VKirirom Pine Resort

Nice and beautiful place....good food..and resturant is good service

good place to relax

I have stayed here a few times as it is a good jump-off point to go bird watching in the surrounding forests. The resort has plenty of options from basic tents to so-called villas. I had booked two “Luxury Tents” for us at $61.20 for the double tent and $72 for the twin tent. Why they are priced differently I never did find out. Check-in was quick, they just wanted to see one passport and that was it. We went to our tents only to find out that the kids’ tent had two massive holes in it. No way the kids were going to sleep there as they were worried they would end up as Tiger food. Back to the reception where I had the feeling that they knew well about the holes. Anyway, they gave me another tent without holes this time. The tents are basic but large enough with an outside bathroom. They would not be bad at all if, and that is a big IF, any sort of upkeep was done. My understanding is that the resort is about 10 years old, and one just gets the feeling that minimum money is spent on maintenance. There is one restaurant on site which offers Khmer, Indian, and Japanese cuisine. I had eaten the Indian food a couple of times there and it was always decent. Thus, we ordered Indian food again. The waiter did not repeat our order and we promptly got the wrong food, a Paneer curry instead of the chicken curry. Food was OK, but when the butter chicken did show up, it tasted like the Ghee had gone rancid and we gave it a miss. We still got charged for it. This being a Saturday and all, it was noisy but the regular tents were luckily a long way from us and I think we all fell asleep pretty quick. This is something to keep in mind if going up on a weekend: whilst Westerners might go for the peace and quiet, Khmer go to party. From comments I gather that the 22:00 curfew is not enforced and the noise might go on until very late. Even without the noise, I slept badly as there was just too much light coming into the tent. Lights that were only switched off at 05:00. The rest of the gang rented bicycles, but the bikes were as badly maintained as the rest of the resort, and they quickly gave up. There are a few activities such as zip-lining and climbing, all at a charge, but seeing the upkeep of the resort, we thought it prudent not to try. There is a nice, if unsafe, playground that kept my Princess entertained for a little while. We headed for breakfast, which I remember being pretty dire. That hadn’t changed and it was a selection of old breads, inedible fried rice, and awful noodle soup. The safest bet is the egg station. Coffee was also bad, but I had brought some 3-in-1 coffee so the adults were good. We did have lunch at the resort again as there are not too many options. We did order mostly Asian food, and that was surprisingly good. My Thai green curry was actually excellent. The Princess did order a club sandwich which was huge, but also quite good. This resort has so much potential but if they do not get the management sorted out, it will con