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Varinda Garden Resort

3.0 star property
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January 2025

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Property amenity
Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, pool loungers
Property amenity
Lobby
Property entrance

Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping

Explore the area

Map
82/3 Moo 3 Maret, Koh Samui, Surat Thani, 84310
  • Lamai Beach
    3 min walk
  • Lamai Night Market
    12 min walk
  • Hin Ta and Hin Yai
    18 min walk
  • Ko Samui (USM)
    35 min drive

Room options

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Family House

Family House

  • 66 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Grand Deluxe Room

Grand Deluxe Room

  • 36 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Superior Room

Superior Room

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Deluxe Room

Deluxe Room

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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ibis Samui Bophut
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4.0 out of 5, Very good, (646)
The price is NZ$72
for 1 night
includes taxes & fees
6 Dec - 7 Dec
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About the area

Koh Samui

When you stay at Varinda Garden Resort in Koh Samui, you'll be in the entertainment district, within a 15-minute drive of Lamai Beach and Silver Beach. .This family-friendly resort is 6.6 mi (10.7 km) from Chaweng Beach and 11.9 mi (19.2 km) from Nathon Pier.
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What's nearby

  • Lamai Beach - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Lamai Night Market - 12 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Hin Ta and Hin Yai - 18 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Silver Beach - 11 min drive - 5.0 km
  • Chaweng Noi Beach - 14 min drive - 8.2 km

Getting around

  • Ko Samui Airport (USM) - 35 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Samui Kangaroo Restoran - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Oyster Bar - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Bao Bab Beach & Restaurant - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Wild Tribe Cafe - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Lolamui Cafe - ‬5 min walk

About this property

Varinda Garden Resort

Art Deco resort with a rooftop terrace and a 24-hour front desk
Varinda Garden Resort offers 43 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and complimentary bottled water. Rooms open to balconies. These individually furnished accommodations include desks. Pillowtop beds feature premium bedding. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include showers, bidets, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)). 21-inch flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Housekeeping is offered daily and in-room massages can be requested.

An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a waterslide.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 43 individually furnished guestrooms, featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Your pillowtop bed comes with premium bedding. Rooms have private balconies. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature bidets and hair dryers.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including an outdoor pool, a waterslide, and bicycles to rent. This Art Deco resort also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge). Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the area shuttle (surcharge).
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at the resort's restaurant, Ruan Mai Restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 6 AM to 10 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include limo/town car service, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. For a surcharge, guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a ferry terminal shuttle.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6 AM and 10 AM.
Ruan Mai Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, Thai

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Extended parking on site
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request
  • Local area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Ferry terminal shuttle (surcharge)
  • Limo/town car service
  • Shopping centre shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 6 AM–10 AM: THB 300 for adults and THB 300 for children
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar
  • Room service available

Restaurants on site

  • Ruan Mai Restaurant

Things to do

  • Bike rentals
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Fridge
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms
  • Water slide

Conveniences

  • ATM/banking services
  • Front-desk safe
  • Library

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Rooftop terrace

Spa

  • Massages

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Designated smoking areas
  • Mosquito nets

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Pillow-top mattress
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 21-inch flat-screen TV
  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Fridge

More

  • Desk
  • In-room massage
  • Individually furnished
  • Safe
  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Renovations and closures

The following facilities are closed on Saturday:
  • Outdoor pool

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 12 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for THB 600 per night

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: THB 1000 per stay
  • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per adult: THB 1500
  • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per child: THB 750 (up to 12 years old)
  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: THB 2000
  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: THB 1000 (up to 12 years old)

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately THB 300 for adults and THB 300 for children
  • Airport shuttle fee: THB 800 per vehicle (one-way)
  • Rollaway bed fee: THB 600 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

Property is also known as

Varinda
Varinda Garden
Varinda Garden Koh Samui
Varinda Garden Resort
Varinda Garden Resort Koh Samui
Varinda Garden Hotel Koh Samui
Varinda Garden Resort Ko Samui/Lamai Beach
Varinda Garden Resort Resort
Varinda Garden Resort Koh Samui
Varinda Garden Resort Resort Koh Samui

