Went there for vacation with my family, 2 adults and 4 small children in november 2011. From home we thought that we had make an upgrade for the room. I had write with the hotel and we were promissed that we should have 2 bungalows on front of the beach. When we came to the hotel, we got 2 bungalows looking to the pool. The beachfront bungalows some other guest had. When we speak to the hotel manager, we were told that it was bad luck. She could not and would not do anything about it. The day after, we told the manager that we would go and look for another hotel, and the same day we told her, that we would leave the hotel next day. Later that evening another hotel-manager, offer us some other rooms, but at that time it was to late. We already had make a booking at the other hotel. The hotel is not good solving problems, they even make themselves.

I had read the negative comments and my experience could not have been more different. FYI, I found out that the hotel has done a renovation and redecoration. My room was in the hotel section of the resort, not the bungalows, so I cannot comment on the condition of the bungalows. The hotel room we had was very clean, especially the bathroom. Our room faced the street which was good, we had a very nice view of the hillside and we didn’t get the hot afternoon sun shining into the room. Yes, the twin beds were pushed together making a king size bed but at least the bed was comfortable. The air conditioning worked very well and there was also a wall mounted fan so ventilation was never a problem.
Before coming to this resort I stayed at the #11 rated hotel on Trip Advisor and to be honest I thought the ratings on the two hotels were way off the mark. I really felt that the #11 rated hotel was rated too high and Andaman Lanta Resort, rated at #46, deserves a higher rating (perhaps the negitive reviews were prior to the renovtion). Prior to checking out the #11 rated hotel and checking into this hotel I checked out many, many hotels on this strip of the beach so I do feel very comfortable with my comments.
The breakfast was fine, fresh pineapple & watermelon, cereal, fried rice, steamed veggies, toast etc., the standard fare, fortunately there was an egg station which did help with the daily selection. The staff at the restaurant did not speak great English so communication could be a bit of an issue. The food in the restaurant is really quite good, especially the Indian curry. However, the lack of English speaking staff made the dining experience frustrating. If they had less “trainee” staff and more full time staff that could speak English, I’m sure business in the restaurant would pick up. The rest of the hotel staff was helpful and very pleasant.
The pool was wonderful, very clean and inviting. Yes, there were kids but most of the resorts I looked at also had kids around the pool. Unless you stay at an “adults only” resort you’re pretty much going to have kids around the pool, kids and water seem to go hand in hand. The maids left fresh beach towels in my room every day, that was a very nice touch not having to sign for or track down clean, dry beach towels every day.
My only real complaint is the internet is not free; the cost is 200Baht for 3 hours. You can log on and off, so the 3 hours could last me up to 2 days, depending on how much I needed to be on line, but it really is not convenient at all. I would rather pay a bit more for my room and have the internet included. The connection in my room was not very strong and I sometimes had to go to the lobby to get on line.
Overall my experience at the Andaman Lanta Resort was very positive. I would not hesitate to return but I would hope in the future the room cost would include the internet (don’t nickel & dime the customers).

Before staying in this resort we have visited a few on Lanta. I've got to say room looked dull and lacked character, pool smelt of too much chlorine but bed was amazingly comfortable. This was the only reason we stayed here. The location is good with some really great restaurants next door on the beach and swimming pool is a definite plus. We were a bit dissappointed with Klond Dao beach as it was quite dirty despite of locals collecting rubbish everyday. Not a hotel's fault though.

Very friendly staff, great pool, directly on the beach and close to Saladan, the main town.