My husband and I stayed at Sarikantang for 5 nights in a fan room. The location was great - on a quiet beach a short walk from the main town of Haad Rin (although we got a taxi from the dock to the resort as the walk is uphill that way so not much fun when carrying heavy rucksacks). As the resort has rooms covering all budgets, there was a really good mix of people there. The resort itself was lovely, modern and well kept. There was wireless internet, a great pool, nice restaurant (except for the large red ants that seemed to infest certain areas under the trees - beware they bite!). Our room was very big with a great sea view, and a hammock on the balcony, however it was quite hot at nights due to the fact there was no airconditioning. We were anticipating this having only paid for a fan room but it still took some getting used to. One evening we got back to our room and found the bathroom completely covered in ants, they were everywhere! Luckily the hotel front desk had some Raid so we managed to get rid of them, but not without almost choking to death on the fumes!

Anyway overall Sarikantang was a really nice place to stay, and after wandering around Haad Rin it seemed like one of the better places even though there is a lot of cheaper accommodation available.

My girlfriend and I stayed in Sarikantang for a week during September 2007.

This being our first time in Thailand, we were both a bit apprehensive, but our experience at Sarikantang was amazing!

Unless you are a 22 year old party animal, you really don't want to live on the main beach/party area (Haadrin beach). This is one of the reasons we loved Sarikantang so much - its located about 7 minutes away from the Haadrin, and has its own beautiful beach.

The staff were very friendly and accomodating, the resort is beautiful and the rooms were above average.

We stayed at the deluxe room for 2 nights, (2400 baht per night)but did not like the outside bathroom (too hot) so we then moved to the newer rooms in the newly built building (2500 baht per night), and we enjoyed every minute of our stay.

All in all, I would reccomend Sarikantang to my friends (and to strangers) and will deffinitely be coming back.

We arrived at Sarikantang after a miserable night in another alledged "Bungalow" complex on Ko Phangan (which ill review if I can find it!!) we couldnt believe the price for what we got, for once this resort WAS on the beach and the bungalow was a stone throw from the beach, the bungalow was basic but hey were backpacking and unlike some people we understand our budget wont get us the Ritz and for about 8 English pounds a night this was blooming good value and alot better than other places we saw on the island.
Contrary to another review I have read below the staff were some of the nicest I have encounted in my 16 months of backpacking and the place was very good.....I couldnt recommend it more (it only hasnt got an excellent as I am sure, somewhere there is a place better but as a bench mark this place was brilliiant!)

Koh Phangan Luxury-

We stayed at the Sarikentang for 10 nights, the bungalows and the resort itself were fantastic.

The resort is 5 mins walk to Haad Rin, but far enough away that you are not disturbed by the Full Moon noise.

Our bungalow had great views over the bay from up on the hillside, TV, DVD and Air Con. The bathroom was partially outdoor which made for breath taking morning and evening showers.

The food at the retsuarant was some of the best we had on the island and the fruit smoothies by the pool every day were amazing at only 50BHT!!

The staff were very friendly and helpfull especially when choosing trips around the island.

We had a great time, couldnt recomend the resort enough.

James & Roberta