Well, where do i start. we booked this room purely as s crash pad between the return ferry from koh phangnan and the departing train to Malaysia. whilst the cleanliness of the room was acceptable the decore left a lot to be desired - the rooms are basic with stark white lighting. the reception staff were also very helpful seeming to begrudge us interrupting their dinner. when we asked how to get to the train station an offer of a taxi booking for midnight and a wakeup call were offered - this never came to fruition so we had to flag down a tuktuk (not many around at that time of night). In all id have to say there must be better places to stay in this rundown little town.

We came from Koh Phangan and needed to stay until the next day to take a bus.
The place is clean and it's a basic hotel but better than a guesthouse or a backpackers place.

Not expensive, with ac and free wifi. Close to the city center.

We have just spent one night at Tapee on our way to Koh Tao. The hotel is ideally located for the pier with the boats to the islands.

We paid 550B (£11) for a double room with good A/C. The bed was clean and the shower was warm. We were also given access to free wifi in the lobby which worked well. We had a fridge/freezer in the room too. The 'bell boys' were friendly and helpful and the reception staff were friendly too.

Although the bed was clean, there were nail clippings in the bathroom. There was also a dinner plate with left over food on it left outside the room opposite from 4pm when we checked in until 8am when we checked out, even though the staff had walked past twice to show us to our room. I think it's this attention to detail which prevents this hotel from a better rating.

We would not recommend eating in the hotel 'restaurant' as half way through my meal I found two small maggots in my rice. I did not get ill from this but it was still very off-putting!

Long and short of it - if you have to stay in Suratthani (which I would avoid if at all possible) then this is a fine place just to spend a night - but with the complete lack of anywhere to eat I would go to 7/11 and stock up on dried food!