Lanta Riviera Mansion

I guess the old saying of 'you get what you pay for' was true here. We booked through hotels.com for one night and it was cheap. I mean cheap. Unfortunately when we arrived at the hotel/hostel it looked even cheaper. There was confusion straight away as it seemed our booking had been misplaced. Once the rooms had been sorted we went to have a look. The rooms aren't too bad. There is no storage anywhere and one bed had only one sheet on it. But apart from that if you just use it as a base, you could. We are travelling with 3 kids (10, 13 & 16) and it's just not too family friendly. Inside the building there seems to be either some building work going on, or the place has never been fully finished. The guy in reception wasn't very helpful and didn't seem to bothered how we were doing. A completely different experience to the countless places we have stayed throughout Thailand. The rather deceiving pool pictures are of a facility about 500 metres down the road called Lanta Princess Beach Resort. It's well worth a visit during the day and at night. If possible just book in there and save the hassle.