Reviews of Gila's Garden
404/7, M.1, Maret Koh Samui, Surat Thani, 84310 Lamai, Thailand

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Reviewed: August 15, 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewAel was so helpful and lovely 😍 Bungalow was clean and spacious with great outside seating area. Good location- easy scooter rental from Ael. Thankyou!!
Dear Gail and chris Thanks for review to Gilasgardenbungalow We hopefully to see you again Have a good day Aell Gilasgardenbungalow
Reviewed: August 15, 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewExcellent service, clean place. Large rooms. Delicious and inexpensive breakfasts. I rented a motorbike and they filled me up with gas on the spot. Lovely neighbors and a dream place. It was really hard for me to leave the place that felt like family and home to me. Thank you all so much I will come back to visit again because it was a perfect place and a huge experience for me. Love you
Everithing was perfect.tank you very much💜
Good morning. Liat Thanks very much for you review to Gilasgardenbungalow We hope to see you again Thanks Aell Gilasgardenbungalow Have a good day
Reviewed: August 13, 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewGila was the most comforting host. We felt at home at in instant, the check in was super convenient, we could rent a scooter with her, she had gas for the scooter, she provided with recommendations and was so welcoming. We would recommend staying here 10/10.
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Reviewed: August 9, 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewA lovely host and a lovely location! The views from the balcony were so nice! The room was clean and comfortable. Hiring a bike was easy and made exploring the island so easy! It was peaceful and relaxing.
Reviewed: August 6, 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewClean, comfortable and value for money. Located away from main road so it was really quiet and peaceful. Owner was kind and friendly as well. Value for money. Provided scooter rental and the cats are so cute!!
Nothing!
Reviewed: August 4, 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewFantastic value for money for a huge room. The staff were so kind, arranging a bike and transport for us when needed. We loved everything!
Reviewed: July 25, 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewThe staff were great the bungalows looked nice and were worth the money
Reviewed: July 17, 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewClose to Lamai beach and town but far enough away to be quiet and out of the crazy and busy streets. Nice property and garden space. The Thai owner was very helpful and welcoming! Large room with good facilities (plates/bowls, cutlery, microwave and fridge) which is handy for longer stays.
Power kept cutting out multiple times each night and wifi didn’t work very well. Very smelly drains and the nearby rubbish tip made it quite smelly outside and unfortunately couldn’t enjoy the garden area.
Reviewed: July 2, 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewEnjoyed a couple of months here and I absolutely loved it. Peaceful, spotlessly clean, and the rooms are well kept, beds super comfy! Couldn’t have been looked after better by the team. Thanks for having me!
I simply didn’t dislike anything.
Reviewed: June 26, 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: June 12, 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: June 9, 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: May 26, 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: May 24, 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
Verified reviewGreat place! You need NEED a moped to get around but the staff were lovely, really accommodating and such a cute little stay :)
Dear Ruby Thanks very much for you review to Gilasgardenbungalow We hopefully to see you again Have a good day Aell and Gila
Reviewed: May 20, 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
Verified reviewComfortable and clean place to stay. The host was very sweet, welcoming and friendly even when I myself arrived quite late at night very exhausted.
Reviewed: May 10, 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
Verified reviewFirstly the staff are so friendly, helpful and kind. On arrival they helped us with our bags and gave us fresh passion fruit after showing us to our room. The location is really good, up a smallish hill off the main road with a shop and self laundry at the bottom of said hill. The setting is absolutely gorgeous! Depending what room you stay in. We stayed in a standard double room with ac and it was situated through a beautiful garden and walkway with a small arched bridge to cross to get our room. We overlooked the garden from terrace. The whole place is kept very clean and the staff daily restocked our rooms amenities and emptied the bin. The area is very quiet, the shower is hot and reasonably good pressure. The AC was powerful. It feels nicely tucked away and very safe. There is also a safe in the room, a fridge, microwave, kettle, cutlery, mugs, bowls. They also offer very good bikes at a great price. They have 125s for 200 per day. And 160cc for 300/350 a day. All a pretty new and well maintained. There are couple resident cats that are friendly.
Unfortunately we had about 3-4 cockroaches over pur 7 night stay. This is likely more to do with the wet weather driving them in. We didn't really have an issue with them. Just ignore them and they ignore you. But it's worth mentioning. The rooms are very clean, but during big storms a few desperate roaches found a way into the room despite it feeling very well sealed.
Reviewed: May 7, 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewGila was so friendly and welcoming! The place is looking really cute and WE got fresh passion fruit from the plant. Also my booking was upgraded to a nicer room and I Loved the big blue bed its my Favorite colour
Her husband is German and pointing Out this place belongs to the free state Bavaria
Morning. Jana Marie Thanks very much for you review to Gilasgardenbungalow We hopefully to seeing you again Have a good day Aell and gila
Reviewed: May 6, 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
Verified reviewStaff are just amazing. So friendly and helpful. The room was huge and comfortable. About half a mile away there’s a Cafe Amazon. The beach bar behind that is wonderful. I ate there every night
Just the location. It’s a bit out in the sticks. But that’s not their fault and it’s really peaceful
Morning . Chris Jones Thanks very much for you review to Gilasgardenbungalow We hopefully to seeing you again Thanks Aell and gila
Reviewed: May 1, 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewVery noisy inside and outside.
Reviewed: April 27, 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: April 11, 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewThe staff were friendly.
It's not ideal unless you want to ride a scooter. The scooter I rented from them needed a brake service badly and wasn't safe, so we didn't leave the property much to be honest.
Reviewed: March 26, 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewLoved the rooms and garden super friendly hosts Very comfortable stay in a quiet area went to the beach one day just down the road was lovely and quiet. Tops supermarket just down the road as well as some restaurants. Ate their once, food was lovely
The restaurant was only only open 10-6 so only ate once as our all day would have used this more if open a little later
Thank you so much for your 10/10 review! We’re truly grateful for your kind words and so happy to hear that you had a great stay. It means a lot to us, and we look forward to welcoming you again soon! ❤️
Reviewed: March 11, 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: February 25, 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewI recommend staying at Gaia's garden, very friendly atmosphere, possibility to rent a scooter at a very good price, rooms very nice and clean. We are very pleased with the stay
Reviewed: February 22, 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewFriendly atmosphere, helpful personnel, clean rooms and the location is quiet at night.