We stayed here for two nights. A big room and bathroom at a garden villa, and great food at the restaurant. The pool is huge but not very inviting, we did have a swim there but it was just big and square with a bar in the middle so we got bored quite soon. (No kids) The gym is quite good for being a Thailand hotel gym, and extra plus for the cool towels. We slept well here and enjoyed our stay, but the hotel had put up warning signs for jellyfish so we didn’t bathe in the sea so that was really a downside. The hotel arranged to drive us to our boat transfer from Phuket and that was the worst of our stay. A nice car but the driver drove recklessly and made both of us car sick, which has never happened in Thailand before. Other than that a great stay and very helpful staff!

Location and staff were excellent. On the whole the facilities were very good with great pools and a great breakfast buffet. Our villa was set in mature gardens giving a feel of privacy and exclusivity. I particularly liked the outdoor rain shower. The hotel was traditionally presented which i liked but might not be to everyones taste espiciallly those expectng a modern minimalistic style. Maybe could do with a little modernising but overall a very enjoyable place to stay.

Location and staff were excellent. On the whole the facilities were very good with great pools and a great breakfast buffet. Our villa was set in mature gardens giving a feel of privacy and exclusivity. I particularly liked the outdoor rain shower.The hotel was traditionally presented which i liked but might not be to everyones taste espiciallly those expectng a modern minimalistic style. Maybe could do with a little modernising but overall a very enjoyable place to stay.

The location is excellent, the grounds are lovely and the pools are outstanding. The staff are very friendly and helpful and the rooms are very nicely equipped.

Fantastic pool. Great location with huge choice of restaurants and bars very close. Staff were helpful - our booking was messed up as we were supposed to have a twin and a double but got two doubles and while they couldn’t help immediately they did move us when a twin room became available which our daughters appreciated.

Good location for doing trips to islands and animal resorts. Good range of different restaurants around. Garden villa felt a bit "old" and did not feel like "worth the money".

Good location ,large swimming pool, beach access, second pool by beach ,Food good selection at breakfast .Large comfortable room .

Beautiful quiet location on the beach. The staff was very friendly and helpful al though a couple of the waitstaff had trouble with English. Most of the guests when we were there were German and many had been there before and gave us advice on local eateries. However we liked the beachside dining area on the resort grounds so much we had dinner there several times. The Thai massage on the beach was fantastic and only 315 baht for an hour (10USD).

Beautiful quiet location on the beach. The staff was very friendly and helpful al though a couple of the waitstaff had trouble with English. Most of the guests when we were there were German and many had been there before and gave us advice on local eateries. However we liked the beachside dining area on the resort grounds so much we had dinner there several times. The Thai massage on the beach was fantastic and only 315 baht for an hour (10USD).

Great location an oasis of calm but the bussle of the street right ourside

Great location. Beach at the back. Restaurants and markets a short walk away. Quiet and relaxing at this time of year. Not for party people. More for those who just want to get away from the hustle and bustle and chill out. Quite a bit of rain this time of year, but still the same temperature. Beautiful and hot.

Great food, nice staffs

A wonderful, quiet stay with everything we needed. Very clean and friendly, spacious. Great pools, beach and restaurant. We ate there and some close local places on the beach and road next to resort. Some cute shops close by. I got a massage and was awesome!! Only $30 for an hour oil massage.

A wonderful, quiet stay with everything we needed. Very clean and friendly, spacious. Great pools, beach and restaurant. We ate there and some close local places on the beach and road next to resort. Some cute shops close by. I got a massage and was awesome!! Only $30 for an hour oil massage.

Loved this place Will definitely return

Loved this place Will definitely return

Amazing garden property with koi ponds and beautiful pools. Room was top notch and staff were extremely helpful and friendly, even went out of their way to help me sort out my late shuttle to Phuket. Not much of a beach but the pools more than made up for the lack of sand. Breakfast buffet was delicious...would definitely stay again!

Enjoyed a quiet and relaxing stay, good food, good location and facilities. Family and couple orientated plenty of good restaurants within walking distance.

We had a very relaxing enjoyable stay. It was great to be away from the hustle and bustle and into the warmth and sunshine. If you love to read, relax, swim and eat great food, then this is the place to go.

We enjoyed 10 nights here. Very quiet and relaxing holiday.

We had booked a trip to Thailand, with 3 nights at one very special Resort (The Surin) with a further 7 nights at the Mukdara in Khao Lak. Both parts of the trip were fully paid. We enjoy new adventures, meeting new people, interacting with fellow guests and having fun with staff at resorts during our stays, pretty normal. When we arrived at the Mukdara we were shown to our room. We asked to be moved because a nearby room had leaking gray water/ sewerage which gave off a bit of a stink. The Duty Manager was helpful in getting us settled into our new room. Our new room had giant red ants appearing every now and then, who knows what their bite would be like. No-one offered to deal with that. We were unhappy because the Mukdara was obviously not the place for us. It offered none of the things we look for on a holidays, nor did the beach look anything like a booking engine’s website we booked through, except for the swimming pool which was good. The rooms weren’t bad, a bit dark inside, but otherwise ok. It seemed to us that the Mukdara appears to cater only for mainly Germans and Asians. The “tour desk” which was a table in the lobby, with no attendant in sight, had only tour information in the German language. There were dogs on the beach, who frequented the breakfast buffet and the German tourists loved to feed them and the staff did nothing about it. Also the staff liked to adjust their nasal passages, while on meal / restaurant/bar attendance.

We had booked a trip to Thailand, with 3 nights at one very special Resort (The Surin) with a further 7 nights at the Mukdara in Khao Lak. Both parts of the trip were fully paid. We enjoy new adventures, meeting new people, interacting with fellow guests and having fun with staff at resorts during our stays, pretty normal.When we arrived at the Mukdara we were shown to our room. We asked to be moved because a nearby room had leaking gray water/ sewerage which gave off a bit of a stink. The Duty Manager was helpful in getting us settled into our new room. Our new room had giant red ants appearing every now and then, who knows what their bite would be like. No-one offered to deal with that.We were unhappy because the Mukdara was obviously not the place for us. It offered none of the things we look for on a holidays, nor did the beach look anything like a booking engine’s website we booked through, except for the swimming pool which was good. The rooms weren’t bad, a bit dark inside, but otherwise ok. It seemed to us that the Mukdara appears to cater only for mainly Germans and Asians. The “tour desk” which was a table in the lobby, with no attendant in sight, had only tour information in the German language. There were dogs on the beach, who frequented the breakfast buffet and the German tourists loved to feed them and the staff did nothing about it.Also the staff liked to adjust their nasal passages, while on meal / restaurant/bar attendance.

Low season in Khao Lak isn't just a change in the weather and ocean current's. The reduction in tourists and the change of the weather effects all businesses and certainly the resorts. The Mukdara resort is an older resort. It was quite pretty with great pools and located in a nice spot with beach access and within walking distance to some local restaurants, bars and the nightly market. Traveling with a young family we were restricted to the room for most of our 2 day stay. The room itself was large and included all the usual trimmings but a dusty air con system and plenty of hungry mosquitos made for an uncomfortable couple of nights. The breakfast was reasonable and happy hour cocktails were quite cheap. Pity that there isn't enough tourists to add some atmosphere to the resorts restaurants.

Our stay was good better than I expected it to be the heat was over the top for us as there are no shaded areas to get out off the heat. the room was first class and cool but there was no way you could sit out on the balcony as the heat was draing.