The Four Seasons Koh Samui is my favorite hotel in the world! I’ve stayed at different Four Season’s properties in the past and they’ve all been great but this particular property really stood out.
We flew in from Chiang Mai into to the Samui airport, which is a super chill airport. The ride to the resort was about 40 minutes or so and we were greeted at the reservations desk with welcome drinks and welcomed into the property.
After quickly checking in, we hopped into our buggies and drove to our individual rooms. The property is quite vast, it’s totally walkable, but if you are wearing heels or the weather is too hot , you may want to call a buggy for convenience.
It was recommended that we download the Four Seasons app, so that we could easily chat with service representatives for our every need. I ended up using the app to order buggies throughout my stay and also used it to order my pillow from the pillow menu! (more on that later)
The One Room Villa
Soooooo, my one-room villa was pretty epic.
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The entrance to my villa was also pretty epic. One of the greatest features of the villa is that it is pretty secluded, so you can pretty much walk around the whole area nude and not have to worry about being seen. Visitors have to press a doorbell to enter. I felt totally safe and frequently left my door unlocked.
It had its very own pool with stunning views of the private beach and the entire property. The patio had plenty of seeking, you could totally host a cocktail party and small get together with your buddies (which I did!)
The Minibar
The villa included an espresso machine!
The Bedroom
The Bathroom
The bathroom area was huge and featured two sinks and a jewelry box. Every time housekeeping came into my room they would arrange my jewelry, which was scattered all over the place, neatly into the jewelry box, I loved it! Also, why is it that hotels in Asia always provide toothbrushes while hotels in other countries don’t? I also loved that a generous amount of bug spray was included in the closet.
The Bathtub
The bathtub was gorgeous and throughfully placed in the room. It’s meant for couples, with each laying their head on the opposite end of the tub. The especially thoughful part was that there is a mirror on the side that is not facing the window, so that person is denied the beautiful views outside! Amazing Included for the bath is a coconut scrub from the spaThe Amenities
After an exhausting trip from the airport, my villa was a total oasis. Inside was a cold fresh coconut, filled with juice, chocolate-dipped dried mangos. Each day that I returned to my hotel room, there were some new goodies on my desk to try, from banana chips, to cookies, to rice crackers. There was so much food I couldn’t even eat it all!
Pillow Menu
Yasss the pillow menu is everything! It was my first time encountering one and it’s here that I first discovered my love for buckwheat pillows. There were about seven pillows available and different mattresses also! Also included as an option was a body pillow.
The Buffet
I’m absolutely in love with the FSKS buffet which takes place every morning at the Koh Thai Kitchen ! One especially stand out feature was the fact that there were two breakfast specials every morning that change every single day.
The specials that I saw during my trip were:
- Spanish Omelet with roasted peppers and wild rocket
- Pancake with pandan leaf and coconut cream sauce
- Poached egg, hummus, chorizo, and asparagus
- Coconut french toast with mango sauce and topped with caramelized pumpkin seeds
- French baguette topped with parma ham and emmental cheese
- Belgian waffles with mango and basil salad
The French toast was totally to die for! It was caramelized and grilled on the outside and super creamy and custard-like inside. The mango was preserved in jam and the toast was topped in caramelized pumpkin seeds topped with powder sugar. I’m salivating just recounting the dish!
Below is the poached egg and asparaus, gorgeous.
There are a selection of Asian and Thai dishes that rotate daily, American dishes, rotating pastry selections, dim sum, and more.
I love how the daily juices changed every single, especially loved the lychee juice. Also awesome is how they are in the grab and go bottles that you can take away to your room! The smoothie menu also changed every day.
There were also custom butters that changed every day like lime butter and chocolate butter and a heavenly coconut yogurt, made in house. I loved the array of in-house jams made from local flavors and I had the passion berry jam every single day! The bircher muesli is also a must have.
You can also opt order from the Breakfast menu. I recommend the banana cakes below.
You can also order the prawns with steamed egg custard, which I recommend.
Here are the breakfast selections.
Here’s my typical breakfast plate at the hotel!
Killer breakfast views
Restaurants
There are many restaurants on the property including the KOH Thai Kitchen, KOH Bar, Pla Pla, Cocorum, Rum Vault, and the Beach House
Pla Pla
We ate at Pla Pla one night, trying out their tasting menu which was super yummy. An extra bonus is that the chef Ivo Benidio is super hot.
The menu started out with an umami bomb, the parmesan popcorn. The courses included an heirloom tomato burrata, Phuket lobster coconut risotto, 72 hours cooked beef short rib and the Coconut Moon desert featuring a dolce de leche with passion fruit and mango. It was the perfect meal for a tropical summer night.
The vegetarians in our group had a pesto pasta instead of the beef and the chef was kind enough to bring out a plate for us meat-eaters to try. It was actually one of my favorite plates of the night!
Totally obsessed with these fish plates!
