DR Lanta Bay Resort Hotels

A&J stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-04-15 and said, "First of all, the hotel upgraded us to family connecting rooms when we got there - sweet! And the whole island felt peaceful and secluded. Jellyfish only in the late afternoons - no prob in the mornings. Calm water and no rocks. One of the staff was very helpful - the others weren t. They booked us on a ferry back that no longer existed. Ants in bathroom. It s a daily difficulty to get a towel for the beach or pool - might want to bring your own (they did eventually loan us towels - it just took a while and we had to go through the we re all out thing which just wasn t true). Food at hotel is not great, but eating at any of the hotels along the beach is awesome. BOTTOM LINE: we would stay there again. Great value. FYI, hotel tuk-tuk into Saladan town is 50 Baht per adult. To get back from town is 100 Baht total for the ride regardless of how many people you cram in to the tuk tuk. Also of note - many stores are already closing down until Nov. 1."

Evelyn stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-03-21 and said, "Rooms are simple and clean. On an excellent location on the beach. many eating places around. the water in front of the hotels is good for swimming unlike those at the end which is abit rocky. value for money."

Nina stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-03-16 and said, "Rather dull, package-tour kind of place. The poolarea was fine though, especially for younger children as there is no really deep end. Only Swedish familys, most of them with small children when we were there. Staff ok but not very engaged. We checked out earlier than planned."

Ninni stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-03-16 and said, "Ok bungalow, but no charm... The cleaning was not so good, neither the food. The pool was ok. Close to the beach."

Stefan stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-03-10 and said, "Very nice hotel. Great staff. Very good breakfast. Nice location. The Restaurant is one of the best on the hole Beach. Well worth the money!! Many++++++++ to this Resort! We´ll be back next time."

Johan stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-02-29 and said, "Resort situated on the beach, MANY children! The bungalows are simple but clean."

monica stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-02-20 and said, "rummen var ok,omgivningarna var vackra,servicen en katastrof!Välkommst info,en specificering av vad allt i rummet kostade om nåt skulle gå sönder,det känndes som en utpost från den gamla sovjet tiden,biljetter skulle lämnas och bockas av för i stort sett allt som skulle genomföras. städning varannan dag om man hade tur.Fruktansvärt oproffsig personal!"

Ingela stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-02-20 and said, "Nice hotel that we can recommend. Great beach close to the bungalows. Their laundry service is not to reccomend though. When we got the clothes back it looked like they were thrown in the plastic bag, and they were not dry."

Fam.Leif stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-02-17 and said, "We travelled together 2 adult & 2 sons (15&18 years) and stayed in a Minisuite with extarbed. Spacious room with AC + fan (really comfortable). Upon arrival they offered us to upgrade to family-room or VIP-bungalow - a nice offer as they had rooms available. Good pool although not so big. Close to the very nice Klong Dao-beach and walking distance to Saladan city (15 min). Had their own tuc-tuc sevice for 50 bht/person. Very gentle and familiar atmosphere created by all personal - from reception, breakfast to cleaning persons. Well organized breakfast (buffet). We could really recommend the hotel/bungalows.Leif Sundell + family, Sweden"

Lennart stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-02-14 and said, "We stayed in a nice bungalow for 8 nights and found the place to be a pleasant surprice with a good location on the beach. The staff were all very kind and serviceminded! The breakfast was VERY VERY poor indeed with COLD fried eggs and COLD bacon etc etc so this was very negative! The other food on the a la carte was on the other hand of a very good class! The bungalow was clean and in good order. To our surprice we had to pay extra for another blankets to our beds! The hotel car was a pickup which forced some of us to sit outside at the back without any seat during the transport ot Saladan City although we had to pay THB 50 per person! Overall we are satisfied - good value for our money!"

Joakim stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-02-07 and said, "We stayed at the hotel for 11 days and it was alright but not perfect. We didn´t appriciate the breaktfast very much. Same, same but (not) different and the bacon was cold. The pool was ok but the claning of the pool could be better. The bar at the beach was the best! Overall we did like Koh Lanta very much."

Anna stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-01-24 and said, "Nice hotel. Perfct place for children. The cleaning was not tip top and the breakfast could be better."

Jenny stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-01-24 and said, "We had a great stay at dr lanta. Ok Bungalows and nice restaurant right at the best beach. A lot of mosqiutos so whatch out! I recomend the hotel and would stay there again."

Ingegerd, stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-01-19 and said, "Good cleaning of nice room, bad breakfast, staff from the reception no serviceminded"

Claes stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-01-17 and said, "Helt ok bungalow. dock lägre standard för pengarna än på andra platser i landet. Lite stel personal, konstig stämning.. Men helt ok boende...."

Ari stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-01-14 and said, "Really pleasant surprise with budget price. Clean & good location especially when using boats from Saladan pier."

