The Leaf On The Sands Khao Lak By Katathani

“Paradise found in Khao Lak ”

A must visit hotel to stay when in Thailand and Khao Lak.  The hotel rooms are stunning and the location is ideal for shopping , restaurants and bars for every pocket. The staff are super friendly and fulfil your every wish. The only downside is we both suffered with vomiting and diarrhea which can… more

A must visit hotel to stay when in Thailand and Khao Lak.  The hotel rooms are stunning and the location is ideal for shopping , restaurants and bars for every pocket. The staff are super friendly and fulfil your every wish. The only downside is we both suffered with vomiting and diarrhea which can't be attributed to the food cos we always eat different food so we can experience and compare and we can only think it's from ice in drinks so be careful. My partner suffered the worst being bedridden for 3 days. The staff were very concerned about him and were so pleased to see him up and about. You won't go wrong staying here and they can arrange trips and anything you need

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“we would go again”

the room is nice and clean, the breakfast is very good, the personal are really very nice and accommodated. they helped us whenever they can. the italien restaurant from the hotel is also really good the pool‘s and poolbar are also nice & ir‘s near from the beach.

“Not bad place central location ”

Arrived pm to quick check in. Room was a end block upper floor so the bell boy helped with cases. It's a rather old hotel with alot of old guests I mean old grumpy over 70s what just sit n stare you out. Booked 1 trip with Rita tripth pink posh place on main strip and James bond with jantra tours … more

Arrived pm to quick check in. Room was a end block upper floor so the bell boy helped with cases. It's a rather old hotel with alot of old guests I mean old grumpy over 70s what just sit n stare you out. Booked 1 trip with Rita tripth pink posh place on main strip and James bond with jantra tours (ying) about 3 shops down she's lovely too. We had lizards every where n wasps n huge chuffing moths . Complained about wasps n was given a 35pound food voucher for Italian which was nice after 6 days of Thai food. Cleaning was spot on n beach towels n wager n coffee n tea.maid only left a decoration on last day with a bye note obvs for a tip cheeky cheeky. Not a bad place very central n peaceful although smoking drugs stinks n they should stop it . We couldn't use balcony cos of wasps good job cos the smell was awful. No1 ever hardly cleaned the dead wasps on hallways n was awful. Place is nice clean n peaceful we wished we chose the sands instead !

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“Honest and fair”

So we spent a week here as a family of 4 with 1 child. I’ll go through the positives and negatives to make it fair. Positives- -decent location, straight onto the main road where there are lots of shops and restaurants -rooms are cleaned well and daily with fresh towels which include the beach to… more

So we spent a week here as a family of 4 with 1 child. I’ll go through the positives and negatives to make it fair. Positives- -decent location, straight onto the main road where there are lots of shops and restaurants -rooms are cleaned well and daily with fresh towels which include the beach towels too. - breakfast is pretty good and has everything you need really. It’s definitely no frills but everything is fresh and hot. Made to order omelettes are available and they alternate between pancakes and french toast. - lunch by the pool is lovely and decent price -happy hour 3-5 for cheap cocktails - 200tb in a tuktuk to bang niang market. (We got ripped off on the first day and paid 400) -breakfast box available if you have any early flight -Italian restaurant is lovely (pricey but lovely) Negatives -the hotel needs a refurb or some tlc, it’s looking very worn and tatty - washing machine is broke if you planned on washing any clothes - hotel often stinks of weed. Weed seems to be very popular with lots of shops in the area which people smoke on their balconies - hotel has 2 pools, one is a ‘fun’ pool which suggests it’s child friendly, I really don’t think it is. There were only 2 other children at the hotel while we were there and the other guests looked very annoyed by their presence. I would say this hotel better suits the older generation and not families. And now for the main event of our holiday lol When we arrived, we noticed dozens of dead wasps on the ground. We initially assumed it would be weather and season related. The next morning they were still there and hadn’t been cleaned up. For the first 2 days we noticed even more wasps dead and alive. We would have 5-10 buzzing around our room at a time if we even opened our patio for a minute. In a morning we’d notice at least 20 dead wasps on our balcony. This is no exaggeration. On an evening, the second it got dark, we’d have wasps banging on the glass doors. My mum was stung several times and we were unable to enjoy our balcony. We went to reception and were told it was because we were drinking tea on our balcony which wasn’t the case at all. On day 4 of our holiday, we were in bed for 10pm as we had a trip booked early the next morning when the room lit up bright orange. I jumped up and all I could see were flames and smoke which caused a major panic. I then learned that they had someone remove a huge wasps nest from the tree that overlooked our room. They were burning the wasps. My mum rushed to reception to express her concerns and the reception staff told her that they’d knocked on the room door at 7pm to tell us it would be happening but we weren’t there. A note through the door would have saved a lot of stress. We were offered a voucher for the Italian restaurant which was a lovely gesture but unfortunately we found a hair in our food. Overall I’d say this is a fine hotel to stay in for the right price but for me personally it’s a no.

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