soori and legian have beachfront

if early next year, check timing of legian renovation - half the rooms taken out of inventory means more aman size and lower occupancy, and there were also some bonuses given to guests during the last reno

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...l#post18043610
http://www.ghmhotels.com/en/the-legi...li-english,all
should be same for top 4 at legian, they used to be advertised that way, but now it matches legian club description

I stayed in pool villas at Chedi , Soori and Club @ Legian.
I stayed in the beachfront villas at Soori - number 207 .
Soori was good but very remote and seemed to get a lot of clouds while we were there.
i paid about $400 a night for Chedi , $500 Soori , $600 Club @ Legian
Soori was very nice , really modern and funky BUT service levels no-where near GHM standard.
When we left we agreed if doing again we would of done just a mix of Chedi and Legian and not bothered with Soori.

I really cant emphasis how impressed I was with The Legian hotel. FAR SUPERIOR TO SOORI. Personally I would go there for a few nights, try and get the Club on a 4 for 3 offer like I did in Sept 2011.

legian club staff including butler vs legian staff?

other soori reports include >

deer and ngfan put food at alila soori and como shambhala estate at the top >
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...ry-hotels.html

Oh, it is just sooo difficult to make the choice. I know Amans would be wonderful, but I would like to try something new, but still do not want to risk regretting it....

For 12 nights I would do amanusa either at the beginning, if late flight, or end if early flight. Although I like the property I think 3 nights is adequate. I would Allila Ulluwatu second for 4 nights, ( have been to Legian years ago so sure it is improved, but notnon my list althoughncould be sub),and lastly Amankila in the indrkilasuite suite for 5 nights. I have been back to that room, cannot resist!
Sounds wonderful!

With the new boat, it has gotten so expensive that we can't even consider it. If I remember correctly, two or three couples sharing the boat comes out a little better...we'll have to get some flyertalkers together to share a cruise sometime!

Soori

upon arrival the hotel has really blow away impressive. we had an oceanfront beach villa (top floor ones) and the villa was very impressive with infinity pool directly from living room!

food is good at Soori - they have an American Chef who we were speaking to one night.
One negative was only Indonesian Food in a formal setting served at night so if you want say casual food or a burger and fries you have to get room service. the food was very good although we found it a bit limited for example we had chosen to eat a lot of indonesian food in Ubud , but you had no choice but expensive indonesian food in the evenings whereas we were in the mood for non indonesian, so 2 of the 3 nights we actually ordered food o our room for dinner as this worked out much cheaper and was what we wanted. wagyu burger !! the hotel could do with offering some more casual dining option at night but they know the can get away with it at night as the property is so remote.

all in all the resort is impressive as is noted in many reviews. but for us we were spoiled by staying at REAL luxury by staying at GHM Chedi and GHM The Club at The Legian before and after. these are LUXURY with service that may even be up there with Aman properties ?? and that left Soori feeling a bit inferior , the level of service expecially butler service is far inferior to GHM. but still a very good stay .

met the manager as we left and she gave us a complimentary book on the Seminyak area as she knew we were heading there which was nice. we visited tanah lot en route to The Legian.

also note it was overcast quite a bit while there in september .

lastly , you can pick up some great deals occassionally on luxury link and jetsetter for the Alila properties.
We just noticed going from GHM Chedi to Alila Soori and back to GHM Club Legian that the service was good at Soori but not exceptional like the 2 GHM's.

Legian Club

Kagehitokiri - I was staying at the Club and we had amazing service in the Club - our butler was Sura.

We often went over to the main hotel . I think every day but one we had breakfast there. We had a gorgeous dinner there one night. Every afternoon we went over to the main hotel to use the main pool or to relax on the day beds that sit on the edge of the pool/beach. From every time we were in the main hotel we received good service and i was left with the feeling a stay in the main hotel would be excellent too.

I had originally booked a suite in the main hotel for $450 a night but upgraded when I got a $600 a night deal on the Club.

ps My wife informs me Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have jetted off to southern peninsula of Bali - guesses at hotel - Amanusa ?

(Insert gagging smiley here.)

thanks for reply WEEBOBBY

amanusa >

Groombridge
nusa/wana best food http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16737801-post5.html
report http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/14879728-post3.html
and sean came from amanjiwo (incredibly consistent here) and might make food even better

and sean came from amanjiwo (incredibly consistent here) and might make food even better[/QUOTE]

Sean is not only GM for Amanusa , from about a year ago also overseas all of Indonesia

So, we have made our choices.

We will stay first at Amanusa (4 nights, longer Bali break package incl. breakfast and one activity, room category tbd), then 4 nights at Alila Uluwatu in a one BR villa with pool (Seduce your sences rate incl. daily breakfast, One time 3-course dinner at either CIRE Restaurant or in-villa dining
 + a 90-minute Spa treatment + transportation etc.) and finally at The Club at the Legian in a one BR villa (indulge in Style Package, stay 4 pay 3 including breakfast and lots of other club benefits).

Must say that I am very excited to try out some (for us) new hotels since we have more or less only stayed in FS or Amans the last 10 years. The villas looks stunning and I have very high expectations regarding food at the Alila. Now fingers crossed for the service.

Funnily enough, I am staying at the same hotels later this year, plus a few others. I always liked The Legian until the decor started looking terminally tired, but the big refurbishment looks to have fixed that.

Looking forward to hearing your experiences, but the fact that you picked the same hotels, is already a good sign! And if you hate one of them, I can still change before March.

First impressions: I am particularly impressed about the little electronic book with preferences about our stay that at Alila Uluwatu that I have been asked to fill in. Great idea and really well done. Promising for the rest of the stay!!