First of all let me say that I love the Six Senses properties for their green environmental credentials and having their hotels in divine undeveloped places, basically comfort in superb locales where normally only intrepid backpackers venture.    This was my 4th Six Senses property: First one was the one in Oman that completely blew me away, then Naka Island / Phuket ( sadly no longer a six senses property) and the incredibly beautiful and indulgent Soneva Kiri.   6S Con Dao is gorgeous as a destination but the least perfect of the four.  

Pros: 
6S CD has this long stunning pristine beach where you can walk quite a bit and wade in the water, eco friendly luxe rooms all with their own plunge pools just inches away from the beach (strong waves good for boogie boarding) I liked the outdoor shower in a little garden planted with banana trees and bamboos and the floor to ceiling glass showcasing the panaromic ocean view.  Condao felt remote yet the hotel is only a 45 min flight from Hcm then a 10 min ride from the airport.  Once here there's no noise at all and you are instantly relaxed and accompanied by nothing but the sounds of the ocean, a great place to take things easy, embrace the S.L.O.W. philosophy and just flop by the pool.  As with other six senses hotel the room came with a well stocked wine fridge though we did manage to keep our alcohol consumption to one bottle only as this was a girls' detox weekend.   

Food was decent but not outstanding. I grew up on Vietnamese food and found the lunch menu to be quite basic without much variety.     You'd imagine there'd be fresh seafood but they had only frozen seafood ( in HongKong we are used to everything still swimming) so dinner's market fish tasted overcooked but the tomato sauce based dish of shrimp and scallops was good.   Though breakfast I have to say was quite an impressive and a delicious spread.   

Spa and activities:
The massages were not bad but the facial was quite a weak/ disappointing experience.  My girlfriend did really enjoy her astrology/ tarot card session with the visiting guru from Iceland where the guru was able to describe her son in amazing details despite knowing nothing other than his birthday, she also brought back yummy food from the cooking class that ended up being my dinner on the first night.  

Cons:
Service is sincere and delivered by kind friendly staff with good attitudes, but not consistent compared to other 6 senses and nothing close to the service standards of the Aman...our butler Zen was sweet but service elsewhere was hit or miss.   ie we went to the pool early after breakfast and  it took forever to get our towels and water, (I had to get up and go outside the pool area to ask) ...by the afternoon there were leaves in the pool and we were again left by the pool with no water offered again until I got up, walked out of the pool area to ask ( there were at least 8 guests by the pool in the afternoon left alone like this), there was a pool menu but we were never shown this while by the pool; they left a checklist of things you can request to have in the room, but it took filling it out twice and handing it in twice to get it... There were ants in the fridge that housekeeping could not get rid of.  After dinner I asked if I can bring  champagne glasses back to the room to enjoy the free bottle of Cava  in the fridge (didn't know at that point glasses were available in the room's cupboards) the waitress asked me to call in room dining, called in room dining for the glasses but they never came, then tried to call for band aids but none of the phone lines were answered (tried operator, butler, in room dining, Gm, guest services etc), but when eventually in room dining did answer, the sweetest lady in glasses came to my room with rubbing alcohol, bandaid and cotton balls.  

In sum, nice place but the service standards are not quite there yet.  

From the moment you land you feel special and different from the big groups of people herded around. Someone greets u right at the luggage bay and you're done. Nice beach, all rooms have a private pool, hugeeee bathrooms and tub for 2, outdoor rain showers, huge rooms, private butler, aleo gel + after sun shampoo provided, very natural but very elegant and luxurious, understated luxury. Restaurant has a good selection of food, quite a pleasantly surprising menu. We enjoyed it very much. Also went on their tours and the guide was excellent. It's not as private as you'd imagine though, from my villa and walking past from the beach I could what my neighbours were up to. Didn't see the dugongs though...

It is Six Senses. It is expected to be perfect. But overall we didn't feel the value for money, and to sum up, we didn't feel that "attention to detail" service, unfortunately.

For example, the airport pick up - only water was provided in the car, not cold wet towels. For a resort in a tropical zone, missing such service would be a pity.

Another example, when our butler escorted us to our villa, she didn't leave the key for us. When we wanted to go out of our villa, we couldn't lock the room or the villa. And after dinner when we went back to the villa, rooms were locked due to turn down service and we couldn't get in. Wasn't it funny? And when we called our Butler, trying to figure out this key/lock situation, she didn't answer the phone, and didn't call back at all (she told us we can call her mobile any time for anything.....). I was wondering if she was only par-timing our butler service....

SPA was good, but there's a big problem - we saw from the official webpage that there's so called "Early Bird Couple" promotion, but when we made our reservation and asked for it, the staff told us there's no promotion because it's peak season. It's ridiculous since in the website there says no restriction. Very unbelievable and unacceptable.

We booked an excursion to the town with a tour guide from the resort. The tour guide didn't show any enthusiasm during the whole journey, and her attitude was really careless. She was eating melon seed while giving us some historic background of the places, not being professional. And unlike most of the staff in the resort, she was really not friendly.

There's wifi almost all over the places in the resort, but the connection was very unstable, on and off all the time, and most of the time it was very slow, very frustrating that you got connected for one minute and soon you found out in the next minute that the wifi was dead again.

Breakfast was fantastic! We all loved it! Good variety of choices, and everything was yummy. Vietnamese restaurant was also very good. Delicious food.

We had a good time there, most of the resort staff were very friendly, and Six Senses Con Dao of course was a very good resort compared to average lodgings, but comparing to other same level resorts (or say resorts with similar cost) it wasn't that good. By paying the same amount of money, next time I'll definitely go to another resort, or another brand.

The Six Senses Con Dao is such an amazing resort. The villas are so luxurious (although I found it a little dark in the room at night), but in a lovely understated way. Service was impeccable, the rooms were always so clean (despite it being quite open to the elements), and the food, although pricey, was mostly exceptional. We foolishly thought we would cycle into the "town", we really should have rented a motorbike. Do not attempt unless you're a seasoned cyclist. Having bicycles made it fun to ride around the resort and to and from meals, a detachable basket for the bicycles wouldve been handy tho!

Loved the beach, the elephant hill, the island, and even the quaint little plane that takes you there from HCMC, and I loved reading about the history and the Six Senses approach from their books in the room. Also loved the pillow menu and the scents that they can bring to you for your pillow.

If not for each villa having a pool, I'd even bring my toddlers. And I think the villas could use some kind of "door" bell... Definitely a resort worth the money!