Friendly hotel with great beach access
Overall we enjoyed our stay at Southern Lanta Resort, however, it didn't meet our expections. The staff were friendly and the rooms were clean. The standard of food at breakfast was acceptable although we would have preferred more Thai dishes as in our previous resort. The clientele included many families with children whereas we had anticipated that the hotel would be more popular with couples and have a more romantic atmosphere. We were celebrating our Silver Wedding anniversay and didn't experience the type of holiday we were expecting both from the hotel and the resort. The main problem at the hotel was with the sunbed availabity and necessitated getting up very early to secure a sunbed. We even got accused of stealing someone elses sunbed. People were putting towels on sunbeds and then not using them until late into the afternoon. A 2 hour non-usage policy should be introduced to ensure fairness when numbers are limited. The other problem was that when it rained the drains created a horrendous smell in the bathroom. Overall whilst we enjoyed our stay in Ko Lanta we were disappointed that it didn't meet our expections