Only stayed for a few short days and wished I could stay longer. My friend had stayed last month and he advised Burasari to me. I didn't book but when I walked in the door the pretty girl behind reception went out of her way to help me. After seeing 3 rooms I picked the middle one. Good size and very clean. Free daily minibar a nice touch for a beer before going into town for the night. Can't tell you about breakfast as I never got up before noon. Then straight to the pool for a dip and into the hotel bar for a cure. Everywhere I turned the staff were smiling to me and asking me if I had eaten. (I think its a Thai thing, very caring)
All in all very relaxing three days away from the stress of Bangkok. Will definately return to my friends at Burasari when I am back in Patong in a few months.

What a great hotel A little bit of magic and calm amidst the madness of vibrant Patong! Very friendly staff and management. Floyd's Brasserie of famous chef Keith Floyd is a culinery island in a sea of mediocraty. This is the second time we have stayed and it was even better the second time.

we just spent 2 weeks at the burasari, we only booked 10 days and loved it so much stayed the extra nights. you need to book the elite pool access room, we cant complain aboute anything it was so lovely, the staff were always friendly, the room always cleaned, the mini bar always filled and breakfast was so good, there is something for everyones taste buds. its a peacefull hotel with lots of atmosphere, so quaint and yet everything is at your doorstep. we used the laundry just outside and turn left its a chemist as well, very cheap. the indian ali baba is a few doors further on, yum. we ate there often. scruffy murphys on bangla road is the best food at the cheapest prices, the servings are huge and at around $4.00 who would complain, they have everything. we had no problems changing money on the streets, infact everything and everyone were lovely, if you are dog lover like me please go in the 7/11 and buy sausages they cost 20 cents each and go for a walk down the beach and feed the dogs, i did this twice a day. we arranged for a man to pick us up from the airport and used him for trips, his name is manop and hes lovely and speaks good english, he took us to some great places and hes cheap, i held falcons and eagles and fed baby tigers milk from there bottles, a snake show elephant ride and would you beleive we sat with gibbons and had a drink, they sit right next to you, manop will take you to all these places, thats only a few things. he has a toyota van, very clean, if you want his email and mobile please ask me, we found him on here from other people who had used him. the shooping centre jungcylon is great, you must go downstairs the shopping and the massages are great. nothing opens in phuket untill 11.00 except the 7/11 which is so cheap you feel quilty. i got thai silk p.j"s and japanese style silk tops for $12 each and thai silk tie cufflinks and hanky in boxes for $10. all at jung cylon. and theres so much more, silk cusion covers that would cost a fortune for $3.00 who would ever complain, i cant wait to go back next year, i too walked thru the holiday inn and its nice but they have areas for the rich and the rest for us!! no thanks. the marriot next door should be finished in september and looks very nice but i think i will be sticking to the burasari, it was heaven and the smell is nothing really, just a bit musty, what can u expect the hotel was emerged in sea water right up and over the second floor. the mozzies were few and far between we just stuck a can of fly spray in our case. how lovely after walking home from dinner to go into your room and beable to strip down to your undies and walk straight into the pool to cool off, thats the best thing aboute elite pool access rooms.

Went through the fabulous pictures on the hotel website and the actual room didn't turn out anywhere close. This is despite the hotel upgrading us (for free, which is a nice touch) to the next level of rooms. The hotel got really good photographers for the shoots. Having said that, it seems like the hotel has 3 wings/buildings, and the one I stayed in looked like the oldest. Can't tell from the website description, but getting one of those (definitely higher priced) rooms with balconies facing the new pool shd be imaginably better. There are two pools, seems like a new vs old wing event again. If you are staying in the old wing, try to avoid the side of the buildng overlooking the (ugly rooftop) of the restaurant on the ground floor, as the open lounge, band, nightly soccer broadcast go on till midnight and your rooms are not sound proof.

The free minibars service that I thought is really rare turned out to be a letdown as there are just 5 can drinks (incl 2 beers), 1 bar of kit kat and 1 small pack of chips. It's free, but not a fully stocked minibar and not much variety.

In the bathroom, you get brandless shower gel and shampoo (no conditioner provided). They didn't even bother to print the hotel logo on the bottles that seemed purchased off the shelves. The labels for 'shampoo' and 'shower gel' are printed on a piece of paper, and pasted over the big reused bottle with a transparent scotch tape. Even budget hotels I have stayed in other Asian countries can do better than this.

Breakfast is nothing to shout about, given that this is my 5th Phuket stay and I've seen much better. Definitely surprised to see nests of ants crawling all over the bread itself in the basket of bread at the buffet table, and the staff oblivious to it. I lost my appetite immediately.

As of most Thais, the hotel staff are friendly and warm. They greet you anywhere they see you in the hotel. That's the only nice thing I remember about this hotel.