Lovely welcoming and straight into our gorgeous room. Huge, clean, good decor, big bed and good shower, also seperate relaxation area. Grounds initially looked unkept but were being done as we were there and did look much better by the end of our 1wk stay. The hotel itself was quite far out from Khao Lak centre which the manager informed me was one of the reasons people chose the hotel on his reply to my initial check in review. Maybe, but its hard to tell from a map so worth pointing out.
Pool area lovely except for machinery going on all day for most of the days we were there due to renovations of beachfront apartments - did unfortunately dampen the relaxation element of the area.
Handy minibuses into the centre and local market at a reasonable but only a few starting at 1pm which wasnt the most convenient but they were happy to ring for a taxi as an alternate.
Biggest let down -why I wouldnt recommend- was the food. On arrival we were told we'd have to pay 350 Baht, around £8 each per day for breakfast adding £112 to our room cost. Given the location we figured we had no choice. After 2 days we cancelled it as gone off milk on the first day and we saw anta on and around the food both days. We were refunded upon check out after complaining which I did appreciate. We bought food from the town for breakfast in the room instead. Lunch and dinner we had were also a let down with being served nuts after informing the waiter in Thai I was allergic!
Beautiful hotel, poor food.