Palm Leaf Resort Koh Tao

Very nice newish bungalows, relatively high end, at north end ofbeach, away from big party area. Great view of beach and gulf from my bed in sea view bungalow. Only downside is I assumed at that price point there would be a pool, but there’s not (although you can swim in ocean there), and there little restaurant plays annoying regale and rock music all day that you can hear in the bungalow and interferes with what otherwise would be idyllic sound of waves.

I really want to review the Palm Leaf Cafe which is a part of Palm Leaf Resort. As a family we ate there a number of times and were always satisfied. They have the best tom yum koong I've ever had (and I've had many), but other dishes (stir fried and curries) were very good as well. Overall, highly recommended.

Please don’t stay at this place! We booked a standard bungalow almost 50€ a night which is not that cheap compared to other places in Koh Tao and Thailand in general. Bungalow itself is extremely small, you feel yourself as in the coffin in that tiny room, you barely can put any stuff there. There is no bedside table, just mini fridge on ONE side of the bed, so all my stuff I had to put there…this accommodation is max for 1 person, not 2 (we were only backpacking, so not a lot of things with us). Inside is very hot so you always need to turn on air conditioner which is a bit noisy and old. The room needs to be renovated: furniture is old, shower is broken and looks not hygienic, and only slightly warm water comes out. In the bathroom there is weird stair between shower and toilet, so I almost fell twice. Beach is there but there is almost no water in the see till the evening and stinks like dead fish, especially in the morning. There was also no electricity one day for around 5 hours. Lady at reception is not very friendly and cares only about the money trying to sell all possible services. Really, I am not over reacting but this place is one of the worst I have ever stayed and definitely not worth this money. There are plenty other hotels around for the lower price than this . I won’t recommend this place!