The Houben - Adult Only

Everything one of the best hotels I’ve stayed in Thailand and I’ve stayed in 100s

The gym equipment but most hotels are like this just basic equipment but still a 10/10 hotel

Because it was low season, we got breakfast in bed which was a lovely touch as our room overlooked the pool/sea. The staff were welcoming and friendly throughout our stay and very accommodating when we asked for a later check out!

Nothing!

Quiet, clean, amazing view and great cocktails at happy hour (the Green Forest was our fav!)

A door on the bathroom would be really nice. The toilet was around a corner so you could see it from the room but I found it weird having so little privacy.

The facilities and hotel room had a lot of potential and visually looked really nice

I imagine due to low season the room hadn’t been used for a while which meant that the hot tub wasn’t clean and all the water lines smelt of sewage when used. Other than the guy on reception who was super helpful, we seemed very much an inconvenience to the rest of the staff. We asked for a toastie on the first day at 4pm, took over 90 minutes to come, and only when I asked them to cancel it so we could instead go for dinner, they said ‘1 minute’ and proceeded to bring out a cold toastie that has clearly been sitting on the side. We also asked for cocktails and they asked us to delay these for over an hour as they didn’t have the staff to make them. We just thought this was a few teething issues, but due to a late lunch we took a ride around town to have a look at the island in which a lot of the restaurants were under maintenance due to low season, by the time we got back at 8.50pm (last orders were meant to be at 9.30 and restaurant shuts at 10) the staff were closing the restaurant over an hour early, told us they had sent the chef home and shut the doors on us. We had to have a 7-eleven dinner on our first night in Koh Lanta, and this was our honeymoon trip!