We stayed in two types of room at Paya Beach Resort - superior beach front and standard beach front rooms.

1. The superior beach front room is perfect. Its on the ground floor with 2 balconies - 1 balcony facing the beach/sea and the other balcony facing the pool.

2. The standard beach front room is smaller in size compared to the superior room, not as clean as the superior room, and slightly cramp. Go for the superior beach front room if you are ok to add on another RM50 or so per day.

3. Paya Beach Resort has their own dive centre - Divers Cove, which I tried and they are great. Did a refresher and few boat dives with them. Their local instructor Raimi and Dive Master Matt are professionals, helpful and kind people. Reasonable charges at RM80/boat dive with own equipment or slightly more if renting their equipment.

There are a few dive centres outside the Paya Beach Resort hotel. But after surveying and checking/comparing service and prices, we found that Divers Cove, the Paya Beach Resort's dive centre is the best choice. Value for money, good service and friendly team.

4. Breakfast was repetitive but fine for non fussy eaters like us, with sausages, eggs, ham, hash browns, noodles, nasi lemak, porridge, fruits, coffee/tea.

5. Kampung Paya is a nice location on Tioman island, with a few local eateries and hotels/hostels, so it depends on people's budget and preference.

For us, we enjoyed our stay at Paya Beach Resort, and will return.