Review of Oscar Villa Aonang Krabi 3*

There is some confusion with this resort because there is another "Oscar Pool Villa" further north. A bit silly to give them such similar names, which much cause much confusion with transport and excursions. We were located in the room that we had booked (not in an alternative location, as apparently has happened to others). The room was spacious, the bed was comfortable, and the resort was quiet at night. The set-up in the kitchen was very good for self-caterers (microwave, kettle, hot-ring, fridge). The swimming pool was nice. However there were some negative issues with the room. On the first night there was no air conditioning remote control. I froze and had to open up the front of the unit to turn it off manually and noticed that the filters were very clogged. A remote control unit did however appear on the 2nd day. The bathroom sink was blocked and took forever to drain, a large tile was missing, the shower sprays out horizontally, and no towel rail or hooks for hanging things up. We rented a motorbike for 250 Baht per day, which was fine. The resort kept my passport as guarantee and returned it. We had transport issues both arriving and leaving. The booking page stated that "Your booking includes… airport transfer". I thought that meant it would be free, but we were actually charged 500 Baht for that transfer by minivan. The charge actually seemed fair, considering the distance, but the website wording should certainly be changed. Then on leaving we were intending to book a car to Khao Sok from the hotel, but the lady on the reception desk sold us a later shared minivan transfer that she said would take 2 hours. It actually stopped in Krabi, Phang Na etc. On the way and took no less than 5 hrs 35 minutes, effectively wasting a day of our holiday. Big mistake.