Dara Hotel Phuket

Thailand , Phuket
PHUKET, 14/18,14/21 Moo 4, Chaofa Rd, Vichit
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50 reviews shown

6/10

Pleasant

17 Feb 2026

pratik

Bed sheet had stains

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jan 2026

Momeka

I had an exceptional stay at this hotel. The atmosphere was welcoming, the accommodations were comfortable, and the food options were truly a highlight. Everything was well-prepared with great variety, making the overall experience both relaxing and enjoyable. STAFF WAS AMAZING!

6/10

Pleasant

26 Dec 2025

Sheila

Room was okay. The bathroom really sucked.

2/10

Poor

21 Dec 2025

sepideh

Very outdated

10/10

Exceptional

09 Dec 2025

Michael

Very nice stay, will return

6/10

Pleasant

10 Jun 2025

Cassandra

Hotel: Dara Hotel
Room no: 3209
Staff: 9/10
Location: 5/10
Cleanliness: 10/10
Soundproofing: 2/10 (can’t hear traffic but can hear noisy people in the hallway + karaoke until midnight every night)
Blockout curtains: Yes, exceptionally dark.
Comments: You cannot flush toilet paper and have to put it in a bin. Hopefully you’re travelling solo or are very comfortable with your travel partner/s, however that doesn’t negate the fact the bin has held other peoples toilet paper with urine and feces on it. There was also a massive karaoke party on the first night we arrived that could be heard clear as day in the room and did not cease until just after 11pm despite being a Tuesday night. We would not stay here again. You cannot leave the fan or aircon on whilst you are away. This makes the room smell musty, and impossible to dry clothes.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 May 2025

Chuthintorn

Very good Hotel

6/10

Pleasant

02 May 2025

Verified traveler

Basic for the price

Basic hotel good location but staff and communication needs a lot of work

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

25 Apr 2025

Verified traveler

Think twice before booking

No reply to emails
House keeping shuts early
No fan control
No fridge just and fancy ice box
Good location

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

22 Oct 2024

Anju

Poor room service, cleaning staff don’t know their job, leave dirty cups in the room, never provide clean unless you keep on reminding. We were there for 2 week, same breakfast every day :( . Pool hygiene was not the best! Location wise it was good.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 May 2024

simranjit

Centrally located but far from patong beach.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Feb 2024

zac

Clean and simple hotel. We stayed in several hotels in the area and for the price this one was quite accommodating and well located.

The only cons are: you hear everything in your hallways, can’t keep the room cold with out leaving your key inserted.(it takes quite a while to cool the room down when you get back for the day) and the pool is quite gross a lot of things floating in it and the surface shows a lot of oils floating. We didn’t see it cleaned once in 10 days.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Great pool and nice staff. Good shopping mall nearby

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

07 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Noisy hotel

Too many Chinese, too noisy

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

30 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

The staff were good. However on our last night, the people who were staying next to our room were making so much noise at 2am in the morning. I even went to complain but nothing was resolved and eventually I fell asleep only because I was tired.

I was also disappointed with the gym facilities and the fact that the swimming pool was not deep enough.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

29 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

There are old and new building. the old one is cheaper. Overall the room is okay just look old and need to modify.

Business Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Jun 2018

Verified traveler

Near major shopping

Hotel is okay... Problem with the air conditioner was sorted very quickly and we were given an upgraded room. Showers were a bit weird with the flow and heat/cold. Catching a bus opposite central gets you to Patong Beach for 30 baht. Shopping is walking distance. All good.

6/10

Pleasant

22 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

NOISY: Annoying beeping doors and group tours

One complaint. This group caters to big group tours. So the hotel is overrun by this specific type of tourist. So the other guests are very loud, going in and out of each other's room, yelling across the hall. So if you wanna peaceful stay, this is not the place for you. And they need to do something about the DOORS. The doors don't close on their own - you need to yank them yourself. If the door is not fully closed, there is an annoying, incessant beeping that will go on forever until you yank the door shut. The group tours don't know this, so every day, almost all day, the \"beep-beep-beep-beep\" goes on and on and on, driving you crazy! Oh the wifi is terrible.

8/10

Excellent

05 Dec 2017

Verified traveler

Nice Hotel close to central festival mall

Nice friendly staff, room is alright to me, from hotel to central festival mall is just 15mins away. Hotel provide shuttle service to central festival mall. All is good except for the wifi. Wifi is hard to connect. Also wifi signal is not good in room. Hopefully they will work on it.

4/10

Poor

10 Oct 2016

Nicholas

looks the part but falls short

main reason for staying was because it had a balcony room, which we did not receive. staff were scarce, breakfast was less than average, could not supply or make an effort to get a taxi, the only good thing I can say, is that the bed was very comfortable and the pool was very nice.

