Accommodation – Sri Ratu – Legian

Sri Ratu is a small hotel that is located in Three Brothers Lane, between Jln Legian and Jln Padma Ultara behind the new All Seasons concrete jungle.

As stated it is small, but after doing the large hotels, eg Bali Mandira, for many years we won’t go back to those large places again, and we love the villa/bungalow type set up as it gives us more options rather than a boxy hotel room.

The property is divided into two separate areas separated by a small lane way. The main area is the two story hotel type accommodation, with reception, pool and restaurant. There are about a dozen rooms in the main complex and very close together.

They are as follows:

Queen Superior Suite Room 205 – Upstairs. One double bedroom, one twin share, both A/C. Downstairs living room with tea/coffee-making facilities & fridge. A/C. Bathroom with WC, shower & bath downstairs. TV in one bedroom. Breakfast for four guests. RP375,000 per night

Queen Suites Room 101 – Ground Floor Room 206 – Upstairs. One double bedroom with A/C & TV. Living-room with tea/coffee-making facilities and fridge. Bathroom with WC, shower & bath – tub. Breakfast for two guests. RP275,000 per night

Queen Deluxe "A" Rooms 110, 208, 209 & 210. All rooms have A/C & TV, some double, some twin share. Bathroom with WC, shower & bath – tub. Breakfast for two guests. RP225,000 per night

Queen Deluxe "B" Rooms 201, 202, 203 & 207. All rooms have A/C & TV, some double, some twin share. Bathroom with WC & shower. Breakfast for two guests RP200,000 per night

Queen Budget Rooms 102 – 109. Double or twin share rooms with A/C. All rooms with shower and WC, some also have bath. Breakfast for two guests. RP 175,000 per night.

The breakfast is nothing fancy just pot of tea or coffee, toast with jam and fresh fruit.

The hotel complex is built right around the pool area and is very small. You step out of one of the ground floor hotel rooms and five steps later you are literally in the pool. The pool is also very small, but we are beach people not pool people, and very deep. It has a three seat pool bar and the pool area does not get much sunshine at all. There are only 4 pool lounges that rarely get used and no pool towels. The restaurant only has a few tables and the menu is limited but the food is good and the price is very cheap. Also the place is very clean. The safety deposit boxes worried me a bit as they were located in reception and were those old wooden type ones – but nothing went missing so no drama’s. We did not stay in the hotel complex but at the villas/bungalows across the lane. Staying in the villa/bungalows still had you access to the full hotel facilities including room service.

There are eight villas/bungalows as follows:

ANGRREK – three bedroom, 2 air con, 2 bathroom, combined large lounge room, dining room and small kitchen, TV, fridge and day bed. RP375,000 per night.

MAWAR, MELATI & BOUGAINVILLE – all two bedroom both air con, 2 bathroom, combined large lounge room, dining room and small kitchen, TV, fridge and day bed. RP325,000 per night.

MATAHARI, RASTA & TERATAI – smaller two bedroom both air con, one bathroom I think, some on two levels, small lounge room, dining room and small kitchen, TV and fridge. A bit pokey for me. RP275,000 per night.

LILY – one air con bedroom, bathroom, small lounge room, dining room and small kitchen, TV and fridge. RP225,000 per night.

We stayed in the Melati Bungalow and had daily maid service, clean towels daily, clean sheets every two or three days and one of the ladies did our washing for RP1,000 per small items and RP2,000 per large items. The showers had hot water but the basins in the bathrooms and sink in the kitchen only had cold water. If you get more than 12 spits of rain the laneway outside the bungalow area does flood but subsides very quickly.

Terms and conditions are as follows:

Standard checkout is at 12 noon
Late checkout attracta a charge of 50% of the day rate
Sri Ratu staff can provide airport transfers, however due to ever increasing fuel prices there is now a nominal charge for this
Pickup is 70,000Rp drop off is 50,000Rp. This will be added to your account, but can be refunded upon meeting the conditions set out as follows:
"Budget A" pickup refunded after a stay of 3 nights, drop off refunded after a stay of 5 nights
"Deluxe a & B" pickup refunded after a stay of 2 nights, drop off refunded after a stay of 4 nights
Suites and Bungalows receive free transfers both ways after staying two nights or more
Room Rate Discount
10 Nights or more - 10%
20 Nights or more - 20%
OK this is not a five star resort more like 1 to 1 ½ star but it is clean and comfortable and the place has a real family style hospitality to it. The reception area closes at 11pm and reopens at 7am and during this time two security guards are on duty, so it is quite safe.

Summary

If you are after accommodation that has big fluffy towels, pristine white bed linen and all mod con’s this is not the place for you. But as a family, on a budget, staying for 4 to 8 weeks at a time we find this place very comfortable.

Any other questions let me know and I will post some stuff on what we did when I have a bit more time. We will be back there is a little over 6 weeks and cant wait to be back in paradise.

Cheers Larry