Katathani Phuket Beach Resort

Phuket, Thailand

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The hotel

In a secluded bay, overlooking a beach regarded as the most beautiful on Phuket, this is certainly an idyllic holiday choice. Soft golden sand to glide along, sunsets to admire, and, of course, beautiful accommodation, ranging from Junior Suites to those set back amongst trees and tropical flowers. Pampering pursuits include a full-service spa and a beauty salon, ensuring you look and feel your best. As well as lots of sports activities you can get involved in more cultural endeavours, take a Thai cooking class and learn how to carve those fancy fruit decorations or enjoy a workout whilst learning the art of Thai boxing. Finally, a word about those restaurants, there are several to choose from, serving Thai and Western delights for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There’s also La Scala for Italian cuisine and light music, plus several beach bars for an enticing tropical cocktail!

Amenities

  • Scuba Diving
  • Tennis
  • Bar
  • Evening Entertainment
  • Fitness Centre/Gym
  • Games Room
  • Laundry Service
  • Restaurant
  • Room Service
  • Safety Deposit Box
  • Spa
  • Swimming Pool

Where is it

Located on the Southwest coast of Phuket in Kata Noi Beach. Transfer time from Phuket Airport: 1 hour.

Hotel information

518 rooms and suites are spread throughout the Bhuri Wing and Thani Wing. The Bhuri Wing is home to the 183 Deluxe Rooms and has its own lobby and pools. The Thani Wing is situated along the beachfront and all suites are in this wing and face towards the ocean. All rooms and suites have air-conditioning, LCD TV, IDD telephone, mini-fridge*, tea/coffee-making facilities, safe and hairdryer.

Deluxe Rooms are located in the Bhuri Wing and have a private balcony overlooking the pool with 1 king-size bed or 2 twin beds, sleeping maximum 2 adults.

Grand Deluxe Rooms are also located in the Bhuri Wing and are ideal for families. Rooms feature a large balcony or terrace and a sliding door to separate the bedrooms.

174 spacious Junior Suites are located in the Thani Wing and have balconies or a terrace with an ocean view, overlooking the swimming pools and gardens.

The Oceanfront Junior Suites are in the Thani Wing close to the beach and have sublime sea views.

Grand Suites are in the Thani Wing and are well appointed in the Ocean Building with separate living room and bathroom with luxurious oversized bathtub.

All suites have 1 king-size bed or twin beds, sleeping maximum 3 adults.

Daily shuttle service* to Patong and Phuket town (advanced reservation is required). 

6 restaurants; Chom Talay (Thai or Western cuisine; open for breakfast and dinner), Fisherman's Wharf (beachfront restaurant; grilled seafood), La Scala (Italian cuisine; open for dinner), Seaside (pizza and pasta dishes; open for dinner), Seacret (beachside restaurant; International lunch or local dishes), Chanadda (Royal Thai cuisine; open for dinner). 4 bars and lobby lounge.

Evening entertainment.

6 swimming pools, 4 kids' pools, 3 Jacuzzi's, 2 bubbly water springs and a mini water slide. Tew Son Spa*, beauty salon* and sauna. Fitness centre. Seafun Divers Dive School and shop*, aqua-aerobics, pool volleyball, tennis, yoga, putting green.

Complimentary WiFi access in the hotel lobby and Internet centre. 24-hour room service*. 24-hour reception. Laundry/dry-cleaning service*.

* Denotes local charge.

