The Elements Krabi Resort

“I would return”

This was listed as a 4 star hotel - however it exceeded our expectations. The room was lovely - really big with all the amenities you would expect. The hotel grounds were beautiful… Swimming pool clean and beach towels available for sun beds. Breakfast had everything you could wish for - and th… more

This was listed as a 4 star hotel - however it exceeded our expectations. The room was lovely - really big with all the amenities you would expect. The hotel grounds were beautiful… Swimming pool clean and beach towels available for sun beds. Breakfast had everything you could wish for - and those little Portuguese custard tarts were just to die for! Service was faultless- the staff went out of their way to help you have everything you need. I cannot praise the staff enough - we felt really cared for. Nothing was too much trouble. The hotel is remote - the only thing outside is a 7 / 11 and a couple of restaurants. However one of the restaurants serves wonderful fish. The beach opposite rocky - however a couple of nice beaches near bye - 200B taxi ride away.

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“My Dream Thai Holiday ”

The Elements Resort is absolutely exemplary and you will find the traditional glowing, warm Thai hospitality here. We had the most perfect time here during our one week stay and would most definitely recommend this hotel. Thank you so much for making our stay feel like a home away from home. I wo… more

The Elements Resort is absolutely exemplary and you will find the traditional glowing, warm Thai hospitality here. We had the most perfect time here during our one week stay and would most definitely recommend this hotel. Thank you so much for making our stay feel like a home away from home. I would first like to thank Justin for going above and beyond helping us with any of our needs and future travel plan arrangements, being an excellent host and pouring all his commitment for making both the Christmas and New Years events at The Elements enjoyable. Thank you Jona and all of the reception team for all of the insight into our island hopping plans in Krabi and helping us with anything we required, they really made sure we were looked after. I would like to thank Lek and the entire restaurant team for all the delicious food, a huge selection was provided daily and accommodated for our vegetarian diet, and being so hospitable. Our driver from The Elements was already waiting for us at the airport, and was swift and friendly. When we first arrived at The Elements, you are greeted with a warm smile and a cold flannel and a welcome drink, whilst you check-in from all the reception team. The resort is a secluded slice of heaven; the gardens and grounds are beautiful, well kept and luscious. It is a haven for wildlife, we saw so many beautiful butterflies darting around the plants. A very peaceful and serene environment. Thank you to Deach and Kevin who helped us with our heavy luggage; Deach helped us get onto longboats and assist us with the wheelchair on our day trips, as well as offering a helping hand whenever we came back to the resort, thank you so much. For our room, we chose the Poolside Premier room for our honeymoon stay and it was top tier. Our direct access pool was away from the main pool, so it was quiet and was very private. The room is well decorated and has a lovely dark wooden exterior throughout, air conditioning was available and the beds are very big. We had a make up table and the bathroom was superb, with a lovely large mirror, big jacuzzi bathtub and large shower facility too. We were also very grateful to the housekeeper, who was competent and always kept our room clean, tidy with our towels and sheets refreshed regularly. Thank you so much. The laundry smells so nice too! The morning breakfast buffet is amazing. Lek and the restaurant team provided outstanding service and food choice. The food is varied everyday and everything tastes amazing, our favourites were the  refreshing fruit and the delicious Thai food (the Pad Thai and the southern style noodle) they catered us Vegetarians, so there were dishes with yummy tofu included, too. We went to the restaurant for our dinner too, the a la carte menu has a huge selection, we ordered room service a couple of times when we were tired from a long day out. Jona and the reception team were excellent in organising tours for us and making sure we had lunch boxes on our day trips, we took a private longboat for Hong Island and the Four Island tour, which is totally worth paying for doing it privately. We dream of going to Hong island and Poda Island again. There are many local beaches nearby which are gorgeous too, a favourite of ours was Tubkaek beach (close to the resort) which is a gorgeous quiet beach with views of the islands in the distance, with beautiful white sand. Do not miss this beach! We visited Klong Muang beach which is very nice too with white lovely sand and a clear blue sea. The Ao Nang night market was great fun for shopping and buying street food. The resort has its own spa, we which we throughly enjoyed having massages, foot scrubs and pedicures. May was really helpful to my partner in helping relieve pressure in her ears. Thank you to all the ladies who work at the spa. All in all we had a superb time, I simply cannot fault anything. The Elements is luxurious and makes you feel like you have a second home. It really struck us how imperitive it is to help small businesses and supporting the locals in Krabi. It does have competition in the area but please do not give The Elements Resort a miss. We were so sad to leave on our last day. We would happily come again to The Elements in the future. Emma and Charlotte

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“A quiet resort away from busy AoNang.”

