New Catimore Heritage 1894 Blawan — Hotel in Java

This place is really not as bad as many tourists have described it ! I have the impression that those tourists are those discovering all Indonesia in 2-3 weeks time... and are used to luxury conditions. But we, the independent travellers, have surely slept in other simple and basic accommodations like this, so don't be put off by the 50 % of bad reviews ! ||||Room was small but the double bed had very comfy mattress and very clean bedsheet with one blanket. They don't provide upper bedsheet, but, as I always travel with my own, this was not an issue. In the small bathroom there was probably only cold water but as I spent the whole afternoon in the thermal bath one km away, I didn't take shower. The walls were freshly painted so no sight of mold. All the rooms open to the huge covered common area with tables. I arrived end of Oct. without a booking and paid 200'000 idr. At around 4-5 pm other guests arrived, the majority were couples with a private driver/car : we were 9 tourists alltogether. Dinner at 7 for 65'000 idr : soup, piece of chicken, piece of omelette, rice, piece of fried potato, free tea : it was ok. Wi-fi working well.||||The * (star) that Lonely Planet attributed is indeed exaggerated but it's probably a way to differenciate it from the Arabica, as these are the only two accommodations close to Ijen.||||By public transport : angkot from Sempol to Bondowoso at 06:00 (ojek from Catimor / Blawan to Sempol : 50'000). From B/woso to Sempol at 09:30 (25'000).||||The majority of the tourists left at 1 am and drove the 15 km to Pos Paltuding : if you are an independent traveller, you might ask for a lift. ||As I stayed the night before in Palm Hotel Bondowoso, I "hitchhiked" a lift at midnight by asking to some...

Sorry for my english but this honestly is the worst place I have stayed and slept in my whole life. I have been travelling a lot through Asia and I have slept in a lot of hostels, guesthouses, homestays and hotels. My expectations are not high at all as I am travelling on a budget but I suggest not even coming close to this place if anyhow avoidable. First of all they don't clean the rooms and I guess they haven't been cleaning them in a couple of years. The bathroom is so discusting I was afraid to brush my teeth or shower with their water. You only get soap, toilet paper and a towel if you ask for it. I'm pretty sure they don't change the sheets as well although the blanket seemed washed. There is only wifi in the lobby which doesn't work and as it's in the middle of nowhere there is no signal. They know that most tourist have to get up at midnight to take the tour to the blue fires but the mosk prayers last until 9pm and after this they ring their bell every hour - it is so loud you don't get any sleep. In the past I have liked sleeping next to mosks because I like the praying at 4:30 am but this almost seems to be rude. In generell it seems rude to take money for a place like this. I'm really sorry for a bad review and this is only the second I have ever written but I feel...

This hotel is terrible. It’s look great on the picture and when you are standing outside of the hotel and the area is also okay, because it local, but you are fare from restaurants and supermarked. But when you are seeing the rooms. It is so nasty, so dirty inside. Some of the locals agency are using this hotel if you are baying a packet with layover before you are walking to Ijen. ||It is not possible to sleep because there so lot of noices from people who is sitting outside of the rooms and most of the people/turist who’s staying there are walking to Ijen.||The staff are NOT serviceminded. When I saw the first room I was asking to see another room and they show me the room to door after the first room and it was completely the same room and I said to them, but there no different of those rooms and they were laughing at me. The only things the staffs are thinking off is to get money and for them it dosen’t matter what you are thinking and how the rooms are.||SO I JUST SAY...