Choeng Mon

Choeng Mon is the bay on Samui’s north-east tip, past Chaweng and around the headland. It is largely residential, which is the polite way of saying there is not much to walk to, and it is about ten minutes by road from Chaweng if you want the noise on your own terms.

The location scores here disagree with each other in a way worth understanding. Tango Luxe scores 8.2 and Skye Beach 8.3. SALA scores 9.5, the best in the bay, and PS Thana Resort, at ฿3,564 on the January dates, is second at 9.4, with Garrya at 9.3 and Meliá at 9.0.

In a quiet area a property’s location score largely measures how self-sufficient it is and how easily you can get out of it, not how much it cost.

Garrya’s scorecard is even, with every sub-score at 9.2 or above and staff at 9.9. It was around ฿18,802 a night for 12 to 15 January 2027.

At the other end, PS Thana scores 8.3 on facilities, the lowest figure we list on Samui, and it is stated on its page rather than buried.

One genuine curiosity: the five properties here that publish a wifi score all sit between 9.5 and 9.8, the tightest range of any area we cover on Samui, and we have no explanation for it beyond coincidence.