Meruhdani Boutique Hotel Ubud — Hotel in Pulau Bali

Such a pleasant surprise, I cannot recommend this place enough. So affordable (~45AUD/night on Agoda but I think there are better deals elsewhere) and it came with so many perks. The bathroom was freshly renovated with dark stone, big sink/bathtub, and one way mirror/bamboo roof; so you can see bits of your reflection at night and the sun light comes in heavily in the morning!

Although our air con was leaking the staff were so helpful and accomodating. They cleaned up our room the moment we left for breakfast each day even though they were in the middle of cleaning someone else’s as they knew we’d come back shortly. There was always bottled water in the room and unlimited free access to it from the front desk. We had AMAZING kombucha welcome drinks on arrival that were UNFORGETTABLE (subtle hints of coconut water and apple cider vinegar, I wanted more and still think about it to this day).

The accomodation was beautiful and don’t get me started on the included breakfast. I would stay here again just for the breakfast. You get free vouchers to a cafe next door called Pukako and it was to die for! (Will do another review for them as well since they deserve it). The food was amazing, and the coffee and juices were fresh and delicious too. All kinds of milk was available for the coffee with no extra charge as well. I would go all the way back to Ubud just for this cafe honestly without staying at the meruhdani aha. On top of this, they also have us 10% vouchers to the Japanese restaurant right at the front of the property, Ikigai. Also such an amazing establishment. Staff are so friendly and kind and food was incredible.

Recommendations: Pukako:

1. Meruhdani Breakfast with fresh pineapple orange juice and an almond milk cappuccino. (I had this almost every morning and am still craving it to this day).
2. Pukako Pancakes (wow). These are oatmeal cinnamon banana and they taste INCREDIBLE. Best pancakes I’ve ever had in all my life, I will be trying to make them at home.

Ikigai:

1. spicy tuna roll. Perfect fresh tuna with the most amazing level of spice, they’re better than any I’ve had
2. hawaii roll: mango with tuna and salmon and a bit of onion. Three words again: to. die. for. (Every table has a ponzu-esque sauce that compliments every dish!

You must stay at the Meruhdani as it is the most affordable accomodation in the best location of town! It’s perpendicular to the main road with tons of great restaurants and parallel to the Ubud art market and Ubud market near the Saraswati temple.

Lastly, the Meruhdani got us great bike rental for 85k a day where we went to every inch of Ubud. We had to get petrol but this was easy as the servo was just down the road and cost 1,600 IDR for a while tank (pertalite).

Unfortunately the wifi isn’t great but since there’s wifi everywhere it’s not a big deal. We stuck to wifi at restaurants which was sufficient for us. This being the only downfall isn’t such a big dent in the framework of the...

I have never been treated so horribly by someone in customer service like tonight. So here is a little a little story to give you an understanding of why I just walked away from this place. Bare with it. I recently just lost my grandfather. I was then hospitalized for illness with a severe fever I came back to my villa to find it infested with 100s of bugs. Not bed bugs, it is the kind of winged ant like bug that is attracted to light. And was swarmed by these creatures as I opened by door in grief from the death in my family and still recovering from illness. Alone in a foreign country as a young woman. I grab what I could and outside of my place tried to find a hotel with a bath and relaxing vibe to just feel cleaned and safe honestly. My phone dies but I get a grab to this hotel. I go to the front desk and ask the woman how she is. She barely even looks at me but ask how I am doing. I gave her an honest answer and simply said "I am doing terribly". I am literally in tears coming to this woman and explaining to her I really need a nice room as I had a terrible night. She laughs at me. Laughs right at me! She then gave the price of the room and began acting like I could not afford the room! i know looked bad because I literally was sick and could not even grab fresh clothing. I asked if that was her nicest room as I wanted something very nice for my bad night. She just rolled her eyes at me. I then asked her if she could arrange and in home massage service for me.... she aid there is none at this time. I said I can pay for the arrangment please look one up. I would like something immediately and told her a bit of my story she laughed again. I am still red eyed as this is happening ! Also I know there are many 24 hour in home massage services in Ubud she could not just google it for me? As I was about to pay I thought to make sure she heard and understood my english when I answered I was not doing well and she thought that was funny maybe how I looked? In the most snobbish disgustingly stuck up response she smirks and laughs again rolls her eyes and I simply tell her no thank you I will not stay here. That is such a disgusting way to treat not only a guest but a human being. You would not even laugh at a dog like this and too act like I cant afford a what 45$usd room! I originally thought it was $95 usd so for me that was a deal. Just left in tears because it was just too much for me to bear and went down the street to find another...

I stayed here in August. Room was clean, Property was well maintained. Friendly staff.

Cons: I have been to Bali before and stayed at few places with really good service so I am rating this property lower based on the service I got. I probably would have gave a higher rating if it was my first time and first place in Bali. Washroom tub had stained and got plugged everytime we showered. It could use some TLC. Less focused on providing service and more focused on how to suck money out of you. We wanted a car ride from our resort to another hotel literally 5 mins away drive, since it was a friends wedding and we had a child, we thought of taking the car would be easier with all the outfits we wore. Initially they were charging us ridiculous price, i brought it down to a lower price. Next day for a different event I asked for the car again, guess what? The charges quoted were even higher than the first day. I Lost it then. Laundry Service for handful of clothes cost us 8 US dollars, I mean I do laundry in Canada for whole lot of clothes for much cheaper in my apartment building. I saw the sign outside for laundry saying they charge 50 cents per kilo, we definitely did not give them 8 kilos but maybe 1-2 kilo or less. Breakfast was bad, I stayed in hotel where they would not charge for my daughter as she doesn't eat whole lot and is 5 years old. This place charged full amount for whatever breakfast we ordered. The food was tasteless, small amount and coffee was aweful! Also Breakfast unlike most places started at 8am instead of 6 or 7am. So if you are taking a tour that starts early, you will miss breakfast. I heard good things about this place's breakfast but believe me I have stayed in better places with much tastier breakfast.

I was disappointed with my experience, there were many small other things I am not mentioning and...