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DARA Hotel

4.0 star property
Upscale Art Deco hotel, walk to Central Festival Phuket Shopping Center

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Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas
Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas
Junior Suite | Living area | LCD TV
Lobby sitting area
Honeymoon Suite | Bathroom | Shower, hair dryer, towels, soap
Reviews
7.0

Good

Popular amenities

  • BarBarBar
  • GymGymGym
  • 24/7 front desk24/7 front desk24/7 front desk
  • PoolPoolPool
  • Room serviceRoom serviceRoom service
  • Breakfast availableBreakfast availableBreakfast available

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14/18,14/21 Moo 4, Chaofa Road, Wichit, Phuket, 83000
  • Popular LocationCentral Festival Phuket Shopping Center5 min walk
  • Popular LocationNaka Weekend Market13 min walk
  • Popular LocationPatong Go-Kart Speedway and Phuket Offroad Fun Park16 min walk
  • AirportPhuket (HKT-Phuket Intl.)41 min drive

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Feb 2, 2024
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Room options

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Grand Deluxe Twin | In-room safe, individually decorated, individually furnished

Grand Deluxe Twin

Highlights

Balcony
Separate dining area
Separate sitting area
Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Free cribs/infant beds
Refrigerator
LCD TV
  • 387 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Deluxe Room | In-room safe, individually decorated, individually furnished

Deluxe Room

Highlights

Balcony
Separate dining area
Separate sitting area
Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Refrigerator
LCD TV
Blackout drapes/curtains
  • 388 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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In-room safe, individually decorated, individually furnished

Grand Deluxe King

Highlights

Balcony
Separate dining area
Separate sitting area
Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Free cribs/infant beds
Refrigerator
LCD TV
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Junior Suite | In-room safe, individually decorated, individually furnished

Junior Suite

Highlights

Balcony
Separate dining area
Separate sitting area
Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Refrigerator
LCD TV
Blackout drapes/curtains
  • 581 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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DARA Suite | In-room safe, individually decorated, individually furnished

DARA Suite

Highlights

Balcony
Separate dining area
Separate sitting area
Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Refrigerator
LCD TV
Blackout drapes/curtains
  • 775 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Honeymoon Suite | In-room safe, individually decorated, individually furnished

Honeymoon Suite

Highlights

Balcony
Separate dining area
Separate sitting area
Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Refrigerator
LCD TV
Blackout drapes/curtains
  • 689 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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About the neighborhood

Wichit

Located in Wichit, DARA Hotel is in the city center. Central Festival Phuket Shopping Center and Bangla Road are worth checking out if shopping is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Patong Beach and Rawai Beach. Kata Beach and Kamala Beach are two other places to visit that come recommended.
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What's nearby

  • Central Festival Phuket Shopping Center - 5 min walk
  • Naka Weekend Market - 13 min walk
  • Patong Go-Kart Speedway and Phuket Offroad Fun Park - 16 min walk
  • Phuket Weekend Market - 5 min drive
  • Bangkok Hospital Phuket - 5 min drive

Getting around

  • Phuket Intl. Airport (HKT) - 41 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪สตาร์บัคส์ - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Zurich Bread Café - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Golden Chicken Restaurant - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Haidilao - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪MK Live - ‬4 min walk

About this property

DARA Hotel

Upscale hotel near Central Festival Phuket Shopping Center
Located close to Bangla Road and Patong Beach, DARA Hotel provides a swim-up bar, a poolside bar, and a terrace. The on-site international cuisine bistro, DARA CAFE & BISTRO, offers breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, and pool views. Free in-room WiFi is available to all guests, along with a garden and dry cleaning/laundry services.
Other perks include:
  • An outdoor pool and a children's pool, with pool umbrellas and a swim-up bar
  • Free self parking
  • Buffet breakfast (surcharge), a free shopping center shuttle, and RV/bus/truck parking
  • Airport drop-off service (surcharge), wedding services, and 2 meeting rooms
Room features
All 170 individually furnished rooms include thoughtful touches such as separate sitting areas and separate dining areas, as well as amenities like free WiFi and safes.
Other amenities include:
  • Showers, hair dryers, and shampoo
  • LCD TVs with cable channels
  • Balconies, separate sitting areas, and separate dining areas

