Mr & Mrs Smith

Rayavadee

Krabi, Thailand

Nature gave this Krabi boutique hotel three white-sand beaches and cinematic limestone cliff-sides, but it’s the Rayavadee’s owners that have given it four gorgeous restaurants, lush landscaped gardens and a reputation for all-out tropical indulgence.

Need to know

• Rooms 98 one- and two-bedroom pavilions and four beachfront villas.
• Rates Double rooms from $649.59 (THB19,400), excluding tax at 17.7 per cent.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (THB19,400) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include breakfast and Krabi airport transfers.
• Facilities Spa, tennis and squash courts, gym, watersports and activities centres, billiards table, table tennis, jogging path, games room, boutique, library with CDs, DVDs and free WiFi. In rooms: TV, DVD/CD player, Erb toiletries, minibar, free bottled water.
• Poolside The large lagoon-style infinity pool is encircled by verdant landscaped gardens and looks out onto the sea.
• Check-out Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 11am (2pm is standard).
• Children Welcome: baby cots are free, and extra beds for older children are available for THB2,450 a child a night. Babysitting can be arranged with hotel staff for THB350 a child an hour, with two days' notice.
• Also Smoking is allowed in designated outdoor areas and in the four restaurants. All pavilions are non-smoking.

Food and drink at Rayavadee

• Hotel restaurant There are four eateries: Raya Dining caters to Western palates; Krua Phranang is the best choice for scrumptious Thai seafood dinners by the beach; Raitalay Terrace is for daytime snacking and evening meals by the pool; and the Grotto offers light bites in a spectacular limestone cavern, with special seafood barbecues several times a week.
• Dress code Resting millionaire – loose shirts and linen jackets.
• Top table The 24-hour private-dining service means you and your Mr/Mrs can enjoy intimate eating when and where you wish – go for a starlit beach barbecue.
• Last orders Three of the restaurant kitchens close at 10.30pm, although dinner and drinks are served until 11pm. The Grotto stays open until 8pm.
• Room service Available 24 hours, with breakfast options, Thai and international snacks and larger dishes, barbecue fare and desserts.
• Hotel bar There’s a bar in each of the four restaurants, with signature drinks at each one, but the Grotto is the most romantic environment to sip a long, cool cocktail at sunset.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Rayavadee 214 Moo 2, Tambon Ao-Nang, Amphoe Maung, Krabi, 81000, Thailand, Krabi, 81000