Tropica Bungalow Hotel Phuket Reviews

Just take only one minute walk to the beach. Price is reasonable comparing to the location. Room is defenitely old, time to renovate.

good service top location great value for money beds are pretty hard though

I stayed at the Tropica from 20 Nov - 06 Dec 2008 and I found the hotel not bad for the money, there are a few problems with the Hotel itself, no tea or coffee making facilities in the room and no free water. The Hotel installed a cover charge of 500baht for a lady guest each time, which I thought a bit mean as I paid for a double room, so beware if you want to be entertained. The pool area needs a lot of work doing to it and the pool furniture could also do with replacing. The breakfast I thouhgt was good (thats if I was up in time)eggs to order and nice crispy bacon and one of the best coffee's I have had in Patong. The staff are very good and try and help as much as possible. The rooms are a bit dark and you need the lights on at all time, but hey you only sleep and play there when you finaly get in. The bathroom is a wet room, but I thought that to be ok and there was plenty of hot shower water, but the sink basin was water was always cold. Overall, a good budget hotel next to all the facilities of the beach and Bangla Road.

I have stayed here many times ( 7 in the last 3 years) but I´m tired of the hard beds, they give you pressure sores and now to top it off as of the 1st of Nov 2007 they have introduced a "joiner" fee of 500baht. This is to be a permanent fee not just for the high season. So, for me, I wont be staying there again.

Thrid time staying there and always have a great time. The staff is great, the grounds are clean and lush. Close to the beach and shopping

The location was very handy, the hotel has beautiful gardens and pool and the room was very clean and comfortable. Noise could be an issue - request a quiet room and bring earplugs - but for the price (including breakfast, a bonus) and location, it was a great place to stay.

I loved the location and the extra privacy afforded by the standalone bungalow setup. Can be a bit noisy due to proximity to Bangla road but shouldn´t b a concern if get home at 4.30am as we regularly were! Need to be aware of security as sometimes windows are left unlocked! Overall I loved it, really good value for money.

The staff were really friendly and helpful,the rooms were great,and the pool is perfect if you don´t like the beach.A bit of noise from Bangla Road if you get a room on that side of the resort....but the gardens etc. are a hidden Oasis,without doubt the best hotel I have had in 7 or 8 trips to Patong !!!!!!

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like:
- location
- decent room size
- no elevator
- service
- discount card for dinning at their restaurant
- good toilet paper but not expensive ones
- no kettle

dislike
- breakfast only till 11 am and not all that good. But they can cook eggs good.
- mosquitoes because its bungalow
- does not change shower caps
- no shampoo
- very noisy..doesn´t stop till 3am
- hard bed

Great location, at the end of Bangla Road near the beach, if you want to party this is the place to be! If you want early nights then the noise from Bangla is huge untill 3.30 am! The htel itself is a little run down but not too bad, There is not supposed to be an extra charge for unregistered guests at this hotel but I saw a guest charged for bringing a girl back! Food excellent but a bit expensive, I would stay here again but not for 1600 Baht, I think 1200 THB would be a more realistic price!

I´ve been staying here for the last 5 years (every time I visit Phuket). The atmosphere is relaxed, and the staff is friendly. It´s right across the street from the beach and right next to Bangla Road so the it´s easy to find, and in the cneter of most activities. I prefer the jungle-like bunglalow setting over lounge-by-the-pool resort hotels so for me, this is a better deal. The restaurant is OK but it does have one of the best Thom Kha Gai in Phuket. Definitely a thumbs up from me.

The "Tropica" was great. Centrally located, but still quiet. The rooms were clean and comfy, the garden and pool areas shady and well maintained. I have never beaten the "Tropica" for value for money in Thailand!

Nice bungalows close to the beach but also close to noisy nightlife, good if u are in the nightlife till 5am, bad if u want to sleep earlier.....

Find extremely hard to fall asleep as i was bothered by the mozzies. Also the toilet is filled with roaches and imagine you were having shower and the mozzies starts attacking you. Shower pipe condition also very bad and very lousy hot water facility. Swimming pools are filled with dried leaves and looks old.

