Semarandana

The staff were so nice. They and the owner were exceptionally helpful and fixed whatever needed fixing immediately. Because I was doing research and planning which required a lot of video streaming the owner got a modem installed outside my room. Amazing! Streaming was still impossible due to the out of date infrastructure in Bali. However, with the new modem I could download decent amounts of data to play back on my laptop. The apartment was open planned with bed, lounge, dining table and kitchen in the one room with a separate bathroom. Everything was clean and worked well. Anything that stopped working was fixed straight away. Cleaners came daily and did a great job. The gas for the kitchen was connected to an external source so you didn't have a gas bottle in your room. Fantastic! The kitchen was gorgeous and had everything I needed. Everything in the apartment was of a good standard. The shower was awesome! Best I've had in Bali. Loved having a safe that fitted my laptop, my tablet and all my other tech stuff. The location is superb. It's at the north end so it's close to the more lively restaurants and bars on the main road. It's also close to McDonalds which has a Citibank ATM in the carpark. The ATM doesn't take your debit card all the way in so there's no chance of losing it inside the machine. Happy Days! And it's close to Hardy's mall/supermarket, Popular supermarket (my favourite) and Coco Mart. There's also a laundry service next door. It's AU$1.00 per kilo to have your clothing washed, dried and folded. Crazy good!

Because the land area is so small there's not much space between you and the next person and very little air flow through the outside space, so when people smoke it just sits there in the hot air. The apartments downstairs have very little natural light coming in. For those out enjoying Bali during the day neither of these things will be a problem.