6/10

Pleasant

31 Jul 2016

Verified traveler

New Clean Spacious Hotel but poor WIFI and ave svc

A new hotel, room is spacious and clean. I had the impression that hotel was to meant more for PRC tourists. Front desk speaks Chinese though I indicated to speak English. Some hotel service staff seems unfriendly unlike other hotels I had stayed. probably they thought we are one of those uncouth Chinese from PRC. Wifi is bad requiring auto-reconnections many times. Would not recommend to anybody who needs to be connected within a blink.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jun 2016

Chart

I like this hotel

Very good service

8/10

Excellent

10 Jan 2016

stephen

Weekend break

A central hotel within walking distance of a lot of sites

Partner

4/10

Poor

30 Dec 2015

Verified traveler

Keep searching you can find a better hotel...

Looking at the reviews and on-line I really thought this place was going to be cool and hip. It was neither. We got there late and there were a bunch of loud chinese tourists and the process of getting to the room was a pain and a cockroach was about to climb up my leg before my sister stomped on my shoe to kill it. My cousin had checked in prior and it took us almost 35 minutes to just get the ok to go up to the room. It would have been faster to have him just come and get us in the lobby. Then when we got to building of the room he was in, security didn't have the key so we had to wait another 10 minutes for them to go back to the front desk and get it. When we finally got there the room looked nothing like what it did online, it was cheap and super hot! We had to call the front desk 4 different times for service on various things and it was just a pain to get what we wanted. It was a super noisy room do to the street it is on and the chinese tourist were loud and obnoxious and spit everywhere something I am not attracted to. I would find another hotel in the area you can do better for the amount you pay. Thank GOD we were only there for 1 night.

8/10

Excellent

10 Oct 2015

Sunisa

Great hotel

Great

Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Mar 2015

Verified traveler

Dara Hotel.

it was a very pleasant stay but it took some time to find the place. However the hotel staff was kind to meet us and guide us to the hotel. Superb service

Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Dec 2014

Verified traveler

Good hotel for Working Visit in Phuket

Very stylish and chic hotel. As it is new, the room and public areas are very well maintained and clean. Staff ability to serve and interact with guests can be improved. Overall, my stay was good and I will definitely stay here again on my next working trip to Phuket.

6/10

Pleasant

25 Oct 2014

Verified traveler

The room and facilities are new but it is quite dusty due to nearby construction. We are not satisfied with the staff / management service who arrange the transportation for us with a very over price rate. They offer us 600Baht but We found out it was only 200B when we walk out to a nearby street for a cab.

Family

8/10

Excellent

19 Oct 2014

Verified traveler

Bad service from a new hotel

Overall, my stay in this hotel was relaxing except for the service where I may have second thoughts in choosing this hotel if I visit Phuket again. I took the free shuttle to the shopping center and the staff informed me the time he will come and pick me up. I had waited for nearly half an hour but the staff did not turn up.

I took a cab back to the hotel and immediately went to the reception. The receptionist told me that they are short-handed and thus unable to pick me up. I found such service is so unprofessional and had told them off.

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2014

Verified traveler

not bad if you are not a beach person

It is a hotel that is pretty close to the weekend night market and central festival shopping. Also they provide shuttle service to these places too.

6/10

Pleasant

09 Jan 2014

Colin

Good and Bad

Some quick notes to mention. Bar staff were amazing, very friendly and helpful. Reception staff were the opposite. On a number of occasions we requested simple things like to book a taxi or try to organise trips and they seemed unwilling and were unable to book anything and just told us to go to the shopping centre and book it there.

Food was cheap and very basic.

Location is terrible and transport (by taxi mainly) is very expensive.

The shopping centre near by was a life saver for food and activities/shopping as travel was so expensive.

Room was lovely and clean. Pool area was also very nice and well kept.

8/10

Excellent

15 Dec 2012

Shawn

Excellent location and friendly staff

Location of the Hotel is a great plus point. The hotel staff are friendly though some are not conversant in English.

4/10

Poor

03 Oct 2012

poor service

the receptionist must speak English. the kitchen was closed, only breakfast? the food area for breakfast has a lot of insects and flys. the free shuttle was not available. I was asked to walk ( in a very rude manner) when I requested the shuttle.

8/10

Excellent

03 Jun 2012

sip chai

comfortable n friendly staff,good hotel to stay.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Mar 2012

Verified traveler

great place

was very retro and the staff was very friendly the bar was open late, rooms were done to our liking very colourful and fun

6/10

Pleasant

03 Feb 2012

Karl

Too far from Phuket town

We stayed at this hotel thinking that it would be a nice break from the beaches. Total mistake - it was too far from the centre of town. Also, hotel staff don't know the area and cannot offer much help. Please don't make the same mistake we did. If you are looking for an inconvenient location then this is the place for you as everything else was great.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jan 2012

Verified traveler

Old Phuket Town.

The hotel itself is amazing with all the vibrant colours. It looks like a newly refurbished hotel as i can still smell the paint. The room itself is spacious and very metro looking. The place itself is new along with all its furnishing and facilities. The buffet breakfast was not the best but still pretty decent. Only minor thing about the location was that it was located in the middle of a massive intersection on one of the busiest major roads. There is no walk ways to get around so your only option is hire a tuk tuk or a taxi. This can be very expensive as it is quite far from any attractions or anything remotely interesting to do. Only thing is that it is close to a big shopping center with free tuk tuk service over. On the way back you will need to walk. Around the hotel area there isnt much local stores that serves lunch or dinner. This was particularly bad when the hotel was not serving dinner or lunch.

