Baan Panburi recently moved from Thong Nai Pan Noi to Yai, so the wife and I went here to check it out. Situated at the far end of the beach, 3-4 of the 15-20 bungalows have balconies with sea view, while the rest are a stone throw or two further away from the beach.

Great value bungalows, most with both fan and aircon, but without niceties like a tv, safe and fridge. The wifi won't reach beyond the restaurant/reception, the beach and the three bungalows closest to the sea, so if you have a smart phone, you'd better get a sim/subscription with data traffic (the DTAC Happy something works great).

Unless you involve yourself in extreme hunting and/or chemical warfare, you should expect some insects to sneak through the cracks, but as long as you don't keep open food containers inside and keep the fan on while staying inside, neither ants nor moskitoes will bug you.

The staff are all nice and friendly, and do everything to make your stay pleasant.

The food is good, albeit a bit pricey - a cup of coffee costs 60 bath - so we shop around and stock up on drinks and snacks at the nearby 7-11.

Recommended!

This place is amazing. Had an oceanview bungalow that was steps to the clear Gulf waters. This is on a small beach on the northern part of Koh Phagnan so it is much better scenery- trees, peace and quiet- than you will find in the South party areas. It takes a while to get to town (went to full moon party) but was really happy that I wasn't staying in HaadRin, it would have been impossible to get good sleep. They would bring food from the restauarant across to the bungalow patio.. PARADISE!! You would never find anything like this anywhere else for the price. Oh, yes, and there was hot water in the shower; major PLUS in Thailand :) Couldnt be happier with my stay. Will definitely come back.

We're lucky to get the best house in the village-right on the beach sand and fantastic views. Best restaurant in that area. We will definitely come back when we will be again in Koh Phangan. Note: be careful with motorbike rentals in the town, specially shinny ones, they'll rip you off on the return. Never leave your passport as the security!

We booked here from the internet in the uk for the full moon party and we were quite pleased with ourselves as it looked lovely and it was very cheap. However, our smiles were soon wiped off our faces once we arrived. Firstly, there was no sort of information as to where the reception is when you come off the main road, someone staying in the huts had to come out to tell us where to go. Once we had checked in to our bungalow hut this is where it started to go down hill....the room could just about fit a bed in it and the walls around the ceiling had massive gaping holes so basically anything could crawl in at night. The bathroom was disgusting, no hot water (which was not advertised online) and no flush on the toilet, so you had to use a pan of water. We ended up upgrading to a room that actually had no holes in it and it came with aircon but no fridge or t.v. The amount you are paying is way over the top compared to elsewhere and we would not recommend anyone to come here. The only saving grace was the beach, it was gorgeous and there were a good couple of bars on the beach, one bar had a fire show (we saw these people performing at the full moon party).
Food in the restaurant was reasonable and the taxi to the full moon was not badly priced (not that you had a choice mind). Staff need to work on their customer service skills, not very friendly which is offputting.
I would suggest looking elsewhere as this is really bad value for money