Top 5-Star Hotels in Koh Lipe

Its a very very Nice hotel - rooms were comfortable, staff really really friendly, location perfect pools were okay. Unfortunately the Main pool by the Beach, werent cleaned every day:-(. I could only wish that the staff at the restaurant could speak and understand english. We liked the happy hour, the bar and the staff - Thanks to all at the Ananya Lipe - we’ll be back👍🏻👍🏻

This is the first time I walked barefoot in a hotel room. I have a serious mysophobia and have never had such an experience before. Ailin is the first one. It is really very clean. The hotel provides free canoes and unlimited services to send guests to the pedestrian street. Floating breakfast is provided every day, and dinner can be ordered to the room. The price is more expensive than other restaurants on the island, but it is not more expensive than the first-tier cities in China, so it is still acceptable. If you have enough budget, don't think about it, just go directly. The environment and room are definitely the best on the island. The room is right outside the beach, a very calm jelly sea, and there are many clownfish.

I originally booked the Summer Resort Hotel for two nights. After staying there for one night, there were too many mosquitoes and the slope to the beach was too scary to walk at night. I decided to change to the Broca Saglan Hotel the next day. When I got here, I found that it was basically a hotel. Everything exceeded expectations. The room is big, the bathroom is big and there is a jacuzzi. It is just a few steps away from the beach. The beach is so beautiful. There is a shoal you can wade through when the tide is low, but you must be careful of sea anemones and sea urchins next to the rocks. Basically there are sea urchins It should be noted that you must use a mosquito net when sleeping at night, as there are many small flying ants

Perfect resort, main swimming pool was brilliant located near beach for quick dips into sea, pool bar was a bonus, staff were amazing, swim up pool room was great, room was good size and comfortable we had extra bed for child aged 11 and was perfect.. excellent location close to walking street Only bad bit was there was a smell from neighbouring complex as we walked to our room, but can’t complain as it’s not this hotels fault Room had joining doors and on first night there was a lot of noise from room next door, but reception called them without issue and they did quiet down to an acceptable level..

If we have to pick a place to name paradise on earth, surely it would be the Cliff. Rooms with spectacular view of the sea, with a lot of privacy, excellent for couples. We stayed in the room with a jacuzzi and it was incredible. It is located in a remote part of the island, but the Resort provides a transport service to downtown. Also, if you like to walk, the resort is 10 to 15 min away walk through the beach. The service provided was the best that we had in Thailand. It has its own private beach and it has free snorkeling and kayaking gear to use whenever we want. The Restaurant in the hotel serves very delicious food, the quantity and the quality of the food goes according to the price. The staff was super friendly and helpful. Both, the front desk and housekeeping team did an incredible job in order to give us the best experience. And we have to name the resort Manager, Charlie, who was always there to help us and advise us about what to do on the island.

This is an exceptional resort. It’s location is Beautiful with its own private beach and yet 5 min walk to the main beaches. The rooms are beautiful each with its own pool and terrace. The are meticulously cleaned daily. The breakfast is incredible, all eaten with a view of the ocean. Nam, the chef cooks local Thai dishes to a very high standard. there was also great choices for our 3 young children (8,7 and 3) …chips/burgers etc We felt like royalty when we were there. The staff are super attentive and think of everything. Yoni, the bar tender and one of the waiters is incredible at his job and is a real asset to the resort, making each guest feel very well cared for. There was an issue with the card machine that made payments tricky but this is getting fixed. All in all, a huge thank-you to all the staff at Casa de Lipe, we will be rebooking!!

