we were expecting a lot from the Slate given the price and the pictures we saw of the resort.
the place is beautiful but it doesn't feel warm and inviting, maybe because of the industrial style that is pushed a bit too much and gives a cold, rigid feeling.
also on the various sites they only displays the nice pictures but there are actually a lot of areas that are quite ugly.. all the back of the buildings are ugly and with ugly AC units well in view.
the vegetation is lots of areas is dry and scarce.
the resort has no views as it turns around itself and there are a lot of mosquitos.
the restaurants of the hotel are quite expensive and during the evening there is no life/ambiance around the resort.
the spa is also very expensive.
the service is good though and the breakfast has good food and variety.
the best thing is that just outside the resort there is a beautiful beach with plenty of typical Thai bars & restaurants which are very good, fun, colorful and cheap.
during our stay we didn't use any of the 3 pools of the resort as we liked much more the beach (not part of the resort)
