Just back from a lovely 2 weeks stay at Zazen. We will recommend this hotel to everybody who wants to go to Samui. Bohput beach is the right place if you like an easy going and quiet stay, but in the same time just 15 minutes from busy Chaweng.
We stayed in room 3 a beach bungalow, which might be smaller than the garden bungalows but the view was great and alsways something happening in front of your house. For us it was big enough since we only slept in there. My complements to the wifes owner for the nicely decoration, it sure feels like home.
The restaurant is marvelous, Wally is a great Chef, we had several dinners and enjoyed anything on the menu, A shame I found out on the last day that they also had a huge lunch menu, we "only" choose from the tapas menu since we loved to had lunch in the comfertable chairs at the bar. Breakfast might be sober but for us enough to choose from.
We had a lot of fun with the girls from the restaurant, Nok, Nuch, Toon, which seems shy and polite but in the meantime naughty little ladies, thanx girls and take care ...
Service at Zazen is one of the best we ever had in all facets.

So ... to be short, just go there and have the time of your life. Don't forget to rent a scooter to tour the island but be carefull in the crazy trafic.

Sawadee Ká
Anja and Edward

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I stayed in Zazen with my girlfriend for six nights early December 2005.Since it was my first time in Thailand and none of my friends ever been there i just decided to roll the dice!!!Well i guess i had a double 6!!!Lets start with the negatives.Although we had arrange for airport transfer, the hotel van did not appear in the airport.I gave them a call and the mini van arived within 15 minutes.Along with their apologies they offered me the ride on our departure free!!!Check in was fast.No worries etc.Although our booking was for a garden deluxe room ,they told us that we can upgrade in a garden villa(which was huge !!!) if could wait for an hour.Why not we said and we were right,because the weather for the next 6 days was just rain and rain and rain.So we spent enough time in the room.Hotell stuff was great,very polite and funny.We were invited in their annual party in a local taverna with free transfer.It was a great night.Restaurant was excellent,nicely decorated and with great variety.Breakfast was normal,nothing funcy but more than enough.You could order eggs the way you wanted.How about the room?Well i ve never stayed in such a huge room(60 sq.m).Greatly decorated with coffee corner, an open air bathroom and one of the best beds i ever slept.Did i mention the big sofa and the DVD?I have no comments on the beach issue because the weather ruined my beach plans.However lots of excarsions can be made through the hotel desk with a discount of up to 20%.And its a real discount because i checked the prices outside the hotel.Dont miss the Catamaran cruise in Ko Pagnan island.As i mentioned earlier the hotel stuff was great but what they did during my check out was something that i ll never forget.I used my credit card and i forgot it under the receipt.When the hotel van left us at the airport the driver got a call on his cell phone about my card.He went back to the hotel and brought the card back.!!!What can i say.?Thank you very much people in Zazen.Looking forward for my next visit!!!So if you look for a small hotel not croweded and away from the mess of Chaweng beach this is amoong the best
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P.s They even sent me an e-mail on my birthday 1 month later.