We booked to stay in a fan cottage for 3 nights via the hotel’s own website which had a rate of 900THB per night which seemed better than that on booking engines. First impressions were that it’s a large ‘resort’ right on the beach next to where the speedboat ferries dock and adjacent to Walking Street which is 5 minutes walk away (though we heard no noise from it). There are a range of rooms- cottages with a/c and a block of rooms which also had a/c. There are about a dozen fan only cottages at the rear of the complex. Ours was rustic but clean with intact insect screens and a large bed. The bathroom was half open which was good for drying towels etc. All cottages have a balcony, ours was shaded by trees which kept the room cool though the fan worked well too and we actually slept better than we had in a/c rooms. Only downside to the room was no fridge. It had an old fashioned TV but who watches TV anyway on a Thai island?! Breakfast was included in the price- buffet style with Thai and western dishes. It was nothing special but eatable and enough to put you on until lunch. We liked Ko Lipe and were happy with the room so decided to stay for an extra 2 nights and that’s where we had problems. Again we booked on the hotel website and received a confirmation. We then received an email in broken English which we interpreted as saying the fan bungalows were all full and we would be ‘upgraded’ to an a/c room. We replied that we were already in the room so it would make more sense to upgrade someone else. After getting no response we attempted to clarify the situation with reception. I don’t speak Thai so can’t criticise people for not speaking a foreign language but when dealing with mostly European guests you would expect at least one member of staff to have the basics of English. Unfortunately not. We ended up in a confusion of Google translate messages with a teenage girl who was clearly sick (coughing, sneezing, red eyes and nose) and shouldn’t have been at work. I ended up speaking to ‘a manager’ on the mainland by phone but still couldn’t get any sense from them. Eventually we resorted to replying by email and were eventually told we could stay in the same room. You can go into any tour operator on Walking Street and find staff who speak excellent English. Why the hotel are unable to find staff with foreign language skills is beyond me. My guess is they are employing cheap intern labour from mainland tourism schools which is fine for basic check in and out but they should have at least one person who can communicate with guests if there’s a problem. The majority of rooms seemed empty when we stayed, the exception being the fan rooms which were very good value and always seemed booked out. Maybe the hotel could look at a way of turning off the a/c in some of the bungalows and selling them at a fan room rate? In summary, we were happy with the location of the hotel, the facilities and the room. The stay was spoilt somewhat by a disorgan

Koh Lipe is highly dense with resort and hotels. Walking along the sunrise beach (from Serendipty to Mountain resort), I could see not even a meter of the beachfront is left vacant. Though staying in Ko Lipe is expensive than average Thailand standards, I am sure places of all sort of budgets are here for beachfront stay. However several were way above my budget, couple of these had worse reviews and most are too far from Walking Street. I tried to optimize on cost, reviews and proximity to walking street to end up booking Breeze Resort. It is not a beachfront hotel and do not have sea view. From Pattaya beach a 2 minutes walk on the paved way next to Akira Lipe resort took us to Breeze. With a lush garden and well maintained grasstop, it is a two storied property with balconies opening to the garden. We had booked ground floor garden facing rooms. The room was decently sized, bathroom was neat, linens were clean and balcony had two easy chairs. The room could be better illuminated in the evening and bathroom could be a bit more spacious. It was well functional with a small freeze, a locker, a beach towel provided and and 2 umbrellas in place. The resort has kitchen and dining area functional only during breakfast. So we could not have other meals here and for that we had no issues to walk down a few minutes to Walking Street. The breakfast (came with the booking) had 5 set menu options - 3 kinds of english breakfast and 2 kinds of oriental breakfast. I can't say that the set menu had wide choices or super tasty. However, the oriental breakfast menu with pad thai was better than english breakfast. The vegetarian set menu was rather silly. To use the locker/safe, they took 500 THB as deposit. Language was a big issue and we had to use translation apps to convey our words quite regularly. But the ever smiling faces and helping attitude was not lost on us. When we arrived they picked us up with a motorized vehicle from the drop off point at Pattaya beach. After checkout also, they saw us off with 2 motorized vehicles at Langkawi Immigration point next to Bundhaya Resort. Overall a nice 4 days with happy memories.

