Regent Phu Quoc Review (2026): Local expat perspective

Regent Phu Quoc is the most expensive place I’ve stayed on the island, and the best. It’s also only good value at certain times of year.

In the low season an ocean view suite starts at around $360 to $400 a night, which for what you get is fair. In peak weeks the same suite can be well over double that, and at that point the comparison with the other resorts on Long Beach gets harder to win.

I live in Saigon, and Regent is the resort people here book for a birthday, an anniversary or a long weekend when they want to be looked after properly. I stayed in an ocean view suite on a low-season weekend, separately from the month I spent on the island moving between cheaper places.

This Regent Phu Quoc review is written with both in mind: what it’s like, and whether it’s worth the money against everything else on the island.

• Quick Answer: Regent Phu Quoc is a luxury all-suite and villa resort on Bãi Trường, the southern end of Long Beach, about 15 minutes from the airport. It has around 300 suites and villas, four outdoor pools including an adults-only rooftop pool, a free kids club, a spa, and restaurants including Rice Market, Ocean Club and OKU. Suites start at around $360 to $400 a night in the low season and rise well past $800 in peak weeks, with pool villas costing more. It’s worth it in the low season and for a special occasion, and harder to justify at peak prices.
• Who it suits: couples on a special trip, families who want a real kids club, and anyone who wants the best service on the island.
• Rooms:
  • Suites: ocean view, garden pool and beach pool suites.
  • Villas: sky pool, lagoon pool, terrace pool and beach pool villas, from one bedroom up to seven.
  • The minibar is free in every room.
• Prices:
  • Low season, May to October: suites from about $360 to $400.
  • Peak, December to April: often $800 and up for the same room.
  • Pool villas: from the high hundreds.
• Location: 9km from the airport, 6 minutes from Sonasea night market, about 20 minutes from Duong Dong.
• Best value move: one or two nights at Regent at the end of a trip, with a cheaper base for the rest.

Regent Phu Quoc Review: Is It Worth the Price?

In the low season, yes. For a special occasion, yes. As a base for a whole week of exploring the island at peak prices, probably not.

What you’re paying for is mostly the people. The service is the best I’ve had anywhere on Phu Quoc, and it’s the kind that remembers how you take your coffee by the second morning without making a fuss about it.

The resort itself is calm and well designed, with koi ponds and water everywhere, and even when it’s full it doesn’t feel crowded. The rooms are big, the beds are excellent, and the minibar is included, which at these prices is a small thing that makes a difference to how the stay feels.

The comparison that matters is with the other big resorts on the same stretch of beach. The InterContinental is a few minutes up the sand and starts at around $180 a night, and it’s a very good resort. Regent is noticeably better in service, food and design, and in the low season the gap in price is small enough to be worth paying.

In December to April, when Regent’s suites can cost three or four times the InterContinental’s rooms, I’d book the InterContinental for the week and come to Regent for a dinner.

Rooms, Suites and Villas at Regent Phu Quoc

Regent is all suites and villas, around 176 suites and 126 villas, so even the entry room is generous.

I stayed in an Ocean View Suite and I’d book it again. It’s the best value in the resort, it has the view, and you don’t need a private pool here because the shared ones are so good.

The Sky Pool Villas are the ones in all the photos, with their own pool high above the resort and the sea, and if it’s a honeymoon or a big birthday, that’s where I’d spend the extra.

For families, the two to four-bedroom villas with their own pools make more sense than two suites, though they cost several times what the private pool villas elsewhere on the island do.

Pools, Beach and the Kids Club

There are four outdoor pools. The big lagoon-style family pool is where the children are, and the rooftop pool on the eighth floor is adults only, with a bar and the best sunset view in the resort. That rooftop is where I’d be at five o’clock every day of a stay.

The beach is Bãi Trường, the southern part of Long Beach, with free cabanas, umbrellas and volleyball, and snorkelling, windsurfing and sailing on site.

From November to April the sea on this side of the island is calm and clear. In the wet season, May to October, the waves pick up and the water can go cloudy after heavy rain, which is when the pools carry the stay, and also when the prices are lowest.

The kids club is free and run by staff who actually play with the children and do crafts with them. It isn’t huge, and it’s more than enough. There’s also a list of free activities for adults most days, from yoga in the rooftop pavilion to classes around the resort, which most people never look at and should.

Eating at Regent Phu Quoc

The food is a real reason to stay. Breakfast is excellent, and the bakery alone is worth getting up for.

Rice Market, the Vietnamese and Asian restaurant, is the one I’d book first, a short walk from the main building and the best of the resort’s restaurants for Vietnamese food. Ocean Club is the beachfront restaurant for a long lunch or a sunset dinner, and OKU is Japanese, with an omakase counter. The rooftop bar, Fu Bar, is where the sunset happens.

None of the Regent Phu Quoc restaurants are cheap, and over several days they add up quickly. A good way to balance it is to eat out some nights. The Sonasea night market is about six minutes away by taxi, and Duong Dong’s restaurants about twenty.

Location: What’s Near Regent Phu Quoc

Regent sits on Bãi Trường in Dương Tơ, at the southern end of Long Beach. It’s about 9km from the airport, roughly 15 minutes by car, which makes it very easy for a weekend from Saigon, since the flight is about an hour.

Sonasea night market is about 2.7km away, Duong Dong town and its night market around 17km and 20 minutes, and the cable car station at An Thoi about 12km south.

That middle-of-the-coast position is good for getting around. The north and the far south are both within a taxi ride, so day trips to the beaches, the boats out of An Thoi or the cable car work fine from here. What it isn’t is walkable. Outside the resort there’s very little on foot, so you’ll be using taxis or the resort’s transport for anything off-site.

Booking Regent Phu Quoc: Price, Timing and Extras

The single biggest factor in what Regent costs is when you go. May to October is the low season, and the entry suites drop to around $360 to $400. December to April, and especially Tết, Christmas and New Year, the same suites often run $800 or more. Weekdays are cheaper than weekends year-round, which is worth knowing if you can fly in on a Sunday from Saigon.

Regent is part of IHG, so booking direct as an IHG member sometimes gets a better rate or a perk, and it’s worth comparing against the booking sites before paying. Children’s charges and extra beds cost a fair amount on top, and the amounts vary by room and age, so families should check the total before booking. Pool villas are where the price climbs fastest, from the high hundreds into the thousands for the larger ones.

Regent Phu Quoc FAQ

Is Regent Phu Quoc worth it? In the low season or for a special occasion, yes. At peak prices for a whole week, the other Long Beach resorts are better value.

How much is Regent Phu Quoc per night? Suites from about $360 to $400 in the low season, often $800 and up in peak weeks. Pool villas cost more.

Is Regent Phu Quoc on the beach? Yes, on Bãi Trường, the southern part of Long Beach, with free cabanas and umbrellas.

Does Regent Phu Quoc have an adults-only pool? Yes, the rooftop pool on the eighth floor, with a bar and the sunset.

Is the kids club at Regent Phu Quoc free? Yes.

How far is Regent Phu Quoc from the airport? About 9km, around 15 minutes by car.

Which room should I book at Regent Phu Quoc? The Ocean View Suite for value, a Sky Pool Villa for a splurge, and a two to four-bedroom pool villa for a family.

How I’d Fit Regent Into a Phu Quoc Trip

I wouldn’t spend a whole week at Regent in peak season unless money really doesn’t matter. What I’d do, and what a lot of people I know in Saigon now do, is base the trip somewhere cheaper and finish with one or two nights at Regent, ideally midweek and in the low season.

You get the best of the island first and the best of the resort at the end, and the last night is the one you remember.

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