This place has gone downhill dramatically - don't spoil your christmas or break like we did wasting time with this terrible place. We booked via agoda for a 3 adult room and arrived for christmas -room shocking and the bed was a old dilapadated camp bed for the third person- and then the room full of mosquitos and a lovely old turd still in the bathroom toilet.
Staff totally not interested even though we reflected that this was our forth time there -essentally place run by kids now - no senior managment.

No service at all , the staff just stand around playing and hugging each other and picking god knows what out of each others hair, the beach was dirty - full of glass and even the sea full of building debris obviously they could not be bothered to take any of it away hence just walked in a dumped it.

Outside the place there is a massive rubbish site and it stinks - there are dogs running about the place and even we had three snakes in the gardens - great for a 7 year old safety ehh.

The staff are crap and the manageress this morning told us "dont book by internet, I do you special deal next time, we thought your foreigners!!!!'

Well at 80 quid nearly 4000 baht a night - would be better if the surly , lazy, arrogant staff stayed alone in their "hotel" , the only time they moved was to play volleyball with each other and then mess around with a brush which had 3 strands attempting to shift loads of crap that had landed on the beach.

Forget it - stay anywhere bar this place - a disgrace to Koh Samet !!!

I stayed here for one night with my husband. I was initially impressed by the beach front location, cute swings, lounge chairs, and individual villa style rooms with beach views and front porch. However, upon entering the room, I was disappointed -the top of the shower area was see through ( plastic cover i think ?) so I could see the dirt/leaves accumulated from the weather. The bathroom itself was also very dim, even with the lights turned on. There was barely any water for showering on the night that we stayed, service was minimal.

Although I would prefer to stay somewhere else next time, I actually really enjoyed my experience here. The location was peaceful and relaxing, with a small and quiet beach. I really felt like I was on a secluded island far away from the hustle and bustle of city life.

If you are looking for night life, entertainment, and luxurious accommodations, however, I would not recommend Ao Cho Hideaway.

We arrived by speedboat from the mainland (about £25 each way) and were dropped on the beach and waded ashore. The Ocean View bungalow was pleasent enough and very peaceful. It was was cleaned each day by grumpy cleaners and it had a TV, Kettle and decent air con. The beach was clean and fairly quiet and ideal if you are looking for a peaceful holiday. We did the hotel facilities a bit lacking though with any chance of eating over by 9pm. The next beach is 10 mins walk and we found it a little more viberant in the evenings with the chance to eat a bit later. The breakfast was served on the beach in a buffet style and offered very little choice with either rice or noodles, eggs and ham or frankfurters along with a small choice of fresh fruit. I was alarmed by the way the frankfurters and ham were left in a try with no heat or ice to avoid any problems and I suggested that the butter would be better kept in iced water so as to avoid pouring it on the bread. My wife eat the breakfast on day 4 and suffered severe food poisoning and she was really ill for 24 hours vomiting violently which obviously spoiled our stay. We also found that most of the staff were young and from Burma and quite honestly, could hardly smile a good morming each day and provided some of the worst service I have ever come across which is down to the training i guess as clearly the management consider it OK to treat paying guests with such indifference. We did go for a trip and found that once you leave the resorts and travel inland a little, the full extent of how filthy the island really is becomes aparent. We were horrified at the rubbish and lack of respect for the environment the locals seem to have and also the lack of infastucture. Its all about a fast buck and giving very little in return. Whilst the beach and room were quite nice, we wonr be returning to either this hotel or the island of Koh Samet.