Hello,

As promised, I'd like to provide a quick review of this hotel after my recent stay.

First, to address the two points above:

Breakfast/Club - This property has no club. The breakfast is buffet style and to be perfectly honest, probably the best breakfast buffet I've ever had at any hotel. Since my wife was with me, I chose the free breakfast as my plat. benefit. They did not limit you to a continental style breakfast, but allowed access to the entire buffet - great deal! Additionally, the waiters would occasionally bring around various small plates throughout the breakfast that were not available at the buffet. I'm not sure if this will continue to be routine, or if this is just because they've recently opened, but it was great. I apologize as I'm unsure of what the buffet would cost out of pocket.

Intercontinental - My wife and I strolled past this property while walking Jimbaran beach (which can be accessed by walking out the back of the LM, across the street, and through the fish market restaurants). The Intercontinental is direct beach access and it appears they groom their beach pretty well (the Jimbaran beach is otherwise somewhat rocky). We didn't walk through the resort, so I can't comment there. So, the takeaway here - if direct beach access is important, go with Intercontinental.

Continuing on:

Room - I was upgraded to an Aquastudio Suite w/ Lagoon Access as my plat. upgrade. I was not able to apply SNAs to this reservation so that was interesting to see as someone above posted they were able to (maybe reservations further out have the ability?). Anyway I'd highly recommend any room with Lagoon Access. Very cool to be able to walk out of the patio door and straight into the pool. The other important thing is that if the resort is busy, they have very limited seating on the pool deck. Lagoon access rooms have their own seating so it's a nice alternative if the pool deck is occupied. In general, my wife and I thought the Lagoon was a really different, neat, idea. The room itself was very nice. Pretty large, clean and nice furnishings.

Service - One word - fantastic. Everyone we ran across called us by name on consistent basis(perhaps this was only because there was low occupancy while we were there). The staff was overall very attentive and always making sure our stay was going well. I'm hopeful this service will continue and is not just an artifact of the recent opening.

Location - The LM in Jimbaran is definitely not Nusa Dua. If you're looking for a resort type of community, Jimbaran is not the right place. In general, the major resorts we saw in the area were the Intercontinental and Four Seasons. Both of these are beach resorts. As stated above, the LM is not located on Jimbaran beach but is easily accessible by a 1-2 min. walk out the back of the resort. Jimbaran beach was a bit rocky. If you plan on swimming and throwing out a towel, i'd recommend sitting on Intercontinental's beach or the Four Seasons. The water at Jimbaran beach is also not the nice teal colored water you see in Nusa Dua. So, overall, the LM in Jimbaran is a bit more off the beaten path, which is great if you're not a fan of overly crowded tourist locations.

Overall Impression of LM - The LM, while nearly finished, is still very much under construction in some aspects. This was slightly annoying and one of my gripes with the stay - the sound of power tools from time to time as construction finishes up was a bit unwelcome. Additionally, in areas that appear finished, the workmanship is somewhat poor (this is noticed quite a bit with the paint jobs). Additionally, little things such as a shower stall that does not slope towards the drain (causing water pooling), a waterfall feature near the pool bar that is clearly not at the correct level causing water to fall very unevenly around the edge are all little things that were clearly overlooked or done in haste to get the resort open. I'm fairly confident this hotel will be much more inviting once construction is ultimately finished.

Hope that helps. I'm sure I missed something, so will post anything additional if I think of it.