Benjamin Resort

3.0 star property
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Front of property
Superior Double Room, Sea View | Balcony view
Superior Double Room, Sea View
Superior Double Room, 1 King Bed
Restaurant

Reviews

5.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

Map
83 Moo 3, Rimhad Road, Kamala, Phuket, 83150
  • Kamala Beach
    3 min walk
  • Tsunami Memorial
    4 min walk
  • Big C Market Kamala
    7 min walk
  • Phuket (HKT-Phuket Intl.)
    43 min drive

Room options

Deluxe Double Room, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Superior Double Room with Sea View

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Superior Triple Room

  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Superior Double Room, 1 King Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Superior Twin Room, Balcony

  • 32 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Double Beds

Superior King Room with Balcony

  • 32 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Kamala

When you stay at Benjamin Resort in Kamala, you'll be on the beach, a 1-minute drive from Kamala Beach and 6 minutes from Surin Beach. .This beach hotel is 3.9 mi (6.2 km) from Bang Tao Beach and 5.3 mi (8.5 km) from Patong Beach.

What's nearby

  • Kamala Beach - 3 min walk
  • Tsunami Memorial - 4 min walk
  • Big C Market Kamala - 7 min walk
  • Phuket FantaSea - 18 min walk
  • Surin Beach - 6 min drive

Getting around

  • Phuket Intl. Airport (HKT) - 43 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Dannys Place - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Sync. Coffee Bar & Roastery - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Pavillion Beach Restaurant - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Kamala Coffee House - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Kamala Seafood - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Benjamin Resort

Sun and fun on the beach, near Kamala Beach
Benjamin Resort offers 37 air-conditioned accommodations with safes. Rooms open to balconies. This Kamala hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 37 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Rooms have private balconies. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include safes, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.
Benjamin Resort has a restaurant on site.
Room service is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free uncovered self-parking on site
  • Free off-site parking within 33 ft
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Family friendly

  • Fridge

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Beachfront location
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Fridge

More

  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for THB 654.0 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Important information

Optional extras

  • Rollaway bed fee: THB 654.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Benjamin Resort Kamala
Benjamin Kamala
Benjamin Resort Hotel
Benjamin Resort Kamala
Benjamin Resort Hotel Kamala

Benjamin Resort Reviews

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 13 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 26 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 88 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 18 out of 88 reviews" "

5.6/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

4.4/10

Amenities

4.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

kim

Stayed 8 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

mila

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Caren

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Do not book this property. It is infested with cockroaches and you will not get a refund. Expedia is to blame because they see the bad reviews but still keep this accommodation on their website. It’s not a hotel and it most definitely is not a hotel. It’s rooms on the beach that are in a very bad state of disrepair. Kamala beach is beautiful and the accommodation is in the best area of Kamala beach. But probably the worst accommodation in Thailand. Staff we absolutely lovely and helpful. This is a very honest review.

4/10 Poor

Caren

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Benjamin “resort” is a hostel. Please only book this if you are looking for the most basic accommodation. It is in an extreme state of disrepair, however the staff keep the rooms as clean as they can & it is not dirty. The staff are very friendly. The location is right on Kamala beach. There are great restaurants at the back and front of the hotel. It is the best location. However as stated above it is budget accommodation and expect to see cockroaches. You may ask why I ended up there. Well we booked an apartment’s on the Expedia app 1 year ago. It was transferred over to their sister company VRBO. The host did not turn up so we had to hurriedly find accommodation because Expedia left us stranded in Thailand. We had no where to go. We original booked 4* accommodation and we had to book quickly or else we would have been on the street. We didn’t read the reviews and we ended up at Benjamin. Every day people came in screaming at staff and demanding a refund. YOU WILL NOT BE GIVEN A REFUND. This is not the hotels fault. This is Expedias fault. Expedia can see the terrrible feedback on Benjamin but still keep the hotel on their site. They can easily remove but they rather keep it and gain profit from commission. Expedia has become a very unscrupulous company. I have used for over 20 years. After this trip I will never use Expedia again.

