Hotel Review: The Beach House Resort Gili Trawangan

Hotel Review: The Beach House Resort Gili Trawangan

The Beach House Resort Gili Trawangan

Website: http://www.beachhousegilit.com/


What do I have to say about my experience at this hotel?
I stayed with 5 other friends in a two bedroom villa at this resort.

Villa Quality: 9/10
I had the best time here at Gili Trawangan including my time enjoying the villa. The villa had one small private swimming pool that is pretty clean. The villa also has half-open bathrooms that feel very close to nature.

Price: 8.5/10
The two bedroom villa that I stayed in was priced at Rp 2.500.000 per night and I think it's a pretty acceptable price for the quality of my stay.

Quality of Stay: 9.5/10
I had the best time staying at this hotel and given that the island itself is like a heaven to me.

Location: 10/10
The Beach House Resort Gili Trawangan is located at the heart of the island so it's a very strategic hotel where the crowds, cafes, bars, and restaurants are located.
One strong point of this hotel is LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION

Breakfast: 9/10
What can surpass the feeling of having breakfast in the morning by the beach with some good breakfast meals on the island?

Hotel Staff: 10/10
The hotel staffs are generally helpful and informative. You can ask a lot of information about the island including where the best snorkeling spot is, where to rent a bike, where can I party at night, etc....


However, on one negative note (and probably it's pretty common for all the hotels in this island), the water is pretty salty and when we needed to tak a shower, the hotel ran out of water and we needed to wait for them to "refill their water tank"......

Overall: 9.5/10
Overall, I had a great great stay here at the resort and would come back again to stay at this resort when I visit Gili Trawangan again. Would I recommend this hotel to everyone? Definitely YES.


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Hotel Review: Welcome Inn Gili Trawangan

Hotel Review: Welcome Inn Gili Trawangan

Hotel Review: Welcome Inn Gili Trawangan

I recently stayed at Welcome Inn in Gili Trawangan from December 27-29, 2013...

It's a basic accommodation with only 4 rooms with its own bathroom. The limited number of rooms makes Welcome Inn such a basic accommodation.

Room & Facility: 7/10

It is just a basic accommodation, so don't expect any great facilities. Their facility only includes bedroom with 2 beds, some towels, shower, a balcony, an air conditioner (AC), and a cupboard. Room is quite clean but could be a bit cleaner. If you are only looking for basic place to stay overnight with cheap price, then this could be for you.

Value for Money: 8/10

Well, since it's a basic place to stay, I was charged about IDR 600.000 during the high/peak season. I think they charge about 50% of the price I paid when it's a low season.

Location: 9/10

Welcome Inn is quite well located in the island of Gili Trawangan. It'e only one block from the main road. It's also close to the main strip of Gili Trawangan where activities take place. However, it's quite close to a local market that sometimes I feel uncomfortable walking back to the hotel because I had to go through a "dirty" part of the island.

Staff: 8/10

Staff is quite helpful. During my stay, I only saw one lady who attend to all our needs including making us breakfast and cleaning up our room.

In conclusion, I would recommend Welcome Inn to you who are looking for basic accommodation on the island and don't want to walk too far into the island.

Hotel Review: Artotel Surabaya

Hotel Review: Artotel Surabaya

ARTOTEL SURABAYA

Website: http://artotelindonesia.com/detail.php?id=surabaya

"Earth without art is just EH"

What do I have to say about my experience at this hotel?
I stayed here for one night to accompany my friend who came over to Surabaya, the city I live in. The lobby is full of interesting contemporary artsy stuffs and they are pretty interesting. Being at a Christmas time, the decoration was awesome and we kept taking pictures of the decoration. Basically the lobby experience is so fine.

Hotel Quality: 8.5/10
The hotel quality is very good. It's a new hotel in the middle of the city.

Price: 9/10
Since it's a budget hotel, the price is affordable given the fact that it's in the middle of Surabaya city.
We spent about Rp 400.000 per night.

Quality of Stay: 9/10
Great sleep, pretty basic room (quite small but enough), bathroom is clean and looks new, breakfast is awesome with variety of Indonesian / East Javanese foods.

Location: 10/10
It's in the middle of the city so it's easy to go to any other parts of Surabaya.

Breakfast: 9/10
To me the breakfast is awesome since it gives us some good Indonesian breakfasts.... There are some basic Western foods also like omelette station and breads. The Western breakfast is also good. Basic fruits are also provided.

Hotel Staff: 10/10
The hotel staffs are very helpful in attending our needs. We forgot our room key inside the hotel room and the staff was quite nice and helpful. I asked for a scissors and the staff came by very quick to lend me a scissor and even helped me to cut open my new camera box. I think the staffs here are quite well trained.

Overall: 9.5/10
Overall, I had a great great stay here at the hotel and would come back again to stay at this hotel. I would recommend this hotel to anyone and when my friends are coming over to visit me.

Hotel Review: The Haven Bali Seminyak

My most recent stay at February 20 - 22, 2013

The room I stayed in: Suite Room (1 bedroom with livingroom)

What do I have to say about the hotel?

Location: 8.5/10

I think the location is pretty good since it's located in Kuta Legian where the crowd is at in Bali. But for some people, this place is getting increasingly more crowded, hence, some people choose not to stay at this area.

Value to Price: 9/10
I think the price is suitable for the quality that we get. It's not too expensive and considerably cheap according to my point of view.

Rooms: 9/10

The room is quite big especially the living room area (if you book the unit with a livingroom). It's clean, tidy, and comfortable. The living room has flat TV with cable and dining area and also a clean kitchen with a fridge. Interestingly, the bathroom in my room didn't have any curtain and you can see through inside if you peek through the patterned-shade glass window. The room also has balcony along the window and it's pretty wide and spacey therefore you can hangout at the balcony in the morning.

Facility: 9.5/10

This hotel has facilities such as FREE wi-fi service even in every room, quite big swimming pools, 2 lobbies and reception area (at the front and at the back), cozy restaurants and bar area. The hotel is located in a long rectangular area and hence it's a pretty long hotel if you walk from the front to the back of the hotel, but the layout is not very wide.

Hotel Staff: 10/10

Like usual in Bali, the hotel staffs are very friendly and pretty helpful in attending to all your needs.

Would I recommend this hotel to others?

Absolutely YES. I would even like to come back here to stay next time I am in Bali.
This hotel is also great if you are traveling with families with children.

Hotel Review: Hotel Sahid Jaya Jakarta

Hotel Review: Hotel Sahid Jaya Jakarta

Hotel Information:

Website: http://www.grandsahidjaya.com/
Rooms: http://www.grandsahidjaya.com/facilities.html
Facilities: http://www.grandsahidjaya.com/facilities.html

What do I have to say about this hotel?

Price: 9/10
The price of the hotel is acceptable and pretty decent. It's not too pricy considering the location in the heart of Jakarta (Jalan Sudirman).

Room: 7/10
I think this is a pretty old hotel and the rooms feel quite old and the technology is not updated (Read: the rooms are opened using keys instead of cards)

Hotel Staffs: 8/10
The staffs are very friendly and helpful.

Location: 9.5/10
It is located in the heart of Jakarta. So if you are on a business trip that require you to go to places in the Central Business District (CBD) Sudirman, this might be a great place to stay.

Views: 8/10
Views are OK, the city view of Jakarta.

Overall: 8/10

Overall, I had an OK experience staying at this hotel despite the hotel being old and you can feel it. Would I recommend this hotel to you? Yes, if you got a promotional rate. :)

For others' reviews, please check:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g294229-d309113-r112999906-Hotel_Sahid_Jaya-Jakarta_Java.html