Sri lanta is at the quieter,picture postcard ,end of Lanta island and has managed to avoid ,so far, the fast encroaching,concrete,mass tourism.
The resorts land is obviously a prime developers site ,and it is only time before it too, has rows and rows of battery hen style apartments bunged on it.Right now, it is resisting this and remains a beautiful place.If you like tower blocks,luxury and no bugs,please go to bangkok and benidorm ,and leave this enchanting place to people who can love its peace .If you do come here try to remember a lot of your buck goes towards keeping the extensive amount of private space,and try not to moan about perceived lack of value for money .In this over crowded world we are having to pay for this natural jungle location.
I got the impression that management here are now,for whatever reason,just focusing on milking every bit of cash out of their customer and some of the notices around the place have echos of grumpy seaside landlady about them.The staff were very helpfull friendly and eager to please ,but not very experienced.The sort of place that employs cheap labour and has a fast turnover of staff.
Sri lanta needs some TLC from its owners and appreciation from us guests.
Somebody had a wonderful ecological idea when they created this resort and it is very sad to see it struggling.
Stunning scenery,privacy,nature,rustic comfort...What more could anyone want?..

We wanted to stay somewhere, for a few days a little special. The rest of the accomodation on our trip was to be good...but on a budget.
The Sri Lanta was all we had hoped. Really nice. Back to nature, as expected. The public areas are great and the local beach bars brilliant.
Yes there are bugs....this is the jungle, well almost.
However, and sadly, one thing really spoilt the whole stay for us and unfortunately it came in the form of the manager. On the first afternoon with a magnificent sunset we spoilt ourselves with cocktails. The young waitress was obviously new and asked me to sign a room receipt. I did this however discovered I had money with me and asked to pay there and then.
On check out I was informed I had an unpaid bill. I informed the manager of the issue. He then told me I should point out the girl so he could investigate her and then fire her if she had made the mistake. We are talking about 7 pounds here!
Needless to say I paid again!, And left, with then manager telling me that if he discovered a mistake had been made he would return the money. I take exception to being called a liar. This is a large hotel group and I must say being told it was my responsibility to ask for the recipt back and ensure it was cancelled properly was a bit surprising.
Great place, good area, lots of bugs, lovely staff, awful management....shame.

We showed up as walk-ins as we were in Lanta, and wanted a nice place for boyfriend's 40th birthday. Whole resort is quite stylish, in a wallpaper magazine (concrete, wood, water) kind of way. Public areas were all very well done. Pool is beautiful, and big lawn next to ocean was great. Rooms were also very beautiful and simple bungalows - wood and white linens. There were some critters as the rooms are in the jungle (no sea views, unfortunately) - but overall was a very peaceful zen room. Breakfast was great, and abundant. Beach was clean and nice, but snorkeling is not great right in front of hotel (best to book a boat tour for amazing snorkeling). Then again, don't know anywhere else as nice in Lanta. Staff had trouble with English, which was unusual - as most other places we stayed (for less money) were better at that. Overall loved the place, and loved being there, but IS overpriced for Thailand. Can't help but recommend it!

Second visit, still love the public areas, old spa area has been converted to very trendy bar with daybeds etc. But rooms still very dark (everyone complains about this, why can’t they sort that out?). Service levels are hopeless, especially at breakfast; no one is in charge or seems to care, hotel was very quiet but that shouldn’t mean it’s OK for staff to lie around in the new bar chatting and smoking.

And be aware a new bar was just setting up – and testing their sound system - right next to Sri Lantas restaurant which is not going to do much for the ambiance

I fear it will be all downhill from here largely due to poor management.