The ShellSea Krabi

My husband and I had a wonderful ocean view villa w a private pool. The staff were wonderful, nice and accommodating! It was close to fossil shell beach which we walked to which was nice (but we couldn’t walk onto the land as it was roped off for some reason). It was rather remote from the activities but we used Grab to go into town for our eating, massages, dinners and excursions. There is a free shuttle a few time a day we did not use because it was inconvenient to be on their several hour time schedule instead of call when we want a pickup or drop off.

We stayed here for a week before moving on to Phuket, the hotel rooms are very clean and staff very friendly but sadly that’s about the only good I can say about it, there is a very limited selection at breakfast which is displayed in a small room inside the dining area, all what should of been hot food was barely warm and of very poor quality, I must say a big shout out to Jaa the young waitress who was absolutely lovely and very helpful.

We stayed here for 4 days in Jan 2026. From the moment you enter the hotel you are greeted with smiles and the most helpful of staff. Check in was efficient and we had the most lovely girl checking us in and providing us with information. Our room was a garden facing room on the ground floor. The room was spotless with a beautiful bathroom and huge bed. The room was lovely and we had a great sleep. The hotel and the grounds in particular were beautiful. The hotel had its own little beach which was lovely. Breakfast was lovely and plenty of choice. The hotel was spotless and there was always a member of staff cleaning something. Every single member of staff were so polite and engaging always asking how you were and how your day was going. The hotel is quite a bit out of town but we liked this as was so peaceful and local taxi’s were cheap. I am glad we picked this hotel and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone.

A wonderful stay with our family which included a 4 year old & 18 month old. Rooms were very well designed with probably the best drainage of a shower room Ive ever seen. Breakfast was first class, lovely private beach with lots of shells for little ones to collect. Large family swimming pool with swim up bar plus another adult only swimming pool. Lots of sun lounges and great gardens. Not far away from a number of beach bars (Joy Cafe & Bar was our favourite). Would highly recommend this hotel

On first impressions this hotel looked wonderful - basically in the middle of nowhere - but I knew this before going there. Reception is stylish and efficient - we were booked into a garden room but thought we might upgrade, so we iwere shown a pool access room - basically the same room but opening on to a pool, unfortunately, as we've encountered in other hotels before, the room smelt damp, so chose to stay in the room we had booked. The room was spacious and had the added bonus (for me) of Elemis toiletries The shower was good and the air con worked well - however the beds were sooo hard, I thought I liked a hard bed, but boy I think the floor may have been softer. The grounds were lovely from the beach it reminded me of some of the Chimes in Bournemouth and the black pool was stylish although a little impractical when it's 34 degrees. The route to the beach would definitely be challenging for anyone with mobility issues but the beach was fine and you could walk to the Fossil cemetery, however what ever you do don't go in, you'll be shooed away with a flea in your ear. Fin bar was good although they don't provide the sleeves to keep your bottled beer cold and the beer bottles were definitely not cold - although minor its a hiccup when you want a cold beer - solution buy multiple bottles/cans and ask for an ice bucket . Food at Fin bar was very good and in the end that's where we ate. We partook in dinner the first night at the Cerulean Restaurant and I have to say it was poor, basically food was lukewarm to cold - not a great start when you know you're in the middle of nowhere. Breakfast the next morning again poor - probably the worst selection of breakfast fare we had had on our trip round Thailand and again the hot food was cold and no A la carte items For lunch the next day we went to God Le restaurant which I'd read about on here - it was lovely, very rustic but we were sat over the water drinking cold beer and eating delicious food at a fraction of the price. Overall the hotel was fine but the food is definitely lacking, on the website the restaurants are under the tab labelled "Fine Dining" unfortunately, you aren't going to get that. Apart from the pool/towel boys we didn't really interact with any staff - they just didn't seem particularly interested