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The View Rawada Phuket
Thailand, South East Asia
Rawai
THE VIEW RAWADA RESORT & SPA is the newest resort, offers a magical panorama sea view location at Chalong Bay and Rawai Beach along the southeast coast of Phuket.
This beautiful 4 star boutique resort is designed in a modern contemporary style which offers 69 well appointed guest rooms and very spacious suites to guests who are still seeking a resort which offers a private and indulgent tropical escape.
The right type of facilities and services to guests who are seeking a resort where they can touch a peaceful yet entertaining environment. Guests can relax the Infinity Lap Pool with the cozy Pool Bar, immerse themselves in a vast array of treatments at the Day Spa, enjoy the superb meals at The View Restaurant and spend time with complimentary wireless connectivity, also get the free shuttle bus to Naiharn Beach.
Facilities
- Sun loungers
- Children’s swimming area
- Outdoor freshwater pool
- Poolside snack bar
- Luggage room
- Concierge
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
- Babysitting service*
- Transfer service*
- Please note some facilities may incur an additional fee
Due to the surrounding area and the number of steps around the hotel, it may not be suitable for those with mobility difficulties.
The Local Area
Tripadvisor Reviews
4.0 Very Good68 reviews
Excellent
57%
Very Good
16%
Average
13%
Poor
6%
Terrible
7%
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Value
The View is High
The view part of The View is not a lie. It is situated on top of a hill that looks east over bay. It is high enough that the view is lovely, especially in the morning when the sun is rising -- or some evenings when the moon is rising. The infinity pool is picturesque, and the restaurant overlooks the whole thing.
In the evening, there were dozens and dozens of large bats, like squadrons, that flew north directly overhead. The lowest ones were maybe thirty feet or so overhead. I asked my restaurant server whether they were birds or bats, and she said 'bird'. Whether it was a language barrier or her local zoological knowledge is lacking, I disbelieve her. They looked like bats. And they all came out at once at evening... But, I am American and I'm used to our bats that fly around like their drunk, diving left and right for mosquitos. This was some stately bat flying. The bats here eat fruit. So they don't need to fly crazily to chase insects. Honestly, the bats were my favorite part. If they were bats.
One consequence of high location of The View and the general quality of Phuket roads, is that it is not very accessible. Lots of guests -- many looking like Russian mobsters with their moll girlfriends -- rented scooters, which is smart. The road up is not wide enough for two cars in many places, and it is quite steep in places.
So once you've stared out at the view for several long moments, eventually you go, Now what? There is nothing walking distance. It's like a 45 minute walk past a couple refuse dumps to get to the water, and this part of Phuket doesn't have a nice beach.
It is pretty central, though, so you can use Grab to get anywhere in south Phuket cheaply.
It is close enough to Chalong Pier, from which depart daily an armada of scuba boats, that a dive shop picked me up and dropped me off for my day of diving.
The restaurant is good and the staff was friendly. My only complaint, besides the servers not telling me I was looking at bats, is that there was no spa. Because it had 'resort' in the title, I thought I could get a massage.
Crazy views in the mountains
I stayed here for nights! Very relaxing hotel. The staff is all very helpful and friendly . Tigki at the front desk is great! The kitchen staff is great.
Overall good experience! I would recommended
Great stay!
Had a wonderful stay at the The view Rawada! The name speaks for itself as we had a gorgeous view at all times and the staff was very hospitable.
GREAT views, but...
The views are wonderful, the staff were a joy to deal with and the restaurant served us some of the best food we had our entire trip, but it's definitely NOT four star, our room wasn't worth the amount we paid, even after they gave us a free meal and an afternoon tea, both of which were delicious, but didn't make up for our bill being 40% more than we felt it was worth. IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF MOBILITY or HEART ISSUES DO NOT STAY HERE! They do have two golf buggies and do their best to help people get up the steepest hills, but there were times when nobody was available to drive the buggies, so we had to walk and it's STEEP, with lots of stairs, which in that heat left us breathless and sweaty...not ideal...and we're both in pretty healthy, if you're not it could literally be a serious risk to your health. The aircon in our midrange room was very poor and incredibly noisy. They're the only hotel I've ever stayed in that refused to issue two keys, so you can't leave the aircon running. We just left our single key in our room so the aircon kept running and made them take us back to our room each time. We didn't want to do that, but the alternative was to lay in bed sweating for several hours whilst our aircon wheezed it's way to a point where we could sleep. Other low points were dated decor and half the lights/switches in our room not working. The safe is half the size needed, but once they'd gotten it working we managed to cram our valuables, documents etc in. The pool is pretty good, but only has six or so loungers, which are far too few for the size of the place. The location means that unless you have your own transport you will feel very isolated as there' s absolutely nothing you can walk to and local taxis seemed reluctant to shlep all the way up there, so waits of 20-30 minutes for an expensive taxis were the norm. They do run a free daily shuttle, but it's not enough and should be at least three times a day...and whilst they're doing the shuttle run there's nobody to drive the golf buggies on site, which is just daft and needs sorting out. The place was FULL of very courteous, but very clichy Russians during our stay...they all seemed the same and whilst they caused us no problems none of them was even slightly interested in chatting to anyone who wasn't Russian, so we felt even more isolated. So, in a nutshell, we wouldn't stay there again and can't recommend it to others, but we would go there to have a delicious sunset dinner and a cocktail or two
Review by stevenpG9665NM United Kingdom
Best place in the world
Very nice hotel; With bike location - not a problem Quite, beautiful place, we love it and comes here a second time
