This hotel was certainly NOT "on the beach" as i was informed during booking; in fact the ocean was not ever heard, let alone visible :(
KhaoLak has so much better to offer, I have been there every year since 2003.
Don't get me wrong; KhaoLak village is wonderful, my advice is to avoid "central hotels" It seems to be a synonym for "far from the beach" which is obviously the reason for being in KhaoLak.

We stayed in villa room for a week in Feb-Mar 2011 and we got what we expected from a 3-star hotel in Thailand.

Room was nice although the cleaning was not done too well during the week and they failed to replace towels and bring new water bottles several times. Pool area with nice bar is good too. Breakfast buffet is adequate and restaurant staff was friendly.

Hotel is situated in good location with easy access to tens of restaurants and shops in Khao Lak "city". Also the village of Bang Niang is easily accessible by foot or by tuktuk or taxi.

There's no direct road to the beach, but hopefully there will be soon as the new resort is being build between Andaburi and the sea. The shortest walkway currently goes through the Andaman Beach Resort.

Overall, the Andaburi resort is a nice place if you don't need to stay right at the beach.

We stayed one night at the Andaburi resort before a live aboard on the similans.
The hotel was quiet and clean. We enjoyed the pool bar very much.
We could recommand staying at the Andaburi.
What we liked most about the hotel was its staff. Everyone was friendly and helpful.

The resort is a 10 minute walk from the beach.

This hotel is OK, it was clean and the staff were friendly. There were several families with smallish children who seemed to be happy there. They did a couple of awful cabaret nights. It is a reasonable base for exploring Khao Lak. However, there are more attractive places on the beach front. Reasonable prices by western standads but you can probably get better value without looking too hard.