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I have been to Koh Mak 5 times and 4 of the 5 times I have stayed at Makathanee Resort. The location is excellent. In high season the Leelawadee Speedboat docks right there from the mainland letting you off right at the hotel entrance. It sits in what can best be considered the "heart of town" on the island with several restaurants, shops, Bangkok Hospital and a pharmacy within a short walk. They do a nice job keeping their part of the beach very clean, the views are beautiful and the grounds well kept. The rooms may not be 5-star resort plush, but they are very comfortable and clean. The restaurant food is good and they have a more than the adequate breakfast buffet. The best part of this resort is the family atmosphere. The staff is super friendly and willing to help. Employees are allowed to have their young children with them while they work and look after them like a village. Even the beach dogs become your friends (if you feed them enough). It is really very pleasant.

It is a lovely tranquil location set back from the road where most of the restaurants are. There are just 5 bungalows set around a small lake. The rooms are large and comfy and each bungalow has a hammock on the veranda - that we spent many a happy hour relaxing in - as well as having two comfy chairs. It is only 3 or 4 minutes walk to the beach and nearly all the resorts on the beach seem happy for non residents to use their beaches - especially if you are having food or drink or a massage there, so we felt we had the best of both worlds. Before booking we had a slight concern that there might be more mosquitoes there because of the lake, but this wasn't the case, in fact we hardly saw (or felt) any mosquitoes at all. We booked an additional 3 nights while there and would have booked longer if there had been availability. If you like cats, there is a very friendly one called Noodle who will be delighted by any fuss you make of her.

Clean resort with very nice appartment bungalows. Different from other hotels and resorts they let you first seat with a welcome drink after arrival and process the check-in while you are sipping your welcome drink. Very friendly personel who do an excellent job even when there is now boss around. Beach was cleaned every day. Excelent breakfast for only 100 Bt. The only thing we did not like where the dogs and cats in the resort. Thank you so much staff of Ao Kao for the pleasant stay with had with you!

This is a really well managed simple little resort which is run by 2 young hoteliers who know their stuff. They care about their clients and offer a great service at unbeatable prices. I've been to Ko Mak several times over the last 10 years and can recommend the food here as way better than most of the more expensive long standing resorts along the Ao Kao beach. A solid 8/10 for service and value. Good luck to them!

Located at beautiful Ao Kao beach...quiet and secluded, privacy is assured. Lived in beachfront bungalow, I was abounded in breezes. Cozy and comfy environment with friendly staff. Love the simplicity of the room especially the design of its toilet. The food is so so and think that the bbq seafood dinner is nothing to shout about. Alternatives - there are a row of restaurants behind Baan Koh Mak.

It was a good location on a nice beach but needs room renovation. Many many hotels/ resorts in Thailand are this way. I do not expect "developed" world accommodations. In fact I like to be in Thailand. However, if they don't renovate it WILL be purchased by a conglomerate and become that which Is Not Thailand. The staff were great!! They dressed like Thais and and latitude to make decisions,, a conglomerate will not allow dress or decisions to remain Thai. Holiday Beach had customers first,, "bang" for buck third. Not so a conglomerate.