My husband & I stayed here for 4 nights in November. Hotel was lovely, new, clean and staff very friendly.
We stayed in a Jazz Pool room with direct access to the pool which was great.
The rooms were a nice size and lovely bathroom with great shower. No bath though. Please note that I have ready in previous reviews about the 'hard' beds - I must agree. Although I like my matress on the hard side - these beds were too hard in my opinion.
Seafood Restaurant the Hook in the hotel had great food at a reasonable price. Pool side food was also very good food and good value for money.
We ate in the Jazzaurant (thai restaurant) which is located on the hill by the hotel (you'll see this lit up in the evening) Food and atmosphere here was amazing - and very cheap.
This hotel is not located on the beach, however the hotel offered a free beach transfer to and from the hotel on the hour. This was very good. The hotel also has it's own section on the beach so you don't have to worry about getting there too early to ensure a sunbed! The beach is lovely, clean and child friendly. The Kata area was 'ok' in the town, relativley quiet and much nicer than Patong.

This was our third resort in Phuket on our recent trip and not the most luxurious we had stayed in but very nice all the same. I feel semi-bad about the 2 thumbs up I gave but the trip advisor rating summed it up “OK but some problems”.

ROOM
We stayed in a Nalina Jaz room with pool access. Very nice to be able to walk out on to your balcony and just slip into the pool. We spent most of our time on the balcony and in the pool. Room was very nice. Generous in size. Great bathroom with rain-head shower and double basins. Bed however was quite hard (I like a firm bed but this was super firm).

We had a couple with a young child staying upstairs from us and the little treasure stomped and ran around from when he woke up to when they all went out. You can absolutely hear EVERYTHING. Not great when you want to sleep in.

On one morning, the staff started maintenance in the room 2 doors up and that also woke us. When we rang reception, it was too difficult to communicate the problem until we were with them face to face.

SPA
My husband and I tried the spa two days straight – we both loved it the first day. Then on day 2, I got his masseuse and he got mine. His was too soft and mine too painful. On the first day we were both in heaven, day 2 a different story – oh well, he should have said harder and I should have said softer.

FOOD
Restaurant “The Pond” is quite nice. The Thai Beef Salad was VERY nice 140 Baht, very tender beef, delicious salad, quite hot (chilli wise). We also ate at “Hook” restaurant one night. This was also very nice although the wine that we ordered from the main wine list was unavailable due to the restaurant manager being unavailable (the only person with the key and apparently at his second job).

Breakfast was included but we only ate there once – not due to the quality – our first breaky experience was on our third morning there. They will make you a fresh smoothie, have someone cooking the eggs etc and have a decent range of breakfast foods to choose from. I enjoyed the breakfast here.

Room service prices seemed to be pricier than eating in the restaurant.

Happy Hour at the pool bar was sometime between 5 – 7 pm depending on who you spoke to…

A (NOT SO SMALL) COMPLAINT
I have one main gripe that led to the rating I gave this hotel:
I had purchased a new shampoo and housekeeping helped themselves to a decent proportion of it during the daily service. Next we noticed that our Listerine had diminished in colour from very dark to light blue. We sort of laughed it off but made sure we locked up our valuables in the safe. This was obviously a very small discrepancy but it did make us think twice before we left the room to go out for the day. I have written to the hotel and hopefully they will address this issue.

I believe that Alpina still has teething problems but may be a holiday favourite in the longer term.

This hotel/resort is wonderful! I would recommend this place to everyone and anyone going to Phuket. The hotel is located in Kata Beach which is a lovely beach. The hotel's pool is fantastic and sometimes I had the entire pool to myself. The service was great and the room was amazing - my room overlooked the pond and the pool. The beds are soooo comfy! Super huge bathroom. Complementary internet use was a nice touch too!!!
I'll stay here again for sure!

Stayed 5 nights at this resort. Was low season so the hotel was rather empty. Stayed in a Jaz room with direct access to a pool on the first storey, with some chairs on your balcony if you just want to sit back and relax. The main pools are beautiful, room was well furnished and comfortable with a King bed, LCD TV and bathtub.

Service was excellent at this resort and the staff are most helpful.

Location wise, the resort is somewhat out of the way, but close enough (10-15 min walk) to the beach and some restaurants.

If your idea of a holiday is a nice peaceful getaway, this resort is an excellent choice.