Хороший отель! Good hotel!

After the holidays, I force myself to write an objective review about the hotel. I always carefully study the reviews and every time I am convinced that half of them are too far-fetched and exaggerated in a negative direction. So it happened this time - when I was choosing where to relax in Pattaya, I did not expect to find any ideal option - after all, this is not the best resort region in Thailand. Nevertheless, the conditions of the Ravindra Beach Resort & Spa 4 * hotel I chose exceeded all my expectations, and this concerned not only the service itself and living conditions, but also the clean beach and ocean. But first things first.
We went in October with a young man, we were not looking for noisy fun and just wanted to get a normal beach holiday, sleep enough and jump into the sea. We had to drive from the airport for almost 3 hours with one stop near the store, but we waited at the settlement for literally five minutes.
I liked the room at first sight, an ordinary room with everything you need, quite spacious and, most importantly, clean. In the fridge, as usual, there are 2 bottles of water, and on the table, as a greeting, a plate of fruit. A trifle, but the mood created a great. By the way, when we arrived at the hotel, we were treated to delicious cool juice. At first glance, this also seems like a trifle, but after sitting for a long time on the bus, it cheered us up perfectly. In a word, it is felt that the hotel is trying to win over and appreciate new guests.

Now a few words about nutrition. Like most vacationers, we only had breakfast here. This is quite justified - within walking distance there are a variety of cafes, eateries and restaurants where you can taste new local dishes every day at fairly low prices. As for hotel breakfasts, they deserve the highest praise. Firstly, you can eat hearty and not feel hungry until lunch. Secondly, all dishes and snacks are delicious and fresh, there is no impression of any “secondary processing” and salad preparation from the day before yesterday's ham. Everything looked appetizing, but to be honest, in 2 weeks we all could not even try. Separately, I would like to praise the hotel coffee - it really deserves it.
The infrastructure is quite ordinary, in my opinion, in this regard, all hotels are similar to each other. The pools are clean and fun to swim in. The area was cleared. The staff is friendly. Electric cars drive along the paths and bring up everyone. For the trip, the staff expects tips, but they are tiny here - for cleaning, it is customary to give 20 baht in a cafe and restaurant. We left tips in the room every day and were completely satisfied with the cleaning.
When I studied the reviews about Ravindra Beach Resort & Spa 4 *, I already realized that there would be problems with the Internet, but since I left all my affairs at home, I was not particularly worried about this. In general, I think that this is still a minus, perhaps the only one. I think that the Internet should be mandatory at the reception, because we live in the 21st century, and even if not on business issues, sometimes you need to contact relatives for a minute and let them know that everything is in order.
Another minus of our holiday is our hotel guide Vladimir. Well, he really imposed his excursions on us. When they said that we wanted to think, they saw such a grimace on their face that the desire to continue to communicate disappeared, of course. I didn’t even write out a sightseeing tour, but then, as it turned out, they did the right thing that we didn’t go. Communicating with other vacationers, we realized that tours from the operator are a complete shopping experience. One hour tour plus three hours shopping. We do not need such excursions. At the hotel we met Ekaterina and Vitaly, who advised us Alexander - this is really a guide. Called him and made an appointment. He told everything, advised... since they took the package, he gave us a gift (an excursion to a second show), I liked all the tours, and Alexander's attitude itself too. Also, the prices are lower than those of our Coral.

But in general, these are, of course, trifles. I highly recommend this to my friends. I don't know if I will visit this hotel again. If I suddenly decide to go to Pattaya, then, of course, I will settle only here.