Kantary Beach Hotel Villas & Suites, Khao Lak

We stayed for 9 nights in villa unit in August 2015 with our 7 year old child. We loved every minute ! - What sets Kantary beach apart from every other hotel in Thailand is the hotel's staff. They are all genuinely friendly and helpful. We were warmly greeted by the guest relations manager, general manager, duty manager and food & beverage manager, chefs, cocktail bar attendant, beach boys, and all waiters every time we saw them. They made special Birthday cake for our daughter as a surprise and a special table setting and wedding anniversary cake for my wife and I, and many other little gratuities. The room had an indoor and outdoor shower, bath, microwave, plates, cutlery, wine glasses and 6 drinking glasses, medium fridge, king bed, plently of drawers and balcony. We have travelled to Europe and Asia for 21 years and no other hotel comes close. This was our third stay here and still are amazed at the variety of breakfast buffets, seaside pools, staff politeness, and the tasteful gardens with an amazing beach front which is natural and unspoilt (unlike Phuket, and Kaolak main centre). We ate at the resort restaurant 8 times and no trouble with food. It was reasonably priced and enough Thai and Western menu options. For our child they reduce the spice. There is also a free shuttle bus to main town and planned activities most days of the week.

We booked the hotel in the belief it was adults only, sadly discovering when it was too late to cancel that children are allowed. There were quite a lot of children who were ill mannered, lacking table manners, thoroughly spoilt, loud and noisy, with no parental control, so we weren't happy bunnies. The villa was spacious and well equipped, although other furniture was a tad frayed at the edges and the patio furniture needed a good pressure wash. The villa was ideally located being close to the beach and restaurants, it was quiet and very private and we overlooked trees that were full of birds, squirrels, lizards so it was very interesting. The outdoor shower was a bonus. Pool areas were clean and well maintained and the staff pleasant. However, there were notices banning nappy-wearing babies but this wasn't policed. The shuttle bus worked well into town with a charge of 100Bhats each way. The hotel Is a bit isolated with just one restaurant, which is excellent, close by and where we ate most of the time, so a bike or car would be handy, otherwise use the shuttle bus. We had a great 10 days holiday but wouldn't have wanted to stay longer. Smoking throughout the hotel should be introduced.