Rating summary

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Image of the Tripadvisor rating Great resort, excellent value but please buy softer mattresses

Jul 21, 2025 BradB777 Sydney, Australia

Purchased the Luxury Escapes all-inclusive package deal and couldn't be happier. Resort is huge with plenty of pools in all shapes and sizes (some heated, some not which is good actually), sunlounges and green space, as well as putting green, bowls and well-appointed games room with air hockey, pool table, huge TV and computers. Kids club space… Read more
Purchased the Luxury Escapes all-inclusive package deal and couldn't be happier. Resort is huge with plenty of pools in all shapes and sizes (some heated, some not which is good actually), sunlounges and green space, as well as putting green, bowls and well-appointed games room with air hockey, pool table, huge TV and computers. Kids club space is very small and not very inviting - my six year old wasn't interested in going (staff seemed lovely though so no reflection on them). I'm not sure how busy the resort was while we there but we had no trouble finding a sun lounge. Water park for the kids, as well as another pool with slides so heaps to keep the kid's occupied. The resort is on both sides of a road and we were on the side furthest from the beach (but it's no issue to cross the quiet street with security staff there to guide you). A room was large but a bit tired. Beds were very very hard - even with a topper - and will not suit everyone. Also, when the air con in our room was turned above 20 degrees it smelt extremely musty. After raising with reception, we were advised to keep it at or below 20 degrees temperature, so the room was an ice box the entire time. This smell is an issue that needs to be addressed really. Food options were great with lots of variety and the set menu included in the package available at most with plenty of choices. Our favourite was Waterfront - highly recommend the lobster caesar salad and the steak for main. My wife is tough judge on food and the resort passed with flying colours. The resort is also fairly flexible if you don't want to eat off the set menu with a food credit provided. The pizzas were excellent. Breakfast is a little chaotic at one end but much quieter at the other (though it has fewer options). Heaps of choice so even after ten days we didn't get sick of it. We also tried the teppenyaki one evening which wasn't cheap but great fun (shout out to chef Wasabi who had us all in stitches). The beach is lovely but the prevailing onshore winds make it dangerous at this time of year. It was closed the entire ten days we were there so we only waded where we could stand. There is a little bit of plastic about but the locals clean it up daily which is great. I'm sure it would be beautiful at a different time of year. Special mention to the following staff for their excellent service: Fan, Pond, Vodka, Weng, Ma, Cara, Kai and Julia x 2 (one at breakfast and the other in the games room). All the housekeeping staff were excellent - always happy to provide extra beach towels or bottled water. Overall, the resort is terrific with great facilities, good quality and varied food choices with large comfortable rooms (though some room for improvement here, especially the bed). One tip is to use the Grab app (similar to Uber) which provides cheaper rides to Old Phuket, water park or other activities outside the resort. Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Exceptional service

Jul 20, 2025 rupertbrown80

Excellent facilities but it's the staff that made our stay truly memorable. Everyone wanted to ensure we had what we needed to make our stay enjoyable. Honey at Reception helped to organise our training at an offsite gym, including arranging a driver, Julia in the Recreation Zone ensured the facilities were user by all but also took time to… Read more
Excellent facilities but it's the staff that made our stay truly memorable. Everyone wanted to ensure we had what we needed to make our stay enjoyable. Honey at Reception helped to organise our training at an offsite gym, including arranging a driver, Julia in the Recreation Zone ensured the facilities were user by all but also took time to interact with our son making it so much for fun for him, Sanny and Kai from the Kids Club were exceptional, Art who ran one of the boxing classes and the cooking class bought so many laughs, Rusana from Housekeeping kept our room looking immaculate (even when we asked for our beds not to be made, she would respectfully leave our things as they were but the room would be tidied with fresh towels), Play the aqua Aerobics instructor made the classes enjoyable, had the best music and ensured the classes provided a real work out, and chefs Allan and Justin cooked my eggs to perfection every day, remembering just how I like them. Read less
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Jul 15, 2025 Sophie T Brussels, Belgium

We did not enjoy our stay as our room was damp and smelled musty. All our clothes and belongings stayed damp our whole time there. Check in and out was unpleasant because the staff were reluctant to include the items in our package. There was noisy building work inside our building throughout our stay.
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Coupon Hell

