Food & drink prices at Celes Samui
Food and beverage pricing at Celes Samui is consistently reported as expensive and poor value for money, with additional service charges and VAT adding significant costs on top of already high base prices.
All claims are from mid-2026 (May 11 through July 3), with no older reviews in the dataset. This suggests either recent pricing increases or consistent pricing complaints over a concentrated recent period. No temporal improvement or decline can be assessed given the narrow date range.
What the reviews tell us
Service charges and VAT are added on top of base prices, making final bills substantially higher than displayed menu prices
Food prices inside the hotel are reported to be roughly double those of comparable restaurants located outside the hotel
Specific items are priced very high—french fries charged at 250 baht, noted as excessive even for Thailand
Bar and restaurant pricing is described as prohibitive and expensive across multiple cultural perspectives
No evidence of inclusive breakfast, value menus, or pricing clarity in available reviews
All six supporting claims paint a uniformly negative picture of food and beverage pricing at Celes Samui. Reviewers consistently report that dining and bar prices are expensive relative to both the quality of offerings and to comparable restaurants outside the hotel. Multiple reviewers specifically note that service charges and VAT are added on top of listed prices, substantially increasing final bills. One German reviewer cited a specific example of 250 baht for french fries alone. Dutch reviewers highlighted the dramatic price gap—reporting that eating outside the hotel costs roughly half as much as dining within it. The uniformity and recency of these complaints (all from mid-2026) suggest this is an ongoing structural pricing issue rather than a temporary problem. No countervailing claims about fair pricing, value menus, or inclusive breakfast options were present in the evidence base.
The evidence
Representative quotes from 6 supporting reviewsPrix des restaurants assez prohibitifs
The prices of the bar are expensive and they add service fee and vat on top so it gets quite expensive for Thailand
De servicekosten als je iets aan de bar of in het restaurant koopt.
Eten relatief duur. Als je het hotel uitloopt eet je voor de helft minder
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