Ananya Lipe Resort — Walk From Your Room to Pattaya Beach on Koh Lipe
Anyone who has booked a stay on Koh Lipe knows location decides everything. Ananya Lipe Resort sits right on Pattaya Beach — the side where the speedboats land and Walking Street begins. It opened in 2019 as a 67-room resort with two outdoor pools right beside the sand and restaurants facing the sea. The detail guests repeat most is the short walk: a few steps from your room to white sand and clear water, then one quick turn into Walking Street for dinner.
Ananya Lipe opened in 2019 on Pattaya Beach, the main beach and boat-landing point on Koh Lipe. The resort runs back from the sand with 67 rooms across several categories, from the 41 sqm Deluxe Regency Wing up to the 103 sqm Family Suite Pool Access and a 120 sqm Family Jacuzzi Suite for larger groups. What guests like most is the distance to the water — about 130 metres from room to sea. Wake up, walk a minute, and you're standing on the white sand and clear shallows Koh Lipe is known for.
The centre of the resort is two outdoor pools beside the beach, with a separate children's pool and a pool bar. The poolside area is laid out with orange beanbags and thatched-roof salas facing the water, and the beachfront restaurant runs live music in the evening. Plenty of guests say a sundowner here at dusk is the best part of the trip. With three restaurants and bars on the grounds, you don't have to walk anywhere for food if you'd rather not.
"Under a minute from the room to the sea, then one turn into Walking Street — so convenient we didn't want to stay anywhere else."
Breakfast is a buffet served 7:00–11:00 at the seafront restaurant. Most reviews praise the view and the friendly staff, but several note the buffet spread isn't huge and some items run out early. In high season when the resort is full, going down early gets you a better selection. The resort also has a spa for massage and a fitness room, and the front desk arranges island-hopping snorkel tours — Koh Lipe sits inside the Tarutao marine park and has some of the clearest diving water in Thailand.
On location it scores full marks. Walking Street is a 1-minute walk — the pedestrian lane lined with restaurants, cafes, bars and dive shops. The Koh Lipe pier is about 190 metres away, so you can wheel your bag from the boat to the resort without a sidecar taxi. Sunrise Beach, on the east side, is roughly an 8-minute walk across the island. That walkability is something the resorts at the far ends of the island can't offer.
The Trip.com score sits at 9.0/10 from 359 reviews, with a 4.5/5 on TripAdvisor and a 2025 Travelers' Choice award. Location and cleanliness both rate 9.1. The honest feedback from lower-rated reviews flags that parts of the property are starting to show their age and renovation work has overlapped with some stays, plus boat noise in the early morning since Pattaya Beach is the landing point. A few reviewers felt peak-season rates run high for the room condition — worth knowing so you don't arrive expecting a brand-new five-star.
On price, a Deluxe room starts around ฿3,900/night in low season. Koh Lipe rates climb steeply in high season (November–April), when the same room can reach ฿7,000–9,000 and Pool Access or Family Suites run higher still. The island closes to tourism during the monsoon (roughly mid-May to mid-October) when boats reduce or stop, so check the ferry schedule before you book.
The bottom line: Ananya Lipe works best for families and groups who want to stay in the middle of Koh Lipe, on Pattaya Beach, within walking distance of everything, with beachfront pools and large family rooms. It's not a quiet end-of-island retreat, but you trade that for a convenience few resorts on the island can match. If you're travelling with several people or kids, look at the Family Suite Pool Access — you step straight from the room into the pool.
Summary from Booking & Agoda
- ✓ Central island location on Pattaya Beach, walk to Walking Street and the pier
- ✓ Beachfront pools clean and well kept
- ✓ Friendly staff, welcome drink at check-in
- ✓ Spacious rooms with good sea views, especially Pool View
- ! Parts of the property are starting to show their age
- ! Breakfast buffet spread is modest and runs out early at times
- ! Boat noise in the morning since Pattaya Beach is the landing point
- ✓ On the beach — straight into clear water from the sand
- ✓ Large family rooms and Pool Access rooms that open to the pool
- ✓ Seafront restaurant with live music in the evening
- ✓ Easy to book island-hopping snorkel tours through the resort
- ! High-season rates run high relative to room condition
- ! Renovation work has overlapped with some stays
- ! Fewer boats in monsoon season — check travel dates first
- 💡If you want the quietest room — pick a room in the inner zone away from the beach, since Pattaya Beach is the boat-landing point → beach-side rooms can catch engine noise in the early morning
- 💡If you're travelling as a family or group — a Family Suite Pool Access (103 sqm) or Family Jacuzzi Suite (120 sqm) beats booking several Deluxe rooms → you step straight into the pool, which suits kids
- 💡If you're planning around the monsoon — Koh Lipe closes to tourism roughly mid-May to mid-October and boats reduce or stop → check the Pak Bara ferry schedule before you book