Marriott Phuket Beach Club

The Marriot Beach Club Phuket Mai Khao is a beautiful resort!

My family and I had a lovely family room on the ground floor, with its own plunge pool and access to the main pool. The two bedrooms were complete and comfortable. We appreciated the internet connection, dining and living areas, and laundry machines. Everything was so well thought of!

Access to the beach was not easy. And the beach, itself, is not beautiful. But the resort is so lovely and has good facilities - not having a great beach was the least of our concerns. The gym is efficiently managed, with good equipment. And children can benefit from many club activities.

We had a great vacation here!

Unique Quality: Qualities: pools, gym, children's club

The Marriot Beach Club Phuket Mai Khao is a beautiful resort!

My family and I had a lovely family room on the ground floor, with its own plunge pool and access to the main pool. The two bedrooms were complete and comfortable. We appreciated the internet connection, dining and living areas, and laundry machines. Everything was so well thought of!

Access to the beach was not easy. And the beach, itself, is not beautiful. But the resort is so lovely and has good facilities - not having a great beach was the least of our concerns. The gym is efficiently managed, with good equipment. And children can benefit from many club activities.

We had a great vacation here!

Unique Quality: Qualities: pools, gym, children's club

Imagine this; you wake up in the morning under Marriott's amazing bed comforters, (Heaven in their own right) you walk from your luxurious bedroom into the kitchen and grab yourself a glass and have some Naval orange juice that is like no other. (For the adults, Absolute makes it even tastier). You may stay in your room and cook something to eat, have it delivered from the world class kitchens, or simply take a walk over to the buffet. After a nice croissant, some espresso, fresh lichee fruits, and maybe a breakfast sandwich its time to go to one of the individual pools. Depending on your mood you have a choice of which one to sit by the Blue Pool with its waterfall roof Bar!, the main pool with the spitting elephants bubble bench seats and arches, or the kids pool with the slide and bubble pools. If you get hot and want a quick change of scenery you can take a quick walk down to the quiet private beach that goes on for miles in each direction and take a dip in the Andaman Sea. If like me you have ADHD and need to be continuously busy the hotel offers a lot of things to do for the individual and or the family as a whole. Day excursions trekking on elephants, diving trips to the Phi Phi Islands. If you wanna stay on site, there is wind surfing, skim boarding canoeing, bike riding, spa packages, tennis, yoga almost everything you would want. The Service is always 5 star and the Thai people in general are amazing. The staff at the hotel are there to assist, and help you in anyway, at anytime of the day or night. The food is on par with any five star resort. I guess for me this hotel offers exactly what I want. Peace and Serenity off of the beaten track, a place where i can meet people from all over the world yet sit out on my patio on the chaise lounge and not talk to a soul except Khun Abdul who was gracious enough to deliver me locally made Thai Whiskey and Steak and Mushroom pie at 3:30am. I would recommend this hotel to everyone who has the opportunity to go and visit, it trully is a little slice of heaven!

Unique Quality: Private BBQ on your deck or patio with Marriott Chefs. They set everything up provide you with a menu the food the drink the atmosphere and so on. Just have it ordered at front Desk. AMAZING!!!
Cooking School-You can take a Thai Cooking course at the Ginja Taste Cooking School on premise. The day starts with a trip to a local gypsy market, where a chef from the Marriott accompanies you to show you the different foods and customs that go along with the market. (Amazing freshly made curries, vegetables, Blood Cakes, fish, snails, chilies, tamarind, squirrels galore!!!!. Then you take a quick trip back to the hotel and learn to prepare local Thai specialties. Included in this is a traditional Thai blessing.
Pools-all amazing, all unique. The blue pool has a bar with a waterfall flowing over the roof making a cascading wall of water behind you as you sit drinking at the bar. The large "Main" Pool has spitting elephants, bubble benches, and a kids slide.
Restaurants-Many to choose from. Steak house, buffet, Asian.....
Views from the hotel vary depending where you stay but are breathtaking from everyone we have had so far.
The Staff-They truly make the experience unforgettable.

Directions: Mai Khao Beach

Set in a tropical paradise, where the glistening sands of Mai Khao Beach meet blue seas, our resort in Thailand introduces you to a realm of indescribable beauty, flawless service and thoughtful touches.

Our stay at the JW Marriott at Phuket was one of the best hotel experiences I've ever had. The price (for the quality) was very reasonable, and it felt like there were 3 hotel workers for every guest. Everyone is friendly (but not overdoing it) and can help with any special requests. We stayed for 5 nights, on each night the turndown staff created a "towel animal" for us and made sure our room was stocked with plenty of fresh flowers and fruits. Relaxing by the pool was great, although the main pool seemed geared for those with children. The beachfront was clean, and it was so empty it felt like your own private beach. The hotel offers many excursions, and we tried the Phi Phi Islands tour (great, but bring a lot of sunscreen), the sunset bicycle tour (well worth the 250 baht each) and we took advantage of their shuttle to Patong beach (a little pricey at 700 baht per person return, but cheaper than a cab). The bicycle tour is a little long for those not in shape, or used to riding mountain bikes, although we loved it! The many onsite restaurants were top notch, but a little expensive. The breakfast buffet was awesome, tons of asian and european/american dishes. The room had a 27" CRT tv with a DVD player (plays all region DVDs).

Unique Quality: They have two onsite elephants (one was a baby about 3 years old , the other about 10 years old) and both are very friendly. They offer a Ginza cooking course, which we didn't take, but heard it was great. The pools are fabulous, and I don't think anyone will be disappointed with the quality of construction or service.

