This place is just brilliant, the villas are beautifully designed and spacious and very comfortable with lovely views over the lake and hills beyond. The restaurant is also a lovely building service food to match. The service is also impeccable and friendly. Both the GM and the Chef could be seen regular talking to the guests to ensure all was well. We mentioned on our first day that all the markets were full of large avocado pears and could we have some the following day. The chef promised to get some! The following evening we asked and were told they were not ripe but hope they would be for a third and last night. That night arrived and chef came out to apologied that they were still not ripe but presented us with a very large pear for us to take with us and await its ripening.

Well we took it for 3 nights at Nagapali (sp?) Beach and it did not ripen. We took it on to Rangoon and it still did not ripen. We took it onto Bangkok without ripening. So we took it home to London and pleased to report it did ripen and was a delicious memory of our stay at this wonderful establishment on our first evening at home! (also much tastier than the Israeli mini pears that Sainsbury’s pass off as Avocados)  

Lake Inle is a magical place that deserves a magical resort like Pristine Lotus Spa.
Situate on the north east corner of the 22 km long lake, the resort nestles between the blue lake in front and the green hills at its back. Cascades and streams and polds cross the hilly property, and wind down to the reception and large dining area. The dining area is a open sided circular hut with glimpses of the lake through the tropical foliage. The buffet breakfasts are lavish, with a live egg counter. In addition to European food, the dinner menu carried Asian foods including Burmese, Indian, Thai and Chinese. We ate an excellent smoked salmon. Perhaps because the place is managed by a Dutch gentleman, the cheeses are excellent. I was happily surprised to find English Cheddar and Dutch Edam on the cheese platter.
The teak wood chalets are located on the slopes of the hills. Ours was spotlessly clean, and had a large flat screen TV with cable. The lap top worked in the lobby. The sunken bath tub and the hot showers were small luxuries we looked forward to after a day on the lake. The mosquito nets were more ornamental than necessary, as we found none in our room. There is a small attic space over the living area which accommodated a floor bed, presumably for the extra guest. The coffee and tea service in the room was well stocked.
To visit the lake, we took a boat from the dock which is located just across the road from the resort. The hotel reception can arrange the trip, and they are a must. This is a lake like no other. Where else do you find floating farms and gardens, not to mention quaint towns in the lake, the houses built on stilts, where every body goes about their business in long boats and small children row their own little boats to their floating school?

What a great resort. Our third visit to the area but this is surely the best resort in the Inle region. Fantasic management ensure you have great stay.  

Inle Lake was a great experience for our family (2 ad + 3 children) and Pristine Lotus was the perfect choice, nice and comfortable bungalows, good service and food, and great Spa facilities.