We were traveling as a group of 9 and found this place based on reviews, the booking experience was superb and as we changed our plans a few times, very accommodating.

Once we got to the place, it below away all our expectations. It was beyond beautiful, very stylish, well maintained resort with a super friendly staff (cooks, butlers, maids, drivers, and security). I can't tell you enough about the people in the resort and the place it self, all I can say is that it will probably be the best place you ever stayed at (and I usually stay at 5 star resorts) and you won't regret it.

The location is by Bang Tao beach which is somewhat away from the core of the town but between the driver, taxis, and rental scooters this should be no problem.

The place has 8 rooms, 7 with king and queen beds and 1 with 2 twins, so you can comfortably fit 9 people without foldable or shared beds.

We absolutely loved our stay at Himmaphan and I wish it would never end! We were 14 family members from South Africa and Scotland and couldn't have had a better place to stay.
The house was IDEAL! Eight double bedrooms which were staggered around the fabulous pool! The "beach" area of the pool was ideal to laze and have G&T's. The AC's were so welcome and clean sheets, towels and beach towels every day.
Our hostess Tuti was an absolute star! Her cooking and willingness to make us happy was incredible and so humbling. Sometimes you want some home cooking and she made THE best cottage pie and spaghetti bolognese ever!
Lucky and Nui were just as pleasant and always smiling ready to jump to make tea or whatever we needed.
The house was perfect and I promise we will be back and I will certainly recommend it to whomever I know.
We loved the privacy that the rooms offered to everyone and also the amenities were perfect.
We were really humbled by the people of Thailand... so friendly and not once did we feel uncomfortable.

Our 3 tiered extended family of 15 adults, 5 children and 2 infants, from Singapore, stayed at The Himmaphan Resort from 15 to 19 March 2013. We had a wonderful marvelous time. It was really stress free, as we need not worry what to have for our meals. Astuti besides being the "Butler" is an excellent cook. Her local dishes are fantastic. With her team of helpers, we really had a great time.
The kids really enjoyed the pool, they hardly left the resort. The adults went for shopping and Island snorkeling.
Only slight inconvenience we had was when the well ran dry, understand it's due to the dry season, this was however resolved within half an hour or so when the water truck came.
Will definitely consider Himmaphan if we visit Phuket again.

We stayed at Himmaphan for 2 weeks and recommend it with all our heart. The house had a brilliant location and most of all - there was the most wonderful staff.
Butler Astuti and her colleagues made fabulous food and met us every day with a big smile. There is no doubt that it was actually them who made the difference and made our holiday to our dreamholiday.
We were a large group aged 2 to 50 years and we all had a wonderful time. Pooltable was a favorite among the youth besides the pool :)

It took us less than 5 minutes to walk to Bangtao beach and in the streets outside Himmaphan there is opportunity to massage, tailors, some shopping and eat at restaurants. Just up the street, there were also opportunities for minigolf and in connection to the minigolf you could also find a very nice restaurant which was run by som Swedish people (unfortunately, I do not remember the name of the restaurant)

Our stay at Himmaphan was fantastic and higly recommended.

Annelin, Norway

The Himmaphan provided an oasis of calm (if you discount the occasional noise from our small kids - and the Himmaphan couldn't be held responsible for that) and a wonderful, relaxing time - lying by the pool, relaxing inside etc... Spotless luxury everyday! Beautiful! Endless wifi meant family who couldn't make it stayed in touch and saw most of our holiday - a great asset.

The staff (primarily Astuti – in-villa daily manager, cook, impromptu travel guide and friendly face) provided amazing, happy, helpful service, as did all the staff, and it all appeared effortless and was generally invisible. They were incredible and we extend our thanks them for all of their wonderful help and happiness, that helped make our holiday so wonderful.

We were a large family group of 13 - 4 couples, teenagers and small children. We came and went at various times, to various places (often upon the recommendation and/or advice and organisation of Astuti). The large group, different ages and general desire to not do much meant most of us were at ‘home’ during the afternoons and evenings. We took up the option of requesting lunch and dinner – all provided at cost +500Bht (for all of us). Wow! Deciding what to eat from the in house menu (extensive list of Thai and kids meals) was the most difficult task of each day (so difficult that on occasion we just asked Astuti to cook whatever she thought was best at the markets) – Incredible!

We relaxed, swam and played – often feeling guilty but trying to go with it. It was an amazing time. Thank you.

Minor point – if there was a dish on the menu of ‘local rooster’ that would help erase some of the early wake-ups (although it may also reduce the options of chicken dishes into the future).

It is a shame Phuket generally seems to have lost most of it's cultural identiy - a factor of too many visitors wanting too much (ourselves included, I guess) and too many investors happy to provide it all at any cost - Our apologies.