Since 2000
The house of welcome.
บ้านยินดี — Thai for a warm welcome home. Twenty-six years above Patong, where the architecture and the headland made the decision together.
Fifteen minutes above the beach, a world away from the noise.
Baan Yin Dee was built on a single architectural idea: that the best part of Patong is the bit you can only see from above. Not the bar street. Not the ferry pier. The headland — the long curve of the north headland, the Andaman catching the sunset, the sky that takes an hour to change colour.
Every room in the property faces either the four-tier infinity pool or the open bay. There is no back-of-house room. There is no parking-lot view. The architect was specific about this. It took three years to build the 21 keys because each one had to line up with a sightline that the hill gave for free.
Twenty-six years later, the proportions still hold. The teak lattice on the headboards is from the same mill. The four-tier pool still cascades at the same tempo. Max, the head chef, has been cooking at the sala for twenty-four of those years. The only thing that really changes here is the light.
Six rooms to twenty-one. Two decades on the hill.
The first teak beam
Baan Yin Dee opens on the Patong headland with six rooms and a cascading pool. The property sits above the Patong road, above the noise — a deliberate choice.
Twenty-one keys
Three buildings added over four years, bringing the count to 21 rooms. The four-tier pool gets its signature shape. Every room still faces either the pool or the bay.
Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice
After a decade, BYD earns its first Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice for Patong resorts — the first of many.
Luxury Travel Guide Asia
Recognised in the Luxury Travel Guide Asia & Australasia. The hillside location and the four-tier pool become the signature images of the property.
RICE opens
The sala pavilion is rebuilt as a restaurant. Max, now head chef, writes the Southern Thai menu that becomes the signature. Sixty seats, sunset included.
Floating breakfast launches
A rattan tray on the top tier of the pool, tropical fruit and pastries floated out to the water. The single most-photographed ritual on the property.
Pool deck and spa refurbished
Teak decking relaid, loungers re-upholstered, spa pavilion expanded. The Thai Boran massage programme adds oil and aromatherapy treatments.
World Luxury Awards
Named Boutique Resort of the Year for Southern Thailand at the World Luxury Hotel Awards. Twenty-six years on the hill — still 21 keys, still teak, still quiet.
The property, in numbers.
Twenty-one rooms, no more.
We stay small on purpose. The hill can hold more. The experience can't. Book direct for breakfast, upgrade, late checkout and a welcome drink — all on the house.
More on the hill.
- Rooms & suites above Patong →
Sea-view, pool-view and pool-access rooms, pool suites and a family suite.
- RICE restaurant & bar →
Southern Thai cooking on the sunset terrace, breakfast to late.
- Photo gallery →
The pool, the rooms, RICE and the bay at sunset.