Umadasa, Jl. Double Six, Mar 2014

Its not a hotel but a house. It is really a room in a house! It is located at Jl. Double Six, next to Tune Hotel in Legian.  If you are a newbie to Bali, actually a good place to stay (only for singles or couple but not for family with children) as it is nearby the famous Double Six Beach and a short stroll away from shops, good eating local warungs & restaurants. 

We arrived around 7 pm & there was a lady waiting for us at the door.  She asked for copy of our passports & disappear for awhile.  I believed she went to photocopy our passports.  There is no reception area so I guess that's why. There are 5 rooms in the bungalow house.  4 standard rooms & a family room on the upper floor.  The rooms are tightly packed that I can actually heard the neighbours talking especially at night. The first night we came, there was a power failure.  It was in total darkness.  Only when we asked the staff the following day did they mentioned there's actually a power failure & the bungalow does not have a generator. Also there was no telephone for you to contact the staff as they only worked there during the day.

The standard room comes with bed just enough space for a TV & a small fridge.  Our room was facing the swimming pool so there's not much privacy & its noisy if there were people using the pool.  The bathroom was small, very small. The tap water was always cold and everytime we called the staff, they will say it will take a few minutes but I noticed the water only gets warm if we called out to the staff, if not it will stay cold forever.

There was the daily menu for breakfast.  Its either eggs with sausage & fruits or pancakes & fruits with coffee or tea.  The dining table where we have the breakfast wast located just outside the bedroom, so you will have all the tenants/guests sitting at this area in the morning & its really very tight.  Its great if you have friendly tenants but if its otherwise, its just a bad start for the day.

As we are out all the time out during our stay, we always come back to a cleaned room.  We booked for drop off to the airport & the driver was way late on our day of departure.  No phone to call or make enquiry as it was a house the staff were all gone by 5pm. When the driver came, he did not even apologised but went straight to our room to check if everything was "intact".