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Jalan Campuhan III, 80571 Ubud, Indonesia

#405 of 422 hotels in Ubud

Guests' Choice

Review Score

Based on 47 hotel reviews

6.2

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    6.0

  • Comfort

    6.2

  • Location

    6.2

  • Facilities

    6.1

  • Staff

    8.0

  • Value for money

    6.6

  • Free Wifi

    8.0

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  • Reviewed: August 7, 2024

    6.0
    Okay , If you can avoid bugs then it’s good place !
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Bugs and lizards roaming around in our rooms and bathrooms really gave us the nightmare 🙄.

    Nice pool

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: July 17, 2024

    5.0
    Fair
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There are lots of ants and the efforts to keep them under control in the rooms were inconsistent. Some of the linen was stained, so some more attention to cleanliness would be good. Our rooms were tidied every second day. The kitchenette had basic cutlery, but this varied and there was little care given to the number of people staying in the room (eg. 2 forks for 4 people). The path to the property is partly paved, but majority of it is broken and muddy, making bringing luggage in difficult. There is a sign near the road, but not more directions once you get inside. We met an angry dog by going down the wrong path - easily avoided with some signs. The distance from town and key sites was quite far and we needed to regularly get transport, which was an additional cost. It was fine for the price we paid, but a little bit of love would go a long way.

    There was a female staff member who was lovely and made delicious breakfasts. The fact that breakfast was included was welcome. The rooms were generally spacious, but our friends in a different room said the layout wasn't as helpful. The pool and gardens were well kept.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: July 6, 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    We have an animal inside the roof of one of the rooms It was very noisy and it was not possible to rest. On the bedside table was a bunch of hair from an old guest like if they cleaned their hair brush. Before the guest arrives they should have a look at the room and check that everything is fine. There were a couple of snails and hips of ants in the showers. The rooms needed some maintenance, the curtain on one of the rooms was falling.

    The staff was friendly and the garden and the outside area was nice. Beds were comfortable and the size of the room was also good. There is a small local store close by which is very handy.

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: April 22, 2024

    5.0
    Fair
    • Group
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Dont like like pictures

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    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: April 15, 2024

    5.0
    A little overpriced and incorrect advertisement not entire villa with private pool
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Advertising it is not a private pool sharing pool and facilities in villa inadequate for cooking but that appears normal for bali 😀

    Staff always in bali are amazing

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: August 14, 2023

    5.0
    Extremely dirty
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Very dirty. I mean very very very dirty!! Even after asking for cleaning it was dirty. They didn’t clean the bathroom at all during our stay. Towels were present from guests. Fungus in coffeemaker. Dead lizard in fridge, ants all over the place.. just extremely dirty

    The pool was ok, breakfast as well

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: July 22, 2023

    7.0
    A bit out of the city, takes a bit of effort to get into Ubud, but lovely gardens and pool
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 4 nights

    A beautiful garden, a little oasis in a busy city. Putu who works there was particularly friendly and helpful and made our stay easier by helping to organise transport and food and tours - she was very friendly and kind

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: March 20, 2025

    1.0
    Disappointed and would not recommend it to my worst enemy.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    See above.

    Nothing about the property is worth the cost. The entrance path to the property was rough and not safe for walking on . The property was mouldy and dirty walls added to the dingy outlook . Toilet pot was broken . The facilities was unliveable by Western standards.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: December 21, 2024

    1.0
    Very bad, not clean, staff are friendly but not good facilities.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Deluxe Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Its not clean, lots of mosquitoes, I recommend, don’t stay in this property during raning season.

    I don’t like any thing about property.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: November 30, 2024

    1.0
    Please stay somewhere else if you have children as this was an unclean place.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The property was horrible. Nothing like the picture, the swimming pool water was unclean and the view with field was blocked by a construction site. The property was not clean and the way to reach to the door of the hotel was horrible.

    Nothing.

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: October 3, 2024

    1.0
    Filthy, dirty, did not get refunded after leaving
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 5 nights

    The place was filthy. We had booked 5 nights and left after the first night, and did not get our money back. Bali had exceptional places to stay at for much cheaper, and this was not one of them. We even found a tampon under the bed. The fridge (comes with kitchen) was terrible, bedding was dirty, even the lovely pool in the pic had sludge around it. When I showed them the bedding, the guy said they had no more. There were 7 of us and we needed to find urgent accommodation for the next morning. I even found a used tissue when opening the bedding! Really, if you want your family trip to be lovely, DO NOT STAY HERE. If you are a solo traveller, DO NOT STAY HERE (it is far from everything), if you are with a partner, DO NOT STAY HERE, the photos are not a true representation of the expensive place you are paying for. We spent many wifi opportunities making contact to get the funds returned, which they were not. It was a big waste of money and a dampen on our trip. Filth. While we were there, there was another couple who left at sunrise, who also cancelled their stay.

