Ah, room service. It’s an indulgent feeling, ordering food in your PJs and having it delivered to your room — even ordering a simple bowl of noodles or toast with eggs feels wonderfully indulgent. It never gets old.
One resort on Phuket’s Karon Beach has turned this universal desire into a fun (albeit gimmicky) feature that guests love. Access Resort & Villas features a lazy river-style pool that snakes between the rooms, so they deliver room service orders by gondola.
The service is so popular, they use the gondola as their logo. The kitschy and unusual feature almost excuses the gluttony of a pricey burger washed down with a Mai Tai after 10pm. “I had to try it, they deliver it on a boat!”
Coco Travel got to chat with the resort’s General Manager Phonasi Putta recently, who was all smiles when we told him we were charmed by the boat that brings burgers.
“I believe we are the only resort serving by boat. We knew we needed something different to set us apart,” he mused.
Though they’ve been providing the boat delivery service for 12 years, they fly relatively under the radar — their clientele is largely made up of visiting European families that return year after year, which places them miles away from the travel blogs covering the same smattering of Insta-friendly hotels.
Phonasi told us that everyone loves the gondolas, but their young guests go absolutely crazy for the boats, ordering dish after dish just for the delivery. Around Christmas, they even send the delivery staff out in Santa suits, which must be hot as heck in Southern Thailand.
Rooms from THB2,300 (US$69) per night.
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Access Resort & Villas
459/2 Patak Road
Karon Beach
Phuket
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