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
They are in the process of upgrading rooms so our room did not have a wardrobe or safe. While we were there they installed a shelf in the bathroom. We were on the forth floor and had a balcony/patio with a nice view of the beach. We would stay there again.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Rob

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
I booked a room with a sea view, what I got was a completely different room with a building wall view. This was very disappointing as it was my first time in Thailand and I wanted to wake up to a sea view. The room, bed, bathroom etc was all looking different from the pictures advertised. I want a full refund please.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Dijana

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
If you care for your life, don't book this hellhole.. everything was falling apart, awfule smell and everything dirty, even bed sheets. And ofcourse, cockroach a size of a men's hand..no jocking..we didn't stay there, we check out in the middle of the night to find somewhere to sleep

4/10 Poor

David

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Darien

10/10 Excellent

craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Stayed 4 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Andrew&Marie, Nimbin

Travelled with partner
Room, C6 has great views, everything is a bit run down however everything was functional. Clean enough for the age of the property, don’t expect high end and the value for money was great. We enjoyed our stay here!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2020

2/10 Terrible

Will

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
FRAUD ALERT
This hotel is completely fraudulent. I am not sure how it is even still on Hotels.com. What you book is very likely not what you will receive. The two rooms that they show in their listing are actual rooms that are in the hotel, however it is unlikely you will be staying in them. Most of the rooms are nowhere near what you are on the site. Think you're getting a nice ocean view? Wrong, you get a view of the side of a building. Think you're getting a double bed to sleep in? Wrong, you're getting 2 twin beds pushed together. Think you're getting a non smoking room? Wrong, you're getting a room that smells like smoke and has a dirty ash tray. Think you're getting a refrigerator? You do, but it's unplugged and probably far away from an outlet. Think you're getting a cabinet for your clothes? Wrong, you're getting a cheap wire shelf . Think you're getting adequate blankets? Wrong. Think you're getting a safe? Wrong. Think you're getting a headboard? Wrong. Think you're getting daily complimentary water? Wrong. Think you're getting a refund after all of this? Wrong. They know that they're a scam, that's why all their rooms are non refundable. We were only there 5 days and in that time we witnessed 3 others try to refund their room because of these reasons. We also witnessed the owner literally choke one of their employees, right in front of us. So if you want all of this at a price $40 higher than it's worth, look no further!
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Lee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Budget. Clean and Tidy
Excellent. Staff were friendly if you were friendly. Old-style Thai Hotel with basic amenities. If you're expecting 5 star go someplace else, but clean, tidy with terrific location on the beach.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The location was stellar, the room was just okay. The bed was comfortable, but the rest of the room was not great. The tub was nasty, and the toilet had a leak. The walls were at least two different colors. But, it was not all bad. Our balcony overlooked the ocean, and we were mere steps away from the beach. For the cost, it was tolerable.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

Kristina

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dirty
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This is a decent budget hotel. Although quite basic, this is to be expected, as this is not a 5 star hotel. The staff were friendly, and the view and location are excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Christine

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room was dirty, bed had plastic on it. soon as we arrived. the lady told us to follow her. she disappeared up the stairs 3 flights up expecting me to follow with 2 suitcases...no lift. no1 2 help. evetually got up and 1st time in my life i checked out within 10 mins and lost money for the 3 night stay i booked. immediately booked elsewhere and got a taxi out of there!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel. Nice staff. Friendly. Perfect location on the beach next to all you need. Shops. Bar. Restaurants.
Stayed 13 nights in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

james

This place is a bit more run down then pics show, booked the best room they had and it was in very poor condition, bath tub had a hole that had been patched poorly, water leaked from under the Tub a lot, Balcony door latch was broken out so there was no way to truely secure the room, Bathroom ceiling had a big square hole cut in it but bathroom had no exhaust fan, Balcony light didnt work and was hanging by a wire, the list goes on..
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms look nothing like the photos. Balcony was dirty with the only views being the building right beside, room was not anything like the photos and the air conditioner in our room wasn’t working so we had to move to a room with two twin beds which were extremely uncomfortable. Not worth the price you have to pay. The only bonus is being right on the water short walk to the beach and the bike rentals, staff were really nice but rooms are outdated and nothing like what we expected. (Holes in the celing, no water was provided, uncomfortable bed and pillows, only a sheet for a blanket, window in the door to enter the room-limited privacy)
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

jess

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Outstanding location and value
Excellent location. Steps away from beach. Everything is close by once you discover the shortcuts. Hotel shows it age with ac leaking onto bed a couple of times. And water leaking from ceiling in bathroom twice, either from leaking pipes or upstairs bathroom. But front desk on top of things as best they can. Saw bugs a couple times, can't fault hotel as it is the tropics. Room was sprayed and cleaned, spotless and smelled great. Can't get a better bargain. Only problem was poor Wi-Fi, but it was being overhauled as I was leaving.
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good overall
This hotel is a basic hotel that is right on the beach. It is clean and safe and the pricing is reasonable for what you get
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018