After reading the review written December 10th, 2007 we’ve called the hotel about the construction noise and we were promised a suite not affected by noise. Well, Oceanbed Pool Villa 404 is facing the construction. Out of the five villas of this type there is just one not facing construction, the street or both. As for the nature of the construction on the adjacent lot, local residents told us that they are building a hotel / guesthouse. There are frequent changes to the design, so completed parts are noisily removed again and again. This is going on for one year now and nearby businesses are suffering. When we were there in late March, they were installing windows, so maybe the worst noise is over soon.

The hotel website promised a private pool measuring 3.5 x 11 meters. No way. After my complaint, the website was changed and it now states that the pool is 20m2 which is correct. No comment or apology from hotel management about this or about any other complaints / suggestions. And pool sizes for other villa types are still misleading as is the size of the Jacuzzi - certainly not 1.8 x 1.2m.

The price of the Thai massage was incorrectly stated on the website at 400 Baht++ / hour when the correct price is 500 Baht++. Was also corrected now. Btw, still a good price and an excellent massage.

Putahracsa promises “unique” minibar prices. I leave it to the reader if 120 Baht for an orange juice is cheap or not. 20 Baht buy a larger bottle at nearby 7-eleven.

Last rant: We were never contacted by management or a butler (do they actually have one?) during our 7-nights stay.

We have still very much enjoyed our holidays at Putahracsa. The pool villas offer lot of space for a family. They have an open architecture. Some might say that they lack privacy. We prefer this layout to the prison-like compounds at many other pool villa resorts. The equipment was excellent, in particular the 37 inch LCD TV with perfect picture quality, the espresso machine and free wi-fi.

The beach in front of the hotel was wide at all times. Not brilliant, but good for swimming and shelling. No jellyfish, no beach vendors but some broken beer bottles and a few stray dogs. We were told that the beach disappears for about 3 months each winter and that jellyfish are plentiful after bad weather.

About hotel restaurants: Nahb Talay has excellent Thai food at reasonable prices. Western food is mediocre at best. Oceanside has a similar but more limited Thai/Seafood/Western menu. Not as good as Nahb Talay. Better walk up the beach to the north for 3 minutes where Duke’s offers better food for less in a similar beachfront setting. Breakfast is served at Sala Monsoon. The buffet is good considering the limited size of the hotel, I would say solid 4-star standard. I still don’t know why we were supposed to eat melons when local mangos are in season. Tip: Buy mangos from the street vendors, restaurant staff will cut and serve them nicely.

There is not much of interest close to the hotel, basically a 7-eleven, a local laundry (recommended) and Rashnee center with a tiny silk village, a huge souvenir shop, an upscale tailor and a good restaurant. Pier Restaurants and Hua Hin night market are a 15 minutes walk from Putahracsa. Tuk Tuk service to town (but not to Market Village) is provided by the hotel for free while Tuk Tuks from town / Market Village back to the hotel all charge 100 Baht now.

It’s not easy to find a villa with a real private pool (not just plunge) at halfway reasonable prices in Thailand. Putahracsa has a competitive product. For a regular room in Hua Hin, I’d choose the Hilton which is a better hotel in a better location for a similar price.

We have just returned from 10 days at the Putahracsa in Hua Hin. It was our first trip to Thailand with our 15 month old daughter and we were a little bit anxious as to how this is all going to plan out. We shouldn't have worried at all. The resort was very baby-friendly. The hotel provided us with all necessary baby accessories such as cot, baby bath, steriliser, high chair, even toys (its kids DVD library is very good). We booked the Sansky Villa which was perfect for us as it was located right beside the swimming pool which we shared with 5 other villas. The Villas are very spacious with a good-sized bedroom and a small sitting room, perfect when baby was asleep and we wanted to chill out in the sitting room and watch some TV/movies. A day bed is located just outside the villa beside the pool which is very handy for lounging around or playing with the baby. The villa also has an upstairs. The swimming pool was the right size and our daughter loved paddling around it. The rooms, pool and surroundings were kept immaculately and no request was too much for the staff. What really made the resort so special was its staff. They were incredibly friendly and loved to spend a few moments with our daughter. The staff at the reception always played with her if they were not too busy. They carried her around, showed her the pond with the fishes etc. We even took advantage of the babysitting services Putahracsa offered. One of the girls from the reception babysat for us. And our daughter loved playing with her and we felt that she was very well looked after.

Breakfast was very good, although a little bit on the expensive side. We ate one evening at the Oceanside Restaurant - the food was very good, unfortunately, our daughter wanted to play all the time in the sand so we could not really enjoy it. The treatments at the Spa were very good and good value - we both had a Thai massage and I also got a pedicure.

I would certainly recommend the resort to our friends and I would have no hesitations in going back there.

Nice Hua Hin hotel, very close to Hua Hin night market if you care for night shopping. The hotel is divided by a road. The beach side is where pool villas located. The hotel provide free Wi-Fi which cover most of the guest rooms.

Recommend to try their spa.

My wife and I have visited Thailand every year for over 20 years and we have tried many different hotels in the Hua Hin area - high price and low price. This time we tried the Putahracsa Hua Hin and we were extremely happy with that decision.

For us (60+) the location, a little off from the busy center, was ideal. Walking distance (there is a hotel transportation if you want to use that) from the center but nice and quiet around the hotel. The design of the hotel is modern, clean and open. The rooms were big and very nice and equipped with everything you need with very comfortable beds. We tried one night in the Ocean villas and that was very special.

Pool areas clean and spacious and close to the rooms - something I appreciate.

The restaurant provided excellent food and service with all meals.

The professional and friendly service we got at this hotel will never be forgotten. I recommend Putahracsa strongly.

Gustaf von Blixen, Sweden