• traveled 7 years ago
The hotel is very green, well-groomed, quiet, it is clear that the owner does not give a damn about his business, The room is good, carved wood is all around, it’s not a curiosity for Asia, but it’s still beautiful. There is Wi-Fi, a kettle, tea, a fumigator, umbrellas, cleaning and changing towels every day.
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The hotel is very green, well-groomed, quiet, it is clear that the owner does not give a damn about his business, The room is good, carved wood is all around, it’s not a curiosity for Asia, but it’s still beautiful. There is Wi-Fi, a kettle, tea, a fumigator, umbrellas, cleaning and changing towels every day. I liked the breakfast, fruits, vegetables, meat, soups, you definitely won’t starve. The ocean and the beach are very very dirty. on towels) were very satisfied.
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If you write only about the hotel, then this is a good choice. We chose the hotel so that it was good to swim. Indeed, the tides are not very noticeable. But the water is muddy, constantly waves. The beach is good, there are trees in the shade of which it is very comfortable to relax. The hotel itself is beautiful, the room is good, especially liked the four-poster bed.
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If you write only about the hotel, then this is a good choice. We chose the hotel so that it was good to swim. Indeed, the tides are not very noticeable. But the water is muddy, constantly waves. The beach is good, there are trees in the shade of which it is very comfortable to relax. The hotel itself is beautiful, the room is good, especially liked the four-poster bed. The service is good. The room has a fumigator, a tea and coffee set, a TV with RTR-Planet, a mini-bar. But the village of Jimbaran itself sucks. No promenade. . . During the day on the beach, in the evening we went to Kuta or Nusa Dua. Kuta is a very vain place, traffic jams are almost Moscow, exhaust fumes, noise - I didn’t like it at all. We went there twice, both times disappointing in both shopping and restaurants. More expensive than in Jimbaran and Nusa Dua and not tasty at all. But Nusa Dua is a very pretentious and beautiful place. We walked around the Bali Collection - very comfortable and pretty. We went on an excursion to the reptile park, bird park, orchid park, Chinese pharmacy. It turned out that on Sunday yogis from Java did not arrive, therefore, there will be no crocodile show, although tickets for $ 26 per person were sold without warning, they could not be returned. It was not the season in the orchid park - there were only a few blooming orchids. But in a Chinese pharmacy they broke away - they ordered the murder of a cobra, drank its blood and ate its heart !! ! I didn’t remember the taste, but the main thing was to overcome myself. . . They also ordered cobra soup and fried python meat. Similar to chicken in taste, only there are a lot of bones, like in fish. We went to Ulutau and Kechak dance. The dance is boring, but when there is nothing to do, it seems like they found entertainment for the evening. The ocean view from the 100m cliff is beautiful. The monkeys also made me laugh a lot, tore the hairpin from my hair, the local boys took it away and returned it for a reward. Everyone took excursions on the beach from Ivan (he speaks Russian, prices are two times lower than those of the operator). If you write an impression about the country, then, in my opinion, it is not worth so much time to fly there. Thailand is cooler. The service is better, the excursions are more interesting and better organized, and the prices for everything are two or three times lower. The Balinese are trying everywhere with a smile to deceive you. . . They took an entrance fee to the temple, reached the gate, and there was an inscription that the entrance was impossible due to repairs. Late in the evening in Kuta, I tried to change money, I was almost deceived for 20 bucks, they wring money - they warned me in advance, I was vigilant, but unpleasant. They live in poverty, it's dirty everywhere, prices go up, you have to bargain. It was problematic to buy fruits, either to go to Kuta's store or there is a chance to buy something in a shop near the hotel, if anything. But we have not seen such stalls with an abundance of tropical fruits, as in Thailand. Of the Southeast Asian countries, I was in Thailand (Pataya and Phuket), Vietnam, Sri Lanka, there is something to compare with. Phuket and Vietnam are the best!! ! And fly less, the resorts have everything within walking distance - the sea, beaches, delicious food in restaurants, shopping, walking, massages. . . And in Bali, swimming in one place, everything else in another. . . We had dinner in the fishing village, in Kuta twice, in Nusa Dua, in the advertised restaurant of Jimbaran Ubung cafe - nonsense - expensive and not very tasty, but the most unpleasant thing is that the wind blows smoke directly onto the tables, there is nothing to breathe, all the clothes smelled. tastiest in restaurants near the hotel and Nusa Dua. We also went rafting - I liked it very much !! ! - the best excursion. Bali turned out to be not a paradise on earth for us, we saw better places, there is no desire to go there the second time. And yet, for weather-sensitive people - dizziness is possible, because you cross the equator. At times I didn’t feel very well, everything passed in Moscow. I tried to write not only positive, so that there would be no disappointment later, such as almost a day on the road, but it turned out to be different from the pictures and painted in the reviews of tourists who went abroad for the first time. . .
