The staff at this hotel are incredibly friendly and make you feel at home at once! They were helpful with everything and always smiling, which added to a very laid back atmosphere.

We stayed in their sea view room, which was on the beach and had the most amazing view of the ocean. I was a bit worried about security, as I have heard about how there have been break-ins especially into rooms close to the beach. But there was a CC TV camera on our balcony, which added to feeling safe when we went out at night.

Oh and it was here I had the best Thai Green Curry EVER!!

Palita lodge is a friendly family run resort. It's well managed and you can't beat the location. We stayed in their cheapest garden view bungalow which is small and basic but clean and comfortable. The food in the restaurant is the best I had in Haad Rin.

We stayed 5 nights in late October 2012 around the full moon party.

The staff are all friendly. Everyone is happy and always ready to help. No one idles much. They do a very nice job maintaining the grounds and facilities.

Breakfast is made to order from a reasonable set of choices and comes with fresh juice, toast and coffee or tea. It's all good quality, including the coffee.

Their a la carte menu is quite extensive. They have both Thai and western dishes. We only tried their Thai cuisine. All dishes were cooked with fresh ingredients and all were excellent. This is the best food we had in Haad Rin. Even if you're not staying there, I would recommend coming in for a meal.

The full moon buffet was excellent. It's well worth the 500 bahts.

The grounds are well kept and get a lot of shade from a number of large trees. When we visited a lot of leaves were turning orange and red which was beautiful. It was an unexpected treat to experience the autumn foliage in a tropical climate.

The pool is good and well maintained. During our stay, there were tree leaves constantly falling all over the grounds and I saw the staff cleaning them out of the pool at least twice a day.

The location is great. You're on the sunrise beach but on the less hectic side. The beach is beautiful here. On the full moon night, you can walk right into the party but you can also escape back into the resort. They run a bar on the beach all night on full moon but they'll only let guests into the resort. No pre or post pool parties here.

There is no safe in the garden view rooms, but they have a safe deposit service at the reception. I was a little stressed by this at first but we left a few valuables there during our stay and it worked great.

One minor complaint: the electrical outlets are scarce in the garden view room. We had to get creative to charge 2 laptops and 2 phones.

Overall, we really enjoyed our stay and the atmosphere at the resort.

I find it particularly great that the grandmother clocks some hours at the reception desk and participates in the early shift at the full moon beach bar. I bet she spends time managing the kitchen and making sure all the food comes out perfect too!

A great little resort. Highly recommended.

First the bad things: you can wait for your a'la carte breakfast up to 25mins, water in the pool is not so clean, with leaves in it, we have not seen anyone cleaning it during our 5-day stay. Rooms are small (but remember that this is 3* hotel). Bathroom is very small.
Good things: very good and real Thai food in the restaurant at reasonable prices (you can have a set containing of starter, soup, main dish + rice for 250thb), beach is quite nice, with no rocks, staff is friendly too. And, mini bar prices are really ok - 30bht for coca-cola, bottle of water the same...
Close to the restaurants and shops.

The Palita lodge is a great place to stay. The location of the resort is wonderful- at the far end of the sunrise beach, so your very close to the the main street of the village, but not too close so the no ice of the night beach parties doesn't bother you at all. One of the best things about the location of the resort, is how close it is to the best and most beautiful beach of Haadrin. Just a few steps away...

The stuff of the hotel is very kind, gives service with an eternity smile, makes you feel like your the most important guest they have.. They are lead bu Sou, the resort owner, she is definitely one of the most amazing women I met in Thailand.

The resort itself is beautiful, with a great swimming pool, and really big a comftarble rooms. I had a 2nd floor room with view to the pool, it was a bitt expensive- I next time I will stay there (and there will be a next time!!) I will choose a different room, since they are all at the about same size, but other rooms were much cheaper.

I cant finish this review without a few words about the restaurant of the resort. I truly believe that it's one of the best thai restaurant I ever ate at. I warmly recommend it.