I liked the resturant. But the noise from the discoteks (which was hammering music from 16-06) was too much. Beach was just in a few mins walk

This place is THE best value hotel in the low season (I´ve been coming to Phuket for over 20years).Smack bang in the middle of Patong and directly opposite the beach. For Couples with children and other early risers ask for rooms 115 to 120 or rooms 215 to 220 these are the quietest rooms and you should have no problem sleeping over the din from Bangla Rd. Rooms have firm double beds with fan,air-con,hot/cold water, safety deposit box, sat tv, minibar and IDD telephone.Internet is available at reception. Full a-la-carte breakfast is include in the price. Lots of lush tropical plants around (complete with 3 little grey squirrels)and a newly renovated swimming pool. Given its location you can walk around everywhere without having to catch tuk-tuks, especially at night. Best value LOW season hotel!!

The service is very good,location is good... just 1 minute away rom the beach and 3 minutes away from Bangla Street and Banana.

The good thing is you don´t need to pay extra for bringing a guest in... haha

Its just beside Patong beach and right next to Bangla street where all the night life activities are. If you are looking for suntanning at the beach and drinks at the pubs without doing as much as lifting your leg, then Tropica is the place for you.

Tropica Bungalow was a great hotel to stay in. It is located just across the street from the beach, and also right next to all the entertainment. At first we were worried that the noise would be unbearable but the rooms surprisingly blocked out a lot of noise. The rooms were nicely done, but somewhat dark. The bathroom was large and nice. The restaurant served great food and even offered us a discount. The t.v. had a variety of channels and the bed was comfortable. I would stay here again in a heartbeat.

For a single guy it was really convinient, your right next to bangla rd (2mins walk) and the same time to the beach. The staff were really nice especially the cleaners. The room did smell a bit musty if all the doors and windows were closed but this was solved by having them open when you were there (pretty obvious).The restaurant is nice, brand new after the tsunami and the breakfast is adequate, dont expect a five star meal when your staying in a three star hotel. I paid 700 baht per night (low season) incl breakfast thats really good value for the location. The beds are rock hard, but so was every other bed in thailand I slept on so don´t let that phase you. If you do stay there try and get the side thats not on Bangla rd side as it can get a bit rowdy from 2pm onwards. But once your in the room you really can´t hear whats going on outside and so you shouldn´t, you should be too stuffed from all the partying and drinking cheap alcohol thats going on.
Overall a really nice hotel I would definatly stay there again. Two thumbs up :)

I first here about this hotel from a co worker who live in Phuket.He suggest I stay there. The hotel is located literally in central Patong Beach. It is the first hotel off of Bangla rd. It is near all of patong Nightlife and across the street from the beach. It is a very clean hotel, as I often woak up late, I was able to have the staff clean my room up on demand until 3pm that day which was great. I would recommend this hotel to any and everyone who wants to be in the center of Patong beach.

I liked everything, but the beds are a little bit hard.

Wonderful tropical garden with a hidden swimming pool 8 could be a little larger). Across the street there is the beach and 3 minutes to walk there is Bangalore Road. Also 1 minute to go, there is a supermarket to fill up the frigde.
Try to get Bungalows with number 24 to 34 - they are quiet - others could be noisy. In May I paid 1200 Bht - about 24€ for a bungalow for my self incl. good braekfast. If you take a girlfriend with you, you wouldn´t be charged extra. The girl has to show her ID-Card to the security for beeing safe. In another hotel I paid 800 Bht extra without breakfast.
There is also a private safe in your room, aircondition, fan, extra large bed and frigde.
Really wonderful place to stay, although you are in the center of Patong bach.

Super freindly staff, great food, fabulous location, the only negitive I can come up with is I could´nt get a iron sent to my room. Add a few more channels to the TV and one or two irons and got it made. Reguardless, I plan to stay there next year and have told all my freinds of the Tropica!

Very nice!when you lie around the pool it´s nice,quiet,green :) and very relaxing atmosphere
but when you go out to the street you are in party heaven :-))