Ozone Resort & Pool Villa — Wood Cabins That Open Onto the Pool in the Khao Chaison Rice Fields
If you want a Phatthalung stay that is genuinely quiet, out in the rice fields, but still has a pool to jump into, Ozone Resort & Pool Villa in Khao Chaison is a name locals bring up often. It's a small 3-star resort with a cluster of cabins ringing one swimming pool. The detail guests keep mentioning is the pool villas you can step straight out of and into the water, plus mornings with nothing but birdsong and wind off the fields. It is not a luxury place, but it delivers the kind of calm you can't find back in town.
Ozone Resort & Pool Villa sits in Moo 1, Khuan Kanon, Khao Chaison district, about 750 metres off the PTT petrol station on the Phetkasem highway — but turn into the lane and you're surrounded by open rice fields almost immediately. The resort is a row of single-storey cabins arranged around a swimming pool on a lawn. Some are white-rendered with modern flat roofs; others are built entirely from timber, bungalow style. Drivers on the Phatthalung–Hat Yai road stop here because access is easy, yet once your door shuts the quiet is complete.
Rooms come in a few tiers to suit different budgets. The Standard room is a simple king-bed option for a single-night stopover. The timber bungalows are all wood — wooden floors, wooden walls, a bed on a low platform — and carry the feel of a southern Thai garden house. The one guests photograph most is the Pool Villa, where the glass door opens straight onto the pool: three steps and you're in. Some larger units pair a king bed with a sofa bed and take a family or a group of friends comfortably. Every room has air conditioning, a TV, a small fridge, and a private bathroom.
What guests at Ozone Resort & Pool Villa keep coming back to — in review after review — is not the room category or the price. It is the feeling of early morning out in the Khao Chaison rice fields. Several visitors write about pulling back the curtain, seeing the pool and a wide expanse of green paddies beyond it, and realising that this is exactly the kind of rest they had been looking for: no traffic noise, no crowds, just birdsong and wind off the fields at first light. Guests in the Pool Villas say that from the moment they wake up, stepping straight out of the glass door and into the water takes only three unhurried steps — no corridors, no other guests to pass. Those who come on weekdays report having nearly the whole pool to themselves for an entire morning, with no one else around and the only soundtrack being the wind moving through the trees beyond the lawn.
Guests in the timber bungalows mention the smell of the wood, the cool wooden floors underfoot, and the sense of staying in a real garden house rather than a hotel. The atmosphere that the all-timber rooms create — low-slung bed on a platform, wooden walls absorbing the heat of the afternoon, light coming through the curtains at a gentle angle — is something a number of reviewers say they did not expect from a property at this price point. It is the kind of place where the character comes from the materials and the setting, not from design-led interiors or hotel-standard fixtures.
The owners and staff are local, easy to talk to, and ready with practical advice on the natural sights around Khao Chaison — the hot spring nine kilometres away, the clear stream at Kaeng Hu Ra, and the small floating market not far along the road. Honest reviewers also flag what the place is not: it is a 3-star resort in a rural location, and some of the cabins show their age. Hot water arrives slowly in certain bathrooms, and the food options on-site, while perfectly adequate, are limited. Guests who arrive expecting a luxury experience may find it falls short; guests who arrive expecting quiet, a well-kept pool, and honest southern Thai hospitality consistently say they got what they came for. The free on-site parking and easy access from the Phetkasem highway also mean that road-trippers passing between Phatthalung and Hat Yai can stop here without going out of their way, and a significant share of the reviews come from exactly that kind of traveller — people who pulled off the highway on a whim, liked what they found, and returned by choice on the next trip south. The overall score of 8.4 from 12 reviews on Trip.com and 4.5 stars on Tripadvisor reflects a property whose guests largely come knowing what it offers and find that it delivers. "I opened the curtains to the pool and the green fields, swam alone with the whole pool to myself, so quiet I could hear the birds — this was exactly the kind of stay I had come for." If that is what you are looking for, Ozone provides it at a price that is genuinely easy.
The pool is the star here. It's an outdoor pool with blue tiling, clear water, and a clean look, with wooden chairs and tables set along the edge. Trimmed lawn and low hedges wrap around it. The resort lets larger groups book pool parties and provides grills for cooking your own food (for an extra fee). On long holiday weekends the pool gets busier with visiting families, but on most weekdays you'll have nearly the whole pool to yourself.
For food, there's an on-site restaurant serving à la carte from 8 am to 8 pm. Breakfast is Asian-style and charged separately — it is not automatically bundled into the room rate. Free tea and coffee are available in the lobby. Worth flagging: the resort is out in the fields, so outside restaurants are not within walking distance and you'd have to drive towards the district town. If you arrive in the evening, bring some food with you or just eat at the resort restaurant, which is the easier option.
The location's strength is how close it is to the nature around Khao Chaison. The Khao Chaison hot spring is about 9 km away, roughly ten-plus minutes by car. Nearby you'll also find Wat Tha Nang Prom (1.5 km), the Nora Sculpture Park, the Khao Chaison floating market, and Kaeng Hu Ra, a clear stream you can wade into. It works well as a base for exploring the natural sights around Khao Chaison and then coming back to sleep somewhere quiet. There's free parking on-site, which matters because you really do need your own car here.
The overall score is 8.4/10 from 12 reviews on Trip.com, with 4.5 stars on Tripadvisor. Guests consistently praise the clean pool, the quiet, and the friendly, hands-on owners. What you should know before booking: it sits a fair way from Phatthalung town (around 30–40 minutes by car) and you need your own vehicle. Some reviews note that a few of the cabins are older than the others, and that hot water in some bathrooms is slow to arrive. This is a genuine 3-star resort, not a luxury one — set expectations accordingly and you'll be happier.
The bottom line: Ozone Resort & Pool Villa suits families or groups of friends on a Phatthalung road trip who want a pool, real quiet, an easy price, and don't mind being away from town. Rates start around ฿1,000/night for the simpler rooms, with the pool villas that open onto the water running a little higher. If you want a room that opens directly onto the pool, request it at the time of booking and book ahead — those rooms are limited and fill quickly on holidays.
Summary from Booking & Agoda
- ✓ Clean pool with clear, well-kept water
- ✓ Very quiet — proper rice-field calm
- ✓ Friendly, hands-on owners and staff
- ✓ Good value, with free on-site parking
- ! Far from town — you need your own car
- ! No outside restaurants within walking distance
- ! Some cabins are older than others
- ✓ Pool villas open straight onto the water — very photogenic
- ✓ Timber bungalows have a southern garden-house feel
- ✓ Close to the Khao Chaison hot spring and nature sights
- ✓ Rooms are roomy enough for families and groups
- ! Hot water slow to arrive in some bathrooms
- ! Breakfast charged separately, not in the room rate
- ! Limited food choice on-site
- 💡If you don't have a car — this place is out in the fields, around 30–40 minutes from Phatthalung town, with no airport transfer → rent a car or drive yourself, otherwise getting around is very difficult
- 💡If you want a room that opens onto the pool — the Pool Villas with direct pool access are limited → request one when booking and book early, especially on long weekends, or you may get a room you have to walk from
- 💡If food matters to you — outside restaurants are not walkable and breakfast is charged separately → eat at the resort restaurant (open 8 am–8 pm) or bring food with you for the evening