Kantary Beach Hotel Villas & Suites

Great

Wifi is really poor!

Beach location was great

An iron in room would have been good, bit remote if you want to go for a wander, but taxis easily available

Breakfast was amazing - more than enough selection - both Thai and Western including two plates of bacon - one regular and one crispy - egg station for your favourite type of eggs, veggies, selection of Thai dishes, fruit, breads, sweets and wonderful selection of various Coffee.

Nothing

My wife and myself are nearing the end of a most enjoyable 4 nights (particularly the last 2 - see below!) stay at the Kantary Beach Hotel Villas & Suites property located in the middle of one of Khao Lak’s finest beaches (even so, there are also 2 very nice Swimming Pools - one near the Beach and the other - which also has a Coffee Bar - close to the Reception area) Having recently stayed (and really enjoyed - see Review) at the Kantary Hotel in Cape Panwa, we were much looking forward to this visit. Our first two nights were in one of the Block E Suites next to a large lake (good for spotting relatively large Monitor Lizards) but this may have been the source for the many mosquitoes that had taken up residence in our spacious room? In the same vein, the Reception (just a short walk away from Block E!) is inundated with gnats/mosquitoes which requires urgent attention as this is where all guests (the property is currently enjoying 100% occupancy) spend some time completing their registration details on arrival!! Fortunately, we have now moved to one of the Villas which are far more comfortable and welcoming than the Suites. Although this comes at a premium, this accommodation option is strongly recommended - particularly for those guests spending more than a few nights! On the F & B front, there is an excellent Buffet Breakfast (supplemented by an a very good Egg Station) at the Andaman Restaurant (which is also - together with the Similian Restaurant next door - more upmarket and only serves Western Food) is where Dinner also takes place. Quality of the food is excellent (the Thai Buffet was amongst the best I have ever had) but the price of drinks is on the high side - particularly for people like me who only drink water and I fail to see why the two Water Stations used at Breakfast are not also available in the evenings? Most of the staff are also incredibly helpful and - provided they understand the issue - will do whatever they can to help. My biggest surprise, however, was delivered on our first evening whilst walking from our Suite to the Andaman Restaurant. In one of the Palm Trees were 2 Toucan (Hornbill) birds which I have never seen on the mainland in the 20+ years I have been coming to Thailand. The Hotel are naturally keen for them to take up residence and - with this in mind - have built an impressive nesting box. I wish them every success!!

We have stayed in this hotel many times for 3 weeks each time. The location is very good, the sea is beautiful and the villas are well designed. However, the food is bad - that's why we always eat somewhere else. But what particularly annoys us is that we were told at reception that we should book directly through the hotel in the future. However, our email requests are ignored. We wrote several emails, clearly checking that no errors were made. But we don't get an answer. All in all, we will probably not return to this hotel if we are treated like this.

Beautiful beach, comfortable bed & good shower, clean & perfect for what we needed. Food was good in the Similan restaurant & breakfast also really good. Staff were friendly & helpful. Was a 400thb taxi ride into bang Niang night market so away from the centre but quiet for us & a short transfer to the pier for the early bird Similan island tour we booked in advance. Was perfect weather at Similan but cloudy & rainy when we got back so didn’t get any time on the beach but was certainly a beautiful beach.