PingChan Koh Phangan Beachfront Resort

My wife and I had 5 nights in this quant resort for the first time. We had a beachfront villa overlooking the serene BanThing Nai Pan bay. We thoroughly enjoyed our relaxing stay at Pingchan Resort. Our Villa was very comfortable..bed was heaven ( certainly compared to some Thai beds we’ve had before), very spacious with separate shower and toilet, an outside private garden and shower and a large front verandah. Don’t expect 5 star quality here but instead a clean, well maintained, friendly resort. Beautiful gardens. What elevated Pingchan in our view were the wonderful staff we interacted with on a daily basis. Ken, Fon, and young Anna were an absolute delight and a huge asset to the resort. They were caring, attentive, and very friendly..a credit to the Management of the resort. Certainly the value of this resort ( room rate quite high) is its amazing view and the fact it fronts right onto a nice Sandy beach. I didn’t see any other resorts on this bay with such a stunning position. The village area isn’t as nice nor has the quality of restaurants as nearby Thong Nai Pan Noi beach but it’s only a 200 Baht taxi over. We’ll certainly be back.

Very good foodcourt nearby on the main street The room has a safe and is big enough, this is the only positive thing i can mention. Hotel paid us the transfer back to the pier because we were disappointed. This is a very overpriced resort. The neighbourhood Hotels have bars, restaurants and fency decoration especially during christmas but this resort has nothing! The pool is cold and small. No shallow area for small kids. A lot of mosquitos in and around the rooms. Therefore they have mosquito nets around the bad, so annoying to keep it closed during the night especially with kids. Shower has no good water pressure. We had a bad weather during our stay with big waves and wind which brought huge amounts of plastic garbage on the beach - I have never seen something like this in reality. Swimming was not possible and playing on the beach with all this plastic was not funny even if the stuff tried to remove the plastic every day. Small plastics could not be removed. You choose the breakfast from a list "a la carte" and it was ok but everyday the same no change. Cleaning of all facilities could be improved. We payed 1.000 EUR for a week during high season but for this amount we expected to get much more. Can´t recommend this side of koh phangan because if you want to explore the island you have to drive every time over very very steep streets at least for 30min long. Definitely stay on the West or North-West side which is much nicer.

A beautiful laid back beach front location, away from the island crowds below. It has its own set of lively happy guests. We all felt comfortable on our large private patios at night or on the beach just steps away. Although our vacay was with couples only, the guests with small children seems as relaxed as we were. The individual clean & serene cabins are situated in a way that felt very private. The staff, especially the manager Kay, all super helpful & friendly. Eating the complimentary nice breakfast right above the beach every morning is something I truly miss!