We upgraded from 2 suites from a package TUI booking pool villa 838 costing about 42K THB for 14 nights in November and December 2022. 2 adults, and 2 kids age 17 and 10 so the privacy of a private pool was one of our highlights of the holiday. This is such a peaceful resort with beautiful surroundings and very helpful staff. Notably Emme, Gift, Mark, Tee, Big, Yuda, Tar, Pecky and Winai. This resort is not within walking distance of town / Biang Nang market area, and a taxi to go there will set you back 300 THB each way from the guys on the beach outside the gate. That's the going rate both ways so don't be conned by a chancer. In the resort there's 2 restaurants, one's a buffet and the Napalai on the villa side of the river and you can eat from both if you upgrade. There are 2 swimming pools, several bars and organised trips to temples, islands, local markets, animal sanctuaries offered from the front desk or holiday rep so you aren't cut off from civilisation by being in such a remote area surrounded by beach and jungle, which is actually a plus point if you're a surfer, nature or beach lover because this resort scores a 10 if that's what interests you. We didn't travel to Thailand for the nightlife, just to chill in some winter sun. There's ample entertainment just 10 minutes away from the resort, in town or Memories bar, but if you want boom, boom, boom and all night drinking go to Phuket instead. I'd definitely return, but not with children.
The good: Breakfast was OK. Some of the other reviews mentioned breakfast was lacking and we can see why. The food didn't taste greatng, but we found it more than suitable. It's by far not the best breakfast we've had on holiday, but good enough. The pool area and bar were great. Gym was good (for a hotel gym). Bed was comfortable, room was clean and pillows were OK. Rooms were cleaned and serviced everyday. The hotel had free motorbike parking and every shop/resteraunt you could ever need, including a cheap wash-and-ford next door to the hotel. Beach is a 5 mintue walk. The Bad: Gym had no air conditioning. WiFi was unreliable. After my third attempt to make a bank transfer I had to go to a nearby cafe and use their WiFi. The Air Conditioner wasn't fantastic, it was good enough to get to sleep but the room was never comfortable, I think maybe the air conditioner needs a service or filters cleaned, it's almost as if the humidity stayed in the room but the head was removed. The air conditioner unit made 'snoring' noises which was odd, although didn't affect sleep too much. The showers hot water runs hot/cold which makes for a very unhappy shower. The toilets are western, but you can't flush toilet paper down, have to use a nearby bin. The photos of the rooms ”conveniently” omit the sign advising the toilet style. The Worst: Each night, around 10pm and lasting to anywhere from 10:30pm to Midnight, the nearby bar starts the live music which for any light to medium sleepers would keep you awake. Our room had ZERO noise insulation. The first night this was amusing to hear a local Thai man singing ”Country Roads” at full volume at 11:30pm, by the 3rd night it was frustrating. If this wasn't annoying enough, my partner purchased two drinks at the hotel bar. She paid in cash, however the hotel then tried to charge us on checkout for the drinks. They let us go, telling us everything was OK and we wouldn't be charged. A day later we noticed my credit card had being charged for the amount of the drinks. This is straight up, no way to avoid it, stealing and theft by the hotel. I never authorised the credit card transaction. Conclusion: We wouldn't return to the hotel and can't believe how they've gotten such high reviews, unless people come to visit Khao Lak only and go home without experiencing hospitality of the rest of Thailand. We can see why the rating and reviews are high, but we thought they were overly generous reviews given some of the shortcommings, not to mention the outright theft by the hotel. Having explored the local area we'd probably stay at some of the hotels further north (Pakarang Cape to Bangsak Village area) which are a similar price however you get a much much higher standard of hotel than the ones near Nang Thong. From there you can take a scooter into town when needed, but given we were SCUBA diving and on snorkling trips for most of our holidays, we never really needed to be near the busier parts of tow
慌しい一日の終わりには、ザ・サンズ カオラックでおくつろぎください。ザ・サンズ カオラックは、タクアパーでも指折りの素晴らしい宿泊施設の内の一つです。近くにはKhao Lak Explorer Diving Center: Similan Islands Liveaboard & Day Trips Richelieu Rockやムームー キャバレー ショー & バー、B.Massage & Nails Khaolakなどがあり、お気軽に楽しい時間をお過ごしいただけます。忙しい一日の締めくくりには、夜の街を楽しんだり、館内でくつろいだりしてお過ごしください。タクアパーの当施設には、併設の駐車場があります。レビューでは、このホテルの施設はすばらしいと評判で、退屈せずにお過ごしいただけます。
ゲゲスト2023.05.07
The resort was set in a very excellent location in Khao Lak, Phang Nga. The staff was friendly, and the facilities were very good. But it was pretty crowded. The room we have got in Building 2 '' 2304''. The room was clean, but there were 3 problems I'd like to share. 1. The pen is broken and the notebook they gave to us wasn't in excellent condition. 2. The bathtub has some brown color in it (the normal tone is white). 3. The Most Important of all, The title of this review. There's sand in the middle of my bed. The food was delicious, Try the Evening Floating Market Buffet, The seafood at the Talay Restaurant '' Meaning from Thai '' ทะเล '' meaning ocean or sea'', or the room-service food. The pool was big, and it even has a water park, but it was pretty crowded. The Sands Khao Lak is perfect from families to couples, I really liked it and I'd like come back here
ゲゲスト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!
ゲゲストThis is our 3rd time stay at La Flora, This time we stayed here for 3 nights from 17-20 May 2023, Everything excellence as always, the room was spacious and comfortable with high quality cleaning. The breakfast here was so good with many choices and also testy, the staff very attentive and provided excellent service especially ladies who clear up our table. Special thank to front team and appreciated with very kind for upgrading our room, and surprise birthday cake with beautiful bed decoration which made our stay very very special. Over all very impressive, Look forward to staying for the 4th and next, next, next time!!!