Relax Bay Resort, Krabi hotels Thailand

*Reviews of recent stays*	*Comment on the hotel*	*The reservation service*
Patrik Vinberg 2008-11-19	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach Relax Bay is in many ways a beautiful place. Still it ended up a big disappointment to me and my family and we checked out after 1 night instead of the 5 we had booked. The main reason was the myriad of frogs and/or crickets that kept us awake throughout the night from the swamp infront of the hut AND the 4-5 large watchdogs that the owner has and allows to rush around the beach and mark on anyone at any time. There was no way we would let our kids move around the beach in that environment. In short, we could not at all do what you should do at this place, relax, and we were revealed when we instead found a new home at a great family run place on Klong Dao beach (Lanta Garden Home).	Excellent
Matthew 2008-11-05	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach This place was great. The staff were all very cool. The property was very beautiful and the beach was beautifull. We stayed in the AirCon Bungalow next to the pool. It was perfect for us and a great price. There was no TV or refrigerator which is okay but I would like a place to put some food or drinks in to keep cold. Drinks at the resort are a little expensive. We ended up buying a bag of ice at the 7/11 next to the resort. That ended up being a good alternative to the 80 Baht beers at the resort. The restaraunt at this place was great. Very delicious food with cool staff. I think this was the best staff of all my trips to Thailand. The beach bar is really cool too but it s pretty quiet at night. If you walk about 5 minutes down the beach there s another pretty cool beach bar with cheap drinks and good music. And if you really want a night out, you can probably take a tuk-tuk to Long Beach where there are more bars and restaraunts. People say that s the most beautiful beach on Lanta but I think Relax Bay s Prang Ae Beach is the best. The sunset at the beach bar was incredible. I give this place a 5 out of 5. I would definitely come back. If you do stay here and are interested in Elephant Trekking, try Chang Thai Nice Tours. We booked a tour with them at the resort s front desk. You can charge it to your room if you want. This was one of the highlights of our stay here.	This service was very helpfull for us.
wijnne tijsen 2008-07-08 until 2008-07-12	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach Great Hotel, very nice staff!!! Beach was beautiful but dirty. We had every nice bungalow at the pool with fan and terras, 2 bedrooms and good bathroom! The iland was very quiet, but relax bay was very good!!!
William Budd 2008-07-03 until 2008-07-07	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach We had an awesome stay at Relax Bay. Staff friendly and very helpful, food excellent and beachfront bungalows perfect. Only negative is the rocky beach - not great for swimming. Would highly recommend this resort - good location for exploring the island.	Easy and efficient
Kay Gibson 2008-04-24 until 2008-05-01	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach Relax Bay is very aptly named. Located on its own lovely secluded bay we found it perfect for a relaxing holiday. Very clean and comfortable bungalows in a beautiful garden setting right on the beach. Clean swimming pool.No hot water however, or TV, radio, phone or other home comforts. Perfect. Good restaurant/bar in traditional Thai style open wooden pavilion, great staff with good English. Highly recommended.	Booking service was very quick and efficient, no problems at all.
Patrick Campbell 2008-03-23 until 2008-03-28	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach The resort was beautiful. we had been spoilt in Bangkok by staying in a 5star hotel and as such the air-conditioned bungalow was not that flash, i would recommend one of the ceiling fan bungalows or beach-front as they have windows that actually open on opposite walls to allow for some natural cross ventilation. Otherwise the facilities were very nice, beautiful breakfast and wonderful beach bar. The staff were great to they were friendly though also non-intrusive.
PHILIPPE 2008-03-23 until 2008-03-25	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach very good place, welcome, food is delicious if you want a quiet place near nature thank you for the good stay	very good , efficacy
Emma Hough 2008-03-18 until 2008-03-23	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach Relax bay is perfect if you want a few days of peace and relaxation. The beach was great for swimming and the pool also a great place to chill out around. We were a little disappointed with the room and felt it was a little pricey for what you actually got. We are used to back packer places and feel that we have had a better standard of bunglaow for a lower cost in other areas of Thailand. We also booked an air con room and were only able to get a fan room. Our main gripe was that we just didn t feel very welcome during out stay unfortunately. Other people have commented on the pricey breakfast - you have to buy breakfast at relax bay which costs 150 bht pp. However we both felt for what you got it was actually a very good deal and had no issues with the cost. All in all I would say Relax Bay seems to attract families with younger children.	Very efficient
Vanier benoit 2008-03-12 until 2008-03-18	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach Endroit très sympathique. Très bon rapport qualitéprix et le calme, l isolement et la belle plage en font un souvenir inoubliable. Bouffe un peu chère. Piscine qui complète bien l ensemble.
Patrick William Morgan 2008-03-10 until 2008-03-12	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach Relax bay is a paradise. Rooms are basic, but the beach/beach bar/restaurant/massage booth is all you ll need. Food and drink were good but a bit pricey. Staff are super friendly and happy to book day trips and boats. I would definitely stay there again, and recommend relax bay for anyone wanting to have a quiet chill out holiday.	Very convenient and legitimate.