Brian stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-01-13 and said, "Well suited for families. Ca. 10 high chairs available in the restaurant with plenty of helpful staff willing to entertain kids for a few minutes during meal times. Very relaxed hotel, right on the beach, very nice & helpful staff. Some extra services could be available such as book swapping, or better travel agency facilities for booking day trips.Pool is ideal for kids, with a shallow area for the smaller ones. Food was of a good standard, helpful staff. A good value hotel."

Ronney stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-01-09 and said, "We liked this hotel. Good location, right on the Klong Dao beach. The pool is ok. The restaurant is right on the beach, with helpful staff but without smiles."

Carl-Johan stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2008-01-05 and said, "Will never stay here again. The hotel staff tried to screw us several times, which has never happened to us before. Poor breakfast. Rooms are old and not very clean. Good location, right on the Klong Dao beach. However the beach was really dirty. No more Koh Lanta for us."

Hansjoerg stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2007-12-29 and said, "Pretty nice there, but not outstanding. Good location directly on the beach and in walking distance to Saladan village. It is difficult to hire a motorbike from the hotel, we finally got one from an employee."

Bjorn stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2007-12-18 and said, "Large concrete bungalows. Clean and friendly place buth with some strange rouls, everything needs to be payed the day after and everything in cash.Had one dinner at the retaurant but there are definetly much better on the beach at the same price. This is a charter hotel with LOTS of kids running around in the pool area."

Ragnar stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2007-11-12 and said, "This was our hird visit to DR Lanta and earlier we have been very satisfied and recommended DR to our friends.This time we were not satisfied due to the following reasons:1) We had put as a condition for our booking that we should stay at bunglow 101, 102 and 103 and no oyher bungalow was to be accepted by us. We were confirmed bungalow 102. However, on our arrival we were offered bungalow 108 as the 102 and even 101 and 103 were occupied. We protested and stated that as guests we must be able to trust the management on the confirmed bookings. After much discussion we were offered bunglow VIP3 which we consider less interesting for us (only two persons) as it is located on the entrence lane which makes the location more noicy.2) The athmosphare was less friendly and the manager and the assistant manager (booking officer) seem not to be famliar with THE THAI HOSPITALITY, THE THAI FRIENSHIP AND THAI SMILE .3)The pool area and the boarder area towards the beach were no kept in a good order: por cleaning, deck and sun chairs was in the same scattered positions in the mornin as in the evening before, emphty bottles was still in the areas in the morning, broken deck chairs was left in the same position for days without being taken away etc. I am also not sure to what extent the pool was cleaned daily as I do not remember anyone attending to the cleaning of the pool, and I was outside at 7 A.M. every morning.4) On our departure I asked for a reciept and DR management said to require three days for providing me with a reciept which is the DR s obligation towards the guests and my right as a guest.When I stated the I will keep the kee to the bungalow until I get my reciept the manager called the police as the kee was his property which ofcourse was correct but the reciept was also my right as my property.As my wife insisted to get our transfer to the Nobel House resort completed I did not have the possibility to wait for the police to come.On the positive side we would like to mention good food, excelent behaivor and service of the staff in the restaurant, the reception and the house-keeping.When chatting with other German friends who also had visited the DR Lanta many times before, the had experianced the same as per above but in addition they stated that:A) On their arrival the pool water was not clean and many families with children left for other resorts as they did not want their children to swim in such dirty water.B) They were not satisfied with the breakfast as they prefered buffee and felt it unfair to ay extra for slices of bread etc. u"

Mr.J.Tucker stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2007-04-16 and said, "lovely situation, right on beach. good swimming pool. good size clean room. A 60 Baht tuk tuk ride away from ban saladan. Very helpful staff.If not going in peak season check which facilities are available if you think they are important to you.."

Ã.sa stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2007-02-26 and said, "Very nice. Near the beach, quite. Almost only Swedish people at the hotel. I will recommend this hotel to other people."

Goeran stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2007-01-31 and said, "The resort is right on the beach and we hade a very nice bungalow in a beautiful garden with lots of flowers. The restaurant offers good food to nice prices. A place to recommend and go back to."

Magdalena stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2007-01-23 and said, "A very nice hotel situated right on the Klong Dao beach.We stayed in 2 mini suites with connecting door witch was very nice. Because it´s nice to be able to stay together. The rooms are clean and spacious. Missed coffe and tea making facilities."

Jonas stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2007-01-13 and said, "We liked this hotel very much. It´s quite simple but the pool was very nice, the restaurant is very very good and it´s located right on the beach. It´s a cheap hotel but you get alot for your money. We will definately stay here again and our kids really want to go back. You must get massage from the lady at the hotel because she is great!"

Linda stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2006-12-22 and said, "Very clean and comfortable rooms, absolutely recomended everything was greate."

Christian stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2006-12-16 and said, "Nice bungalows and friendly staff. The pool was sometimes very crowded and you have to reserve the sun chair early in the morning. Breakfast was not really funny due to the hot food was cold and the drinks was hot.But overall feeling was good, I will book again for the same rate."

Eva stayed at DR Lanta Bay Resort on 2006-12-13 and said, "Nice bungalows and good location on the Klong Dao beach. Breakfast was rather poor, otherwise good value for money."