I just checked in last night and will be staying for 5 nights. The resort is beautiful and service is great so far. Italian restaurant for dinner last night was very good and prices are very affordable. Club lounge this morning is amazing.

Really looking forward to my next few days here.

I haven’t heard anything. We’re even staying in the 3rd building which is supposed to be closest to the construction but again, haven’t heard anything here.

Does anyone know what the different between a family suite and a regency suite here? Are these suites connectable to standard room? If we have a big group, what is the best way to get them all ideally in the same building and same floor if we have multiple regency suites and one family suite reserved. Was thinking of converting a regency suite or family suite to a connecting room but need to get it with club access (which is included with the regency suites at not a big premium).

Here’s a photo of the fruit spread from today’s breakfast. There’s pineapple, melon, passion fruit, papaya and oranges. It does change a bit from day to day.. yesterday they didn’t have melon but they had watermelon instead.

i haven’t made it over to the main restaurant breakfast yet but if I do I will snap some photos.

We did have some noise with the stray dogs howling on the beach last night... not too loud but somewhat annoying. We’re in the 3rd building closest to the beach. If you’re a light sleeper, I’d recommend the 2nd building, or the 3rd building but not beach side. My girlfriend slept through it all but I’m a light sleeper and it woke me up a couple times.

just a quick note before we head back, will post a full review when we are back home

Dog Poop
Didn’t see any dog poop when we were there
there are a LOT of stray dogs on the Sanur beach area so can’t do anything about it
They don’t seem to bother you though if you leave them alone

construction noise
none that we noticed at all
we were in the second building and actually did see the ocean in slivers from our room - but a lot of foliage as mentioned so it’s not exactly a sweeping vista

overall we had a great stay, it was a lovely jumping off point and now after moving down to Nusa Dua we actually realize how much harder it is to get anywhere from here - staff were without exception great

not the most happening area but there are many options around, ie a lunch Nasi Campur at Warung Kecil less than five minutes away which was very clean and tasty (for like three bucks to boot)

They were also very kid friendly, provided a crib and a stroller to borrow for the duration of our stay. All I can say is if one doesn’t like kids and are scared of them then one should probably book an adults only hotel, there are a lot of families on vacation here including my own and we (hopefully) kept reasonable control of them. A side note is they probably don’t have the most extravagant kids pool facilities so if that’s a priority then maybe consider a bigger resort. However it’s much closer than most hotels to the safari park, bird park, etc

Ah, yummy Rambutan at the top.

has anyone actually stayed in a family suite here and can give a little detail on it (compared to a regency)? I see lots of reviews of the regency suites but non on family suites.