Anantara Lawana Koh Samui Resort, Chaweng

This is a beautiful hotel, surrounded by lush greenery. Before i go into details I want to give one disclaimer - if you are looking for a beach vacation, this is not an ideal option. Otherwise it's serene! Pluses: - Hotel territory - absolutely beautiful with all the greenery around - trees, flowers.. All well maintained and make you happy just strolling around - Very friendly and helpful staff, we enjoyed all interactions with hotel staff during our stay - Rooms were well equipped and very comfortable, we had everything we needed - Good restaurant selection - you have amazing views on the water from all of the restaurants/bars, and a good selection of meal options. We enjoyed the beach bar for our coffee breaks, breakfast restaurant had quite good food diversity, the bar in the midst of the hotel area has beautiful "huts" where you can sit and absolutely beautiful design/views plus nice cocktail selection (I believe they have live music there sometimes), and the tree tops fine dining restaurant was just *chef's kiss* and is a very special place for us as we got engaged there.. I very rarely come across hotels where I enjoy so many restaurants under one hotel roof Minuses: - Some rooms (including ours) had a balcony facing a white wall, not the best view... If the hotel added a greenery wall around the balcony it would create a cozy feeling, otherwise it's not so nice to sit outside - There is no proper beach - yes, you have sand and sun beds and it's great for a beach stroll, but you can't really swim there... As some other reviews mention you have to walk quite far to be able to actually swim, and there's a sand separator in the middle of water which makes it a nice fishing place, but unfortunately not a nice swimming place. Hence if you look for a very typical beach vacation another hotel might be a better fit. As we were not aiming for a beach vacation, and wanted to visit this hotel for the greenery, I am giving this hotel 5/5 regardless of some shortcomings.

We had the luck to celebrate our honeymoon and stay in Anantara hotel for 4 nights. From the moment we arrived, Sam from the reception took us from the taxi and did not leave us until we got everything we needed. Never in our lives we met such a caring and amazing hospitality, 24/7 until the last minute when we had to run and catch our boat for the next stop. Would recommend this hotel again and again, great facilities, breakfast is amazing and the team is just lovely. Once again to mention Sam who treated us the best.