Great hotel. Is part of the Andaman Resort now, so don't be confused if you can't find Bay View, only Andaman.

The two resorts accomodation both sit on the hill side looking out to sea, the Bay View villas are the ones you come to first, with the Andaman Resort ones a little further around. They are all almost exactly the same standard and type of accomodation.

We had a Sea View villa which was lovely. Previous reports we had read said there were a lot of insects etc but we saw none of this. We had a lizard in the room which i think took care of anything that dare enter.

The resorts reception was great, met us from the ferry, off the pontoon, in there own longtail boat and transfered us the short trip around the the beach infront of th hotel where we were greated by staff offereing free orange juice. A very nice touch.

You could get a long tail boat from the beach by the hotel anywhere. To the town would take 5 mins or you could walk the short walk through stalls and sea front, aprox 10mins if you wanted to. The restaurant at the hotel was lovely, could sit out on the beach and watch the sun go down. Very beautiful.

If you're looking for a great hotel with stunning view and facilities where you could easily stay at and be away from the town, or want somewhere thats just a short walk to the town this Hotle ticks both boxes. I think anyone would be very happy on arriving to this hotel.

After looking at lots of reviews on Trip Advisor we decided on the Bayview.
You have to get a ferry from Phuket to Phi Phi which has a lot of day trippers on and you get to see a lot of sites on the way. Once you arrive at Phi Phi you and your luggage get on a long tail boat to the hotel.
Check-in was easy and we went straight to our room. Beautiful setting but all of the rooms were on the hill side so you either have to use the steps or slopes. you have beach towels which you sign out. The hot water in the room was tempermental but you'll be pleased of a cold shower. We had a few resident ghekos in the room. When they clean the rooms, the rubbish and dirty laundrey is left outside all the rooms until the pick-up truck gets it, which isn't pleasent.
We managed to have 4 massages in 5 nights and they were fantastic.
The breakfast was buffet style and was fine. But make sure you have mozzie spray on at all times.
The fish restuarant linked to the hotel was fantastic. Tom yang goong soup was great!
There are a few bars along the stretch of beach near to the hotel but there wasn't a noise problem. Even though the hotel is on the beach, the beach wasn't great but a 15 min walk brings you to Long Beach which was lovely.
We hired a speed boat for the afternoon with a captain which took just the four of us out. that was fantastic. We could snorkel when we wanted and he took us to "The Beach" which was fabulous. That was via the hotel.
All-in-all a great place to stay!

First of all, i have never been treated with so much desrespect by a hotel staff. When I checked in I asked the front desk person if my room had a view to the bay and he YELLED at me "You go and see yourself!". I was so tired that I didn't really mind, and the days went by.

After we left, on the way to the next destiny I opened my bag to get my sunglasses and, when I opened the case they were gone. I HAD BEEN ROBBED. I immediately started to check the rest of the luggage to see if there was anything else missing and, for my great disappoinment, my husband's WATCH was missing too and - this is the worst part - MY ENGAGEMENT RING AND MY WEDDING RING were also stolen!!! We couldn't do anything because we had left already. I even called but they said there is nothing they could do (of course).

It has been a terrible loss for me, so be careful. PP is a beautiful place. You have the choice, so go to a safe place where you can have some piece of mind. Always keep your luggage locked because once it's gone, nobody cares about your problem.

On leaving Perth, I was a bit worried about staying at the Bay View resort on Phi Phi Island, due to all the negative reviews I'd read on this site! But I had nothing to worry about!!

Set RIGHT on the beach, Bay View was a beautiful resort to stay at. We stayed in a Superior Villa, was a spacious room, half on land, half built like a sort of beach shack on the hill, but it was beautiful! The views were amazing, and the water WASN"T so salty - as I had read it would be.

The only struggle was the walk up to our villa. It was a steep climb, and I'm not the fittest person. However I was loving the forced excersize, and it was a climb worth it for the views from our room :) However I woudlnt' reccomend this for older people, or people who have trouble walking, or climbing should I say, this steep climb!

But other than that, the resort was lovely, all the staff were freindly and the surroundings are amazing - It's like your camping in the jungle, we even saw a snake outside our window in a tree!

The food was delicious at the restaurant, and the seafood dinner on the beach front was fantastic!

Overall a fantastic hotel, one of the nicest I saw when walking around the Island, and definetly one of the best views on the Island :)