SANTIKA Hotels in Bali

Pros: quick check in with friendly staff. Location is good if you plan to stay near the beach. Easier to access the most famous beaches to the south by taxi. The facility is clean and the pool is well maintained, very good for a night swimming. Nice view from balcony. There are some supermarkets close by for daily necessities. Every day cleaning service. Neutral: breakfast is boring. Usually fried rice and noodles with some local toppings. No real western options only muesli and croissant. Cons: room is relatively small. the beds aren’t the most comfortable - just okey. The room is rather dark especially the bathroom with no natural light only bad lighting. Even makes shaving a huge challenge where I ended up using flashlight. No hangers to dry wet close. Even though Bali is famous for coffee the coffee served for breakfast is outrageous. Not to mention if you want to have like a cappuccino it is not included in your breakfast and have to pay. Not the hotel’s fault but the hotel and the neighborhood is packed with Russians often drunk and shouting which can be really disturbing if you trying to find your inner peace.

The hospitality is great, and the breakfast mostly Indonesian food, is decent. The room is clean, but what I didn’t enjoy was being placed in a smoking room. As a non-smoker, it was really unpleasant to smell smoke coming from the neighboring rooms. I don’t see any benefit for the business in allowing smoking in hotel rooms. Overall, the hotel is well-located, just a 20-minute walk to Kuta Beach, with many restaurants nearby. Most of the guests appear to be Indonesian. It’s a good option for a short stay or transit.

I stayed at this hotel for two nights. The hotel is good but not a popular place for the young tourists. I'm not sure if I'd would stay there again though. Some of the hotel staff were not very helpful. I wanted to do some tours and when I inquired about it from one of the hotel staff she didn't seem to know anything and didn't bother to point me in the right direction. I wish someone was there to tell me that it would be easier to get info if I went to places like Kuta Beach or the town center. It would have made my trip as a first timer better.