Clean, spacious, new "minimalist" hotel near Krabi airport and a couple blocks from a g)eat Thai mall (folksy).
We weren't sure what minimalist meant -- it meant spacious marble-tiled rooms with no art, no bedlamps, no shower curtains. But it was really nice, we even had a little deck over the parking lot, and there was a lovely pavillion for a simple Asian-style breakfast with miso soup, eggs, veggies and more. It was NOT a tourist hotel, but the front desk folks were friendly and helpful, and in broken English they made sure to tell us that it was just us, and a busload of Chinese visitors in the hotel!
They have a delightful shuttle driver who picked us up and returned us to airport and to port for boat to Railay Beach.