Costa Lanta hotel concept is great, pictures on the net are nice but when my wife and I got there, how bad was the surprise.

This hotel has not been maintained since the opening. It was not only the garden that was abandoned or the pool but everything was dirty, not maintained, chairs at the bar were dusty…., we had the feeling that this resort is close to go bankrupt, that the hotel has not either enough people to maintain it or a very poor management.

We paid €100 per night (low season) for something that even doesn't worth the half. On top of this, most of the hotel personal (waiters) is far from being friendly which is unusual in Thailand. I am not mentioning their level of English. We stayed 1 night instead of 5 as initially planned.

stayed here 4 days 3 nights over Easter, food here is EXCELLENT! was here with 4 friends, we tried other places on the beach as well as in town but the food here was very good

service is slow coz there's only 1 person cooking in the kitchen and only 1-2 staff manning the bar/restaurant/pool but if you're on vacation, it shouldn't be a big deal

the rooms were small but interesting/unique, some would consider the design strange, decide for yourself on this one

the semi opened bathroom = lots of bugs so if you can't stand bugs, this would not be the place for you

we checked out Rayavadee before coming here, for 1/3 of the price, you get excellent food, decent service, a pool/beach almost all to yourself, decent room/bed, great sunsets and moonsets (at 5 in the morning)

girlfriend's husband was able to find clams on the beach, rinse and eat them raw!

we took a boat out and went snorkeling and island hopping. This place was not as beautiful as ie Maldives or Bora Bora, but even for my friends that flew over from SF just for 3 nights, we all thought it was worth it

Totally agree with the traveller from Australia . Costa Lanta is a very unique and relaxing place to begin your holiday in Thailand (it was my first stop as a honeymooner). My main complaint is that in our sea-view standard room, the space for the bedroom wasn’t much so we couldn’t really spent a lot of time in the room (there is no tv also). On the other hand, when you go to Thailand, you don’t really want to spent your hours in a room, do you?
I would recommend this resort for a 3-4 day stay.

Well we also had an amazing time at this hotel. I have stayed at some top places in the world but honestly this hotel was the most amazing. We were in a superior beachfront room which was absolutely amazing. The bed is just so inviting that you could spend all day there (especially with the mostquito net) and the bathroom is amazing. Polished concrete and cool wood. The layout of the resort is such that you never feel close to others. The pool and restaurant is also amazing. This is not your 'typical' thai style place though so go here if you appreciate style and want something relaxing but in a class above the normal. The location is 1 thing that is not great. Although the resort is at one end of a long beach the rest of the beach is full of tacky resorts full of Germans. Why do they insist on being all so close to each other in such awful places? The restaurant is great although lacking a little in atmosphere and the information upon check-in was lacking a little. As for the staff being rude I didn't find any evidence of that at all although yes it can take a while for them to take your order but hey... your on holidays so relax, you don't have to be anywhere.