Raka House — Hotel in Pulau Bali

Do not waste your time and money. I try not to leave bad reviews, unless it is a public announcement to help others decide.

There are ants crawling all over the floor, bed, and tables. They crawled right into my laptop (see video with this review).

There are mosquitoes buzzing in your ear at night while you are sleeping, that wake you right up, or make you sleep half awake to try to avoid getting bitten.

The pool has murky water, and it is small. I dare not go in it in fear of my skin being infected (see photos attached).

There is no water or toilet paper provided upon arrival. You can see my photo attached (literally an empty toilet paper roll).

There are no electric outlets in the room. There is one single electric outlet in the bathroom, where I had to charge my laptop, phone, other electronic devices beside the sink.

I gave a good rating to service, because Ayu/Esa was understanding and allowed me to amend my booking from 3 nights to 1 night. I stayed one night, and immediately checked out the next morning. The accommodation conditions are absolutely horrific and...

So nice home of the family who later build more houses so more tourists like me could stay at this AMAZING homestay plus they ALSO have a swimming pool and this is NOT my first time in Ubud but Luckily after I stayed at Raka House - homestay . Then I can tell you THE BEST BALI food me as a tourist can buy in Bali is where you can BUY best it doesn't look like a restaurant but it is in the morning you can see the closet door is very green the menu for lunch and dinner well if that green door is open then IT IS the best restaurant to buy Bali food in Bali so THANKS to Raka house - homestay when ever in Bali I will ether stay here or say hello to the Raka family when ever I am again and again in Bali I WILL eat lunch or dinner or both 20 meters from Raka house - homestay and if you also like swimming pool Raka House Accommodation homestay is the BEST IN UBUD no question and the price cheaper the some other homestays that don't have swimming pool anyway even with out swimming pool you can't beat the price and the nice feeling of staying in Ubud...

I don't like leaving bad reviews unless it's entirely justified. This isn't a bad review, more of a honest experience/ preference summary.

Firstly the positives: I am very aware of how little I paid for this room so I don't expect luxury at all. The owners seemed very kind & interested where I was going out to visit as a tourist each day, we were offered breakfast (banana pancakes but as one of us doesn't like bananas, there wasn't anything else on offer), we were offered green tea each day. The AC & ceiling fan worked fine. The pool was small / kinda run down but looked hygienic. A fridge in room was provided. This location was just a 5-10 min walk from UBUD amenities but the hotel is down a narrow street that I'm assuming could be slightly difficult to locate at first.

Improvements: No provided toilet paper (needed to ask a few times), the bedsheets seem to have a few stains, the mattress springs were practically bursting out the surface, the bath towels had holes in them. No shower gel or bottled...