The Jungle Club - SHA Extra Plus

*** Outstanding location *** we stayed 5 nights in one of the two lodge rooms, which provide a spectacular view on the ocean below. We found the room exactly as the pictures on booking.com indicates. Everything is well maintained. The resort reduced plastic waste by providing free drinking Water in glass bottles, which guest may refill free of charge. To reduce food waste breakfast is offered as a-la-carte-menu, which turned out to be nicely flexible. The road up to to the hillside resort is extremely steep. If you plan to rent an own car - as I did - you might consider to rent a 4x4 or at least not the smallest sedan. You definitely should have at least basic experience on non-western mountain-roads. Consider to use the free shuttle service from the lower slopes, the resort provides. The entire resort is very well mantained. The club is a popular viewpoint bar and restaurant, which results in a constant flow of guests to and from the restaurant, which might disturb some hotel guests. To the small infinity-pool however is exclusively reserved for the guests staying overnight. During our stay none of the numerous restaurant guests violated this regulation and entered the clearly separated pool area. The quality of food & drinks is good which applies both the Western dishes as well as to the thai menus offered. Food and drinks are still reasonable priced considering the outstanding view. Restaurant staff is very helpful, i.e. offered assistance on unexpected spicy dishes. The communication with the front office staff is established by whatsapp which makes requests handy and easy.

There aren’t sufficient superlatives to describe this hotel experience. I have just returned from a 3-week trip round Thailand and Cambodia, and this hotel was by far the best. The stunning views, exceptionally beautiful infinity pool (which you could have to yourself as I did on multiple occasions), well designed attractive ‘house’, friendly and super helpful staff, delicious restaurant food - JC has it all - at a reasonable cost too. Yes, it’s a little out of the way, but that was MORE than made up for by all the aforementioned. Stay at least 2 nights , or stay longer if you want peace and relaxation and don’t mind paying a bit more for meals than you can find elsewhere on the island. Have the hotel arrange day excursions for you if you want to see more (I can recommend the land tour via 4x4). Wonderful to get away from the traffic /fume clogged main island roads. Honestly, the first day my daughter and I spent at JC was one of the happiest of my life.

Everything about this place is a dream come true. The location, perched on a hill with an eagle eye view to the northern part of Samui, horizon for days, plane spotting while chilling in the pool. One of the most beautiful sunrises I've seen, and cute animals wandering the grounds just after dawn. The small but lovely infinity pool where you have dragonflies and butterflies play and fly over your head. The bungalows are new, tasteful, fully equipped, and beautifully ambient. Given it's indeed a "jungle" club, some bug will inevitably fly in, but there's a mosquito net for that. Last but not least, the restaurant is impeccable in terms of view, food, and treatment (especially as a hotel guest, you never have to wait for a table). The staff is beyond lovely and helpful. It's an excellent place to relax and feel taken care of. Truly a hidden gem and I'll come back in a heartbeat!

Beautiful location besides the busy island. The bungalows are really beautiful and detailed, the deluxe jungle feeling is real! All the staff is really nice too! Helpful, sweet and reliable! The view from the restaurant is amazing btw!

The location is absolutely stunning. The view from the restaurant, the pool and the bar has to be the best on the island. The grounds are very well kept too and the whole place is lovely to be in. I had my reservations about being away from the coast but it's a fairly pleasant downhill walk to the beach (if you want a bit of exercise) or their is a free pick-up and drop-off service whenever you need it. In the end, we were so impressed with Jungle Club (and had previously spent a few days exploring Koh Samui) that we only walked down the hill once for lunch and took a taxi once for a night out. I could quite happily have spent all my time at Jungle Club relaxing and enjoying the view over Koh Samui. The food is great at the restaurant, the portions are big, and the cocktails perfectly prepared, so if you want to get away from it all this is a great spot to be. The staff were excellent - they strike a good balance between having a lot of energy and fun, while at the same time being professional and attentive. We were upgraded to a suite which was beautiful, spacious and came with a private plunge pool, although the main pool was so good that we didn't actually use our plunge pool. Breakfast was included and was very good - big portions and all very fresh. Koh Samui isn't my favourite island in Thailand but I would come back exclusively to stay at Jungle Club again.