Food & drink prices at Chaweng Regent Beach Resort
Chaweng Regent consistently charges for items typically complimentary at resorts (iced beverages at breakfast, ice, water), with widespread complaints about high F&B pricing across all categories. Only happy hour drinks and normal rates receive limited praise.
All claims are from May–August 2026, showing consistent pricing complaints across the entire summer season with no meaningful temporal improvement or deterioration detected.
What the reviews tell us
Multiple paid charges for typically complimentary items: iced beverages and chocolate at breakfast, ice, and drinking water beyond initial bottles create unexpected costs.
Bar drinks outside happy hour are significantly overpriced—higher than comparable destinations like Maldives—pushing guests to purchase from external venues.
Restaurant, pool menu, and ancillary service pricing is high with additional 10% service fee and 7% tax, compounding the base expense.
Happy hour drinks at the pool bar are genuinely well-priced and represent good value, though this benefit is limited in scope and duration.
Breakfast is not reliably included without additional charges; cold beverages, specialty items, and premium requests trigger separate payments.
Chaweng Regent Beach Resort exhibits a pattern of aggressive à la carte charging across food and beverage categories that reviewers consistently describe as unreasonable. The resort charges separately for cold beverages (iced coffee and cold chocolate) at breakfast, ice cubes, and drinking water beyond the first 2–3 complimentary bottles per room—a notably restrictive allowance for families in peak summer heat. Bar drinks outside happy hour are described as unaffordable and higher than comparable Maldives resorts, leading some guests to purchase beverages from nearby 7-Eleven to avoid paying resort prices. Restaurant and pool menu pricing is noted as high before additional 10% service charge and 7% tax are applied. Even seemingly minor items incur charges: the coffee station charges for small coffee upgrades. While happy hour at the pool bar is praised for competitive pricing, the overwhelming evidence points to a resort strategy of maximizing ancillary beverage and service charges that travelers find burdensome and unfriendly, particularly for families or longer stays. Laundry services at 5× normal market cost further reinforce a perception of excessive pricing on incidentals.
The evidence
Representative quotes from 20 supporting reviewsBreakfast was quite expensive in the resort
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To pay for drinking water in-room post the 2-3 complementary bottles for a family of 4 in peak summer seemed unfriendly
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