Sahera Hotel

A pleasant stay, nice quiet and fairly new rooms, AC worked really well, plenty of hot water. Clean and pretty pool area and good breakfast. Staff all very friendly and eager to help. Only nuisance were the many mosquitoes. Easily solved though: the shop next door had an electric mosquito killer for just 12k IDR. If the hotel wants to improve something: supply one of them for each room :-) Note: the location on the map is shown wrong. If you have your own transport like us, no problem, otherwise you might want something more central.

The actual room and overall hotel are quite nice. Has everything you want (A/C, fridge, TV, pool etc). Surroundings are really beautiful (especially behind the pool). Staff is friendly. My only complaint is that the hotel isn't located where it shows on the Hotel's.com app and website. It's actually 2.6 km East of that spot in a more rural area (and a 50,000 r cab ride away as I soon discovered). There are still restaurants and dive shops in walking distance, just not as many. Although I was mad at bring duped at first, overall it's still a great hotel and good value for the money). There's a convenience store right beside it which also helped.

The place was as advertised. You will get a truly Balinese home stay experience. We were 4 people so they gave us the topmost suite. The suite had vintage furtnure which we really liked as it gave us a very different field. However, there are some things that we didn’t enjoy like the fact that there was just 1 power outlet in the unit and it was in the kitchen! The bathroom wasn’t clean when we arrived. The staff are amazing. They took care of the cleanliness issue as soon as we told them. They were also kind to us and offered scooters at a nominal rate. The location is also very good. Just a 5 minute walk and you are in the heart of Ubud.

Sure the hotel was great 10 or 20 years ago but looks old and "tired" now... a lot of things could be fixed and have a better look.. People were working on a building next door so pretty noisy.. the restaurant is soooo expensive, we took the included breakfast (hopefully because 150.000r/person, it's not our budget, 74.000 for a Bintang + taxes either by the way lol) and it was huge and great ! Very kind staff, 3 swimming pools.. sea view but unfortunately no sand just rocks so you don't want to go outside for a swim :-/ we had the feeling to be alone in the big hotel which was pretty sad..

My goal was to do nothing and work on a few personal projects. The hotel was perfect for that. (In fact I stayed one week longer than planned). Good food and selection for breakfast. Lots of convenience stores and restaurants nearby. Staff was attentive and accommodating. Internet connection was spotty at times.(but then, I was using it a lot)..