Ester 2008-03-01 until 2008-03-11	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach If you don t like upmarket or identikit resorts this is the place to go. It has a fantastic setting on it s own stretch of beach. Though the resort was full it didn t feel crowded or touristy. The food in the restaurant was great, the beach bar fantastic and the staff really friendly. The bungalows are basic but good, if you want more luxury opt for the delux ones at the beach front. It also has a lovely pool. It was very kid s friendly which is just what we wanted. Would love to go again in the future.
Maiwald-Dörfler 2008-02-29 until 2008-03-06	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach Very beautifull resort, super-friendly staff and excellent food. We come back for sure!!!
Kristensen 2008-02-13 until 2008-02-23	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach A perfect family-vacation. We loved it and enjoyed every minute... The food is unfortuntately a bit expensive. I think we´ll be back in room 37 sooner or later :o)	Fine, very easy.
P van der Meij 2008-01-18 until 2008-01-21	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach Very nice resort at secluded bay. We had a bungalow with airco. Indeed initially brownish water from shower as stated before. But every day free bottles of drinking water and clean towels in the room. Breakfast could improve somewhat; limited choice but sufficient. Food quality good to very good: not so cheap. Breakfast is not included in the price of Sawadee. com! Anyhow: we had a very enjoyable stay, friendly and helpful staff, nice massage on the beach, nice beachparty organised by resort. Would go back anytime.	worked great: price of brakfast should be mentioned: 150 bht/person
Christina 2007-02-06 until 2007-02-16	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach The resort is located on a very nice and quiet beach, which I found is the most beautiful beach in the northern part of koh lanta (the beaches in the south are great too, but a bit far off if you want to do more than just relax). The resort is beautiful and cosy, very friendly staff. They offer motorbike rental, massage (what a pleasure!) and some daytrips, that are slightly more expensive compared to the price you pay if you book the same tour in Ban Saladan. There´s a diving school that arranges wonderful diving and snorkelling trips (try the one to koh rok, it´s amazing). The food is delicious although the prices are in the higher(thai)range. Breakfast is overpriced, but next to the resort is a smaller restaurant and bar where one can go for a change. I would recommend this resort to anybody if there wasn´t this problem with the bed bugs. When we told the staff they didn´t seem very surprised.... they didn´t put much effort other than applying some insect spray which was absolutely useless. It was quite annoying considering the uncountable stings the disgust and the fact that bed bugs can function as carriers of a desease. Hopefully they will get this problem under control, it would be too bad about this lovely resort.	excellent, thank you.
Magnus Gilen & Annika Andersson 2007-01-28 until 2007-02-03	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach Really nice and calm place. Excellent with a friendly dive center on the beach. Unfortunately, lot of rocks in the water which made it difficult to walk into the water, otherwise a beautiful beach.	No problems! Just great!
Anne Flood 2006-11-20 until 2006-11-25	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach Great hotel, wonderful beach and food. A bit out of Saladan but resort offers free taxi ride into town 3x per day	Timeous and efficient
Tiong Jin-Rong 2006-11-17 until 2006-11-20	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach It has its own private beach (kind of) but lots of rocks are littered around the shore which may be potentially hazardous for residents, especially children. The staff are friendly and the resort is absolutely relax. There is little to do there and I recommend a novel or some self-amusement if necessary. All in all, a pretty good experience, especially with the friendy staff. A point worth noting though, the water running from the taps and showers are not exactly clean. Apparently, the pipes are rusty and the water you will receive will be brownish and very rusty-smelling and tasting. I would recommend you buy your own water for washing and drinking definitely. If you need any feedback regarding the hotel, feel free to contact me at tiong.jinrong@gmail.com.
Anders 2006-09-30 until 2006-10-07	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach My wife and I held our honeymoon here at the end of the monsoon, so we had the place to ourselves and can not recommend this place enough. Location, staff, villa, restaurant, food, everything was just perfect, we absolutely loved it and want to come back! Thank you!	Brilliant!
Oliver Ross 2005-11-01 until 2005-11-08	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach We stayed there the first time - caused by an recommendation. The service was fine, especially the staff very friendly. The Managerin Cécile is always present to satisfy all wishes of the guests, the right place to relax. If you like to go your own way it is necessary to rent a motorbike or a car, because the resort is a little bit outside. Maybe a disadvantage - but that s up to your personel attitude. On the other hand that kind of loneliness with the beach is quit beautifull. Don´t forget to relax!	Easy and quick booking. Everything was fine with our reservations when we arrived at the hotel.
Ashley Connor 2004-11-18 until 2004-11-24	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach we could not have enjoyed ourselves any more! the staff was incredibly friendly and welcoming- the restaurant served a wide variety of delicous food and the setting was extremely relaxing.
Mr. Chris Chiu 2004-03-16 until 2004-03-20	Relax Bay Resort, Koh Lanta Yai, Phra Ae Beach Absolutely beautiful location with great rooms right on the beach front. The staff were extremely helpful and friendly without exception, making for a perfect stay. The beach bar is a fantastic place to watch the sun go down every evening - daiquiris to die for! Highly recommended and the resident puppies are very cute.