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We stayed at the hotel for 3 days, spent the rest of the time in Melia Bali. Contingent - elderly Germans, Russians, Chinese Near Four Seasons and BALI INTERCONTINENTAL RESORT In the pros of choosing Keraton 1. Large and spacious room, good bed, mosquito fumigator 2. Garden with bonsai collection 3. Lots of restaurants close by for fresh, cheap and excellently cooked seafood 4.
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We stayed at the hotel for 3 days, spent the rest of the time in Melia Bali.
Contingent - elderly Germans, Russians, Chinese
Near Four Seasons and BALI INTERCONTINENTAL RESORT
In the pros of choosing Keraton
1. Large and spacious room, good bed, mosquito fumigator
2. Garden with bonsai collection
3. Lots of restaurants close by for fresh, cheap and excellently cooked seafood
4. To Kuta 10 minutes by taxi, 4$-5$ travel
5. Deep pool 2.2m
6. Not hot, because a strong breeze was constantly blowing from the sea
7. The tides are strong, but the sea moves only 10-15 meters. Deep, waves, sandy beach.
8. Wooden carved furniture in the room
The cons of Keraton
1. The territory is extremely small, one alley, the hotel is separated by stone camps from the neighboring hotel and the fishing village
2. Breakfast - sucks.
Poor and monotonous (3 side dishes, no meat, 2 types of ham, no cheese, 4 types of the most popular fruits, pastries, 3 types of ersatz juices, and their cook is simply crooked, twice ordered fried eggs and both times he could not break the egg whole. Strongly lose compared to 4 * in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Turkey, Egypt, Thailand
3. The pool is small, but there is no waterfall, there are fountains. On the territory of a pond with a fountain.
4. There is no entertainment at the hotel, and it is not expected, we did not go to the Spa, even free, I can’t say anything.
5. The sea during our stay was extremely dirty. In addition to the fact that the surf turned the water near the coast brown, it is full of paper, plastic, firebrands, fragments of bamboo and pieces of wood, coconuts, algae float. It was very stormy.
Local children swam and one man, stunned by the waves, was not found more willing.
Fine sand and dust covered the lawns and restaurants of the hotel on the shore.
On the second day of bad weather, hotel workers erected a wall separating the hotel from the sea.
Lawns were continuously cleaned.
They are trying to clean up the beach, well, without it, it would have turned into a kind of landfill.
6. The staff is polite, but Melia Bali cannot be compared. Small example. Breakfast, all tables are occupied. On the veranda, 4 tables are free, but covered with dust and not served. I call the waiter. Boy puts wicker napkins on the dirty table and smiles happily. The administrator on duty comes up, the table is wiped. And only on the second attempt does it dawn on both of them that the chairs are also gray with dust.
7. There are no baths in the standard, only a shower. The toilet was with a damaged flush system.
In general, I have a good attitude towards 4 * hotels, but in this case my conclusion is negative. For unpretentious tourists who have nothing to compare to, Keraton will do. The resulting savings of $ 200-300 is the monthly earnings of the natives, the money can be spent sensibly on the island.
