We stayed at the village house and had the most relaxing time...the hosts there were pleasant and the staff very welcoming and always smiling. Stay there only if you want to do nothing but read and chill and relax!!! Also the food is great and definitely try theborneo feast - awesome7 course meal!!

We stayed here 3 nights and had a perfect stay! Our room was very spacious (suite) with balcony and tv. I think a small room is also ok. Pool is small but nice and clean. Restaurant serves nice food (European and Asian). Laurence the manager is also nice but we want to give special compliments to "Zin". She is one of the girls who is taking care of everything: one moment she is cleaning the rooms, pool etc. and the other moment serving lunch or dinner and always with a smile! Hope they take care of her. This place is a modern paradise!

Stayed during the rainforest fest and really enjoyed ourselves. Went with a group and Donald and marina really looked after us. Very flexible with transport to he festival etc. Great atmosphere as all the guests were up for the festival. Food is good too. Rooms a bit small bug honestly we were only in them to sleep 5 hours a night. Festival was excellent in terms of music and atmosphere as was Kuching. Hotel only added to the experience. Would definately try to stay again for the festival next yr.

It is an elegant, but very small property. Rooms, swimming pool and communal sitting areas are very small, so you feel cramped and observed in every movement you do.
But the main problem is that you are in the middle of NOWHERE. Damai beach is not a touristical area, is a private touristical resort far 10km, where you cannot swim in the sea because it is infested with stingrays and jellyfishes. The beach close to the Village House is a dangerous and deserted swamp. Sambudong, the village far another 5-6 km, is not interesting at all. So, after you have had those short trips (booking the shuttle) you end up being locked up like in a prison, reading your books in a cramped space. Furtherly, you rest is seriously disturbed every night by pool cleaning , and sometimes by noise from the small bar.
All this at the cost of around Usa 90 a day, which is totally and completely ridicolous and outrageous, because with the same amount you get the best hotels in Kuala Lumpur, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.
The only reason to get to the Village House is to climb the Gunung Sambudong mountain, but the trail is dangerous (snakes and wild animals) and, of course, Mount Kinabalu in another planet.