Originally Posted by
Londonjetsetter
I have also been to Whatley. I liked elements of it, but thought that the Swiss style restaurant was slightly odd and the rooms needed to be refreshed. The thermal pool area was also very very busy, which was not very relaxing at the time.
Friends have also told me that the Angela Hartnett restaurant at Lime Wood is disappointing. I will report back!
I won't argue over the Swiss restaurant looking odd - we only ever eat breakfast in there and tend to order room service or eat in the Michelin star restaurant for other meals. I really like the rooms though, although we only ever stay in suites. I've never had any issues with the hydrotherapy being full, so that's a shame you experienced that.
Originally Posted by
Londonjetsetter
That's good to hear MacMyDay. Is Amanjiwo still impressive? Not thrilled about the Garuda flight from Bali, but will stay there at the end so that we can take the Singapore Airlines flight back to Singapore.
I very much enjoyed it and would go back, but still would pick other Aman's ahead of it, such as Amanpulo, Amanzoe, Amanbagh, Aman-i-khas and Amanoi. The service just sadly wasn't really in the same league as the other Aman's I mentioned. Both Iniala and The Siam that we visited as part of our holiday prior to Amanjiwo had significantly better service; even Anantara Golden Triangle had marginally better service. Brilliant location, beautiful hotel, great rooms and good food, but there were fallings in the usual Aman service that I didn't expect, especially in SE Asia.
Regarding the flights, it's funny you mention this, as originally we were going to have to fly AirAsia from Kuala Lumpur, but I ended up moving the holiday around and we flew in J on SilkAir/Singapore Airlines from Bangkok -> Singapore -> Yogyakarta. The leg room was phenomenal; I will dream of it when I'm crammed into BA's new "business class" seat on the way to Aman Venice next month.