Jimbaran has excellent seafood restaurants that cannot be compared to dining at Bali collection on Nusa Dua in terms of value or taste.
Thanks to the reviews of other tourists on this site, they helped us to navigate correctly when choosing a tour.
Contingent - elderly Germans, Russians, Chinese
Near Four Seasons and BALI INTERCONTINENTAL RESORT
In the pros of choosing Keraton
1. Large and spacious room, good bed, mosquito fumigator
2. Garden with bonsai collection
3. Lots of restaurants close by for fresh, cheap and excellently cooked seafood
4. To Kuta 10 minutes by taxi, 4$-5$ travel
5. Deep pool 2.2m
6. Not hot, because a strong breeze was constantly blowing from the sea
7. The tides are strong, but the sea moves only 10-15 meters. Deep, waves, sandy beach.
8. Wooden carved furniture in the room
The cons of Keraton
1. The territory is extremely small, one alley, the hotel is separated by stone camps from the neighboring hotel and the fishing village
2. Breakfast - sucks.
Poor and monotonous (3 side dishes, no meat, 2 types of ham, no cheese, 4 types of the most popular fruits, pastries, 3 types of ersatz juices, and their cook is simply crooked, twice ordered fried eggs and both times he could not break the egg whole. Strongly lose compared to 4 * in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Turkey, Egypt, Thailand
3. The pool is small, but there is no waterfall, there are fountains. On the territory of a pond with a fountain.
4. There is no entertainment at the hotel, and it is not expected, we did not go to the Spa, even free, I can’t say anything.
5. The sea during our stay was extremely dirty. In addition to the fact that the surf turned the water near the coast brown, it is full of paper, plastic, firebrands, fragments of bamboo and pieces of wood, coconuts, algae float. It was very stormy.
Local children swam and one man, stunned by the waves, was not found more willing.
Fine sand and dust covered the lawns and restaurants of the hotel on the shore.
On the second day of bad weather, hotel workers erected a wall separating the hotel from the sea.
Lawns were continuously cleaned.
They are trying to clean up the beach, well, without it, it would have turned into a kind of landfill.
6. The staff is polite, but Melia Bali cannot be compared. Small example. Breakfast, all tables are occupied. On the veranda, 4 tables are free, but covered with dust and not served. I call the waiter. Boy puts wicker napkins on the dirty table and smiles happily. The administrator on duty comes up, the table is wiped. And only on the second attempt does it dawn on both of them that the chairs are also gray with dust.
7. There are no baths in the standard, only a shower. The toilet was with a damaged flush system.
In general, I have a good attitude towards 4 * hotels, but in this case my conclusion is negative. For unpretentious tourists who have nothing to compare to, Keraton will do. The resulting savings of $ 200-300 is the monthly earnings of the natives, the money can be spent sensibly on the island.
Jimbaran has excellent seafood restaurants that cannot be compared to dining at Bali collection on Nusa Dua in terms of value or taste.
Thanks to the reviews of other tourists on this site, they helped us to navigate correctly when choosing a tour.
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• traveled 17 years ago
I went to Bali hoping to see heaven on Earth, so I was somewhat disappointed. And it's not the hotel. Yes, everything is very green, lush vegetation in bloom (allergic nightmare! ), national flavor, seafood, goodwill and friendliness of local residents, whether it be hotel staff or a fisherman in the village - EVERYONE smiles and greets 100 times a day, and absolutely regardless of which country you come from! BUT .
