(first Aman stay, still the one against which we measure all others, amazing cultural and religious visit with Borobudur Temple and Prambadan Temple, local village tour was incredibly memorable and different, unique and spectacular Borobudur pool villa accommodation with almost perfect service, great F/B, and amazing air con, husband loved the spa, dying to return)
Amankila (one of our favorite pool villas of all time, with wonderful and serene views in a remote and rural location, access to Ubud and rural and local temples for interesting day trips, excellent Liberty scuba dive, good F/B, excellent air con, rarely left our pool villa when on premises and loved every second, would return again if ever on Bali)
Amangiri (most incredible location, very comfortable accommodation with serene views and amazing air con, excellent F/B with very good service, some of the most amazing local excursions and day trips of all time, excellent air con, wonderful experiences despite being at 100% occupancy, dying to return)
The rest:
Amansara (with Sally, Audrey, and Molly, best staff interactions at any hotel ever, loved our unusual accommodations and extremely good and personalized F/B, incredibly good service, loved being able to personalize our excursion itinerary to our own needs whenever we wanted, extremely interesting excursions of massive cultural religious and historic interest, expensive but worth every penny,excellent air con)
Amanbagh (wonderful remote location offering wonderful excursions, Pratapgar castle excursion one of our all time favorites, excellent air con, excellent service, weak F/B options but decent food)
Amandari (lunch only, loved the authenticity, good air con, incredibly good F/B, excellent service, didn’t love Ubud at all, glad we didn’t pick over Amankila, but loved the serenity offered at this property)
Amangani (our favorite hotel in Jackson, one of our favorite places already in the USA, excellent F/B, good air con, wonderful remote location and views despite being just 10-15 min from town, not so convenient for us for skiing, good service)
Aman Grand Canal Venice (lunch only, beautiful restored property with wonderful public spaces, some tiny rooms, excellent F/B, overpriced based on competition, no water view bar, not convinced Aman works in a city for my cost/benefit, especially with the Gritti Palace)
Aman Tokyo (tea only, language issues, spectacular hard product, amazing views, overpriced based on too many local luxury hotel competitors, not enough serenity to make me bother, good F/B, not convinced that Aman works in a city for my cost/benefit)
Aman Summer Palace Beijing (lovely accommodation, weak air con, mixed bag on F/B and service, excellent service recovery, pleasant but imperfect location, never felt Aman enough to us, good spa for my husband, wouldn’t stay here again)
Amanusa (wonderful hard product, excellent F&B, great air con, boring and totally uninteresting location, no direct beach access, bad value for the spend)
Amanwana (decent hard product but terrible air con, average F/B, no pool. Solid but unremarkable service, good service recovery allowed us to escape early, very poor dive quality during visit, even poorer dive staff qualify, would return only for the private live aboard scuba dive experience)