Languages

English, Thai

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transportation

  • Height restrictions apply for onsite parking
  • Airport drop-off shuttle (surcharge)
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Beach shuttle (surcharge)
  • Ferry terminal shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free shopping center shuttle
  • Free self parking on site
  • RV/bus/truck parking on site

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available for a fee: THB 250 for adults and THB 200 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A poolside bar
  • A restaurant
  • A swim-up bar

Restaurants on site

  • DARA CAFE & BISTRO

Things to do

  • Children's pool
  • Health club
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Separate in-room dining area

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 2 meeting rooms
  • Business center
  • Computer station
  • Conference center (3,444 square feet of space)

Outdoors

  • Beach towels
  • Garden
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 7 floors
  • Art Deco architecture
  • Reception hall
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • LCD TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Limited room service
  • Refrigerator
  • Separate dining area

Outdoor space

  • Balcony

More

  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 15

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for THB 800.0 per day

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately THB 250 for adults and THB 200 for children
  • Rollaway bed fee: THB 800.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, mobile payments, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit

We should mention

No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property
Parking height restrictions apply

Property is also known as

Dara Hotel
Dara Hotel Phuket
Dara Phuket
New Dara Boutique Hotel Wichit
New Dara Boutique Hotel
New Dara Boutique Wichit
New Dara Boutique
New Dara Boutique Hotel & Residence Phuket, Thailand
Dara Hotel Wichit
Dara Wichit
New Dara Boutique Hotel Residence

Frequently asked questions

Does DARA Hotel have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool and a children's pool.

How much does it cost to stay at DARA Hotel?

As of Jun 10, 2024, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at DARA Hotel on Jul 6, 2024 start from $39.13, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Is DARA Hotel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at DARA Hotel?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at DARA Hotel?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight. After-hours check-in is not available.

What time is check-out at DARA Hotel?

Check-out is at noon.

Does DARA Hotel provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's a shuttle from the hotel to the airport.

Where is DARA Hotel located?

Located in the heart of Wichit, this hotel is 0.2 mi (0.4 km) from Central Festival Phuket Shopping Center and within 9 mi (15 km) of Patong Beach and Bangla Road. Rawai Beach and Kata Beach are also within 12 mi (20 km).

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 14 out of 76 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 26 out of 76 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 20 out of 76 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 76 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 76 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

simranjit

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Centrally located but far from patong beach.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

zac

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and simple hotel. We stayed in several hotels in the area and for the price this one was quite accommodating and well located. The only cons are: you hear everything in your hallways, can’t keep the room cold with out leaving your key inserted.(it takes quite a while to cool the room down when you get back for the day) and the pool is quite gross a lot of things floating in it and the surface shows a lot of oils floating. We didn’t see it cleaned once in 10 days.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dorsa

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Seema

Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great pool and nice staff. Good shopping mall nearby
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Noisy hotel
Too many Chinese, too noisy
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The staff were good. However on our last night, the people who were staying next to our room were making so much noise at 2am in the morning. I even went to complain but nothing was resolved and eventually I fell asleep only because I was tired. I was also disappointed with the gym facilities and the fact that the swimming pool was not deep enough.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
There are old and new building. the old one is cheaper. Overall the room is okay just look old and need to modify.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Near major shopping
Hotel is okay... Problem with the air conditioner was sorted very quickly and we were given an upgraded room. Showers were a bit weird with the flow and heat/cold. Catching a bus opposite central gets you to Patong Beach for 30 baht. Shopping is walking distance. All good.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
NOISY: Annoying beeping doors and group tours
One complaint. This group caters to big group tours. So the hotel is overrun by this specific type of tourist. So the other guests are very loud, going in and out of each other's room, yelling across the hall. So if you wanna peaceful stay, this is not the place for you. And they need to do something about the DOORS. The doors don't close on their own - you need to yank them yourself. If the door is not fully closed, there is an annoying, incessant beeping that will go on forever until you yank the door shut. The group tours don't know this, so every day, almost all day, the "beep-beep-beep-beep" goes on and on and on, driving you crazy! Oh the wifi is terrible.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice Hotel close to central festival mall
Nice friendly staff, room is alright to me, from hotel to central festival mall is just 15mins away. Hotel provide shuttle service to central festival mall. All is good except for the wifi. Wifi is hard to connect. Also wifi signal is not good in room. Hopefully they will work on it.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2017

4/10 Poor

Nicholas, nothing within walking distance.

