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Reviews of recent stays |
Comment on the hotel |
Bruce McNaught
2008-01-11 until 2008-01-19 |
Pimalai
Resort & Spa, Koh Lanta Yai, Kantiang Beach
Probably the best hotel I have stayed at. Wonderful architecture and
landscaping. Great location and beach facing exactly west so you can
watch the sunset over Koh Ha. Close to the good Thai dive sites so
you can complete the first dive before anybody else arrives.Would
highly recommend. |
Fiona Edwards
2006-02-19 until 2006-02-23 |
Pimalai Resort & Spa, Koh Lanta Yai, Kantiang Beach
The hotel was artificial and was not sympathetic to the surrounding
exotic wilderness that Ko Lanta is so well endowed with. The exceptionally
noisy irrigation system, service vehicles, staff with crackling walky
talkies, all contributed to polluting what should have been a beautifully
exotic setting. The food was bland and over priced, which was our
primary disappointment as we always look forward to enjoying good
Thai food when we visit Thailand. We were previously staying in a
family run resort in Ko Samui (Laem Set Inn)- the food was excellent,
the hospitality second to none. It was not ruined by over development
and an attempt at creating a false Thai ambience. The Pimalai would
be fine for Florida or Dubai, however given the natural environment
and the people that Thailand has been blessed with there is a need
to develop resorts/hotels that are both sympathetic to its surroundings
and allows you to savour Thailand at its natural best. |
Mr.Bruno Ascencao
2005-09-19 until 2005-09-23 |
Pimalai Resort & Spa, Koh Lanta Yai, Kantiang Beach
Best hotel ever. Excellent location, rooms are impecable, staff is
very professional, restaurant food is good although nothing to die
for... to sum it up this is a dream hotel for a five night stay...i
will truly recommend this hotel to all my friends |
Anonymous from US
2005-07-13 until 2005-07-19 |
Pimalai Resort & Spa, Koh Lanta Yai, Kantiang Beach
Pros: quite beautiful and well maintained, staff universally kind,
helpful, hardworking. The food in the main restaurant was quite good.
Lovely pool & beach. Great attention to detail in all respects. Cons:
Once we walked through the gates, we lost the sense that we were in
Thailand; we could have been anywhere -- the carribean, hawaii, etc.
There wasn t anything particularly Thai about it. Restaurant prices
were relatively high, averaging $65 US for two. Other resort services
-- and singha -- were also expensive. Felt a little trapped (unlike
most places, pimalai doesn t rent motorbikes) due to it s isolation.
It tood a while, but we discovered that there was a good, cheap, beachfront
Thai restaurant down the beach, which we enjoyed. It would have been
nice if the sliding doors in the rooms had screens (and the rooms,
fans), so that we could listen to the ocean on cooler nights. As it
was, the waves were drowned out be the loudish air conditioners. We
ll happily stay there again, but next time, we ll save money (and
have more fun) by eating more meals elsewhere. |
Huying
2005-06-06 until 2005-06-11 |
Pimalai Resort & Spa, Koh Lanta Yai, Kantiang Beach
Beautiful quite place;very friendly service and excellent kitchen |
Nathalie Augustin
2004-06-30 until 2004-07-03 |
Pimalai Resort & Spa, Koh Lanta Yai, Kantiang Beach
A very lovely resort. I believe we got great value for the price.
ALL of the staff, from the clerks at reception to the gardeners and
everyone in between were friendly, welcoming, and genuine. I would
highly recommend it to other travelers. |
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