My family and I a total of 5 adults, 2 kids and 2 babies stayed at Aleenta for 7 days 6 nights during the Chinese New Year Holiday. I chosed Aleenta because of all the wonderful reviews about Aleenta. Let me quickly share with you my stay at Aleenta.

1. Arrival - I booked the airport transfer with Aleenta and they are on time to pick us up. Luxury van and welcome drink is ready when we arrived at our 3 bedrooms beach front villa. I was not told that the van can't fit in our luggage so they called an outside taxi to carry our luggage to the villa and charge us THB1000. It's not about the money issue but I would be comfortable if they advised me earlier and get our permission for doing this. So ended up I have to pay extra THB1000. And my luggage was broken when I saw it. Who's reponsible for it? Mong the room division manager met me and asked me to claim from the Malaysia airlines. But it wasn't the airlines fault so how am I going to do this? He went to fill up the form and done all the paperwork for me to claim from the airlines. That's all he can do for us.

2. If you have elderly traveling with you, make sure you check with them the layout of the room. It's not advisable to let elder to walk up and down from the staircase to their room. Moreover, the bathroom is located outside the room. So it does create inconveniences. And for the price we pay, I strongly do not feel is worth for the room upstairs. It's so much smaller compare to those at the ground floor.

3. Housekeeping - they are trying their very best to serve you. Just a few hiccups when we request for tooth brushes and it took them a day to bring them to us.

4. Villa - the beachfront villa need refurbishment as some of the utensils at the bathroom are old. You can see they need to renovate them to make it look luxury and justify for the price. It's different from the photos we see from the website. Some of the switches are not working. You need to test to find out which is working.

5. F&B - Breakfast is awesome. We look forward to it every morning. The chef is so good at preparing baby food that even my daughter likes the baby food too!

6. Beach - Clean and secluded. If you are traveling with kids, beachfront villa is a good choice. The kids can swim and go to the beach to play and back to the pool again. Since is secluded and private, so we get to enjoy the beach ourselves. That's pretty cool!

Overall, this is an average hotel. in terms of value of money, I personally feel that Maldives has better choice and gives a better value of money. The hotel is not as luxury as it is advertised so it was a bit of disappointment. But the people at Aleenta had tried their best to make it up. So we still have a pleasant stay at Aleenta Phuket.

Cheers!

Aleenta has to be one of the best options in Phuket. It is a beautifully designed boutique hotel with villas ranging from 1 bedroom to 2 bedroom and large 3 bedrooms on the beach. Beautifully maintained, our second visit confirmed this as amongst the best along with Banyan Tree and Pavilions. Aleenta is way north, a good 25 minutes from the airport - so it is a little isolated. But you are right on a beautiful beach - not shared with any other hotel. Dinner options in the hotel are excellent, and for a change of scenery, the excellent JW Marriott is a short 10 minute drive/taxi away. The smaller villas are a little close together - the beach 3 bedder are amazing with a private pool right on the beach; though not private of course. The 2 bedroom appartments are our pick - even though we only use 1 bedroom. The upper floor 2 bedders are more private than the 1st floor ones. Massive space is a luxury, and the private pools are large. A great option is to stay here for a few nights, with a few nights closer to the action at say Pavilions or Banyan Tree.

I stayed here in Dec 2011. I had come for my brother's engagement party.. This is undoubtedly the best resort i've been so far, not just in terms of infrastructure but also services.. The food n beverage service personnel were very friendly and helpful..It is a great place for destination wedding or other functions. Everything about the place is quintessential. The villas at the beach are the ideal setting and value for money.However it is far from Patong(45mins) but they have transport arrangements.. Come here if you want to unwind and engage in pure luxury.

Firstly, it is not on Phuket island but that is not a big problem if you intend to only lounge in the resort and maybe make one or possibly two trips into town for shopping and sightseeing. Taxis are readily available just outside the entrance and will cost sightly less than the hotel transport. Tip: Bargain with the taxi driver if you intend to hop around Phuket.

Upon arriving buy a coupon for the normal taxis to the resort. We did not have any problems getting there.

Check in was quick. We were infact shown a one bed pool residence but ended up preferring the pool villas. Although you'd get a view of the ocean, the residences are actually apartments in a row of blocks. We had in mind a typical villa with a pool, a view would be a bonus.

The pool villas a re located just below a shared swimming pool for the ocean view lofts. A certain level of privacy is lost due to the fact that people staying in the lofts, when they swim up against their pool wall could look down onto our villa. So beware! The resort tries to alleviate this problem with some landscaping but it does not work 100%. I'll try to post a picture to show you what I mean.

The Villa is great. Two cubes joined together by a wooden walkway that has two ingeniously made floor level wooden sundeck chairs! Brilliant! You enter through the "living area" then proceed onto the walkway into the "bedroom". The decor and amenities are really good. We loved the simple things like the wooden frog you'd leave outside as a "Do Not Disturb" sign.

We loved the outdoor jacuzzi tub just next to the pool. The idea of having an outdoor area to shower, bathe and swim is great!

Most of all the villa walls are all sliding glass doors and really opens up to the outside to let that sea breeze in whenever you want.

Another unique feature this resort has is the way breakfast is served. Not your typical buffet styled hotel breakfast but made to other. Along with the choice of mains (western and eastern fares) they have a tower of hor dourves along with real fresh juices. Pictures provided.

We'd definitely recommend this place to anyone wanting a villa stay by the beach!