    Nothing at all. This place was really dirty (even found a tampon under the bed), dirty sheets and no clean ones to replace.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: June 4, 2024

    1.0
    Worst experience ever
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Let's start by the location of the place, in the middle of nowhere, not even a concrete paver path. It rained before our arrival, and we had to get to the place through a real narrow muddy/gravel path surrounded by bushes. So much so that we could feel the spider webs on her face while walking in. We had booked 2 rooms with a kitchenette, breakfast included.The room was average looking and the washrooms appalling. The ceiling in one of the bathrooms was leaking on top of the sink, couldn't even wash hands without getting leaky water drops on your head. And the toilet flush wasn't working either. 😕 one may say, out of 2 bathrooms, one was useless except for shower. In the other bathroom, it was either hot water or cold water- no mix temperature. Luckily, we had 2 rooms, so we shared and survived. We used one for the shower and the other for the toilet. It's worth to mention that there is no ventilation in the bathrooms either. Air con was functional with just on/off switch only, nothing else worked on the remotes. Kitchenette area was so disgusting. it seemed like no1 has cleaned it in months. We couldn't stand the sight of it. For breakfast, we had to wait for more than 1 hour for just an omelette and pancakes. When it arrived, the omelette was too salty, and the tiny bread slice were burnt. Pancakes were still raw, and the coffee was disappointing, too, with all the coffee powders floating on hot water as it is. Moving on to the cleanliness, we gave some clothes to wash and got them back the next day. There were still stain marks on the shirt, and the socks and underwear were still dirty. NO HOUSEKEEPING SERVICE AT ALL. Not even towel replacement. There were spider webs, lizards, ants and tons of mosquitoes everywhere. I understand it was close to fields, so is pretty much all the villas in ubud. The least they could have done was spray some mosquitoe replent and keep the space clean and tidy aka maintain it.

    Nothing

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: May 15, 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Nice, clean room. For one night it was perfect.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: May 1, 2024

    3.0
    Disappointment!
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There were ants and spiders everywhere. The ants were crawling on the bed and us, so we couldn’t sleep all night.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: December 31, 2023

    10
    Amazing staff had great stay the staff @Putu took care of me and family with great coffee planning and breakfast , nice
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Amazing staff had great stay the staff @Putu took care of me and family with great coffee planning and breakfast , nice place to relax and go around she gave very good experience staying and helping us going around with motorbike !! I would definitely recommend this place for people stay clam and relax and fun going out ubud

    Amazing staff had great stay the staff @Putu took care of me and family with great coffee planning and breakfast , nice place to relax and go around she gave very good experience staying and helping us going around with motorbike !! I would definitely recommend this place for people stay clam and relax and fun going out ubud

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: July 18, 2023

    1.0
    Whaaaaat a rubbish!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    *It 100 meters of the road. Taxi can't drop you at front. Entrance looks horrible at night. * Dirty breakfast. * lizards every where. * you hv to sleep with ants * spiders in the room and toilets * no shampoo, conditioner, face wash, tooth paste. * dirty toilets * staff is very bad at english. You o communicate in few works of english. * staff drinks and play card at reception with his friend on weekends * poor quality of bads I know you get what you paid for but for this one if they give me money I ll not stay in it. A place should maintain some minimum standards. Unfortunately I have to say if you wana have a good holiday please don't go here.

    Seriously is that a place to live? There is nothing good I can mention about this place. If they give me money to live at it I ll not stay.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: July 6, 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Quite and secluded

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: June 22, 2023

    9.0
    Not as it seems, but wonderful stay with excellent staff
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 9 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The TV didn't work, we did not use it during our stay and the pool was dirty, but our child did not care. The variety of breakfasts shown on the pictures, is not offered. It's either banana pancakes or toast with an egg of your prepared liking.

    The villa had two very spacious rooms, a wonderful garden, and is to be found in an environment surrounded by nature. The staff is extremely friendly and seems to be involved with their customers. We would love to come back here some day!

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: May 21, 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    A lot of ants in the room and the rooms smelled a bit like mold

    The place is quite central and spacious. The price is reasonable and it has all the necessary utilities.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: May 19, 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Deluxe Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Service from the host was impeccable. The breakfast was simple but delicious. The garden and the pool were also very nice.

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: April 24, 2023

    8.0
    Beautiful place and amazing staff!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Deluxe Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The bathroom had bad smell.

    Large, clean room. Very nice and quiet place. Far from the centre, you definitely need a scooter.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: January 23, 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Travelers with friends
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    good

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: December 24, 2022

    10
    super attentive staff
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Two-Bedroom Villa
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    nothing - it was all great!

    lovely staff members. the Villa was so comfy and practical. great location - scooters are definitely needed which you can hire

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: December 6, 2022

    10
    Great stay for honeymoon and family trip.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Nothing. We love it so much.

    We love this place so much. It was such a romantic place for honeymoon especially. Even the location is a bit far from ubud center but we love the quiet and serenity here especially in the morning. Staff named Putu is super helpful! Manage to fulfill our request even at odd time.

    Stayed in December 2022

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