8/10

Excellent

13 Nov 2011

Juan

Dara Hotel - Phuket town

The hotel is situated near the edge of town beside a very busy road, there was a lot of noise from cars throughout the night and some construction work started early morning. The place is good as a one night stop over as we used it, unluckily there were no nice places to eat nearby and the nearest convenience store was more than 500m from the hotel in a very busy road.
The hotel place and pictures reflect truly the reality.

4/10

Poor

25 Apr 2025

karim

Je ne recommande surtout pas cette hôtel

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

05 May 2024

david

personalet var flinke og hjælpsomme, dog ingen baggage service , morgen var god og god service.
trænings centret har set bedre dage kun ca. 30% kunne benyttes resten var i udo eller bare i dårlig stand.
poolen og pool området var fint både for børn og voksende.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

12 Apr 2024

Hella

Mehr Schein als Sein...

Nach den Fotos sind wir von einem schönen, gehobeneren Hotel ausgegangen. Das Zimmer war auch in Ordnung, aber das Hotel liegt an einer 6 spurigen Straße und der nächtliche Verkehrslärm war unerträglich. Frühstück war gut. Ansonsten wirkt das Hotelgelände, außer in der Empfangshalle, heruntergekommen, schmutzig und ungepflegt. Bis 15 Uhr fand noch keine Zimmerreinigung statt, die Putzwagen stehen immer auf den Fluren rum. Alles wirkt liederlich. Wir würden das Hotel nicht weiterempfehlen.

Partner

4/10

Poor

07 Mar 2024

Marina

På bilderna ser det ut som ett lite lyxigare Hotel men det är betydligt sämre
standard och väldigt otrevlig personal, inte serviceinriktade alls vilket helt går emot allt annat bemötande vi fått i Thailand någonsin.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

23 Feb 2024

Junko

The staff was kind and friendly. The property was old but OK, hoped 7-11 was nearby.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jan 2024

Mathias

Bra Hotel i mitten av Phuket

Frukost okej, ingen kunde engelska. Men allt annat va perfekt, bodde i smekmånads sviten! Rätt över gatan finns stort köpcentrum

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2019

ฟารีดา

บริการดีมากค่ะ โรงแรมหรู สบาย

Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Dec 2018

Thananlak

โรงแรมอยู่ในทำเล ที่ดีเลยครับ สะดวกสบายดี

ที่พักโดยรวมถือว่าดีครับผม - แต่จะมีเสียงรถยนต์ แต่ก็ไม่เป็นปัญหาอะไรมาก ครับผม แต่ เรื่องผ้าห่ม หรือ ผ้าปูเตียงเก่า ครับ ปลอกหมอน ขาดด้วย ครับผม การบริการพนักงานต้อนรับดีเลย ช่วยเหลือ การเข้าพักได้เป็นอย่างดี ความสะอาดก็ดีเลยครับผม เรื่องผ้าเช็ดตัว เช็ดมือใหม่นะ สะอาดเลย

Friends

8/10

Excellent

11 Apr 2018

aim

โรงแรมในตัวเมือง

เป็นโรงแรมที่ใกล้ที่ตัวเมืองมาก เดินทางสะดวก
พนักงานบริการดี แต่มีชาวจีนเข้าพักเยอะมาก
ห้องพักไม่แย่ แต่ไม่ได้ดี ดูมีความเก่าเล็กน้อย ห้องน้ำน้ำไหลแรงบ้าง ค่อยบ้าง (ชั้น5) ไม่มีที่วางพวกสบู่แชมพู ทำให้อาบลำบาก

แต่โดยรวมถือว่าใช้ได้

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2017

punkanin

ห้องพัก ทันสมัย

ใกล้สนามบิน มีความสะดวกเรื่องของการเดินทาง อาหารเช้า อร่อย และบริการดี

6/10

Pleasant

16 Aug 2017

Verified traveler

출장여행

대단히 친절함. 시설이 오래되고, 공사 중이라 소란함. 주변에 대형몰이 있다는 것이 큰 장점.

8/10

Excellent

04 Aug 2017

쇼핑몰에 가깝고 태워주기까지 함.

장점은 푸켓페스티벌쇼핑몰과 가깝고 요청하면 태워주고 전화주면 픽업까지 해줌. 단 너무 저렴한 방을 하면 옆건물로 이동하니 방을 잘 골라야 함. 저렴한 방은 테라스가 있어서 흡연가한테는 추천함. 냄새에 민감한 비흡연가한테는 운이 나쁘면 담배냄새나는 방이 배정될 수도 있음. 공항가는 버스가 쇼핑몰 거리쪽에 있다고 함. 버스터미널1까지는 파란 버스(호텔 앞쪽 큰사거리에서 다운타운방향으로 정류장이 없어서 손을 흔들면 세워줌)를 타고 종착지에서 쫌 걸어가야 함. 버스터미널2까지는 택시를 타고 가야 되는데 그랩이 없으면 흥정을 잘 해야됨.