Conde Nast Traveler
Sometimes it’s difficult to see what’s right before our eyes, especially when it’s what you’re looking for. Such is the case, by design, with Amangiri, which hides in plain sight amid the sandstone mesas and sagebrush-studded emptiness of southern Utah. With rooms costing upwards of $1,000 there’s a certain expectation of opulence. But the only grand gesture here is the one nature makes, which is both framed and reflected by the property. The main pavilion and 34 freestanding suites are arrayed like a poured-concrete sculpture along the desert floor, their smooth gray walls and blocky shapes mirroring the mesas.……

What really stands out is the endearing staff who make you believe that their sole goal is your unmitigated happiness. In the end, that’s the genius of the place. You’re never aware of where nature ends and nurture begins.

Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report July 2010
We came away from Amangiri extremely impressed, our high expectations having been comfortably exceeded. In less than a year, it has become one of the finest resorts in the United States. And although expensive, it is among those exceptional places that really are worth the money.

Elite Traveler August 2010 – “101 Top Hotel Suites”
Why We Love It – Though meticulously designed to seamlessly blend with the surrounding landscape, the Amangiri Suite features an entirely modern interpretation of Southwest décor, including updated elements that incorporate hides and leathers, and blackened and forged steel accents.

Luxury Travel March 2010
Opened in October 2009 and is located on a 600-acre expanse of wilderness in Canyon Point, Southern Utah, close to the border with Arizona. The resort is tucked into a protected valley with sweeping views over colorful, stratified rock towards the Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument. Architecturally, the resort has been designed to blend into the landscape with natural hues, materials and textures a feature of the design. Arrival to the resort is via a winding road that descends into the valley and leads to the central Pavilion. Built around the main swimming pool, the Pavilion embraces a dramatic stone escarpment. Within the Pavilion is the Living Room, Gallery, Library, Dining Room, Private Dining Room and Cellar. Two accommodation wings lead from the Pavilion into the desert: 16 suites are located within the Desert Wing and another 18 suites together with the Aman Spa are located within the Mesa Wing. Outward views from the resort look over the untouched valley surrounded by lofty bluffs.

Men’s Journal Jan 2010
Planning a vacation always presents the same dilemma: big mountain adventure or beachfront relaxation? Amangiri, the latest offering from Singapore-based hotelier AmanResorts, has done away with the debate by dropping high style into its most unlikely setting: the canyonlands of Utah. With Lake Powell, Glen Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Paria Canyon on your doorstep, you’ll have access to gorge hiking that rival Zion, mountain biking to equal Moab, and fly-fishing as good as Montana’s Gallatin. And it’s all within minutes of the minimalist 34-room lodge, a bunker reimagined with muscular planes of concrete and glass that underscore the flowing undulations of its surrounding cliffs. Explore America’s most iconic desert by day, then take it all in from the most comfortable bed you’ve ever slept in.

Robb Report June 2010 - “Best of the Best”
The second U.S. property from Singapore-based AmanResorts, Amangiri is a serene desert retreat that opened last October within a 600-acre private nature reserve near Utah’s lake Powell. The resort’s 34 suites put the surrounding wilderness on constant display, with floor-to-ceiling windows and private courtyards that offer views of towering plateaus, pastel bluffs, and clay-colored buttes. Multihued vistas can also be enjoyed from the outdoor treatment terraces at Amangiri’s 25,000 square-foot spa, where decorative pools, trickling streams, and fire pits complement the quiet desert surrounds. Evening entertainment at the resort includes after-dinner drinks by a poolside fireplace, as well as showing of spaghetti westerns on a large outdoor screen.

San Francisco Magazine May 2010
Even though you’ve heard about the mind-boggling landscape of the upper Southwest, you probably skipped it if houseboats and Winnebagos aren’t your thing. Now you have no more excuses. Last October, after more than a decade of effort, Aman Resorts quietly opened what might be the most spectacular small hotel in America.

Travel + Leisure May 2010 “It List: 45 Best New Hotels of 2010”
Encircle by dramatic, dun-colored rock formations, AmanResorts’ second North American property is hidden away on 60 acres of Utah wilderness alongside eroded hoodoos and 5,000 year-old petroglyphs. Its squat cement buildings, each dyed as many as 10 times to match the subtleties of the landscape, house 34 suites that frame breathtaking views of sculpted sandstone. At night, after a dinner of roasted elk with cherry sauce, the intense stillness seems almost musical, a soundless evocation of the American West.

Architectural Record: May 2010
At Amangiri, spareness and purity are dominant parts of the architectural gestalt. You feel as if you are camping out in an understated, luxurious setting, where you can contemplate a wild landscape from a protected and comfortable enclosure. Here everyone has a great view...and a spacious, quiet aura pervades the entire resort.

Vogue Jan 2010
Amangiri is a marvel of engineering, logistics, and daring. It’s run by a young Australian couple, Ross and Sunny Lusted, whose last posting – you imagine the Aman world as a sort of diplomatic corps – was the Aman in Montenegro. Ross Lusted, a chef whose talent for Thai cuisine was noticed 20 years ago in Singapore by the Indonesian-Czech creator of all Amans, Adrian Zecha, was given the challenge of installing paradise where there was only geology. Planning took seven years.