Island Escape Burasari

“Spectacular”

Spectacular resort, truly the definition of paradise. From the stunning beach views to the beautiful walks around the hotel, it genuinely feels like you’re immersed in a beach meets jungle escape. The food was fantastic; I couldn’t fault a single thing. A huge shout-out to the activities team, Mee… more

Spectacular resort, truly the definition of paradise. From the stunning beach views to the beautiful walks around the hotel, it genuinely feels like you’re immersed in a beach meets jungle escape. The food was fantastic; I couldn’t fault a single thing. A huge shout-out to the activities team, Meen, Mook and Don, who were incredible at what they do. They made the holiday so fun and engaging with a wide range of activities, from volleyball and combat sports to fishing and much more. Roy, the bartender, made us feel so welcome every evening and provided some of the best service we’ve ever experienced. Finally, Hoomaron, the golf buggy driver, was outstanding. He shared so much helpful knowledge about Thailand, where to go and what to do, and truly went above and beyond to make us feel comfortable and welcome.

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“Relaxing break with friends & family”

The hotel is friendly, relaxed & comfortable. However it’s much closer to 4* than 5*. The good is the beach bar, the food in the Thai and Italian restaurants and there are plenty of Sunbed’s. The elements that could be improved are that some parts of the hotel are tired and need refurbishing or up… more

The hotel is friendly, relaxed & comfortable. However it’s much closer to 4* than 5*. The good is the beach bar, the food in the Thai and Italian restaurants and there are plenty of Sunbed’s. The elements that could be improved are that some parts of the hotel are tired and need refurbishing or updating. Also the plates are not cleared in restaurants & we’ve had main meals come before appetisers. However we’ve had a very chilled out few days 🙂

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“Lagoon villa - bird watchers paradise”

There’s a lot to love about this resort - Lagoon villa - excellent, spacious and clean but the highlight is sitting on the veranda early morning watching the lagoon come alive with birds - during our 4 days we’ve seen so many beautiful birds including a pair of kingfishers, bee eaters, golden oriol… more

There’s a lot to love about this resort - Lagoon villa - excellent, spacious and clean but the highlight is sitting on the veranda early morning watching the lagoon come alive with birds - during our 4 days we’ve seen so many beautiful birds including a pair of kingfishers, bee eaters, golden oriole, stork, pacific swallows, great egrets, greater coucal, little heron, and many more. Plus a couple of monitor lizards. Breakfast food was lovely, plenty of choice and very fresh. We are at the seafood/Thai restaurant on the beach a couple of times and the food was really delicious. However, There are some things that let the resort down Our speedboat to the resort was full, which meant a lot of people arriving to check in at once - which was rather chaotic and limited explanation of how things worked. Breakfast on our first morning was again chaotic with many tables left full of dirty dishes, and unattended. There didn’t appear to be enough staff to accommodate. We only tried a couple of cocktails but they were both awful, and a glass of wine at the pool bar was served warm and in dirty/old plastic wine glasses. The bar staff (with the exception of the beach bar guy- who was lovely) appeared disinterested and surly. Overall, we’ve had a very enjoyable stay and with a few small improvements this could be perfect.

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“Thai holiday on Coconut Island”

We spent 10 nights at IEB in March. The hotel is on Coconut Island, boat takes you in 10 Minutes to the hotel, on the pier buggies wait for the guests to bring them to the lounge. The overall impression is that they are always in chaos. We had all inclusive package. At check-in they didn’t tell u… more

We spent 10 nights at IEB in March. The hotel is on Coconut Island, boat takes you in 10 Minutes to the hotel, on the pier buggies wait for the guests to bring them to the lounge. The overall impression is that they are always in chaos. We had all inclusive package. At check-in they didn’t tell us that all inclusive is just from 11:30 to 22:30, besides that you have to pay also for the water. This policy is strange for me, after I’ve been in many hotels around the world. There is no snacks during the day, you can eat just in the restaurants from the menu. The other problem and inconvenience with this all incl. that we had deluxe pool access room, which is really good if you want a relaxing holiday by the pool, but there is no possibility to get a drink the whole day. No bar, minibar is also paid, so you need to go the beachbar/infinity pool bar or restaurant to get a drink, a snack, which takes min. 5-10 minutes walk, or call a buggy to get there. What?! Or you go to 7 Eleven to shop some, but you don’t pay then all incl. The room is nice, big enough but not practical, there is no space for the cloths, for hang the towels after bath and the lightning could be better at least in the bathroom or at the mirror. More times we got dirty beach towels. The biggest chaos is in the 2 reastaurants, It’s everything and Da Beppe - the Eat we didn’t tried. Has to wait a lot, they also don’t take off the empty dishes, if you order 3 courses you get all at the same time. They are always watching the laptop and don’t take so much care with the floor. At breakfast you can’t find a table because either sit someone or full with used dishes. In the evening the programm is always the same live band. And a plus1, next to our room they renovated 3 rooms from early morning..was a bit noisy sometimes. I don’t think we would choose again.

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