Orchid Riverview Hotel

Great hotel, amazing staff, very clean and new, big rooms, nice pool, location might not be in the center but is right next to 7-11 and Lotus, few massage places, a small island nearby and street food market. Really couldnt fault the hotel. Has everything that you might need - laundry room, small (but enough) gym, swimming pool. We are going back in a few days, they were kind enough to keep our luggage. Keep in mind breakfast is Thai-oriented. i liked it but might not be for everyone.

Modern hotel just over the bridge from the main Surat Thani area. Nice room and good bathroom (clean and hot water). Kettle, mugs and glasses but not tea or coffee. Very small balcony you couldn’t sit on. We stayed one night. Breakfast was quite poor; ok if you wanted Thai, eggs (all cold), toast and fruit was ok. Hire Next to 7/11 and Lotus; if you turn right past lotus the is a walk/bridge over to an island which is a pleasant walk. Also Crossroads/riverside restaurant is just around the corner and good.

We felt that this is a good business hotel that had predominantly Thai guests. Walking distance are three nice places... a restaurant that has nice Thai dinner where we met several foreign people with Thai spouses; a market that has Thai food as you typically expect it 2 supermarkets (7 Eleven and a fresh market) Another "in" cafe restaurant that we did lunch in. If you are here on sunday...Not far with "Grab" (70 Baht ride) you can see floating market that had no European tourists. On Saturday, The shopping center "Central" impressed us as out side the entrance was a lovely night market with all local specialties and seating.

The breakfast was good with various Thai items and fried eggs, bread, sausage, tea, coffee, cereals, etc. The Thai food was different everyday and not much of repetition. The western food was more or less the same items almost everyday. The room was spacious and very clean. The hotel is fairly new and well maintained. The staff was very supportive and helpful. Lunch is also served in the hotel. Dinner: the options are to cross the bridge (which is less than 100 meters from the property entrance) and you can walk for 10 to 20 minutes to access various restaurants. There is one, on the river front, which is about 5 minutes walk from the hotel. On weekends there are a few Thai local food restaurants (These are open for lunch everyday), within walking distance and these are tasty and cheap. There is a nice park "Ko Lamphu", which is about 7 minutes walk from the hotel. This is an island with facilities for walking, jogging, cycling, workouts, etc. This park attracts a lot of local as well as expats. I did use this place for my walks in the mornings. The parking lot for cars tend to get full as a lot of people do drive down to exercise.

I am very grateful to all the staff for their hospitality, whatever we asked for they were always happy to provide and even checked us in early for free. Our daughter was constantly given gifts))))) Breakfast is excellent and my daughter did not really want Thai food and I asked every morning to make for her an omelette and the staff were kind always to make for us and her an amazing omelette. The hotel is very clean, not a single speck of dust and they very much look after the cleanliness.