the main advantage is the best beach in all the surroundings. It is very wide, deep, with a huge number of palm trees and shade, comfortable with children, there are no cars nearby, and a children's pool is within walking distance.
The main disadvantage is that it takes 15 minutes to get to civilization. But 7/11 is literally on the corner, it takes 5 minutes to walk, or you can take an electric car with a driver for free from the hotel. You can also tell the security at the entrance and they will come for you and bring you back to the hotel.
The nearest exchanger is next to the Ambassador. Moreover, there are 2 nearby, the first one is small and there is a worse course, and the second one is 20 meters away and the course is already better. Go straight to the second one :)
Eating in the afternoon with children is an option or near 7/11 at the turn to Ravindra - Thai food (a very good cafe, by the way, the children are always given sweet jellies as a gift, there are children's chairs, the menu is in Russian, there is even mashed potatoes :) and the best tom-yam that we tried. The portions are large, so take small ones), or eat at the hotel (too expensive), or snack on shrimp from the beach and French fries (they sell by the pool from day 12 for 80 baht).
The food is generally delicious and cheap in the gluttony aisles (opposite the Ambassador). We really liked Vika's oysters (at 100 baht apiece) and scallops with mussels. She's the third in a row, you'll see by the signed chairs :)
Behind the Ambassador is a large civil cafe Salatai (after the aboveground crossing), Thais sing Russian songs there, lots of space and prices are also quite reasonable.
And on the beach, if you go 10 minutes to the right from Ravindra, there is a wonder bar, where the music is lively in the evening, the cuisine is a little more expensive, but we liked the fish there the most. And the carbonara was like in a European restaurant, in the right deep dish, with bacon, mushrooms, and even cheese, as if not local, but with parmesan :) The cocktails are delicious.
Massage advice, if you are with children and you can't easily and quickly get to the center with traffic (opposite the Ambassador), then you can book a massage at the neighboring hotel on the left (if you look at the sea) - there are 3 Thai women by the pool in the shade under the canopy, they do a normal Thai massage non-stop. for 290 baht. But you need to sign up right away the next day, usually everything is already busy day-to-day. In our hotel, massage starts from 900 baht :) opposite the Ambassador, Thai from 250 baht, oil 300 baht.
Playground Advice - the Movenpeak Hotel is nearby, there's a great playground there. Other children are not kicked out, but you need to be in clothes, not in a swimsuit. Just in case, look at which numbers are recorded on the site, sometimes the security guards ask for a check if we have signed up and if anything, write down something like 2103 :)
They were in October 2024. A great hotel on the 1st line with a beautiful beach and white sand. The only reason we chose this hotel was the clean sea, but there was a storm all the days, the sea was dirty, we never swam. We went to the islands across the sea. The hotel itself is cool, children's slides, 3 large pools, clean rooms, restaurants. Minus- the infrastructure is far away, the 7/11 store and the exchanger - it takes 15-20 minutes to walk to the nearest one. It takes only 30 minutes to get to the city by taxi. In general, I enjoyed my stay at the hotel!
We rested for 4 years in a row only in this hotel, before covid, we really liked it, it was very beautiful, very tasty breakfasts, had lunch and dinner in a cafe on the beach next to Dorshada, sometimes we went to the Festival center there is a cafe on the 3rd floor, you pay a certain amount for admission and eat as much as you want if someone is going to go Highly recommend it!