Blanco Hostel Lanta

Did not enjoy our stay here. Staff very unwelcoming and unfriendly. They have also made it so people cannot leave a review on hostel world or google (I’ve had to use Tripadvisor) which is very sketchy. On arrival our passport was taken off us and they said it was “hostel policy to keep the passport” extremely dodgy considering we’ve been travelling for 15 months and we have NEVER had to give our passport for the duration of our stay anywhere. We refused to leave our passport so me and my partner had to pay 2000 baht each to have our passports back. Which for a traveller is a lot of money and I would definitely consider this if you were planning to come here. The food was expensive, the drinks were expensive, they were the most expensive place around for gas. One massive money making scheme that put us off our stay here. Air con switched off during the day and wasn’t switched back on until 6pm, and the worst part is no privacy curtains, so if anyone in the room had their lamp on, the room was bright. Also woken up early hours of the morning due to cockerels around the property. Wouldn’t recommend and won’t be back.

Great stay, friendly and nice staff! Garden is big , they have pool table and nice common area for chilling and ordering food and drinks, 2 min walk to the beach from hostel.