Where to stay in Songkhla–Hat Yai?
8 Hotels Chosen
by Thousands of Real Guests!

The highest score in this list at 9.1 from 1,328 reviews — Centara Hotel Hat Yai is a 4-star city hotel where location is the main selling point. The building connects directly to Central Department Store via an indoor walkway, so you can reach the mall without stepping into the heat. Walk another 4–5 minutes and you're at Kim Yong Market, Lee Garden Plaza and the night market strip. The 248 rooms run from 25 to 76 sqm — larger than most hotels at this price in the area — and the facilities include a rooftop pool, Cense by Spa Cenvaree, a gym and the Ginger restaurant serving Chinese, Thai and Japanese.

Buri Sriphu opened in 2012 and ranks #3 of 108 Hat Yai hotels on TripAdvisor — a boutique 4-star that manages to combine a rooftop pool and a central shopping location under one roof at an accessible price. The headline feature is a saltwater rooftop pool with a swim-up bar in the middle, where you can sit with a drink, feet in the water, as the sky changes colour at dusk. It's a 5-minute walk to Diana Complex and the Greenway night market. Cleanliness scores the highest at 9.2. There's also a children's pool for families.

Crystal Hotel opened in 2014 and has the most reviews in this list at 553, scoring 8.9. The main draw is the location directly opposite CentralFestival Hatyai — Hat Yai's largest mall — reached by crossing a pedestrian bridge in under 3 minutes. The rooftop pool has a city view and a separate children's pool, and the rate includes breakfast at Bottega restaurant and free parking. Unusually, the hotel also has a bowling lane and karaoke rooms — something to do if it rains. Rooms come with Egyptian cotton bedding, a smart TV and soundproofing.

BP Samila is the only beachfront option in this list — open since 1995, sitting right on Samila Beach where you wake up and pull back the curtain to Ko Hua Ngam and Ko Maeo islands in the Gulf of Thailand. Sea View rooms have a private balcony facing the water, and the hotel is a 2-minute walk from the beach, a 12-minute walk along the sand to the famous Golden Mermaid statue. The lagoon-shaped pool sits right on the beachfront with a separate children's pool. To be direct: the hotel is nearly 30 years old and the age shows in places, but if you get a Sea View room the outlook makes up for it.

Baan Nai Nakhon is a 6-room stay in a century-old Sino-Portuguese timber shophouse on Nang Ngam Road in the heart of Songkhla Old Town, restored by Danny — a former Thai Airways flight attendant — who kept the original teak floorboards, exposed beams and brick walls intact. Every room is decorated differently. The ground-floor sitting room doubles as a small private museum of antiques: vintage radios, old clocks, enamelware, black-and-white photographs of Songkhla a century ago. Breakfast is included and served in the back garden — Southern Thai food and roti among old clay jars and birdsong. TripAdvisor 4.8/5.

TR Rock Hill opened in 2015 on the hillside of Kho Hong — its name coming from the natural sandstone cliff that forms the backdrop of the outdoor pool, with the hotel name carved into the rock face. In late afternoon the cliff turns amber and it becomes one of the most photographed hotel pools in Hat Yai. The 79 rooms use exposed brick, dark iron and warm earth tones in a clean industrial-loft style. The breakfast buffet earns consistent praise for variety at this price point. The Roti de Forest café, built around hanging plants and bamboo, has become a photography destination even for Hat Yai locals who aren't staying here.

The Bed Hotel Hatyai opened in 2013 as a small 3-star design hotel with a distinctive white gabled façade punched with circular holes — at night, light filters through the pattern and the whole front glows. It's become a recognised landmark on the street. The 44 rooms run from 28 to 45 sqm, and room size is the most-mentioned strength in reviews. The Family formats — some with bunk beds and a dining corner inside — work well for groups and families who want to keep costs manageable. Hat Yai train station is just 1 km away, and Lee Garden Plaza is a 10-minute walk.

BP Grand Tower opened in 1991 and was renovated in 2015 — the cheapest option in this list at ฿900, a 4-minute walk from Lee Garden Plaza in the middle of Hat Yai's shopping district. A rooftop pool with views across the city and a Chinese restaurant where Hat Yai locals come for dim sum breakfast are the two highlights. Rooms are larger than you'd expect at this price, with comfortable beds and effective air conditioning. To be clear: the style is classic Chinese-style hotel of an earlier era — not a fresh contemporary design — and some rooms can carry a musty smell in line with the building's age. But for location and price when the purpose is shopping, nothing in this list beats it.