Asura

I have travelled all over Thailand for many years and there seems to be a general attitude problem on Lanta that you don't seem to get further North. And then you get people that should really not be in hospitality at all. The guy that runs this place seems focused on cost cutting with no consideration for the guess experience. Wherever you look there are notices threatening fines or immediate check-out. When you check in the receptionist reads out a warning from her paper about a 1500 baht fine if you separate the room key from the tag that activates the room electricity. Not a welcoming introduction after an already disorganized check-in. These rooms heat up really quickly when the aircon is not running so guests would want to take the key off and leave the aircon running to return to a nice cool room after dinner. We stayed for a week and got to see the workings of this place. It is mostly run by a young Thai lady on reception and three young ladies from Myanmar do everything else. Breakfast is prepared but these same staff with no qualified chef that we could see. The eggs are dry, Vienna sausage and ham all lying in the bain-marie from early morning. We watched many guests take a look and then go to the restaurant next door for some freshly cooked eggs. The resort is not very well located. It is halfway down a narrow alley from the main road thru Lanta and it is quite a walk from the resort to the beach. Fortunately, there are some nice eating places nearby since Asura has no restaurant or bar. Most guests seem to stay one night. We watched the three staff reset the rooms after checkout for the next guests and the most disturbing part was rather than changing the linen, sheets were turned over and reused for the next batch of guests. The linen towels are old and tired and probably couldn't withstand many more wash cycles. After the room resets were done, we watched the same three staff busy with gardening duties in the afternoon. On the positive side, the pool in front of the rooms is lovely. The rooms are poorly designed, the TV is quite useless but they generally clean and mostly functional. Would I stay here again? Definitely not.

Overall I enjoyed my stay at Asura resort. It’s very close to the beach and the resort is peaceful and very clean. The placement of the rooms or suites is very weird because they are facing each other so you would have to keep the curtains closed for some privacy. The one thing I really disliked about this hotel are the rules. No drinking or eating in the rooms or by the pool. No smoking anywhere. No swimming in the pool alone etc. Also, when you enter your room you get a list of every single thing your room consists of and how much it costs. Very strange and off putting. The staff was nice but very bad english so it was hard to communicate.. Breakfast was very mid. Also, when I was looking for accommodation, the day before the price was a whopping $9000 and even $13000 on Agoda.. which was strange to say the least. So i guess the $90 I paid for the night was a steal haha 🤷‍♀️