Phuket Merlin Hotel

Phuket Merlin Hotel occupies an unassuming spot in The best-rated area in Phuket Town, the kind of address you only find by recommendation or by a careful read of guest reviews. Geographically speaking it's barely a stroll from the centre of Phuket, and the strong location rating in guest reviews backs that up. Rooms…

Phuket Merlin Hotel occupies an unassuming spot in The best-rated area in Phuket Town, the kind of address you only find by recommendation or by a careful read of guest reviews. Geographically speaking it's barely a stroll from the centre of Phuket, and the strong location rating in guest reviews backs that up. Rooms feel well-appointed; the touches travellers mention most are an in-house restaurant, on-site parking and reliable wi-fi, and the comfort feedback has been broadly positive. It feels lived-in rather than staged, which tends to be the difference between a stay you remember and one you don't. Pull the review pages apart and you find around 790 reviews, with a broadly positive consensus that's hard to engineer. The reputation reads as steady rather than spiking. Pricing has been sitting near €39 a night and the value score puts it in a middle-of-the-road bracket compared with similar properties. Stack Phuket Merlin Hotel against the better-known names in Phuket and the trade-offs become genuinely interesting.