We spent 10 nights at JW Marriott Khao Lak for our honeymoon and it was absolutely perfect for our needs! An utterly beautiful hotel with clean rooms and facilities and the kindest, most helpful staff I've ever come across in a hotel. Our room was spacious and beautiful, with direct access to the 2.4km pool - this was a great feature and it felt like we had a bit of private pool whilst being able to swim all the way to the main pool. The pool also adds to the feeling that you're in a village community rather than a commercial hotel, as we made friends with our ”neighbours” and would see them from time to time when we were out swimming. The hotel's beach is clean and stunning, the sun beds are thickly padded and comfortable, and we made use of the bodyboarding and kayaking equipment on our stay. The restaurants at the hotel were incredible! The main ones are Ta-Krai (Thai), Sakura (Japanese), and Olive (Italian). Before arriving I was a bit sceptical at how authentic the restaurants would be but the hotel has ensured they've brought in the best chefs who could bring authentic cuisine to Khao Lak. The sushi at Sakura was probably the freshest and tastiest I've ever had (albeit, I've not been to Japan yet, but it's still better than all the London sushi places where we live and even better than Nobu). We loved Olive restaurant too, in particular their Sunset BBQ evening where you're spoilt for choice on meats, seafood, sides, salads, and a full-on Italian cheese and ham bar with really delicious, authentic selections. Chef Enzo there was dishing out cheeses to us and making recommendations what to pair each cheese with and was so helpful (and the cheeses were incredible). We opted for the Breakfast and Dinner package and we're really glad we did as we loved going back to those restaurants over the 10 days. For lunch we'd eat at the hotel cafes, or out at excursions, or at local restaurants adjacent to the hotel, such as Phen's (delicious!). We also bought a spa package at Quan Spa in the hotel and booked in lots of treatments throughout our stay. The spa is beautiful and the massage therapists were excellent; it's a bit pricier than outside the hotel but the spa environment is worth it for that luxe feeling (and still cheaper than in the UK!). Overall, I don't think we found and faults with our stay at JWM and we will definitely come back in the future, perhaps for our anniversaries! And we would highly recommend it to all our family and friends!
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4 - This hotels location is amazing on one of the best beaches I have been to and I have travelled the world. Bedrooms are lovely and bathroom great with super shower. Large balcony over looking pool I wouldn’t pay extra for pool access as I felt everyone could look in as they swam by also the villas were a little like goldfish bowls. We were there over Christmas and it was at full capacity probably the first time since the pandemic and unfortunately the hotel wasn’t quite geared up for this the sun beds were a problem but over the course of a couple of days they bought new ones in. Towels were also a problem but they also rectified this with new ones. Towels were reserving sun beds that were not used until 11am but unfortunately once that game has started everyone follows suit. The other problem was rooms not being made up until 6pm which was a bit annoying when you came back from a day at the beach. The drinks were expensive and so was the food in comparison to Thai restaurants but there were plenty of other places to eat in a walkable distance the best being Phen’s - stand on the beach looking at the hotel and on the far left by the villas go round the corner and you will see it - they also have massage. It is a family run restaurant and the food and service is superb. There are two supermarkets just outside the resort the second one has more choice. The bikes are well worth getting from the hotel free for the first hour there is a cycle ride they suggest which goes past the elephant sanctuary ( I use that word loosely) but we went late in the day and saw the elephants at the home of the keeper. Would we return to this hotel - in a heartbeat
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