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Reviews of Racha Island Resort (Rayaburi) 4 stars

Siam Bay, Raya Yai Island, Phuket, 83100 Ko Racha Yai , Thailand

#2 of 3 hotels in Ko Racha Yai

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 67 hotel reviews

6.8

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    7.1

  • Comfort

    7.2

  • Location

    8.3

  • Facilities

    7.0

  • Staff

    7.9

  • Value for money

    6.7

  • Free WiFi

    6.5

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  • Reviewed: 13 March 2024

    8.0
    Lovely family holiday
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Beachfront Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The beach was beautiful

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 21 February 2024

    8.0
    Beautiful beach to swim an snorkel
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Beachfront Suite
    • Stayed 3 nights

    We had the beach villas beautiful and next to the restaurant

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 7 February 2024

    7.0
    Beautiful island but you should take care of it🙏
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Chino Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    A bit more cleaning and responsibility would be nice. First day I collected 17 (!) broken glass bottle necks from just 10 feet of the beach, and many more glass bits 😵‍💫 in less than 8 minutes, much plastic also on the otherwise beautiful beach, very dangerous for everyone walking barefoot or swimming at the beach.

    It was ok! Nice pool, sometimes a bigger one enedes, chinese people allover. Missing some pool-rules, some very noisy people using it in The night.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 7 January 2024

    8.0
    Amazing place, but hotel should improve some few things and would be 3star, now max 2 star.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Chino Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    I took 2 rooms - beds terrible - you sleep like on the ground. Thats why probably they offering Thai massage later :) Pool - not clean - around bad smell. -need to invest to pool cleaning. All hotel old - gym not working equipment - just put for the eyes. ATV - rent terrible - they took 1h - 1000 bath for atv's that working terribly - avoid this things... better go by taxy, bicycle or by foot. Breakfast - not good - they must have at least coffee machine! Coffee - you simply can not drink it. To eat - omlet and some cornflakes - thats what was the best on breakfast menu.

    Beach very nice - sand white-amazing. Main guy - I do not remember the name, only one speaks very good english, was pleasant and help full - and helped all the time, whatever we need. Regards, to him! Other stuff also help full, just speaking Thai english... very little.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 28 August 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Chino Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    all good

    Best Balcony

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 15 August 2023

    8.0
    Great place to unwind and chill out
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Chino Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very relaxing place, quiet beach with hardly anyone else there. Very friendly staff and cheap to eat and drink. Big rooms, big pool, nice grounds to walk around, great setting in their own bay.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 31 July 2023

    8.0
    everything OK
    • Business trip
    • Group
    • Beachfront Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    nothing

    beach

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 14 April 2023

    7.0
    fantastic for a short stay. spectacular scenery and worth an overnight
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Chino Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    early arrival and late check in. a couple were bumped off the transfer due to overloading. that shouldn’t happen

    accommodation, pool, location was fantastic as was the food.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: 11 March 2023

    8.0
    My husband and I had a very relaxing stay here and would definitely come back again!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Chino Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    You could tell that the resort was trying to get up and running again post pandemic, so although they have facilities, such as a gym and spa, they weren't fully functioning just yet. The space on the property has such great potential though! We stayed over Christmas and were a bit disappointed they didn't have a special menu for dinner on Christmas. They had a special menu on Christmas Eve, however it wasn't advertised to us, while we were there unfortunately.

    The staff was excellent and very accommodating. Due to a booking error, we were upgraded to the ocean front room and it was fantastic. We were so grateful to experience that. The buffet breakfast was very nice and the omelette station was the highlight. The location is secluded and quiet making for a very peaceful stay. The pool area was lovely and we loved how it was surrounded by garden and forest. We were able to do some excellent snorkeling right off the beach from the resort, as well as from the beach on the other side, which was a short 10 minutes walk.

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: 5 February 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Chino Garden View
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    people from the hotel dont care much about garbage. the hotel garden is clean, but the plastic brought by the sea to no the beach in front doesn’t seem to bother anyone. we were pretty annoyed by it and cleaned for two days!!

    very special building, a bit colonial style in a beautiful and strange island. strange because half of the infrastructure of the island is not functioning. many restaurants are closed and bungalows abandoned. it is a bit shocking at fist but after a while it is interesting. great snorkeling

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: 17 January 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Chino Garden View
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    rooms should be repaired

    location, food and territory is very good

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: 3 January 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Chino Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    spa close

    location on the beautiful beach, room was very clean, very beautiful swimming pool. staff very helpful

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: 3 November 2022

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Chino Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    This is what largely contributed to me not giving a higher grade but I paid to get my clothes washed and I later found out that my (polo) shirts had shrunk so much after being washed by them that I had to throw them away costing me a few hundred euros.

