Mali Resort is the best hotel I've ever been to. The staff is cool, not to chatty. The area is super quiet, the room was amazing with an outdoor bathroom with two showers and two sinks. Pretty scary at first, but when you stop caring about geckos and other bugs, you'll enjoy it a lot!
The restaurant/bar/reception is all at the same place. Closes at 10PM, but the Walking Street which is close by is open to midnight and perhaps later on some days.
The beach is literally at your room.
The beach beds and chairs were those white, boring things from the 90's that your parents forgot to throw away, but most hotels had them, so there's nothing you could do about it. The hotel should upgrade those, though.
The food was excellent and you have massive corrals right on the resort beach, so bring your snorkle equipment, or just buy some at the local shop in the walking street.
The corrals are practically above water when its low tide, but please don't touch it or step on it, like a lot of Chinese people do!!
All in all, the best place to be at Koh Lipe.