We spent 2 nights here - one on our way to Koh Tao and another on the way back, since the first night was so pleasant. The rooms are just beautiful... really enjoyed the concept of the open plan with the cute garden, outdoor living room and outdoor bathroom. As others have mentioned, you do get some noise from surrounding rooms - we had a family next to us one night and could hear everything they said, so although you might feel secluded, don't count on not being heard. The restaurant was below average: lovely location on the beach, but they need a new chef as the food's not up to the standard of the hotel. Service was very smiley, polite and friendly - reminds us how Thai hospitality used to be (we have felt the standards slip dramatically over the years). We did have one issue with the motorbike we rented from them - it had a strange wobble to it right from the outset and the tyre punctured after us having driven only on the main road to Chaweng, no real bumps or incidents to note. They nevertheless charged us for the cost of fixing it - fortunately it was only $5 but since the incident happened only hours after we rented it and they knew we only went to Chaweng (and considering the incident put a hole in our day as well) we thought they could have...We spent 2 nights here - one on our way to Koh Tao and another on the way back, since the first night was so pleasant. The rooms are just beautiful... really enjoyed the concept of the open plan with the cute garden, outdoor living room and outdoor bathroom. As others have mentioned, you do get some noise from surrounding rooms - we had a family next to us one night and could hear everything they said, so although you might feel secluded, don't count on not being heard. The restaurant was below average: lovely location on the beach, but they need a new chef as the food's not up to the standard of the hotel. Service was very smiley, polite and friendly - reminds us how Thai hospitality used to be (we have felt the standards slip dramatically over the years).

We did have one issue with the motorbike we rented from them - it had a strange wobble to it right from the outset and the tyre punctured after us having driven only on the main road to Chaweng, no real bumps or incidents to note. They nevertheless charged us for the cost of fixing it - fortunately it was only $5 but since the incident happened only hours after we rented it and they knew we only went to Chaweng (and considering the incident put a hole in our day as well) we thought they could have waived that cost.

The main problem with Saree though is the location... we are not big fans of Koh Samui at all, it's so dirty and over touristed: Koh Tao and Phangan are much nicer. Saree is located too close to the Mae Nam jetty so the view is not very nice (unless you like looking at long, ugly piers). The water looks nice from a distance but a closer look will tell you it is very polluted - so much so that we went for a swim and promptly got out, as we could see it was brown and cloudy. The boats may be one contributor but there are also quite a lot of streams of goodness knows what water flowing over the sand and into the ocean in the area. The sand is originally white but look closely and you will see a layer of black residue.. yuck. It feels like Samui is overdue for a really good clean-up. Until then, we will steer clear.More