Good central position for shops and restaurants and not too far from beach. A solid choice if you want to be able to walk to it all in Karon.

The Centara Karon was a nice enough resort. It was clean, the staff were friendly and the facilities were great. There were two things that we found very disappointing the first was the location. The resort is a 5 min walk from the beach, which is not very nice, and it is surrounded by dirty run down buildings. We also found that there is not much to do in Karon. The second thing that we were disappointed with was the breakfast. The food was very average.

Great hotel for family holiday. Stayed in the Cabana Rooom which was worth it. Loved having a private jacuzzi in the late afternoons. The Lagoon Pool is great too and perfect for kids, they love the slides. Karon was a great area to stay in as well, perfect for a family holiday.

Good.

Super facilities and friendly staff. Great location for all restaurants and the beach. Would definitely stay again.

The best thing in this hotel which I and my kids loves so much is the big children's pool with two sliders. The pool can serve our pleasure and keep us in the hotel all day without boringness. We got the good room which can access to the pool easily. We will go back there again on our next trip to Phuket.

The Centara Karon Resort is excellent value for money and perfect for families with pre-teenage children. The Lagoon pool area with its waterslides and easy access to rooms, food and drinks is ideal when you don't want to stray far from the hotel. Although the beach is a short walk through a busy street it takes less than 5 minutes and provides opportunity buy supplies en route. If you have a family and intend staying for a week or more I would defnintely take advantage of the 'Centara Money' offer (where you deposit an amount to spend in the hotel and the hotel gives you a generous bonus percentage to spend additionally - eg deposit 10,000 baht, about $330, and get 15,000 total credit). Food and bevarage charges soon add up. The rooms are basic but more than adequate with comfortable beds and decent linens. Bathrooms are also basic but easy to clean after trips to the beach and pool. Breakfast buffet has a fairly good choice but is a little repetitive if you are staying a while, as we did for 10 days. There are plenty of other dining options close by for the evening and lots of over-priced taxis to the lively and garish Patong, 15 mins away. We have stayed at the Hilton in Karon a couple of times before and while that hotel is superior in standard the room rate at the Centara is a far better bargain all things considered. i would stay here again, especially if travelling with children. The staff are effcient and very friendly, there are good systems in place and every part of the stay was smooth from checking in, ordering room service, booking transport and checking out.

Everything about the Centara Karon resort was fantastic. The staff are a credit to the hotel. Such a warm, friendly welcome from anyone in any department. Would recommend this hotel to anyone of any age.

Hotel is worn out.

Very good hotel we stayed in the 1 bedroom cabana and the plunge pool was excellent! 4 out of 5 rating!

Hotel is in a fabulous location. 1 bedroom cabana was great, especially the plunge pool, although the room did lack furniture inside (table & chairs). Wouldn't stay in anything other than a cabana, very private, spacious and central to everything. Buffet breakfast was good, however, staff a little slow on clearing tables & replenishing food. Overall, all staff are "super" friendly and I would definitely recommend Centara Karon Resort and would stay again, if returning to Phuket.

Problems with water sypply a nuisance and not what you would expect staying in a 4 star hotel.

Breakfast buffet was great, it changed slightly everyday and tried very hard to cater for most tastes, one of the best we have had. Grounds were lovely, very well kept and the three pools were well spread out so kids of all ages could do their own thing without too much disturbance to others. Cleanliness was very good, on the whole, but the resort is looking tired and shabby in places. The Superior rooms are only for the people who want cheap and staggering distance from the bars, with the bar noise thumping into your room. Peace & quite is not an option in these rooms.The Deluxe and Premium Deluxe do not suffer with noise at all and are very spacious with good layout and some balcony/veranda options. Our visit was in low season with occupancy at only 50%, we would only return in low season.

good service, and smile. cost/benefical ratio is great!

The hotel staff were friendly at all times and with the exception of our check-in - efficient. The location is close to the beach and to various other restaurants and bars - however in general, we did not enjoy Phuket as much as Krabi - things in Phuket were more expensive and the bars were more seedy.

Hotel was good, little difficult at times to communicate. But ok. I think a bit over priced for the room.

The service was great, the staff were very kind. We had a problem with the internet card we bought running out too soon, and they charged us $40 to get to the airport however. The location is right down the street from the beach, and next to tonns of resturants and bars.

the hotel blackout twice during our 4 days stay. electricty was cut off in the middle of the night, air con couldn't work then. i didn't expect that from a 4 star establishment. the jacuzzi in our room broke down once had to wait over 30 mins before they fix it.