Name: Mali Koh Kradan Hotel
Address: 221/3 Moo 2, Tambon Koh libong, Lanta Old Town, Lanta Old Town, Lanta Old Town, 92110, Thailand
Rating: 8

24-hour reception

Smoking areas

Heating

Ticket assistance

No elevators

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Non-smoking rooms

Room service

Cable TV

Toiletries

Rooms

Safe-deposit box

Concierge services

Luggage storage

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Coffee/tea for guests

Restaurant

Bottled water

Kettle

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Tour assistance

Tourist services

Diving

Snorkelling

Sports

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Location

At the hotel

Pak Meng Beach

Trang Airport

Maya Bay

Mali Koh Kradan Hotel

Lanta Old Town

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We spent one week during early February 2024.As it can be read in previous reviews,the main asset of Mali is its location,in front of a beautiful beach yet away from the crowds. Kradan has also other beautiful spots that are at walking distance.Our villa was one of the best at the resort,it was modern and comfortable.We noticed that it has been made with materials that are less suitable for a marine environment that  will require more maintenance in the near future.Poor bathroom amenities,in fact had to use same bathroom towels as beach towels.Very well kept grounds and gardens.Basic breakfast but adequate ,good food but poor service at the restaurant,in general poor customer service,which is in my opinion the main problem of the resort.The property has lot of potential but the owner has to work on building an efficient and motivated team.

Good location,bad service.

Excellent resort and island. The food at this resort was the best of several that we tried. Prices are reasonable. Staff are great.The island of Koh Kradan is spectacular. Beach is lovely and one can swim to the reef for snorkeling.No entertainment, a plus for us but maybe not for others.

Excellent spot to lay back

The resort can be reached via Trang airport and Mali staff would be delighted to organize transport from there and other locations via private van/car and boat from the pier.

The bungalows and apartments are located right on the beachfront and have stunning views, yet only the bungalows provide for the lovely ambience.

Amongst the resorts on this stunning beach, Mali would provide the most amazing / peaceful setting.

Resort staff, particularly in the restaurant/bar are very dear and supportive.

WiFi, aircon are all stable; food lovely and one can arrange day trips with ease.

Sadly, like on most islands in this area, rubbish gets washed up (specifically on the other side of the island). Even though travelers are being charged by authorities a small fee to access this stunning location, there appears to be little if any effort undertaken to remove or recycle any waste. Ideally, there could be enhancement to this field of employment in the region to preserve what makes the islands so special. 

Many thanks again to the Mali resort team.

Remote and beautiful location

If only time for one island and you want peace and quiet, Kradan it is. Bring a book and enjoy the view of the sea and relax, simple but it works. Watching the sun from the beach in the morning just made it for us. Try snorkelling, at the reef, it is like an aquarium.

The best

Rooms are nice but overpriced for the stay. I was very saddened that the beach which this resort is called after was covered in plastic and rubbish. Mali sunset beach is a 5 minute walk from the resort and the only way to get there is to walk through the resort. It is absolutely disgusting how they have left this beach, I know things will blow onto the island from the sea but it looks as if most rubbish has just been dumped there. You have to pay 200bht fee when you get into the island for them to ‘preserve it’ but what are they actually doing? This is just a money making scheme, they do not care about the beauty of the island at all.

Their own beach covered in rubbish

PROS:
- Location, amazing beaches and crystal clear waters (as others have stated)
- super friendly staff
- Resort is the best location on the island as it is far away from day tourists
- food (lunch/dinner) is excellent and def better than at the other resorts
- garden/landscape very well maintained (other resorts on the island look very “natural”)
- few minutes to walk over to a beach to watch the sunset (although leaving the hotel you will see A LOT of garbage unfortunately)
- not many people on the whole island which is hard to find nowadays in Thailand

CONS:
- bungalows (houses) pretty basic, new AC but could do with a little bit of maintenance (painting, drains…). Beds are very hard! 
- staff was unable to get us a boat within 5 days for a fishing trip, “agent has only one boat and cannot get”, well then get another agent or add another one. Went next door to Reef resort and booked a trip instantly
- breakfast is (still) a disaster,  very chaotic (seems to have been mentioned in previous reviews). Choice is limited but ok, but please just assign 1 more staff who knows what to do! dirty dishes, it takes forever until food/drinks are restocked…running out of basically everything…so you need to be patient and/or keep expectations low.
- Food supply: for several days, only half of the menu was available…so better check before you sit down. but as mentioned above, food is great (Thai, western)
- cocktails take forever, once again, be patient

Overall, it was ok but given the hefty price (10.000 THB per night high season) you would expect more. You definitely pay for the location!

