This hotel is in an excellent location. The breakfast was superb and open unti eleven in the morning which was great if you had a late night. The staff were generally excellent . The garden wing rooms are a bit small and poorly lit also we had asked for a double bed and a balcony but were given singles however they arranged for the beds to be moved together. There are only balconies on the tower wing and they were very small. The room had obviously been previously occupied by a heavy smoker as the smell of smoke was strong. The rooms were thoroughly cleaned every day and we always had clean bedding and towels. Would definately stay here again . The pools were lovely. We took trips offered by the hotel travel agent and they were very well run and the same price as those offered outside the hotel. The only drawback was the bar prices were very expensive on average 4 times those charged outside the hotel

When travelling with small children (ages 2, 5 & 7). It was important to have interconnecting rooms to allow us some space. This was excellent but the booking website said it had a kids club but this was not the case, which was disappointing.
The Siam Bayview Hotel is centrally located with fantastic bay view hence the name.
Close to shopping & markets. Beach across the road, great food and exceptional service.
The staff are a real credit. These people were exceptional given that there was a flood on our first night and the entire town was flooded.

The only exception was the night manager when I stayed there in mid August. The room keys are required to run services in the rooms so you need a spare key to gain access to the room at night. This is not available at the Bayview Hotel. Any night I went out when I returned I had to wait up to twenty minutes for the night manager to see fit to open the room for me. He would ignore me in the lobby and then meet me at the room where he would then proceed to ignore my presence again, while attempting to open the door in the loudest possible way by rotating the key the wrong way, and rattling his big bunch against the door, and generally making so much noise as to wake my wife and children. This was his obvious intention as he did it every night I went out, before giving me a look that he had better things to do with his time, grunting and going back to the lobby to await the next inconvenience to arrive.
I was getting an exceptional deal and enjoying all aspects of my stay so I let it go. But the spare electronic keys are nearly standard and it would avoid Mr Manager having to do a service he obviously resented being required to do as holder of a master key.

But this goose was no reflection on the hotel or its quality and service which was excellent

Our party of eight booked three rooms ( 2 triple and 1 twin) for 2 nights from 15 - 17 sep 06.
we arrived at the hotel at about 12.30 and were made to wait about 45 mins for our rooms to be ready. but considerig that the official chek in time is 2 pm, we cant really gripe about this.
we were given rooms in the 'garden' wing. and this is just about my only area of criticism. one of our members had previously stayed at this hotel and was given a room in the 'tower' wing, which was considerably larger. as were going to be needing extra beds, we should have been given tower wing rooms. but other than this, the hotel cannot be faulted.the location is superb. right in the middle of the beach road, across the main beach, with all the bars and shopping and entertainment areas within easy walking distance.
the breakfast spread was nice, and is open till 11AM, which is a boon for late risers.
the rooms, although a bit cramped for three, were decent. the decor was simple yet pleasing, the aircon, bedding, were all upto satisfaction. we tried the tradiotional massage in their massage parlour and would recommend the experience to anyone after a hard day. the hotel has two pools, and both are great for relaxing and lazing about in.
the hotel is very strict about the freebies taken from the room and during checkout sends out someone from housekeeing to check if all the amenities are intact.
overall, the hotel offers very good value for money and i would not mind staying here again, if they offer me the tower wing.

Clean and bright with cheerful helpful staff. Loved the idea of one pool for families and one for adults only – it made for a very peaceful holiday. Good location for all the local bars and the beach. If only they had a sports channel on the TV it would have been perfect.