Хорошо, но с оговорками. Okay, but with reservations.

Good afternoon, dear readers of reviews and just random people.
So my wife and I visited the Ambassador Hotel, inn wing building. This happened in late April/early March 2018. We read/heard a lot about this hotel and presented an approximate picture. So they were mentally prepared. But in the end, everything turned out to be quite nice and pleasant. But let's talk about everything in order, my dears)))
We rested through Anextour.
Arrived in Utapao at 5-00 (local time).
We arrived at the hotel around 8:00. Check-in STRICTLY from 14-00 (already wrote about it).
Upon check-in, a deposit of $ 100 is charged (give at check-out, if not very barogosili in the room).

For Internet addicts, there is NO free Wi-Fi in the hotel. If the white gentleman wishes, he can purchase a password for 1 day at the registration desk (something around 100 baht, I don’t remember exactly, because I didn’t buy it). However, in Anex you will be given free SIM cards from a local mobile operator. You put 100 baht on this card and connect 7 days of unlimited.
This was quite enough for us for all sorts of WhatsApp / Viber, etc.

ROOM. We had an IT category number. The smallest. The room has two single beds, a refrigerator, a TV stand, a small wardrobe and a TV. I didn’t check the performance of the TV, because I basically don’t watch it on vacation. The room has one bathroom (shower with a partition, sink and toilet).
The bed linen is old, shabby, but washed. Room cleaning every day. However, it is difficult to call it cleaning. Towels are changed, beds are made, gel/soap is put in and a damp cloth is passed through the center of the room. Here's some cleaning. Although, perhaps, this is Thai cleaning.
On the other hand, such cleaning is better than none!
I almost forgot! Of course, the room has air conditioning. It buzzes decently, but after a couple of days you get used to it. Coolness gives and okay.

TERRITORY. Everyone writes that a large area. And as they say in Odessa, YES!
Of course, you won’t be able to walk for hours, but you need to walk not in a hotel, but in parks and on excursions. There are benches on the territory, but they are very few. Apparently, so that Russian tourists would not arrange traditional gatherings until the morning with a volume of Petrov-Vodkin) I did not see a swing / carousel for children. Although one of the pools has a few water slides. In total, there are 4 pools on the territory of the hotel (actually 5, but the fifth one is only for the guests of the Ocean building and members of the Supreme Council of the Central Committee of the CPSU))). Near each point where you will be given a towel. In the evening, at the same point, it (towel) must be handed over.


BREAKFASTS. As they say, you won't go hungry. I confirm! Rice (3 types), soups (2 types), salads, fried eggs, sausages (chicken and beef), tea, coffee, juices, fruits (watermelon tray and pineapple tray). You can make your own toast. It is forbidden to take out food (there are signs in Russian), but ours take it out anyway))) Well, they probably don’t get enough!
The breakfast itself is served from 7:00 to 10:00.

FOOD (EXCEPT BREAKFASTS). You can eat both in the cafe on site and in street cafes across the street from the Ambassador (much cheaper). Here everyone chooses for himself. We ate in the streets (in the institution of a sweet grandmother with the name / nickname - BBC). For all 10 days there were no problems with the intestines. Well, a nice bonus in street cafes is free Wi-Fi (just tell the hostess Wi-Fi and show your smartphone/tablet).

BEACH. From the first visit to the hotel beach, we decided that it was dirty. However, after we visited central Pattaya, we realized that the beach in Ambassador is quite decent. So everything is relative. A couple of days later we drove to the beach of a dancing girl (a distant military beach). There is really clean sea there. By the way, we went in a minivan with a Conder, which comes directly from the territory of the Ambassador. This pleasure costs 150 baht per person (children are free).
They also return you immediately to the territory of the Ambassador. The driver picks up a full cabin and takes you to the beach (it takes about 30 minutes to drive). All passengers on the trip agree on the time of the return departure (no later than 17-00). Upon arrival at the beach, the driver is told the time of the return departure and he indicates where he will pick up the group. Then free time on the beach. There are cafes near the beach. Food in them is slightly more expensive than in Pattaya (for example, small Tom Yam 110 baht). On the beach you can rent sun loungers, umbrellas, etc. Once we went on an excursion to the island of Koh Samet. Mixed impressions...
On the one hand, the clear sea and white sand. On the other hand, there are just mountains of garbage along the roads on the island itself. And this is a protected national reserve?!? ! Perhaps the logic is that the keyword is PROTECTED, ie. cleaning and keeping clean is not necessary. Then everything is logical)))


CURRENCY EXCHANGE. It is more profitable to exchange dollars for baht, although rubles can also be used. There was no exchanger in our building (INN WING).
I didn’t see it in other buildings (maybe I didn’t look for it). Near the exit from the territory of the Ambassador (next to the elevated pedestrian crossing) there are a couple of exchangers. You will cross the road for 5 more pieces. The course is approximately the same. The first day everyone went around and the difference in the exchange rate of baht to the dollar was 0.1 baht (that is, for 1 dollar they gave 31.1 baht somewhere, and somewhere 31.2 baht). According to my observations, the most profitable exchange rate is in yellow exchangers (some kind of local network).
And do not be surprised that EVERYWHERE the dollar exchange rate depends on the denomination of a dollar bill (100.50 one rate, 20.10 another rate (worse), 5.2, 1 third rate (very bad)). It is said to be an ancient Thai tradition.
Let me explain with an example:
You change 100 dollars in one bill (or 2 bills of 50). You get 31.2*100=3120 baht.
You change $100 (5 $20 bills). You get 31.0*100=3100 baht.
You change $100 (20 $5 bills). You get 30.0*100=3000 baht.
The courses in the example are taken from the ceiling, but the general algorithm, I hope, is clear)))
TOTAL.
Rest were satisfied.
We already knew about most of the subtleties and it helped a lot. If you have any questions write, I will try to answer!