearing the waves of the sea clash on the coast line is realy something worth trying.

Every day the hotel has a different theme night, from beach BBQ's to Lobster nights in Tawann

We would like to thank the whole team for this wonderful experience and can recommend this hotel to every honeymooning couple.

This hotel is trying to be a 'resort', but it's just not quite there. Good things: The staff are all very helpful and chatty, and we loved the pools. The breakfast buffet (pancakes and omelets made to order) is amazing, and you are spoiled for choice. Not so good things: Although the villas are nicely decorated, the floor was a bit dirty. Be warned that in early September the tide is so low that while you can wade/splash-around, you definitely cannot swim. But our major disappointment would be the location...you really are stuck here. Although we walked to Chaweng Beach, it was a long walk, maybe 45 minutes, and you don't want to be doing that in the evening with all of the mosquitoes. So, you need to hire a motorbike or take taxis out every night, which really adds to the cost of the trip. The restaurant and cafe on site are OK, but the food is clearly adapted for the presumed western palate. Have to admit that we only stayed here because we could use Marriott points, but I don't think I would go back.

I think the hotel has ben here for about 13 years but only taken over by the Renaissance a couple of years ago.
The hotel is in beautiful grounds and sympathetically built in its environment unlike the Conrad Hilton - a blot on the landscape. Having said that it is a bit out of the way and you get ripped of by taxis.
Lovely beaches but limited water activities.
Staff were friendly but service levels were slow. We were there during Chinese New Year and there did not seem to be anywhere near enough staff to offer quick service. W spa shed on a villa and it was well worth it. Very well appointed with own plunge pool and jacuzzi. But the whole resort is showing its age and needs an overhaul.
We did have a bit of a disaster the first night in the Banana Leaf restaurant. It took 20 minutes to get napkins and menus and then the first 3 bottles of wine I tried to order were all out of stoic. In the end I went to the wine display and picked one. If it had not been for Woody's hard work we would have left the restaurant.
The hotel managed kept trying to overcome the difficulties but it never really happened for us.
Plenty of good restaurants in Chaweng but always taxis were needed. The hotel ran a bus to Chaweng but only twice a day with the let being at 4.30pm!
As others have said there are plenty of hotels and rented villas available and better located. So an average experience in a in above average grounds, but out of the way location.