I stayed here with my boyfriend on a recent trip to asia. I must say the service was exeptional, the food was wonderful and the beach was one of the most beautiful both he and I have seen in our lives. What tops- topless tannning while sipping coconut juice out of fresh coconuts on an amazing beach!? We were treated like royalty and thats only a bonus to the beauty, splendor and tranquility we experienced during our stay there. highly recomended!!!! C. Lee

Having read the last review, I would urge the lady to get a grip and choose her hotel more carefully next time. Can I suggest Bognor Regis in England? You wont struggle with Lizards and Gecko's there...

For all you who are thinking about Phuket, dont bother reading any other reviews (I spent 2 weeks on Trip Advisor before punting for the Mom Tri). This hotel is top drawer, scintillating, amazing, stunning and an absolute slice of paradise.

We stayed in suite Dao O Dong for 3 nights. I was concerned because the website pictures show a dated room...NO! The pictures show an authentic room in Thai style and the place is breathtaking. Standard rooms are also great, everyone individual so check what you're picking.

And yes there is the odd Gecko, but you're in Thailand. We saw a snake as well (how very exciting!) The place is spotlessly clean, the food and location is immense, and the staff are superb - English is good and unless you're a condescending American, I'm sure you'll be treated with good grace as we are.

I have stayed in 5* hotels around the world and this is the best. It's not a large hotel with loads of facilities, it's small, intimate and beautiful. Dont tell everyone though, we want to be able to get a room there when we go back!

This hotel is nothing like the pictures on the website!
My husband and I went here on our honeymoon. My first impression of the hotel was that it needed a facelift. The suite looked like the picture online....but about 15 years older The staff did try to make you feel like you were staying at a what i'm sure this hotel once was back in the day. We had the flowers on the bed, rose petals in the bath and welcome basket, etc. I couldn't get over the fact that it was so dated and that I had splurged to stay at this hotel. The whole place is only about 15 suites. It is set on a very pretty cliff overlooking the beach. I will say that the view from breakfast is amazing and also from the pool. That's about the only good thing. The pools were filled with leaves and debri from the treas. The common areas needed more care and upkeep too. The breakfast was just ok. Compared to other places we stayed it was a huge letdown. The reason that we ended up checking out was that this whole hotel is INFESTED with geckos, bull frogs and who knows what else. I was horrified when we came home from a long day to find one in my actual room. The staff agreed to switch our room but just as I was walking to the new room an enormous lizard about two feet long walked across my foot and a bullfrog jumped out of nowhere! I don't do well with those types of things so I had to leave. The hotel was good about not charging us for the remaining nights and even gave us a ride to the Katathani down the street. So here is the honest breakdown:

Rooms are worn and need a makeover. You are not getting what you paid for and certainly not what you see online. For what they charge you can stay someplace MUCH nicer.

Staff is friendly and tries hard but they just don't cut it. They don't speak very good English so it was hard to talk to anyone at the front desk.

They did a good job at arranging our activities. I must say all of our tours were wonderful and all went as planned. I don't think they overcharge either. We seemed to have paid what all the other activity booths were charging.

The food at the hotel wasn't great. We only had the breakfast which was enough to fill you up until lunch but not great on taste. They have a place for dinner that specializes in fine wines. The prices were ridiculous compared to places in the town so we always passed. You have a great selection in town so go there instead for a 1/3 the price.

The location is great in the sense that you are just a few minutes down the road from all the action but away from the noise. I didn't like that you did not have direct access to the beach. You could scale down the side of the cliff on this small pathway and about 50 stairs or walk on the road. When you got there the beach was perfect though. The hotel is set inside a cliff so they really have wonderful views of the beach below. I will say that it is very lush and this is why you have the problem of all the lizards, geckos, etc. I just can't deal with any of that. If that doesn't bother you you would be ok. We went to the Katathani down the street and only saw one gecko the entire time we were there so it definitley has to be the setting of the hotel.

There are so many choices for hotels in Phuket I would say go someplace else. It is too expensive for what you are getting. We saw several other hotels while we were there and all beat out Mom Tris. There is a Mom Tris Boathouse that is in the town. I would go there. We went for lunch and it is a totally different concept.

Please contact me with any questions. I will try to post pictures but I can send you some if you need proof.

Mom Tri's Villa Royale is a wonderful place. We stayed in the Dung A Dao suite (room 4). What a spectacular room. Huge amounts of space, and a vaulted ceiling that houses an amazing life sized bronze Budda. The french windows that run along the whole length of the suite open out on to the most breath taking view of Kata Noi beach. The bed is at least 7ft wide. The spa bath was nice, but did take a very long time to fill. However the room was not a disappointment.

This hotel is a typical and great example of a true boutique hotel. The service is very personal. Most of the staff were helpful and professional, specifically Patcheree on reception and Sae and Num 2 of the waiters on breakfast duty. However some of the other staff are a little vague and don't seem to either have a great sense of urgency, or just posses a poor command of the english language. Overall though most of the staff are very nice.

The food at Mom Tri's kitchen, Boathouse and Gung restaurants is superb. Absolutely delicious, as is the sumptuous wine list.

I would not recommend this hotel to anyone that isn't very mobile. There are stairs everywhere throughout the hotel. I also wouldn't recommend it for young children, only because from a safety perspective there aren't a lot of guard rails next to the stairs, or in fact any sort of safety features throughout the hotel to protect from falling.

I do recommend that if you want to book day trips or rent a car, do so outside of the hotel at one of the tour stands. We realized too late that they the hotel add a very % for organizing anything for you. In fact we paid 1800 THB per day for a Toyota Avenza when in fact it was a pretty pathetic little car with insufficient engine power to climb a basic hill. We then discovered that we could of rented it elsewhere for as little as 1300 THB per day. I did complain to the receptionists at the hotel and said I was really disappointed and felt ripped off. To their credit they listened and reduced the rate to 1600 THB per day, and only charged us for 3 days as opposed to 4. However I do not recommend that you hire this car.

Finally I have to mention one last disappointing aspect at Mom Tri's. Every evening the tables are set out beautifully taking in the amazing views in readiness for that evenings diners. The tables and food, as I have already said are exceptional, however the singer who is there every evening is awful. The pianist that accompanies her is great, but the lady singer is nothing short of shocking. The sad thing is that my husband and I, and I would bet many other guests would have eaten at the hotel more - or even returned from dinner outside the hotel earlier for a drink if she was a good singer. It isn't just that she can't hold a note, or that her pronounciation is poor but more over, the songs are dreadfully old and depressing. I believe if they employed a western style jazz/blues style singer ( similar in style to Michael Buble or Henry Connick Jnr) the place would be packed constantly. We certainly would have spent more time there.

In summary the place is wonderful and we thoroughly enjoyed our 2 weeks stay. I would highly recommend it to couples. I would go back in a heartbeat.