Отель конечно не главное... The hotel doesn't really matter...

Objectively, the hotel is bad. Old, old rooms. Designed in such a way that almost all rooms face either a noisy road (allegedly the ocean), or a garage, or a utility room. And with a view of the pool is not enough, but they are not at their best. There are ants and age-old dust in the rooms, very old, breakfasts are meager and tasteless (even the bacon seemed to be cremated), we ate only yogurt, fruits (and they were brought after they were sorted out, only after 30 minutes), buns (the pastries are not bad, but the first days were fresh, but later this also spoiled), sometimes eggs. There were also rice, noodles, potatoes, sausages, but the food was not tasty. Although no one died of hunger : ) On the one hand, we are not whimsical, but all this speaks of the level of the hotel as a whole. They take the plate right from under your nose, even when you haven't eaten yet. Are you afraid that you will eat too much? Although there is nothing special : )) Crowds of ants in the rooms and on the balconies. They even asked us to leave us an aerosol and processed it ourselves, because. ants appeared after spraying in a day. It was not the first time in Phuket (we always lived in hotels in Karon) and went to Talay because of the offer at a fairly low price, we knew that it was weak, but it turned out to be even worse. Moreover, hotels with a price difference of $ 230-280 for 14 nights are an order of magnitude or two higher!
But since we are not boring and active people, we decided not to bother and enjoy Thailand. In addition to diving and excursions, we rented a motorbike (200 baht / day) and rode around the island ourselves. But I can not advise, only if you feel very confident. We saw a lot of injuries, and left-hand traffic.
The hotel is of course not the main thing, but important. Of course, everyone is pleased to return to a cozy, beautiful hotel, and "Talay" certainly cannot be called that.

And the holiday itself was a success! They only came to the hotel to take a shower, change clothes and go to bed, because there are so many interesting things in Thailand!