With a change of flight schedules, we needed to find an extra night somewhere before heading to Ubud. We were offered a package at this hotel through our agent.
We arrived mid afternoon, checked-in and were soon off to our room. You certainly won't get excited as you walk through the doors. This is budget accommodation with no frills.
The decor is dated, along with linen, towels and fittings. The television showed snow on all channels, but as this was our only night at the hotel, we couldn't be bothered having someone tinker away in our room trying to get it going.
The bathroom tended to make my skin crawl. It would never have been a beauty to behold - a strange colour of blue, which is now dull and grimy.
I think what got to us most of all was how mean things seemed to be at this hotel. No real milk is ever used it seems, only powdered. At breakfast, I asked what juices they had and was told orange only. It was orange cordial. The breakfast would have to rate as the worst food we have ever had in Bali....pancakes are always something to look forward to, but the one I was presented with at breakast, would have sunk the Titanic on its own...a horrendous, doughy bleak excuse for a banana pancake.
There are no brollies in your room to help you get to the restaurant or reception without being drowned enroute and this is if you manage to negotiate the awful up and down jumble of steps and broken paving.
We both woke early with terrible back aches on a mattress which seemed to have been made around the time the Titanic went down. Thank goodness we only had one night on this bed, as we knew the next night would have been torture.
All in all, this little hotel is in desperate need of a complete overhaul...well it would need bulldozing I believe. There are signs of wear and tear all over and lots of water damage evident in the ceilings.
Again, as with most places in Bali, the staff were lovely, including the young trainees who were learning the ropes when we were there.
I would recommend this hotel for those on a budget and who plan to spend most of their days touring and seeing the sights and who are really just looking for somewhere to sleep (hopefully without a backache) and store their gear.
