We had this place booked for us for attending the full moon party through a travel agent & I have to say if it had been down to us we probably wouldn't have picked it at first glance.

The resort was just a 5 minute drive from the pier (they pick you up for free when you arrive) at Thong-Sala & probably a 10-15 minute drive to Haad-Rin where the full moon party was held, a share taxi ride there cost us 100 Baht per person.

The rooms were a selection of individual wooden (no concrete as mentioned on the flyer for the place) bungalows raised on stilts, ours had air conditioning. They were surrounded by garden & some went right down to the beach. It had 2 single matresses inside on a raised platform (thai style?), the shower & sink was attached in an outdoor enclosed area & the toilet was at the other side of the bungalow indoors. We had a towel each provided for us & a small light throw for covering ourselves at night on the bed.

During the day the air con couldn't cool the air down at all & just blew hot air at you, we discovered that if we opened the door (as I know you're not meant to do with air con) that it managed to run cool. At night in contrast it was freezing! It would quickly get too warm with it off but on the lowest setting & turned up to a warm temperature both my partner & I had to sleep in our sleeping sacks with some clothes as we were both shivering. The first night was worst as we weren't expecting this but once we knew we had to wrap up it wasn't so bad.

The reception/restaurant (if you could call it either of these things, more a general communal area for guests) was a large roof covered but otherwise open air longhouse style building where people would congregate when not sleeping (since the rooms weren't really suitable for sitting around in when not sleeping) or out & about. The food was excellent with good sized portions compared to most places we'd eaten in Thailand. The owner Mr T & his wife & a couple of others who help out at other times run the place & make you feel very welcome, often joking around with guests like I hadn't seen anywhere else in Thailand. They would even invite you to taste the food they were having for dinner when they came to sit in the communal area for their own meals.

There is a tv in the communal area which the owners young boy does control most of the time but you can change the channel or ask for a film to be put on if you desire.

The resort is right on the beach but the reef goes out quite far so you need to walk round a bit til you get to a bit where you can go out to swim, though if you walk to the right as you're facing the beach a couple of places down there is a swimming pool which is open to outsiders to use & looked lovely.

On the night of the full moon (or half moon) party they put on a BBQ for everyone which we didn't attend cos we thought it was a bit pricey (260 Baht) but nearly everyone staying on site did & when we went round later for a couple of drinks before heading out everyone looked like they were having a great time & Mr T was up dancing around with everyone.

In the end we loved our stay there but feel it cost more than it was probably worth all in.