Context: Paid equivalent of USD310 per night. Another family paid USD145 per night. In 3 months we've been to Kuta, Ubud, Perth, Langkawi, Kuala Lumpur, Lombok and Koh Lipe so we are familiar with hotels and travelling. Were forced to sign a contract saying we wouldn't leave negative reviews! Room: No hot water, no shower pressure, shower glass door missing, cobwebs (not cleaned for months), broken sink, sea view 90% blocked, filthy hotel, trash everywhere, mosquitos everywhere but no spray. Not what you expect for the money. By the way, the walk to the room was so high, we were tired and sweaty every time we got to the room! Service: Good before check in. However, when raising the problems, I was told by the WhatsApp team to 'leave and go somewhere else' rather than fix them. Was literally told to get out rather than fix the water et al! WiFi wasn't working so I asked by WhatsApp to restart the router. Lady receptionists KaTa didn't reply and instead, banged on my door shouting at 7.55 and woke up my kids. KaTa was so rude throughout our stay, shouting when you phone reception, being abusive, lying (we were refused a kayak claiming it was broken, but the guy downstairs let us use two of them)! She was just plain horrible and didn't speak English either. We were also promised before coming and after check in that they'd provide a sunset meal as it was my wife's birthday and wedding anniversary. It was all booked, even the menu and time. However, on the day, they refused to honour it. I have it in writing, and it wasn't provided. Major issue: On first night I met the manager Toi and asked him to get the water fixed. He was lovely, respectful and understanding. He also offered me to cancel and refund the booking and rebook at a much lower rate (initially he said he couldn't discount as I'd paid, but then I raised that the WhatsApp team had already told me they'd cancel, which meant they could!). I agreed. The next morning, after the lady woke us up at 7.55am, I went to sort it. However, when I tried to pay directly, the owner (via phone) refused and the receptionist told us to get out. The guy there Book (he was there the night before and with a vile smirk, was very abusive) was so nasty. He was vile, insulting, called me an Arab (I'm not) and said he didn't care and refused to let us pay and stay. We had 3 nights left in Koh Lipe, the island was fully booked and I was with kids and they were kicking us out! My wife had to come and plead and try and sort it but I was just told the manager didn't agree and we had to get out and sleep on the beach for all they cared! The manager Toi called tourist police who got involved and apologised to me. After this, I managed to pay the booking and keep. My reservation. I heard Toi tell tourist police 'the guest did nothing wrong, it's not a big deal, how dare the owner just kick them out' but the owner didn't care. I saw the tourist police twice after and he was apologetic and even took a photo with m

We stayed at The Reef for 15 days this February. It is a very simple hotel, located in a strategic position, very convenient for reaching both the beach and the walking street. The breakfast is really the thing that amazed us the most! The dishes to choose from were all excellent, the choice was vast, and all the Mojo guys are really nice, always polite and attentive to the customer. However, our experience was not entirely positive regarding the room and especially the cleanliness. Our room was on the ground floor, spacious but still dark and without a balcony or windows to open, only two panes of glass overlooking a forest that was practically a landfill, with plastic bags, broken tables thrown away and other rubbish . Even the bathroom wasn't the best, dark and a little neglected, but, in my opinion, everything fits on vacation, except for one thing: the lack of cleanliness! The ”make up the room” consisted in changing the towels (which were only one each, to be used for everything, from the shower to the face the following morning), bottles of water in the fridge (much appreciated) and placing the sheets on the bed . End. In the whole stay, the sheets were changed only once, after that, seeing that in 7 days we always had the same stained sheets, we left a note with the cleaning lady (and it was the first and last sheet change). Sand, dust and other dirt were always present on the floor, behind the bathroom door and in every corner of the room. The bathroom mat outside the shower, after days, now soaked and full of sand, was not changed, and even there we had to leave a note written, and once changed, it remained the same until the end of the holiday. We are not very demanding, we adapt to the various situations that arise, but honestly we were very disappointed by the poor cleaning and care of the room, especially having high expectations having read excellent reviews.