Paradise Pearl Bungalows

Hotel on the best beach of Phi Phi. There are sunbeds, a chic restaurant with a great view and cuisine. Good rooms. A little uncomfortable bed, but not critical

This hotel is located on the best stretch of Long Beach - there is a clean entrance to the sea without any reefs, only fine light sand and some broken corral brought by the sea. At low tide it is a bit shallow to swim, but you can still swim, unlike the rest of this beach. The sea here is clean; at the beginning of May there were no jellyfish or biting plankton. The room seemed worse from the pictures. Colorfully decorated. It is clear that it is not new. But it was clean, neat, and cosmetic repairs had apparently been done recently. There is enough space. The bed is so-so, a bit hard and the linen is not the best, the pillows are low. The air conditioner is noisy. TV, kettle, hairdryer. There are not enough light sources, especially in depth. There are enough sockets. The bathroom is spacious, everything worked, there were no problems with drainage. But from somewhere from time to time there was a smell. They started to close the plug in the sink, and it didn’t seem to smell as bad. In general, we expected the worst from the room. The terrace is large, in the first half of the day the sun is scorching, in the second half there is already a shadow from the roof on it. The territory is cozy, beautiful, unfortunately, not very tennis. Breakfast is not included. There is no buffet, you order from the menu. The most profitable is the American breakfast, it costs 250 or 280 baht (I don’t remember exactly), for those who don’t eat a very heavy breakfast, one is enough for two. The restaurant itself looks beautiful and colorful, guests from other hotels constantly came - the food is delicious and the prices are reasonable. But it’s better not to buy tickets for the ferry and speedboats to Phuket at the hotel - they’re expensive and not all options are available. The free longtail transfer departs to the pier every 2 hours. Upon arrival at the pier, they look for “their people” using the check-in lists; if they haven’t booked, they won’t take you for free. I don't know when they were scheduled to leave for the hotel, but we had to wait a long time on the open pier for other guests to be found. In pouring rain and wind. The umbrella that the hotel employee gave us was not very helpful; we and our luggage got wet. It would be more convenient if the hotel sent a welcome letter with detailed check-in instructions and guests were collected on the beach, where there are awnings that will protect from both rain and sun. Finding the right person was still problematic, at least in the rain.