Simple Accomodation, Nice Owner”

Mata Guesthouse is a newer guesthouse on the island. The wifi signal is poor in the rooms, so you'll need to go to the front desk area, which has just a few seats. Pretty much only breakfast is offered unless it's raining, according to the owner so you'll need to go elsewhere for lunch and dinner. You'll need to rent a motorbike to get around as this place is quite far from the main road and from beaches. The rooms are clean and basic. It would be nice to have a hand towel and reading lamp. The owner has 4 dogs and sometimes other dogs come to visit as well. They woke us up a few times barking the first night. Breakfast will be one, Thai dish that the owner makes fresh. There is no coffee, tea, fruit, etc. The beds are very firm. The AC worked well. You'll need to bring your own beach towels. Bath towels are not changed daily. I think this is a nice place with a friendly, helpful owner but it's a no frills kind of place that I think should be cheaper than what we paid (around $39 a night). We had stayed at another place on the island (that filled up so we had to change places) for only about 150 baht ($5) more and it had considerably more facilities and comforts and was right on the beach.

Beautiful, quiet and a very friendly Pla! ”

We stayed at Mata for 4 nights and would highly recommended it. We stayed in a bungalow which was a good size, clean and hot shower. The location is great, located near the beach and jungle walks as well as also being nicely tucked away across a mangrove stream by wooden passenger bridge. Pla is amazing, really friendly and helpful and always at hand. Mata also cares for 5 dogs that made the place their home and they also add to the atmosphere. 5 stars, we will be back :) thanks for a great stay. The scooter hire is also reasonable and useful to.explore the island.

Cheap, natural, simple”

Just Fan room is enough for me to stay in May, kind staff , nice breakfast, the can help me a lot, like I come with 3 friends and I didn't book one more room, when I arrived there she gave me the 1 left room in same price which I booked from agoda which is cheaper and she also help if I need motorcycle and also discount for longer rent There were many dogs , basically I hate dogs but staying here for 3 night can fix me lol The wifi wasn't work well in the room but work best at the center, they are fixing I suggest this fortravellers who like to be in real natural, like jungle , avoid from social (include internet) and wanna save money for other activities in at island. Good location bcuz the Klong Chao beach is kinda best of the island But it's hard to get to this guesthouse bcuz u have to walk/ride across a little river which I think it's dangerous if u were drunk The guesthouse is quite I went the island at 20-23 May 2016 ,there are many construction ex specially the road, so it quite hard to travel within the island

Great stay”

Pros: Friendly, approachable staff Good location - 15 mins walk to Klong Chao beach and a few eateries. Working AC Clean rooms Located in a peaceful, calm setting Bike hire available - 250 baht a day Bottle of water given daily Cons: Bed sheets smelt damp. Overall we had a great stay.

Cheap, nice location, beach within 10 min (w/ scooter)”

Not at the beach, but very easy to reach with a scooter. Location is more local, which is nice. Bungalow was clean. The bed was horrible though, it was just wood, really hard to sleep on. The staff we met wasn't really friendly, except for one lady we met at the end. Overall, it's cheap for staying at koh kood and the location is nice, but sleeping is almost impossible. 7/10

exceeded my expectations”

A wonderful place, in peace and quiet, with the motobike reveals everything is close and accessible. By the way, the bike is in place. Beautiful pretty girl, you will be happy to help in everything. I have poor English but I didn’t feel flawed. She tried very hard to help me and even learned a few words in Russian.

Nice place”

Nice place with very kind staff! We enjoyed the bungalow, it was nice and quiet surrounded by nature. Very very clean!! The only thing I could think off is that you need a scooter to go around and you have to cross a dodgy bridge, but that`s really worth it! Liesbeth

Bedbugs”

Staff is friendly, location a bit remote, breakfast basic but ok. BUT I had to change the bungalow in the middle of the night because of bedbugs that were very interested in biting me. This is an absolute no go. At first they didn't believe me and sent the uncle to check if there are really bedbugs. It was not difficult to spot them and he immediately started spraying some probably very unhealthy chemicals before I could pack my things, so I got a good nose of that stuff. The second bungalow was ok at least I couldn't find bedbugs. I was lucky that I didn't go to sleep immediately but rather watched a movie in the dark when I felt that I was not alone in my bed. Otherwise it could have been much worse - eaten by bedbugs... There was no apology or further mentioning or offering an upgrade or something else as a compensation. Not even one Baht of the commission they get for the motorbike was waived when I decided to keep it but moved to a resort at the beach and asked for a better price. I'm sorry to say that, but for me they don't seem to care too much about their guests otherwise they would have checked the bed better. If you are going to stay there check carefully. It is not much fun to get bitten by bedbugs and if they get into your luggage you will have even more fun with them, maybe even back home.

friendly but not comfortable”

We were nicely greeted and the atmosphere was very nice, but soon enough we understood that the passion of the owner was not the hotel business. It was my first time to have a room where the toilet did not flush.The matrasses were thin and hard, there was no furniture in the room and only one light bulb. Internet was very unstable. Cleanig the room once in 4/5 days. Towels were thin and cheap. No sheets on the beds, just a single synthetic cover. the balcony just had a concrete bench, very uncomfortable to sit on. So a spartan room, heavily overpriced.

Very nice place with warmhearted people. Had a great time and would definitely come again.”

Good price!

Mata guesthouse”

Really great, the place is really quiet not so far away from the beach and close to a waterfall. The staff is nice and the bungalows are quiet and neat.

Great staff”

A cool place in the middle of a mangrove forest with some fantastically helpful staff. Highly recommended!

Excellent”

The bungalow was very quiet and clean. good place for relax.

Nice house”

Nice house! Need bike to beach.

Good place”

Was a good stay. Nice bungalow. Very clean.

In the Jungle ”

Nice staff, good breakfast

Very friendly place”

The staff is super friendly and helpful, very quiet location , In the middle of the forest . Thank you!

Very friendly staff but for us too Far from beach ”

trop difficile d"accès”

on accède par un petit sentier boueux de 200m avec quelques dalles de béton, très dangereux en scooter. à 50 mètres de l’hôtel, ma femme à été entourée par trois gros chiens aboyant, elle a été terrorisée enfin la réception est entourée de détritus en tout genre nombreux moustiques voraces

genial!”

Parfait! Dans la jungle au calme, en scooter, on est pres de tout,la plage,les restaus... tres bien!