    The price, staff, location, pool, and food were excellent.

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: 16 April 2025

    3.0
    Our experience was not as we expected. The beach is stunning but that it is. The accomodation itself was so disappointin
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Lagoon room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The accommodation was extremely tired and wasn’t clean. There was absolutely no communication with the staff, they were not helpful or forthcoming. We had to ask everything and they even tried to make us pay for breakfast when it was included in the booking. There was no offering of a lift to the beach so we had to high a moped and take it in turns to have a lift to the beach or you had to pay 300 baht for a lift from the staff. The pool bar was empty and not one member of staff in sight.

    The pool itself was nice

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 5 February 2025

    3.0
    I don’t recommend it. Avoid this place!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Chino Room
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hotel is dirty and run-down. There is mold in the bathroom, and the pool is murky and unclean. Pool pillows are covered in bird droppings. No one takes care of the hotel except for the greenery. The staff is unhelpful and dishonest. Avoid this place!

    The hotel is in a beautiful location, with lots of greenery around. The stunning blue water is right next to it

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 January 2025

    1.0
    Do not reccomend at all
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    1. The hotel is old, poorly maintained, during our 3 day stay the room was not cleaned, the linens weren’t changed. The towels looked of yellow color because they were stained. 2. The staff were rude and arrogant. One of them was showing gender discrimination and the other one took food from our plate with hands. 3. The food was awful, nothing proper to eat. The food was cold, only couple of selection. The coffee was bad. The only thing we liked from breakfast was watermelon.

    The only thing we liked about the hotel was the ocean. But the beach had so much corals it was difficult for kids to go in and out to swim.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 31 December 2024

    10
    Don’t miss out on this beautiful island
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Chino Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Loved everything about the place. Clean tidy staff were amazing couldn’t do enough for us. Breakfast was lovely everything was cooked fresh. Fresh fruit on every morning. The only thing that disappointed us was the fact we didn’t stay for longer, thought a few days would be enough but could’ve never have left. Scuba diving is out of this world. Sunset was unbelievable and the views throughout was to die for. Thanks rachi for our amazing stay

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 November 2024

    5.0
    Overpriced, not worth its rate
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Lagoon room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Resort is like under development. Breakfast is very basic. Every day the same. No fresh coffee/tea. Very expensive compared to what it offers. A lot of rubbish on the beach. Most of the staff do not speak English. A lot of Chinese and Russian guests. A lot.

    The only good thing about that place were guided snorkeling trips by staff from activities center - special thanks for Um from Myanmar. Rooms are ok. Clean and big, but they are far from a beach.

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 February 2024

    9.0
    Fantastic, relaxing vacation.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Lagoon room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The early boat delivery and then having to wait for 3 hours to get into our room. May have been just a super busy day but a bit of a disconnect during arrival.

    Beautiful location, great staff, especially Ms. Apple, who went above and beyond with a big smile. Overall the restaurant food was good. The large pool was fantastic and very inviting as we had a poolside room

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 February 2024

    5.0
    Expensive for what you get, but choices are limited on the small island.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Lagoon room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Basic room

    Nice beach location.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 28 January 2024

    9.0
    The place to wind down, relax and be looked after!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Lagoon room
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Can’t think of anything, it was a very relaxing staff so if you want somewhere away from it all this is it!

    Location, stunning beach and the staff are friendly and always looking to help you. Food was excellent and we loved happy hour.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 January 2024

    9.0
    Mini vacay with best views
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Beachfront Suite
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Just some small maintenance issues, the plugs of the yacuzzi didn't work so well, and it was unable to lock the terrace door in front of the small pool.

    Staff was really helpful and servicminded. Location of room 204, value for the money, and what a view 😍.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 January 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Lagoon room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Only one of the restaurants, market.

    Very relaxing during the stay. Close by a beach and pool, restaurant.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 7 January 2024

    2.0
    Too over priced
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Beachfront Suite
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very dated. Stay in the villa, private pool was dirty. Jacuzzi didn’t work. Food in the hotel was very bad.

    Location

    Stayed in January 2024

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