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I went to Bali hoping to see heaven on Earth, so I was somewhat disappointed. And it's not the hotel. Yes, everything is very green, lush vegetation in bloom (allergic nightmare! ), national flavor, seafood, goodwill and friendliness of local residents, whether it be hotel staff or a fisherman in the village - EVERYONE smiles and greets 100 times a day, and absolutely regardless of which country you come from! BUT ...everything is somehow alien, unnatural ...and either they chose the wrong season (there were rains), or they got it wrong, but the ocean seemed muddy and gray ...I was not impressed! Plus the smells of their offerings, which are soaked in everything...I didn't like it! In a hot closeness, it is especially unpleasant. Yes, and the people there live very poorly ...There is dirt on the streets ...
The hotel was chosen for a long time and carefully for reasons of "price-quality", so that low tides were felt to a minimum. The choice was not wrong! I liked KERATON JIMBARAN RESORT 4 * in general.
The territory is small, but we, in principle, did not need anything. The pool is deep, a lot of greenery, a pond with lilies and fish, massage on the beach and something else from the SPA by the pool.
Big room, big bed. On TV there is either a Russian or a Ukrainian channel. In the bathroom - daily 2 bottles of water to brush your teeth, bath accessories. Shower is standard. Next time we go, we will immediately order a room with a bathroom!
Removed normally. Every evening they came to straighten the bed and turn on the fumigator. In general, the staff is very friendly!
They fed well: usually for breakfast they took vegetables (cucumbers, tomatoes, paprika + sauces), fruits (watermelons, melons, pineapples, mangoes, papaya, grapes), bacon, pastries (croissants, muffins), scrambled eggs or scrambled eggs with all sorts of fillers with us fried. There was rice, fried noodles, always a couple of soups, sausages, potatoes, breakfast cereals, yogurts ...A lot of things, but we didn’t take them. Yes, cheeses and sausages are not tasty!
There is more than enough food, they constantly put it in, no queues, no hustle. We had lunch and dinner in restaurants on the beach: fish and seafood - everything is very tasty and inexpensive. The main course is served with rice, potatoes, salad, seaweed, soup, bread, sauces, fruits, nuts...That is, they ordered only fish or shrimp and drinks! The rest is load. For a change, they took chicken saute, steaks, pasta in the same restaurants. Everything is very tasty! And a stunning view of the sunset on the sea ...We didn’t go to the hotel’s restaurant on the beach: they say it’s very expensive there for miniature portions! It was possible to dine in the main restaurant (special evenings were arranged), but we did not want to.
The beach is good, there are plenty of sunbeds! The ocean is restless, the waves are constantly disturbing the sandy bottom, so the water is cloudy ...and always warm, not even refreshing! Sunbathing by the pool.
We went to Kuta by taxi - 30.000 rupees (either take a taxi by the meter - Blue Bird, or immediately bargain about the price). Souvenirs at Discovery and MataHari.
There are also Japanese and Chinese restaurants in Kuta.
LOVED the WaterBom water park, especially the Boomerang slide! Take towels from the hotel - save 10.000 rupees.
They rented a car with a driver for the whole day - $ 50. The driver speaks Russian quite legibly, he improves the language himself. We went to the Batur volcano. On the way, we stopped at Orchid Park - 50.000 rupees each (there is nothing to do there! ), Bird and Reptile Park - 13.75 bucks each (it was interesting to see! ), a local temple. Everything would be fine, but it was annoying that he constantly tried to lead us to shops where he had, it seems, an agreement on a commission ...Plus, I was very sick!
They also took rafting on the Ayung River from our guide - $ 39 per person. Passes through picturesque places! In the end, we got a decent meal, we were satisfied.
Capital Tour took me on a free tour, but apart from shops (jewelry, wood, silver, batik) and an extremely meager lunch, we did not see!
Yes, for calls to Russia it is better to buy a local SIM card there: a minute of conversation cost about 4.5 rubles! They took it in a photo salon, the seller immediately registered it on himself there, 10.000 rupees for a SIM card immediately went to the account, then they bought additional express payment cards and registered them themselves.
Fruit was brought home from there (in the Trolley supermarket in Jimbaran or in the market they are ridiculously cheap! ). Drinks, by the way, juices and beer were taken just in the supermarket.
