Anantara Layan Phuket Resort

I came to Anantara Layan with my friend for three nights to eat, massage, play some golf in Phuket and just chill out a bit. Even though I had stayed at various villa hotels in Phuket and Asia, I was very very happy with the overall experience at Anantara. Service was very good and staff speak good English; service speed was probably the best I have experienced with villa hotels (eg buggy arrivals, room service, housekeeping, etc). A few notable points: 1. The Dara (Thai) restaurant was exceptionally good. Whether you are new to Thai food, or you are a Michelin star foodie, you would be impressed. The meal we had was one of the top 5 Thai meals I have ever had in my life! The main Chef (forgot his name) and the staff (a guy called Bank and a very nice girl with a name something like Praraz?) were really helpful and attentive! 2. The Spa - we were so very happy with the 2 message therapists - their names View (she was exceptionally skillful with deep tissue massage and sorted out a lot of my painful “knots”!) and Noi (she was very good with my friend’ balanced relax type massage) that we kept going back for more!!! 3. Zuma was also good - but like other Zuma’s around the world the dining experience comes with a modernish setting with clubby music played tho throughout my whole meal. I mean it was “okay”…., not super unbearable for us, but ideally they could give our ears a bit of rest every now and then perhaps with quieter stuff… 😛 4. Breakfast offers a wide high quality selection of Western and Asian dishes. The cheese room was impressive. Kamille the manager there was very helpful. 5. Concierge was also very helpful and recommended a very good Thai restaurant outside of the hotel for us to try! Overall, the stay was close to perfect. A couple of things would make it that much more perfect for us: 1. The music volume: I highly recommend management consider managing the music level in the beach house area (where the main pool and Zuma are). If you prefer a bit more peace and quiet, ask for a room or villa not so close to where the beach house (which is where Zuma and the main action takes place) just in case. 2. Catering further for strict vegetarians: my friend is a strict Buddhist vegetarian. The hotel does cater for vegetarians up to a point but it would be helpful if the hotel makes clearer notes on which types of dishes really contain for example no elements of meat/fish, and which dishes can be modified to be strict vegetarian dishes. I will definitely come back to Anantara Layan to stay. Very good experience!

impeccable service beautiful and clean room. One of the best hotel to stay! We will came back again no doubt

It's a really good experience try to find piece and fun together in the same place. In the morning and evening time you can see a lovely High Tide and Low Tide and walking on the see with the local people

I stayed in a Deluxe Pool Villa for three nights. It was wonderful. I wish I had booked another night.

First class Thai resort hotel with an excellent location and fabulous food. All the standards: large and spotlessly clean rooms, selection of restaurants, all first-class. However, what distinguished this hotel was that we had an entirely unexpected medical emergency that necessitated one of us residing in hospital for 3 very stressful days. The staff at the Anantara were totally professional, efficient, kind. They kept track of us conscientiously, arranged free transport, and could not have looked after us more carefully during this rather life-threatening episode. All done carefully and with minimum fuss. We cannot imagine better care. Thankfully, the episode ended well. Oh, and the food is marvellous.