Trip Report - The Club at the Legian

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We’ve recently returned from an 8 night stay at the Club at the Legian. Some years ago we stayed at the main hotel at the Legian but my memories are a little vague as it was at least 14 years ago. More recently we normally stay at Amanusa or in rented villas. We usually prefer eating off resort when we are in Bali, especially in the last few years when the restaurant scene has really exploded. With the increase in traffic we started to find the trek from Amanusa to Seminyak (which we prefer for dining choices) was getting too long and bothersome, hence our choice this year of the Legian which is very centrally positioned in Seminyak.

I was initially concerned about our choice of staying at the Club, primarily because it is at the back of the property and as such has no sea views (or breeze). I was also concerned to read of the change of hotel management group from GHM to LHM, which occurred 2 days into our stay. However I’m glad to report that we had a great stay and the level of service at both the hotel and the Club was very high with no evidence of any shift in attitude or service levels after the handover – early days, but I hope it continues. Senior management were very visible throughout our stay, greeting us at check-in and ensuring they spoke with us prior to check-out.

We tended to spend most of our days by the pool in the main hotel as it was very hot when we were there and the pool at our villa didn’t catch any breeze. Perhaps if we were there for just a few nights I would opt for a hotel room/suite with a balcony overlooking the beach but for 8 nights it was nice to have the change of scene from the main hotel to the villa and in the late afternoon/evening when it had cooled down a bit it was lovely to have our own pool to dip into. The outdoor area of the villa is large enough to not feel that you are in a “compound” and thus the lack of a view isn’t so bad. The upside of this is also that the pool and outdoor area of each villa is completely private. The interiors of the villas themselves I found a little on the dark side and looking a bit tired. Especially the bathrooms and in particular the shower stall. The other thing to note is the villas only have queen beds, which I find very strange. If this is an issue for you then opt for the hotel, which has king size beds. The breakfast at the hotel was fine. Not a huge selection but adequate and I appreciated that all hot items were a la carte rather than sitting in bain maries. We ate a few lunches at the hotel, the selection of food isn’t huge but what we ate was very good. There is also a restaurant in the Club Lounge which you can choose to dine at for breakfast, lunch or dinner. We didn’t use the Club Lounge at all, as again with no sea breeze it was too hot and given the choice I prefer eating looking at the ocean than at a pool, which is the case at the Club Lounge. In the time we were there I only saw people using the Club lounge on a couple of occasions so it lacked ambience, with a lot of staff and chefs hanging around and no diners.

The inclusions that come with the villa I found to be very good and really enhanced our stay. In particular the daily laundry service and the complimentary car service around the Seminyak area were great. As I mentioned we ate off property every night and it was nice not to have to deal with taxi’s and transport to and from restaurants or shopping. The evening cocktail and canap from 6.00 – 8.00 pm were also good. We were only served canap once but that was fine. I was impressed though that the choice of beverages was basically any cocktail or wine by the glass on the drinks menu. Our butler was professional and warm and as with all the staff at the Legian very eager to please. We’re pretty self sufficient travellers so we didn’t avail of his services too much but I can see that for others it would be a nice inclusion.

In summary we would definitely return to the Legian and if staying for any longer than a few days we would happily choose the Club villas. The Club often has “stay 4 pay for 3” promotions and with all the inclusions it makes it a very appealing choice.

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