The general impression is favorable. But there is definitely a slight disappointment. Alas, this is not paradise, even if Bali was a dream! Let's keep looking for heaven.. .
The hotel was chosen for a long time and carefully for reasons of "price-quality", so that low tides were felt to a minimum. The choice was not wrong! I liked KERATON JIMBARAN RESORT 4 * in general.
The territory is small, but we, in principle, did not need anything. The pool is deep, a lot of greenery, a pond with lilies and fish, massage on the beach and something else from the SPA by the pool.
Big room, big bed. On TV there is either a Russian or a Ukrainian channel. In the bathroom - daily 2 bottles of water to brush your teeth, bath accessories. Shower is standard. Next time we go, we will immediately order a room with a bathroom!
Removed normally. Every evening they came to straighten the bed and turn on the fumigator. In general, the staff is very friendly!
They fed well: usually for breakfast they took vegetables (cucumbers, tomatoes, paprika + sauces), fruits (watermelons, melons, pineapples, mangoes, papaya, grapes), bacon, pastries (croissants, muffins), scrambled eggs or scrambled eggs with all sorts of fillers with us fried. There was rice, fried noodles, always a couple of soups, sausages, potatoes, breakfast cereals, yogurts ...A lot of things, but we didn’t take them. Yes, cheeses and sausages are not tasty!
There is more than enough food, they constantly put it in, no queues, no hustle. We had lunch and dinner in restaurants on the beach: fish and seafood - everything is very tasty and inexpensive. The main course is served with rice, potatoes, salad, seaweed, soup, bread, sauces, fruits, nuts...That is, they ordered only fish or shrimp and drinks! The rest is load. For a change, they took chicken saute, steaks, pasta in the same restaurants. Everything is very tasty! And a stunning view of the sunset on the sea ...We didn’t go to the hotel’s restaurant on the beach: they say it’s very expensive there for miniature portions! It was possible to dine in the main restaurant (special evenings were arranged), but we did not want to.
The beach is good, there are plenty of sunbeds! The ocean is restless, the waves are constantly disturbing the sandy bottom, so the water is cloudy ...and always warm, not even refreshing! Sunbathing by the pool.
We went to Kuta by taxi - 30.000 rupees (either take a taxi by the meter - Blue Bird, or immediately bargain about the price). Souvenirs at Discovery and MataHari.
There are also Japanese and Chinese restaurants in Kuta.
LOVED the WaterBom water park, especially the Boomerang slide! Take towels from the hotel - save 10.000 rupees.
They rented a car with a driver for the whole day - $ 50. The driver speaks Russian quite legibly, he improves the language himself. We went to the Batur volcano. On the way, we stopped at Orchid Park - 50.000 rupees each (there is nothing to do there! ), Bird and Reptile Park - 13.75 bucks each (it was interesting to see! ), a local temple. Everything would be fine, but it was annoying that he constantly tried to lead us to shops where he had, it seems, an agreement on a commission ...Plus, I was very sick!
They also took rafting on the Ayung River from our guide - $ 39 per person. Passes through picturesque places! In the end, we got a decent meal, we were satisfied.
Capital Tour took me on a free tour, but apart from shops (jewelry, wood, silver, batik) and an extremely meager lunch, we did not see!
Yes, for calls to Russia it is better to buy a local SIM card there: a minute of conversation cost about 4.5 rubles! They took it in a photo salon, the seller immediately registered it on himself there, 10.000 rupees for a SIM card immediately went to the account, then they bought additional express payment cards and registered them themselves.
Fruit was brought home from there (in the Trolley supermarket in Jimbaran or in the market they are ridiculously cheap! ). Drinks, by the way, juices and beer were taken just in the supermarket.
The general impression is favorable. But there is definitely a slight disappointment. Alas, this is not paradise, even if Bali was a dream! Let's keep looking for heaven.. .
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