This little resort must have been a real gem in its hay day, and management has done what it can to keep it in good shape. Reception was friendly and check-in was simple and straight forward. I asked for a twin bedded room and they swiftly arranged it with hsekeeping. Welcome drinks provided at… more

This little resort must have been a real gem in its hay day, and management has done what it can to keep it in good shape. Reception was friendly and check-in was simple and straight forward. I asked for a twin bedded room and they swiftly arranged it with hsekeeping. Welcome drinks provided at reception and a cold towel. We were then escorted to our rooms. The Elements has two pools, a smaller one servicing its premier rooms and a larger one for the rest of the Superior, Deluxe and Suite rooms in the twin main blocks. One block faces the pool while another next to it faces a very clean landscaped garden, although from every room you can see both the pool and the garden. Every block consists of three floors serviced by a lift. It has a restaurant that is open until 11pm with last call for room service at 10.30pm. The spa is also available with prior reservation and looked nice and relaxing. Room was large and spacious with an equally spacious balcony, decor has wooden Thai elements, and bathroom has a nice tub, marble counter top, very clean WC, floors and shower. Our superior room had a shower curtain that was also clean and I was impressed that there was no mouldy odour coming fr the curtains as with other hotels I’ve stayed in before. Very impressed with the cleanliness of the bathroom overall, it was spotless. Toiletries given were basic - shampoo, body wash, ear buds, shower cap, soap. I had to go out to buy conditioner so that was a let down. Water pressure was excellent and hot water was available in abundance. Beds are firm but they suit me. Linen clean. Pillows probably need to be changed. Four bottles of Crystal brand drinking water is provided (just like high end hotels) so was very impressed with this. Also an in-room fruit basket on arrival. Rooms on the 3rd floor actually has distant views of the sea, so request for them if you would like to catch a peek of the sea especially at sunset. Having a fruit juicer is a nice idea at bfast. Areas of improvement: - Telephone wire in the bathroom needs to be thoroughly cleaned. It was the only disappointing feature that was not clean. - First day(Dec 5th) housekeeping did a slip-shot job, did not sweep or vacuum the room, stingy with water (only 3 bottles) and toilet tissue. Even when I approached them personally to ask they seemed like this was a problem and gave me reluctantly. The second day (Dec 6) housekeeping was done by a different lady and she was top notch! She replaced towels, bath mat and put 4 bottles of water in the room like when we checked in. - Hotel needs to replace in room slippers and not reuse them. They hv obviously been worn before and this is quite disgusting in the hygiene dept. Please throw used room slippers away, and beach slippers are so worn out. - Balcony wooden platform has no cushion like in the old photos. Hard to sit on, not comfortable without a cushion. - Bfast quality needs to improve. The spread was small and overall not as tasty. Scramble eggs are so overcooked and dry. Tea selections or the brand used is a little strong. I had to skip it the next day. - Extra pillow in the room had a smell but I alerted reception and they willingly changed it. Perhaps need to do a check on all pillows and replace them as they seem worn out/not very comfortable. Having said all that this is a great resort away from the main AoNang area, perfect for quiet time unless u get rowdy neighbours or a family with super loud kids running along corridors and speaking at top volume wherever they go. Otherwise it is peace and tranquility from morn to night. It was nice to be away from the business of AoNang and the nearby areas that surround Sofitel and Dusit Thani provided enough food and massage options to keep us busy. There are two beachside restaurants and we loved See The Sea.

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“3.5 stars resort”

Did stay 5 nights, booked by Agoda. Pro: - Aircon in the room, very effective (35-39c at daytime in Krabi, so need to cool down). A working Aircon is most important for me, so big thumbs up here. - Clean room, 45 sqm, a superior room. - Good housekeeping. - Cool water in the pool, compared for… more

Did stay 5 nights, booked by Agoda. Pro: - Aircon in the room, very effective (35-39c at daytime in Krabi, so need to cool down). A working Aircon is most important for me, so big thumbs up here. - Clean room, 45 sqm, a superior room. - Good housekeeping. - Cool water in the pool, compared for example to Sofitel (where I did stay before I came here) 1.5km away. This pool cool you down. Also, they have small jetstreams in the pool, splashing water (see picture) which makes a pleasant relaxing sound. In general they are good at water in this resort. Lot of small streams etc. around the property. Very good pressure in the shower, nice rainforest shower and hand shower. Also, rainforest shower in the sauna area worked well. - Breakfast is fine to be this kind of overall resort standard. Different selections, from Thai, Chinese, Western. - Friendly staff, who brought me a lot of complimentary fruit plates etc. - Design of the hotel is nice. Con. - Gym is like a sauna, aircon non existent. This changed the last gym-day, then the manager did succeed in fixing the Aircon. - Sauna...you need to tell them to switch it on 1h+ before you go there to get it up to 65c, and not even that is very warm. Also, no upper bench in the sauna, just one level, so need to stand up to get the steam to hit your body when you throw water on the stones. Thus, sauna not effective. - There are black mold in the bathroom (room 210). Black mold is a health hazard. Beach not for swimming, lot of jellyfish. No beach chairs. *** I did not try the room service or restaurant, besides breakfast. A couple of hundred meters from the resort is a good seafood restaurant with reasonable prices. I would say, the overall standard is about 3.5 stars - US 80/night max including breakfast, for a decent deal. I paid slightly more, US 84/night.

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