Great hotel, very beautiful and tranquil.
Very clean hotel and staff very friendly.
We had to change rooms twice because they were too much of a climb for us.
We had sea views and they were really great.
While there, there was a tsunami warning., Staff evacuated, guests were left behind, but safe because of the height.
Found it difficult to get food and drink that evening.
Whole town deserted!

A few tips...

1. Do not stay in the deluxe rooms at the top of the resort, they are miles away from everything (not in a good way). If you are going for the cheaper option book into a pond room. If you can afford it, the ocean villas are gorgeous. We changed to a pond room upon arrival because we had no desire to stay so far away from everything, plus rooms on top of hill (in another time zone) were not great. Pond rooms were nice, clean and modern.

2. Pool is great and we had several nice lunches in pool bar.

3. It is great to be able to snorkel in front of hotel. It is not great snorkeling, but for those who love it, it is nice to be able to do it at hotel which is rare along the Lanta coast. Hotel provides equipment. Ocean pool, whilst not amazing, is fun. Also great place to sit and watch sunset.

4. Breakfast is ok, not nearly as good as other places we stayed on our trip, but good choice and never left hungry.

5. Never ate in restaurants in evening. We considered them to be of questionable quality, always empty and over priced. Check out the cooking schools for some great food (Time for Lime and Roi Thai), both have great food and amazing atmosphere by sea which you will not get at Rawi Warin. Time for Lime is a little farther away but tuk tuk is 400ish baht, Roi Thai you can walk down the beach or take a very short tuk tuk ride, such an amazing relaxed atmosphere.

6. Tuk tuks are always just outside the hotel to take you wherever and good value. Also 7-11 for poolside snacks/drinks just out the gate of hotel.

7. We booked a sale package at the spa and it was really nice. They have treatment rooms with private steam room, jacuzzi and treatment rooms. Very lovely staff. Also good massages on beach just to left of resort for cheap.

8. You can have all your laundry done for cheap just out front of hotel. Quick, good service.

9. Transfers to onward destinations can be booked across the road from hotel at travel agent. This was easier and cheaper than trying to get hotel to do it.

10. The movie room and movie rental place never seemed to be open nor was there ever an attendant.

11. Service was sometimes slow but not dreadful. I would not recommend attempting to get room service. There seems to be something wrong with the management or staffing. This hotel has a beautiful location and facilities, but it does not seem like it is being utilized properly. If they could get their act together it could be amazing.

12. There always seemed to be plenty of lounge chairs unlike some resorts.

Overall we enjoyed our stay on Lanta. We spent a lot of time doing things away from the Rawi Warin (cooking school, diving, shopping and eating out). Days by the pool were nice, but if you are looking to go to a resort where you don't leave and eat all meals at, this might not be the place. If you dive, you must use Dive and Relax, they are the best dive operation, bar none!

Koh Lanta is a quiet island that is up and coming and was more a relaxing part of our Thailand holiday, and I was really stuck for choice on which hotel to pick this or the Pimalai - I picked the wrong one in staying at Rawi. This hotel is very expensive for what you actually get from a hotel resort this size. Yes, lots of facilities with the movie room, pools, and spa (very pricey) but the service is stifled and not genuine Thai friendliness but slow, forced and not 5*.
A service charge of 10% is added to everything even in the deli/bakery shop which I thought was outrageous - this is compulsory and when challenged told we had to pay. The manger when we visited was an American and quite rude to the staff. I never had any issues with the golf cart drivers - yes they struggle around the small walkways and use the gas pedal very heavy but you can walk and if you struggle with hills/steep slopes don't go as you cannot rely on the buggies as they are few and far between. You will see from the pictures the inside of the closets in our room were disgusting and un-usable, we had a problem with mosquitos in our room as the cleaners always opened doors/windows and left them open during the day.
There were only two pools open when we visited in November and they were quiet. We did not eat inside the hotel in the evening and hired a bike to visit the island and close by restaurants.
We were picked up from the ferry point by the golf buggy driver but returned to Krabi via the vehicle ferry which I would 100% recommend instead of the foot ferry.
Overall, I would rate this property 3* - this gives you a good grounding for your stay but it is very pricey for a 3* I would not recommend or tell anybody to return which is a shame as the grounds hold so much potential but it is unfinished.