Khaolak Merlin Resort

Location was great, right next to the beach the resort was built around trees and filled with plants and flowers it gives the resort a more relaxing feeling. Staff were very friendly and they upgraded us to the deluxe sweet when we arrived which gave us a little more space to sleep. Shops and restaurants were in walking distance which was very convenient for us to have dinner outside of the hotel and to get snacks from the local supermarket.

Fantastic hotel, would recommend.

Room service, bar tabs, good choices of breakfast

Deck chairs not right on the beach

It is a gorgeous hotel with really really friendly staff. Client service from the front desk to the people that cleaned our room was always superv and always with the biggest smiles. The hotel is beautiful with amazing swimming pools and right in front of a beautiful stretch of beach. Breakfast buffet was really good and varied. The gardens in the hotel are really well maintained and although the hotel is massive you don't feel like you are in a big building and it manages to create a sense of boutique.

As a photographer I had requested a room with good views as I wanted to showcase the property in one of my articles about Khao Lak, but I guess they couldn't accommodate that ,as our room was one of the worst located in the property and we had to walk through winding corridors and stairs to get anywhere. Having said that the Hotel has such beautiful gardens and swimming pools that the walk was very pleasant. The area where the hotel is located has a few so so restaurants (for Thailand where the food is amazing everywhere) and little more.