We have been travelling for months and decided to have a relaxing 4 nights at Chen Sea. Location is great and our room was just metres from the sea and very comfortable. What is not so good is the huge mark up in the price of beer. 73.5VD at hotel and 15VD in the town. I expect to pay more for beers in a hotel but over 200% mark up is just greedy. Food is excellent but again quite pricey. The shack at the end of the beach does great fresh squid for lunch!
Impressed by GM as I had a problem with bad manners from another manager and he responded very quickly. Overall this is a good hotel with great facilities. Pick up from airport was great, massage excellent, free water taxi really appreciated but I just felt a little ripped off by bar prices as did other travellers we spoke to.

We stayed at Chen Sea for four nights at the end of our trip. We booked the sea front bungalow with was really nice. The bathroom was the best part of the room with a shower outside. The bungalow had a terrace with a bath tub as well. The beach was great and really quite. Actually this is what we liked most a about the resort. It was very quiet. Even though it was almost fully booked we didn´t see that much people. Some days we where alone at the pool. The pool was beautiful but the umbrellas and pool chairs where a bit worn down and not in line with the rest of the standard. We had one treatment at the spa with was a great experience. I had the best massage during the whole trip here. However when we wanted to book a new one our last day they where completely fully booked and we got the feeling that they where short of staff and not using the capacity to the fullest.

Now to the part that really made us disappointed and that affected the over all experience. The food... It just wash´t good enough. This goes for everything. The bar, the breakfast, dinner and room service. The food was not at all in line with the rest of the hotel. Since the resort is so remote and most people choose to eat all meals at the hotel it is in my opinion even more important that the food is excellent. We had dinner one night on the deck... and it is not to recommend. It is to far from the kitchen, the food gets cold and the service is slow. And I´m not sure if they had some problems with deliveries during our stay but almost all wines on the wine list where sold out which made the selection extremely small. And some of the dishes from the menu as well. My only tip if you choose to stay here is to stick to the Vietnamese dishes and stay far away from the buffés. It is really a shame that they can't make the food work cause this really brings down the over all rate.

We enjoyed it but because of the food I would´t go back. Unfortunately. And Iv´e read allot of the same reviews here on trip adivsor about Chen Sea and I hope that this will make them look in to this and try to step it up. Because it has great potential.

To to sum it up, if your´e not that interested in food and not picky at all. Go for it. But if you enjoy good food and wine, look for another resort. (While staying in Long Beach we had dinner twice at La Veranda, and it as AMAZING!).

I was in Chan sea durino xmss Holiday and i had a blast. I Fully recovered from an intense year of hard working pampered by very very welcoming staff.
The spa attendants were professional and knowledgeable , clean and attentive. Dispite the isolation of the property , which make this propertyheabenly like, I didnt miss civilization at all . This resort is one of very few surrounded by a natural park , which ment I had to deal with little animals, but none in the very comfortable rooms.
Each room is sprayed from mosquitoes and they put mosquito coils at night. Front office is very well organized and been the property fully booked they didn't miss attentions
Great holiday

After seeing and doing so much throughout Vietnam, Phu Quoc was the perfect place to end my trip. An hours flight from Saigon I chose the Centara Chen Sea Resort for the last 4 days of my holiday. From the moment I was picked up from the airport the staff went out of their way to ensure any request however large or small was accommodated.

I fell in love with the Jacuzzi villa. Between that and the beach I had the most relaxing 4 days I've had in a long time. The resort has such a lovely intimate feel you can't help but chill out as soon as you arrive. On one evening I took the 5pm boat int Dhong Dong. Well worth the 10 minute journey to see the night market and all the fresh seafood. Don't forget to get a metered taxi for the 20 minute journey back. Top tip don't buy any fish sauce as they scan your checked baggage on departure from the island and don't allow you to fly with it.

The spa treatments in the beautiful thatched huts are so tranquil and well worth doing.

As for the dining there was a great choice of buffet, a la carte, on the jetty - very romantic and in room which was so relaxing and perfect. The beef salad and shrimps with garlic from the Vietnamese menu were mouthwatering!

For those requiring wi-fi access I had amazing connection throughout the whole resort which was an added bonus.

Huge thank you to Olivier, the General Manager and his team for making my trip so memorable. Will look forward to returning on my next visit to Vietnam.