Varinda Garden Resort Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 63 out of 120 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 30 out of 120 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 20 out of 120 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 120 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 120 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Michael, longwood

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the eclectic look of the entire resort and how it is nothing like any resort/hotel we’ve ever stayed. Although its location is not “close” to restaurants, shopping, the beach, etc., they are within 10-20 minutes walking distance. The photos shown on different sites do not capture what you will experience when you are there. I would highly recommend this resort!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cristian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cristian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Glastonbury in Thailand
This was perfect for us.... we felt very much at home here. It's a little rough around the edges in places but we stayed in shiny resorts that were stale and pomp. Lovely friendly staff. Great to see children enjoying themselves not on screens. Impossible to see all the artwork, every day we'd see something new. We would definitely come back here.
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alexandria

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Whimsical Getaway
This resort is absolutely magical! It felt like a whimsical garden of Eden. The staff were amazing and super nice. They helped us rent scooters, book excursions and massages, and even personally drove us to the pier on our last day. Breakfast was good, and one of the resort dogs is a sweetheart! He would come and greet me every time we returned on our scooters. The family suite has an amazing view and porch to relax on. Since it’s a rustic room I expected to see a lot of bugs and geckos but it was super clean and bug free. The only thing that could improve was the beds were pretty firm. Overall I highly recommend and I would stay here again in a heartbeat!
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Absolutely beautiful experience, very old school Samui. You could spend hours looking at the art all over the resort. Pool was refreshing with a view over the water. Bit of a walk to the beach or Lamai, this place is best enjoyed with a rental car or scooter. Rooms a bit rustic but it adds to vibe.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Saharath

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff really friendly and helpful We will be back once again soon ❤️
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Reuben

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Shafik

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome Decor and Clean
Great place with awesome decoration and art, possibly hippie inspired. Beautiful view from pool area. Each unit is a private bungalow. Tie dyed sheets were a nice touch. It is a bit of a walk down the hill to the beach and simce I injured my foot the day before I stayed only one night and got a beachfront room. Only negative is that it is not beach front.

10/10 Excellent

Anna, chiang mai, thailand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful, unique and full of love
This was the greatest place I have ever stayed. It is family owned and you can tell the staff really care and love it. It is extraordinarily clean - the room, pool area, restaurant ... spotless. The beach and town were very easy to access down a path (maybe 10 min?). The upcycled decorations and inspirational signs around the property created a loving, positive vibe. I have not a single bad thing to say about this place. It was absolutely perfect and I highly recommend it!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Carron, Cornwall U.K

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
beautiful setting, 5 minutes to beach.
Typically Thai experience that is fast disappearing. Great food, Fantastic views and lovely people. If you are a nature lover and a dog lover this is a must visit place. You are surrounded by beautiful artwork and lovingly cultivated gardens in a wonderfully calming atmosphere. Your heart and mind will be healed by this place... Absolutely fabulous.. keep up the good works guys xx
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Diggers , London UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location and surroundings very good
Never seen a hotel like it very pleasant, location and surroundings we liked. Great views from top resturant all in all I wish the hotel good fortune
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing resort , staff so friendly and total chill resort will be back
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Chao, China

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderland
If you ever thought about building your own dreamland, this is it. The moment u entered its realm you will be fascinated by all the colors, plants and crafts stacked into this small place. The room is simple natural style. The infinite swimming pool and the restaurant is so funky and overlooking the whole Lamai Beach. One problem is too many mosquitos if you are surrounded by nature and no rope or stack to hang the washed clothes.

10/10 Excellent

Rychie, Nidau Switzerland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hippie Hotel in the Jungle
Lovely place to be! Will be back! Frendly stuff, good food, clean area.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A wonderful different hotel... loved it!!
A vibrant colourful individual hotel. Spacious clean rooms with air con, tv, towels, kettle, fridge. Swimming pool, restaurant with helpful friendly staff. A quick walk to the beach.