Jul 14, 2025 Paul W London, United Kingdom

This is an enormous hotel, which is well run on a beautiful beach. Most of the staff especially the manager at the buffet restaurant were gracious, patient and helpful. The hotel very kindly transferred a booking to another night when I messed the date up. On the downside, this is the worst hotel I ever stayed at in terms of its vegetarian food.… Read more
This is an enormous hotel, which is well run on a beautiful beach. Most of the staff especially the manager at the buffet restaurant were gracious, patient and helpful. The hotel very kindly transferred a booking to another night when I messed the date up. On the downside, this is the worst hotel I ever stayed at in terms of its vegetarian food. You’re lucky if there is more than one option at any restaurant. As an example the only options outside of the salad bar at the buffet restaurant one evening was couscous and beans. The other night we ate there, I was reduced to scraping the dried remnants of a veg stir fry (the only option) from the serving pan. I had to use a knife. Taking into account that the cost of the buffet was 800 baht or over £20 when tax and service are added - this is unacceptable. I’d caution any vegetarians from staying/eating here. In contrast the hotel goes to great lengths to provide high end meat dishes, with imported high end ingredients. It doesn’t cost much to cater for vegetarians - just a bit of creativity from the chefs and an executive chef that has a loose understanding of global food trends. Worse still is the system of coupons. This horror show is like being placed back in the 1980’s at an early Spanish AI hotel. Basically, if you on a full board basis, you have a 4 page paper book,that has to be taken everywhere. A family of four will get one book. You hand it in to the staff before your meal or at happy hour. We were a family of 14 in different rooms on different deals. At happy hour where cocktails were free for an hour, we would hand in our coupon books to the over run bar staff. Sometimes we would get our book back - sometimes not. Sometimes, we would get our other family members books - sometimes they would get ours. Inevitably chaos ensued later in the evening at dinner. It would sometimes take 20 minutes of explanations, calls to reception to resolve. It was stressful for the staff and miserable for us - sometimes ruining an evening. This happened at least once a day. Its 2025. Give your staff an iPad and spend 50 k on an hotel management system Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating After 4 consecutive years of bringing my family here this unfortuantly will be the last

Jul 9, 2025 Mathew R

As a kathatani gold meber and after 4-5 consecutive years of bringing my family here I think this will be the last. First and foremost, the staff are truly amazing people alwats smiling and welcoming. Secondly, the property is in amazing location, however what's the point of having a beach froont resort if the beach is always closed. Yes I… Read more
As a kathatani gold meber and after 4-5 consecutive years of bringing my family here I think this will be the last. First and foremost, the staff are truly amazing people alwats smiling and welcoming. Secondly, the property is in amazing location, however what's the point of having a beach froont resort if the beach is always closed. Yes I undestand undercurrent and rips, but the last 4 days here is the swell has been less then the 2 feet with minimal under currentts - we always end up goint to Kata or Karon Beach where you can actually swim the in th ocea. The above all said, this is the most dispaointing thing now about a once truly well run and managed resort - the food and beverage operations. It's border line deigraceful and not even 2 star experince Take tonight for exmaple, I have just left my famoly at a reaturant that has 12 Pax inside afer waiting more then 20 mins for entree - I have instead ordered grab. Last night we dined off site because restaurants we try to book in are either fully booked OR you have to dine at a buffet reaturant where the majority of food options are empty or non existant with long lines. Once again we left early and went outside the resort to eat. Whoever is in charge of food and beverage operations needs to review the entire approach beacuse I can tell you as seasoned travller who has visted the resort 4-5 consecutive years, and Phuket 30+ times in 15 years the operations has gone backwards dramatically. Personally, its a real shame beacuse my family have always loved this resport and had a close association with the poperty, but next year we will look at other options that can provide food and beverage operatiosn that meet basic standards. We still have two nights left here and I have booked lunches and dinners at alternatie venues it is that bad here. What was once a jewel in the crown of Phuket, is now a proprty I could not recommeend anymore given basic restaurfant requirements cannot be met resulting in diing off site - defeats the purpose of an "all inclusoin package" Read less