Coral View Resort

The resort’s location is excellent, with a wonderful beach. We can see the coral with various fish just near the beach, especially the black-tip shark. And all the things here are super good! The staff is nice and friendly, breakfast was delicious and varied for the price we paid, and they also have a life jacket, snorkeling mask, and aqua shoes provided for guests who stay here, which is all free! I highly recommend that you stay here. (Don’t forget to try the resort’s restaurant)

Would have given 10/10 or 20/10, but there is one flaw. This place is magical. We took the beach bungalows, which is right on beach. The beach on this resort is out of this world. We have visited almost all the beaches in Koh Tao, looks wise, this one is most picturesque. It has white sandy beach and dramatic rocks in one side. Best part about this place is that the beach will not have any other people as the beach is only accessible from the resort, so you will not find random people in the beach. It is also away from the busy area, so that is a plus for many. The beach bungalows are two storied with probably 4 rooms in each level. If you stay in the corner rooms (like us), you will get uninterrupted view of the sea. The rooms are good with all the basic amenities. The bar and restaurant at the beach is truly out of this world. Sharing photo. You can spend all day chilling there. You can take snorkelling gears (complementary) and snorkel right on the beach. has good coral reefs. Complementary breakfast was good as well. There is only one flaw for which i gave it 9/10 instead of 100/10. That is the steep road to get to the resort. Overall whole koh tao has uphill and downhill roads which is manageable, even for okay scooter riders. I am an experienced scooter rider (i use regularly in a crowded city for last 7 years and have rode in mountains as well). The road just near the resort which you need to take to get down to the resort is so steep that is impossible if you want to ride with a passenger behind you. It is almost 45-60 degree steep. I was travelling with my wife. It was impossible to get down because it was so steep. Everytime I had to leave my wife who had to walk downhill/uphill for 5-10 mins to get down to/up from the beach villa, which was physically draining. There is also a sign by the road which mentioned that only 1 rider.

Gorgeous setting, beautiful beach front and lovely green area surrounding. The hut we stayed in was basic but had everything we needed for our few days there. The staff were friendly and dealt with our problems (of washing being shrunk) well. The hotel provides a shuttle a couple of times a day to the main area.

I wish I could live at Coral View! We stayed in a Hillside Hut - the bed was comfy (I don't know what kind of cotton the bedding was made of but it was so soft!), it had aircon, and an ensuite bathroom. What more could you want? Well, the view was also fantastic! It was mostly of the trees, but so tropical and heavenly. Walking through the trees to get to the beach, there were butterflies everywhere! The view from the breakfast spot is incredibly beautiful and serene. The beach bar and restaurant is ideally located with, would you know, ANOTHER incredible view! The food was good, the drinks were good (I had a pina colada EVERYDAY!) You can snorkel straight off the beach, but as it's mostly coral, I would recommend taking water shoes. And the snorkelling is fantastic! Aside from the many, many, many colourful fish (enormous, tiny and every size in between), we also saw black tipped reef sharks and turtles. The reception team were so wonderful, the staff in all spaces were friendly and so helpful. If you're hoping for a 5-star luxury resort, this is not it. The facilities are simple, but I would pick this over anything else any day! I'm already planning our next trip back to Coral View!

We love the close proximity to the beach, and the relaxing facilities. The room is also very clean. The restaurant was amazing, and the free breakfast bar was incredible. The views from the entire resort were beautiful. All the staff were so so friendly and lovely and very accomodating (you’re able to pick up your free breakfast the night before if you leave early the following day). The restaurant had amazing food at an affordable price (100-200 baht) and I had the most insaneeeeee smoothie here. I Recommend this hotel and would definitely stay here again.