It's a friendly place - not a great location but only a short walk from Mae Nam beach which is a great, quiet beach.

It has obviously had a modern fit out fairly recently with dark wood furnishings and 'almost' polished concrete walls everywhere - a little brutal but it must have been quite stylish when new.

Seems clean enough though the main complaint is that it could just do with better maintenance. The common areas like the bar and rooftop pool all badly need a coat of paint and a tidy up. The place feels a bit derelict and poorly presented.

I am unsure where these other reviewers stayed (great hotel, good location etc) this hotel is awful! The pictures of the rooms are pretty much what you get, other than that everything else was a total let down. I am comparing this hotel to others we stayed at in the same price range and we are pretty easy going when it comes to facilities etc (when you are in Thailand you have to make allowances for certain aspects)

Where do I start....

The lobby smells constantly of fish, this is where the corner bar is so it makes for a very uncomfortable nightcap!

The hotel decor leaves a lot to be desired, imagine a big concrete box and you are half way there.

The pool was filthy and freezing cold, no bar as it is on the roof...the bar below it has no staff so you have to go 4 floors down to the lobby (back to the fish smell) to get a drink. The staff did finally realise we were sitting by the pool and brought us up some drinks, but we had been there for quite a while before this.

The food is ok, just ok nothing special.

The location of the hotel is really disappointing, it is not in Bophut as many websites will lead you to believe...it is at least a 15 min cab ride away!!

The last thing which we found very annoying is that the staff speak very little English (please dont take this to be rude) I understand we are in Thailand but it becomes very tedious when even the basic questions are met with blank expressions.

The one bonus about this hotel is that they have a free library of dvd's for you to use during your stay.

I am glad we only booked to stay at this place for 2 nights as I would have happily paid to leave had we booked for longer.

At the first time I was a little worried about my hotel choosed, because it looks away from everywhere, but I was wrong. Amarin Victoria Resort is very good located, because you do not need more than 10 minutes (walking time) to go to Mae Nam beach, which is a very quite, if you want a relaxed time. If you want to enjoy a good night in a restaurant or pub, visit some shopping stores or are you looking for a nice foot massage, the Chaweng beach is the palce. You can go there by taxi (THB 400) or by red buses (THB 50 in the day or THB 100 at night) and you need less than 30 minutes. One of the best things in Koh Samui was the people and specialy the kindly employees of Amarin Victoria Resort, who always tried to do the best effort to help me in get a very good time there. They helped me to get a very good and cheap tour to visit the most inportant palces of Koh Samui, as Big Buddha, Grand Father's rock, Namuan Waterfall and the Elephant trecking. Thanks to Lyn , the Manageress of Amarin Victoria Resort, for her help in get the best moments in her hotel and also in Koh Samui. I am very confident to recomend that hotel to everyone who want the best and relaxed holidays in Koh Samui

This hotel was great! It's not on Chaweng Beach (which is more where the nightlife is), but everything on Koh Samui is just a taxi ride away. The staff was incredible, the rooms were luxurious and spotless, and the pool was a great place to hang out if you didn't feel like going to the beach. The breakfast in the morning was pretty good too. All in all, I'll probably stay here again when I come back. It is a great hotel, especially for the price. Thank you!