Disliked: Staff & service
looks the part but falls short
main reason for staying was because it had a balcony room, which we did not receive. staff were scarce, breakfast was less than average, could not supply or make an effort to get a taxi, the only good thing I can say, is that the bed was very comfortable and the pool was very nice.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
New Clean Spacious Hotel but poor WIFI and ave svc
A new hotel, room is spacious and clean. I had the impression that hotel was to meant more for PRC tourists. Front desk speaks Chinese though I indicated to speak English. Some hotel service staff seems unfriendly unlike other hotels I had stayed. probably they thought we are one of those uncouth Chinese from PRC. Wifi is bad requiring auto-reconnections many times. Would not recommend to anybody who needs to be connected within a blink.

10/10 Excellent

Chart, Bangkok

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I like this hotel
Very good service

8/10 Good

stephen, Liverpool

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Weekend break
A central hotel within walking distance of a lot of sites

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Keep searching you can find a better hotel...
Looking at the reviews and on-line I really thought this place was going to be cool and hip. It was neither. We got there late and there were a bunch of loud chinese tourists and the process of getting to the room was a pain and a cockroach was about to climb up my leg before my sister stomped on my shoe to kill it. My cousin had checked in prior and it took us almost 35 minutes to just get the ok to go up to the room. It would have been faster to have him just come and get us in the lobby. Then when we got to building of the room he was in, security didn't have the key so we had to wait another 10 minutes for them to go back to the front desk and get it. When we finally got there the room looked nothing like what it did online, it was cheap and super hot! We had to call the front desk 4 different times for service on various things and it was just a pain to get what we wanted. It was a super noisy room do to the street it is on and the chinese tourist were loud and obnoxious and spit everywhere something I am not attracted to. I would find another hotel in the area you can do better for the amount you pay. Thank GOD we were only there for 1 night.

8/10 Good

Sunisa, Richmond

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great hotel
Great

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dara Hotel.
it was a very pleasant stay but it took some time to find the place. However the hotel staff was kind to meet us and guide us to the hotel. Superb service

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel for Working Visit in Phuket
Very stylish and chic hotel. As it is new, the room and public areas are very well maintained and clean. Staff ability to serve and interact with guests can be improved. Overall, my stay was good and I will definitely stay here again on my next working trip to Phuket.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
The room and facilities are new but it is quite dusty due to nearby construction. We are not satisfied with the staff / management service who arrange the transportation for us with a very over price rate. They offer us 600Baht but We found out it was only 200B when we walk out to a nearby street for a cab.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Bad service from a new hotel
Overall, my stay in this hotel was relaxing except for the service where I may have second thoughts in choosing this hotel if I visit Phuket again. I took the free shuttle to the shopping center and the staff informed me the time he will come and pick me up. I had waited for nearly half an hour but the staff did not turn up. I took a cab back to the hotel and immediately went to the reception. The receptionist told me that they are short-handed and thus unable to pick me up. I found such service is so unprofessional and had told them off.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
not bad if you are not a beach person
It is a hotel that is pretty close to the weekend night market and central festival shopping. Also they provide shuttle service to these places too.

6/10 Okay

Colin, Galway Ireland

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Good and Bad
Some quick notes to mention. Bar staff were amazing, very friendly and helpful. Reception staff were the opposite. On a number of occasions we requested simple things like to book a taxi or try to organise trips and they seemed unwilling and were unable to book anything and just told us to go to the shopping centre and book it there. Food was cheap and very basic. Location is terrible and transport (by taxi mainly) is very expensive. The shopping centre near by was a life saver for food and activities/shopping as travel was so expensive. Room was lovely and clean. Pool area was also very nice and well kept.

2/10 Terrible

sofia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort