Best Hotels in Lom Kao District

3rd time here ever since it opened around 2015. Only 5 exclusive units that looked onto the twin ridges of the fog shrouded mountains in the national park. A lot has changed over the years. The stylish café above has now expanded. There is now a restaurant block cast in glass and a new hotel rendered in grey like a Star Trek Borg Cube is now under construction by this same establishment. There is also now a parking lot and still, all these developments are not able to cope with the marauding horde of weekend and holiday crowds. This mountain where Pino Latte stands had gain popularity at an exponential rate. With popularity then comes unrestrained developments by other investors. There are multiple resorts encroaching on this once desolated mountain. There is one big Chinese restaurant further up the narrow road. I used to gaze out from behind our unit in Pino Latte back in 2015. It was only pleasant green and the two futuristic star-dock structures of the café above. Now as I gazed the surrounding, it is a chaotic clutter of property un-synch with the once mystical avant-garde vibes which the lone Pino Latte used to offer. I still like Pino Latte even though the price for a night’s stay is rather extravagant. On the right day with the right combination of climatic events, misty fog mask out the new eyesores that were constructed in recent years. And rooms are well maintained, they did not deteriorate too much in this humid environment from the first 2 times I was here. Breakfast is now served in the restaurant block instead of the common café where public guest aplenty. Ala-carte styled, perfect scrambled eggs and grilled asparagus I had. We also had the boiled rice which was served centerstage in a large dim sum bamboo basket surrounded by an assortment of condiments. The food layout was certainly trendy. All good things said, the noncontrollable factor of stampeding weekend crowds plus the excessive destruction of surrounding nature probably means this is the last time I am going to be here. This region has lost her magical touch. I wish we can turn back the clock, but we know we can’t.

Location on the main road, easy to travel. The atmosphere is surrounded by rice fields and mountains, parking, breakfast, coffee, drinks. Good for relaxing