Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

The Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort is a new "themed hotel" on Wong Mat Beach in North Pattaya. It's a very impressive facility - 18 stories and 555 rooms overlooking a big water park and a 230-meter stretch of private beach. I've already written about it in the Trip Report section (30th Anniversary Trip) and have posted quite a few pics from my stay at the end of October. This is more a summary review for those who don't have access to the Trip Report section.

 

Bottom line: The Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort isn't guest friendly. It is a fantastic hotel for families with children or even for a romantic weekend with a special lady, but its out-of-the-way location and 1,000-baht joiner fees severely limit its appeal to mongers.

 

Here's the Web site for more info and pictures: CGMBR

You can read about the facilities, restaurants, bars, etc. and all other details.

 

Rates: You can get rooms through hotel booking sites for about 3,500 baht a night, which is huge value for money.

 

Aside from the overwhelming negative of it not being guest friendly, the CGMBR has a few other pros and cons.

 

Pros___________________________________________________________Cons

 

Incredible water park with five swimming pools, slides and_____________Its location on Wong Mat makes it a

a "lazy river" for inner-tube rafting. It also has a long________________ hassle to get to and from the hotel.

stretch of private beach for those who enjoy ocean swimming

________________________________________________________________The food and drink at the hotel is very expensive,

­­­­­­­________________________________________________________________even in comparison with other five-star hotels.

Numerous activities for children beyond the water park, i.e.

game room, play room, arts and crafts, classes in dancing, etc.

 

 

Evil

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rooms are a generous 42 square meters and hold a similar standard to other five-star hotels. All rooms have balconies with ocean views.

 

 

 

 

Edited January 3, 2010 by Evil Penevil

[FatherMojo 2]

I did a stroll around there as part of my personal "get out of the rectangle (Pattaya Nua, Beach Road/Walking Street, 3rd Road) campaign." It is a very nice hotel and all the staff were very polite. Like Evil says, it is not really a guest friendly place and is a little out of the way. But if you are coming with family and want to feel like you are in a posh place, within the limits here, it seems like a nice place to visit.

 

 

 

 

FatherMojo

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

A minor update - apparently it is possible for an "outsider," someone not registered as a guest at the CGMBR, to use the swimming pools, water park facilities and beach after payment of an appropriate fee. I don't know the details, but you can email or call the hotel should this sound interesting to you.

 

Evil