10/10 Excellent

Family of 4 , UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A really friendly experience
We loved this place so much, I would recommend it to anyone visiting the island. The place itself is very unique and different in style to most hotels with its quirky charm. It is also very comfortable and clean. But most of all, it is family run by the loveliest people and their 4 friendly dogs, it makes such a difference to have this genuine friendly welcome rather than normal hotels where it's just someone's job. I felt very at home here. We spent 3 nights at multiple locations, I would definitely recommend anyone doing the same stays at Varinda

8/10 Good

Jacqui, Leicester

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel with character
If you are looking for marble floors and gold taps, this hotel is probably not for you. If you are looking for something a bit different, full of charm and character with good, friendly service at a family run hotel, it is. Accommodation was in Thai style bungalows, all done out differently with bags of character. Granted, perhaps could do with upgrading (towels and bedding a bit worn) but very clean and maid service was great - towels and bedding changed every single day. Good restaurant and lovely pool idea for families and kids and with lots of shady areas to relax in and get a spot of privacy. Short walk to Lamai centre and beach. Up an incline and shortcut via set of steep steps so not good if you are not very mobile or fit. Would we visit again - YES!

2/10 Terrible

S&R, Melbourne, Australia

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrendous, or just misguided.
If you are going to book this hotel on the pictures here, than know that this is as dangerous as marrying someone from tinder based on their profile pic. I think I read an article once which said that everyone has at least five good photos of themselves. It is only under high definition and the light of day that the gravitas of this design crime is truly felt. Have you ever taken a psychadelic drug, had a really bad trip and woken up in an asylum? No? Then welcome to Varinda. Every possible inch or space has been filled with the detritus of a mad man. Mixed in with the thoroughly uncurated decor are the unnecessarily strict and repetitive warnings not to move or touch the furniture. It is as if the owners are aware that any slight adjustment to the placement would cause a singularity forcing the universe to collapse in on itself. Perhaps for the good, as we move onto the room that we paid $80 never to be seen again. Do you remember those bedsheets that your grandparents kept in the cupboard only to be brought out every five years when extended family was over? The you will be well versed for the stench of musk and stale breath that await you. In all honesty apart from a few sections of the wall falling down the room was serviceable, if overpriced. As for breakfast, let me just say if you offer a starving, disabled Labrador a bite under the table and he turns his nose up that says it all. Avoid the breakfast all together by booking anywhere else. Please.

10/10 Excellent

traveler, san marcos texas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxation
Great place to stay. Relaxing Spectacular view Great breakfast

8/10 Good

Mindaugas, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We stayed at Varinda Garden Resort for 15 nights. It was a great holiday. Hotel is like a garden, very lovely. The atmosphere is relaxing. Staff is very helpful and friendly. Pool is clean and tidy. Breakfast is basic but alright. Definitely recommend. Would we stay again? Definitely.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family holiday
We had a great time at Varinda hotel, our house was ideal for families with separate bedrooms with plenty of space and the house was cleaned daily,excellent air conditioning (a must with humid weather)and electric fans if needed.Breakfast was diverse and plenty of it too.The hotel its self is unlike any other,quirky and different from anything else we've stayed in,we had both pools to ourselves most of the time which the kids loved with the small slide,it's peaceful and quiet and 5 minutes to town,restaurants and beach although quiet steep climbing the hotel steps on the way back in 35 degrees heat? Overall we would not hesitate booking this hotel again,it might not be to everyone's taste but it certainly suited us.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Marco, Canada

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't book this hotel!!
Don't reserve this hotel!! We were extremely disappointed. When we arrived they told us that our reservation had been cancelled, even though we had prepaid. We were given no apologies and their only explanation was that the hotel was full. They told us that they transferred our reservation to another hotel and we had no choice. They tried to scam us since the other hotel was cheaper and they wouldn't even refund us the difference. This had also happened to seven or eight other couples so they had probably overbooked and put up the price. Hotels.com were supposed to investigate this hotel. I would not trust them!