“WARNING: do NOT stay here!!”
Reviewed September 21, 2013 via mobile
Stayed 5nights with seemingly no problems, the room was okay, no wifi, but the ladies at reception were friendly & they recommended a good place to rent scooters (Rinbay View). My 3friends left on an early ferry the morning after the full moon, leaving me to check out. There was a TINY stain on one of my friends beds in a room I had not even stayed in from a permanent marker, but a small old man in glasses at reception who I had never seen before demanded that I pay THB3000. I refused as almost $90 for a sheet that can be fixed with a $1 stain remover is extortionate & went to the nearby pier to catch my ferry. I was just about to board when the local mafia showed up, handcuffed me to a railing & assaulted me, chipping one of my teeth. This was all in front of about 50people, locals & tourists. I demanded to see the tourist police, but the closest I got was one guy showing me a drivers licence. Eventually after I continued to refuse to pay I was taken to the police station & quickly released after the intervention of a "lawyer", without paying a single Baht. I did not see one single police officer the whole time, so obviously the scammers have free reign in Koh Phangan. I had a great stay in Haad Rin & would definitely recommend the full moon to anyone, but don't stay at B&W!
• Stayed September 2013