We decided to stay here because it looked very good at first sight. Unfortunately, there turned out to be many drawbacks:

- Dirty bed : we took the better roomtype of 2000 baht (got it for 1800 because i did a couple of dives). Paying 1800 baht makes you expect clean beds, but ours was full of stains (the cotton was even hard/stiff). At first we thought the sheets were just a bit worn down, but upon closer examination, on our second day, the stains turned out to be semen stains. So we'd be sleeping in a dirty bed. It took us some talking to the staff to get it cleaned. The staff was unfriendly. No sorry, no excuses, nothing..

- noise: the noise from the open air bar was really really loud. And I am even a techno / loud music lover... It went on until around 0:30 at night, so we weren't too happy about that

- overcharging: the staff tried to overcharge us when buying the boat tickets for the way back to Samui

We wanted somewhere that was on the beach and had a pool and where we could dive so Ban's ticked all of the boxes.

We asked for the nicest room they had which we were quite happy with... until the sun went down. Ban's bar was a stones throw from our room and the music was pumping until about 3am. We went down to complain and I was gobsmacked at how rude the lady was that we spoke to us. I asked that considering we were paying the highest for a room, we be moved higher up so that we could get a good night sleep. She then said 'you get what you paid for' and maybe you should just stay somewhere else because this obviously isn;t the place for you'. At that she turned around and carried on with what she was doing!!
It wasn't just her. Every member of staff there apart from one girl in the restaurant was rude and unfriendly. Quite upsetting when you are only on holiday for 3 weeks.
We couldn;t move at such short notice and we were only there for another 3 days. The next day we asked again and they reluctantly moved us 3 rooms up. I might also add - No breakfast included!

As for the pool, it is no place to go if you are not diving as it is full of learner divers. It is also as warm as bath water!

The diving itself was fun but you are crammed onto a boat - about 60 people. You have to fight for somewhere to sit in the sun!! When you do finally get in the water, you are surrounded by the 60 people you thought you had just left on the boat!! If you see a shark so did the other 60 people so its gone by the time you can get a proper look in.

AND when we had our washing done - my new bikini went missing!! Grrr

Not recommended

We arrived from the ferry about 3pm and check into the resort our rooms werent ready but as we passed the pool on the garden were 2 single beds out in the sunshine and that only minds one thing bedbugs, so we didnt think anymore about it until we woke at one am with bedbugs sharing the bed with me and my partner so luckly for us we have friends staying in the resort and stayed with them that night because their was no-one to talk to at this time of night, the girls at reception changed our rooms and did not charge for that night and washed all our clothes diving with bans was great my parnter said but for me stuck on the beach for day was a bit boring but he really enjoyed his course and had a great instructor

I don't recognise the hotel I stayed in from the reviews above. I did the PADI open water course there (admittedly over two years ago) and the staff were great. The dives weren't overcrowded at all and the instructors were very safety conscious. They made sure over and over again that we knew what we were doing before we were allowed out properly.

I stayed in a twin room, AC with a TV and bathroom. The room was very clean. The only slight drawback was that it was across the road from the rest of the hotel and was slightly too far away for females alone at night as it is quite secluded.

The food was great and the beach bar/restauarnt was lovely with large cushions and low tables. Very relaxed feeling.

There are lots of dogs about which wasn't great. The people who worked there seemed to have befriended the dogs and were feeding them which did make me slightly uneasy, however, none of them looked mangy.

There is also a beautiful pool but it is used all day for those doing the PADI course and I'm not confident that the hotel would welcome non-divers.

I wouls say that this is a good choise for the PADI courses.