You pay for the location

Arrival onto the island at dusk chasing the sunsets was the highlight of this 8 day trip that lasted just one day. On arrival you are met with welcome drinks and then allocated to your room with a casual “watch out for the construction site” a red flag moment. The room allocated was right next to the construction site. It was night time and many other beachfront villas were empty as there were no lights on, but this was the room I was allocated.  Back to reception to ask for a change of room but nothing was available despite there being no one in any of the adjoining rooms. We were told to stay in the room over night and we will look again in the morning. Back at the room the pillow cases were soiled with make up, had they been changed? A call to reception and a staff member promptly brought over sone new linen. Tried to take a shower in the room  but there was no hot water I suspect the attached heater that was outside had not been working. Off to eat dinner but the menu is limited with western and Thai choices.  Staying here 8 days would have meant venturing down to the other resorts to find some variety. 
Morning arrived and off to breakfast billed as complementary, for a reason. Not much choice or anyone to make something other than an omelette which was smothered in cooking oil. I asked if I could have two poached eggs and was told no. 
We waited at our table for someone at reception to come and chat with us about our room but no one bothered. We went to ask and were told that there was very little available and that the next resort they had been called to see if we could go there but there was nothing free. I visited the next resort who had rooms. 
We decide there was no alternative but to leave the resort get a boat back to the mainland then at 3.5 hour taxi drive to Krabi. With limited internet access this was difficult be we managed it with both of us working on it. Just before we arranged an alternative resort and place in south Thailand we were offered another room away from the construction site. It was the same room had running hot water but we were still looking at alternatives snd so the room was quickly given to a new couple who had arrived. Where would the new couple have been allocated if we had taken the room? So we had nothing. Just as we were about to leave another room was available but for only a few days. We paid 1400 bht for the boat back to the mainland and left. 
I asked for a refund of the accommodation and this arrived 14 days after my request. Please be aware the construction site was never explained to me in any of the emails I sent or line communication I had with Maki resort. It’s certainly not what the brochure suggests. Food choices are limited and breakfast is very average with limited choice and a chef who cannot do you a poached egg. Not my idea of a supposed paradise retreat. All payment for the accommodation was taken prior to arrival.  The whole feeling we had about the resort is they did not care about us just in the money you were paying to stay there which at 4000 bht a night was not the luxury experience I had hoped for. 

Avoid , construction site at the moment. Limited food choices no hot water l

Ohh boy, where to start...
Let's get the obvious out of the way first. Location was 11 out of 10. Secluded, white sandy beach, trees for a bit of shade when needed, and bungalow only 20-30 meters from the ocean at high tide.
Now to the part that pains me the most. Giving a bad review to kind people that means well.

Short version: Bungalow with huge gaps to the outside, and an underdimensioned airconditioning making the room super warm even at night. Plug in sink stuck. Sink drain leaking out on the floor. Spotlights in ceailing broken. Animal living above the sealing waking us at night. Limited options of food in the restaurant. You would order food, and 50% of the time only get half of it. Food never arriving at same time, so most of the time we were eating one at a time.

Long version:
We stayed in a Beachfront Superior Bungalow which on the outside seemed really nice, but on the inside had its flaws.
Some of the guys werehaving a look above the ceiling through a service hatch when we arrived, and we were not informed what that was about, so i suspect it might have been guests checking out reporting the same noise that we were reporting after the first night. Some animal was making a lot of noise waking us at night, and after multiple request for them figure out what is was and get rid of it, after night number 3 they found out it was a mouse identifying as a noisy elephant. They didn't manage to catch it, so it woke us up every night for all 5 nights we stayed there. We are usually fine with animal and nature noises, but given that this was under the roof and above the ceiling right over our heads when we were in bed, it was quite unpleasant.
The interior of the room was super random. Couch in one side, and above it a very nice decorative wall lamp, if it weren't for the fact that it didn't have any lightbulbs in it, and the plug and wire for it had been coiled up and hidden behind it. Speaking of lightbulbs, 2 spotlights in the ceiling was broken. In the middle of the room was a large bed hard as rock. Cabinet in one corner, desk with and oversized misplaced TV in the other corner. Above the desk sending "cold" air over on the cabinet was an under dimensioned airconditioning unit that couldn't cool the place down at all, given that the bungalow was full of gaps to the outside, and uninsulated (which is understandable, but then you need a better airconditioning unit)
The Toilet/Shower was large and spacious, but not cozy at all. Sink plug was broken, so the sink would fill up with water. Pulling the sink plug out reveals the sink drain leaking water out on the bathroom floor.
Breakfast was fine for us with fruits, juice, toast, loads of different cereal, egg-station and pancake station making them on demand. The lunch and dinner menu was limited in options, and the quality of the food nothing really to write home about, Most of the time you had to ask for the menu when seated, the food wouldn't be served at the same time, so most of the time we were dining one after the other, and 25% of the time some of what we ordered didn't arrive at all.
I have to say that they were very kind and smiling, but as for service goes, we didn't see much of that unfortunately.

At the end a small recommendation that has nothing to fo with Mali resort. 
The Island is beautiful, but there is no need to stay at Koh Kradan. Stay somewhere else and do a day-trip to the island. If you do choose to stay there overnight, then 2 nights are more than fine.

Mediocre housing and poor service with a smile 

Fabulous luxury accommodation on a beautiful beach, the snorkelling is outstanding. The breakfast was the best we had in Thailand with the most delicious cooked to order pancakes. The Kalume restaurant next door was excellent for pasta/pizza and the bar had a chilled vibe. 
If you want to stay on a paradise island with superb accommodation then pick Mali resort, you will not be disappointed. 

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