Hotels con pick-up a Ko Kradan

Don't believe the hype! Koh Kradan is not as nice as they say and Sevenseas Resort is not a good hotel. Let's start with Koh Kradan itself, it's mega expensive. Everything is at least 3x more expensive than anywhere else.  The supposedly amazing main beach is not even average by Thai standards. At high tide it is nice to look at but it's not overly clean and there is a lot of floating debris to swim through before clear water. It is ok to swim for about 3 hours a day, then the tide recedes too far and all you can see is a mucky looking sand bed.  There is a serious Mosquito problem on the island, so much so that they warned us when we arrived at the hotel and they give out mosquito spray in the restaurant area. These are big black mosquitos and it is not just a problem at night, in our hotel they were around during the day too, particularly around the pool area and the so called balconies of the rooms, because they are nesting under the poorly maintained decking. Koh Kradan is simply not worth wasting your time or money on! To get to Sevenseas resort you have to walk along the beach from the kiosk where you pay the 200 bhat fee to be in a national park. It's not a long walk but you do have to cross a small outlet where very dirty brown water flows from the interior to the sea. At high tide this involves walking across a 2m long log which is no more than 20cm wide (without any handrails) OR walking knee deep through the brown water.  The hotel itself is very tired, the decking around the pool and around the rooms is in very poor condition. The beach furniture is tatty, the sunbed mats have tears in them, lamps are hanging by a thread and nothing is very clean. They seem to spend a lot of time partially sweeping up leaves but absolutely no time cleaning things like the pool shower area. There is only a limited menu. The food is quite good but it is extortionately priced like everywhere else on Koh Kradan, without exception. Breakfast is ok, not great. Restaurant service is ok too but there only seem to be a couple of people that know what they are doing, I think the rest are, perhaps, trainees. Typically the food comes in any order they choose and when they are ready, forget appetisers as a starter, they could turn up at any point and if you get to eat a meal together you are lucky because one is usually finished by the time the other's food is brought to the table.  The rooms look great at first glance but that thought soon fades. Ours was 3rd line to the beach and we had a glimpse of the sea between the Bungalows in front. It doesn't take long to realise how ridiculous these rooms are. The main area of the room has a big bed, (2 small doubles together), fairly comfortable but low down. There is a mosquito net above the bed. There is a smallish tv on a table in the corner, a mat on the floor under the bay window and a shelf along the back of the bed. No storage options anywhere. There are big windows all round with blackout curtains but

Reef Resorts success is due to what you can’t see! Not only do rooms have facilities that others don’t… a kettle, aircon, fridge etc., they have Kradan’s best Thai food and management…Italian Genta and local Jack, who totally interact with guests all day long…in meeting every need, in little gestures, in fun, jokes, games around the bar with other guests and when you’ve been here a few days their staff get to know you personally and interact too… it becomes like being on holiday with friends snd family!