Directions: North of the airport, about 15 km

A wonderful location set in magnificent grounds and on a spectacular beach. Excellent service from caring staff. Bear in mind however it is a little isolated and it is difficult to go to another restaurant or pop into town.

Unique Quality: Magnificent grounds and several pools. Young elephants walk by every morning and you can even swim with them in the afternoon.

Directions: Isolated beach location

Incredible! The best service I've ever had and EVERYONE was friendly. It is very far from most night life, so it's best for a family who doesn't want to leave or romantic getaway where you want to be left alone. What surprised me the most was how great the food was and it was also resonable considering they really have you captive away from other restaurants. Could we have eaten cheaper if we hopped in a cab? Sure, but prices weren't outrageous like most Marriotts and most of all it was EXCELLENT food. The Steak and Seafood restaurant was the only one that I thought was horribly overpriced for what you get, but the others, especially The Deli and Gin ja the Thai restaurant were fair. Don't spend the money on an ocean view room unless you're getting a suite, as the standard ocean view rooms are far from the ocean and you can barely see it (see photo), plus you have to add a flight of stairs to everywhere you go. I would request a bottom floor room as they are so convenient for pool and beach visits. Or 2nd floor which is the level of the lobby...you won't see the ocean from these rooms, but you will see a lot of garden. I didn't see one room that had a bad view.

Don't miss the cooking class! A real winner and totally worth the price as you get lots of goodies and an amazing meal with it. The spa is expensive BUT I wouldn't have traded the experience, especially if you are into ambiance. The most beautiful rooms I've ever seen in a spa...and I've been to a lot.

Had a wonderful time during my stay here.

Space - Huge room with classy Thai wooden carvings, a balcony and a glassed area (for those who are scared to mosquitoes and want to enjoy the nature while being pampered by air-condition haha) for you to rest and relax while enjoying the nature and sea.

Health Club - upper medium, with a nice swirl pool and sauna, friendly staff (small comment is that the staff tend to allocate lockers concentrated at one corner thus its quite inconvenient for users - have informed them and hope they will change lol)

Mandara Spa - a place to pamper your self if you have "you know what I mean ...$$$ " . Located in the middle of the lake. Wow....

Pool - 3 pools so no worries ( see below for more info )

Unique Quality: Pool - They have 3 public pools which has distinctive styles ...one called Tranquility pool and another is Blue Pool or Refelction pool etc ...which oversees the open Andaman sea

Fire dance performance and traditional dance every evening abt 5.30 p.m.

Day long activities for adults and kids - be it yoga, muay thai ( kick boxing) , games, batik painting, etc etc ...you will never be out of activities when you are here

Tranquility - Mai Khao beach is one of the most deserted so no worries of over crowded beach ...

Directions: Northen tip of Phuket Island

The JW is exactly what you would expect from the Marriott chain; a western take on Thai hospitality. As a resort the JW does not miss a beat: a selection of bars, restauraunts and cafe's, beautiful rooms, three pools, impeccable service and all the frills. Of note is the wide variety of activities available at a modest charge and the pristine stretch of beach the resort occupies. Family travellers should note that the activities are broken up into three age ranges: children, teens and adults, and the list is quite long. For monsoon season, many of the activities are done rain or shine.

The only downside (if you want to call it that) is location. If you are not planning on doing any self-motivated sightseeing, this will not be a problem as almost all tour operators will come and pick you up (you can arrange for a variety of tours through the hotel at a bit of a markup, but the packages and service are well worth the money). However, taxi service is expensive; the hotel service is the only game in town, with shuttles on an irregular basis and hired cars at 700 Bhat an hour. Getting a cab back from Patong Beach will run you about 500 Bhat, or more after dark.

I'd highly reccomend the JW to anyone looking to arrive and relax. The short trip from the airport, along with the excellent facilities and services, make this a natural pick for a hassle-free destination. For adventurers, you may feel trapped and isolated, and as I did, begin to resent the need to tailor your schedule around a shuttle.

Unique Quality: The pools are fantastic, as well as the array of beachside activities such as a thai massage under the palms. The restaurants, while expensive by thai standards, are truly world class. If you're doing a romantic trip, don't pass up the opportunity to have a romantic sunset seaside dinner, with menu options from the various restaurants on site. This would be a great honeymoon location, or for those looking to rekindle the honeymooner spirit. And don't forget to tip the chambermaids; every day gets you a new little suprise upon your return to the room.

I couldn't resist the last outing so we signed up. Yes, we are now members of the MVCI.

Difference is that we are now on a points based system and not on a 7-day block week system. The difference is that we can have shorter vacations like 4 or 5 days which works out pretty good for us being in Asia.

First up, the top notch service I have experienced there is still present. The kids still love the place and Edwina didn't want to leave.

As members we get 20% off from the Marriott Cafe and 10% off for the rest of the F&B outlets at the resort. Siam Deli's pastries and sandwiches are still to die for. Expensive by Thai standards but affordable even by Singapore standards.

On arrival even though we took the late 2100 flight from Singapore, the staff still greeted us with the same welcome and draped us with flowers. We were offered cold lemongrass drinks and were brought to our villa.

Even as MVCI members it is expensive to come here but a good thing is that I hate crowds. We came during the low season which is May-Oct. It rained the next morning when we awoke so expect plenty of rain. However there is a window of clear weather on the last week of May usually. The next window of clear weather in this monsoon is at late Jun to early Jul. Historically this is quite consistent if you check WindGuru for details. Follow my VT entry HERE for the actual archive data.

Unique Quality: The Kids Pavillion is one thing you like if you have kids. Just so that they can find stuff to play and be entertained while you get that spa session.