We are a 30+ couple from Scandinavia and stayed at this hotel 2 weeks in Jan. 2012. We really liked this hotel despite the 3 downsides I will explain later.

What we liked:

View, restaurants, location:
We stayed in the upper floor with a calm sea view, we enjoyed the view very much. There were plenty of very good, affordable restaurants close by, starting from the Italian Marino restaurant which had amazing oven. We also liked Starbucks :) The location is good for daytrips to different island. We did seven daytrips in 2 weeks. Just had time to go to Kata Beach once, but after you visit the islands, Kata beach like any other beach at Phuket smells bad, and is dirty.

Hotel area:
Two pools are very nice. There were not a lot of kids which we liked. Pool bar had excellent non-alcoholic coctails. The pool area is clean and calm. Our room was also very clean and nice. We had not enough light to read at nights so we took the covers of the lamps off with a screwdriver and the problem was solved.
Hotel is on a small hill. During our stay, there was one earthquake south from Sumatra+a tsunami warning that lasted 3h during the night, so we were very happy to stay on a hill (which is also a tsunami evacuation place). We did not mind the hill at all, but I could imagine that for elderly people it is a pain to walk it up few times a day. The hill is not long, but so deep that for ex bigger coaches cant make it to the top.

Hotel services:
We enjoyed the breakfast very much. The thai part changed caily which was nice. There was also fruits + omelettes that we liked. Once we had a dinner by the hotel pool as the hotel organizes small events few times a week. The dinner buffet was also nice, and again the atmospere was calm compared to the surronding streets on the area (however, in my opinion you cant hear the noice from the surrounding streets to the hotel which is the case with the sister hotel Peach Blossom.). Hotel also offers very lovely cooking classes. I really recommend, but if you sign up, make sure from at least 3 persons that they got the info right because thai people always say "yeas" even if they dont understand a word. (They NEVER say "I am sorry I dont understand", because then they would loose their face in their culture.

Four downsides:
1) One morning, while we had a breakfast at the closeby cafe around 12-13:00, the cleaning personnel (one cleaning lady+the younger room boy) had stolen iphone headphones from our room. To our shock, the hotel manager insisted that she cant be sure it was them because it did not make sense as they had not stolen the lap top nearby! Later I heard that in Thailand it is a custom the tourist always is wrong in these kinds of cases. So remember to lock everything to the safety even when you go to breakfast, and if you want to be on a safe side, just don't let the cleaning personnel to your room at all, its easy to change the towels also by yourself..
2) The internet connection does not work in practise, so just forget about using it unless you wanna ruin your holiday. I bought a 24h package fro 14 days but later learned that there was some houerly + times/per day limits also! Normally the internet did not work at all or if it worked it was even too slow to chack e-mails, you could perhaps max. read the news but that's all...we complained many many times but it does not help, so it just doesn't work.
3) Although you cant hear the voices from the streets at least in the upper floors, the doors+walls are especially thin. Especially the doors! In our floor there was a noisy kid screeming in the corridor every day and it sounded as the kid would be in our room...so take the earplugs with you and hope that you dont have noisy kids around.
4) hotel personnel does not speak English/some speak it very poorly. So remember that "YES" means sometimes "I didn't understand anything".

Myself and my wife came here for a holiday with friends. It started bad and got worse. I had to lug both bags to my room, then to be told our room wasn't ready for another hr! 2 hrs later our room was ready.

I wanted a shower after 16hrs of travel as my wife went for a walk. Knock at the door was the cleaning lady, I kindly asked her to come back as I was in the shower...SHE CAME IN ANYWAY!!

Breakfast was a disgrace, they offer better variety at McDonalds!

When checkout came, not soon enough I asked for a 7:15am cab to the airport...no cab arrived 15 mins later so left with my bags to call one off the street.

If someone offered free accommodation at this place I would decline.

A good location only a short walk to either Kata & Karon Beaches and also the Restaurant area.
The hill is not a problem at all. The front desk staff were very helpfull when we requested a room change. Breakfast is good but as with a lot of hotels the 'egg station' is inadequate in the rush hour; too slow. The choice of pools is a plus and the free shuttle can be handy.

stayed there for 5 days second week january 2012. ended up getting sick, no ventilation in the room. the aircon is ok but i believe needs cleaning. the room is not clean even if the cleaner comes in everyday. please include sweeping or vacuuming as part of cleaning not just emptying the trash.

they give you fresh towels, and they provide the basic amenities, even a blow dryer.

CNN the only english channel

dont get the jacuzzi rooms if you have big/huge luggage they dont have ramps for this. and if your flight is early morning no one will assist you bringing ur luggage from the room to the front desk.

the cleaner needs briefing, i was in the bath when she came knocking. i shouted back that im still in the bathroom. i left the window open she came in through the window!!!! i was shocked when i knew she was inside i told her to come back later how rude to come walking in when the guest is inside and worst through the window. isnt it understood if the door is double locked that the guest is inside? yes window was open the curtains where closed so someone is inside, why walk in?

the buffet was very poor basically its the same everyday even the fruits. papaya, watermelon and pineapple. hubby and i can name the salad bowls as they were arranged on the same order everyday. hopefully some assortments as guest dont stay in phuket for just 2 days mostly its more.

the staff needs training. ive been to a cheaper hotel/resort even the janitor greats and says hello as you passed by. here the staff would just look at you and not even smile.

its a 5 mins walk to kata beach, its a walking distance to karon. where there are lots of shops and restaurants. it is a steep walk up to the resort which i wasnt really happy about but i think for most as long as you are fit you wouldnt mind.

taxi will cost you 500 baht from peach tree hotel to patong.
the tuktuk from patong shopping center to peach tree will cost you 400 baht ( jungceylon shopping center)

40-45 mins drive peach tree to patong proper

its best if you know to how to drive motor bikes but be careful. rentals is 300 baht per day for motorbikes.

lots of good and affordable thai restaurants around. little star restaurant i love their satay chicken and green curry.
there is starbucks just down the hill.