Dennis Quah

Review of Renaissance Phuket Resort & Sp...

Located in a relatively newer and less developed p...

Located in a relatively newer and less developed part of Phuket Island, the Renaissance offers a less intense experience of the island. You get the upside (as compared to going closer to Patong Beach) of having more family and couple type vacationers and without the heavy touts. The downside though is the lack of dining options and amenities such as supermarkets. They are available, just that it take some effort to find and get to.

Fortunately the hotel makes up for this with excellent and attentive service and a reasonably wide range of facilities and activities. Nothing particularly unique in their offerings though, with the pool being more of a medium sized lap pool and a gym that is none too big. Functional and adequate sums it up nicely I think.

The hotel is part of the Marriott group.
Marriott is very prominent is the area with several brands under the group in Mai Khao. This brings some benefits such as a shuttle service across the various hotels and also to the nereby "mall", a rather sleepy Mai Khao Plaza that is host to some bars, small shops, we extremely pricy supermarket and of course, the Marriott time share sales office.

Great for a quiet get away, but not for the young and energetic crowd looking for a party atmosphere.