The Bali Dream Villa & Resort Echo Beach Canggu — Hotel in Pulau Bali

Location- Difficult to get to, surrounded by narrow roads with no foot paths. There is a daily shuttle but it only goes to La Brisa which is the closest built up area by foot approx 20 mins. It would be better if the shuttle went to the heart of Canguu. In order to go to areas with shopping restaurants or the beach you need to have a scooter or travel by taxi. Echo Beach is approx 20 mins walk from the hotel.||Hotel- The whole complex feels dodgy for example, the key to the room is a physical key with an attached fob for the electricity for the room. The doors do not have an inside latch so at night you have to use the key to lock yourself in the room then take the key out of the lock to use power. I dread to think what would happen in an emergency.||Pool and restaurant - separate to main hotel, walk down a steep uneven path|Restaurant bar is not operating so you cannot get cocktails or other alcoholic beverages, just Bintang. Breakfast is basic - instant coffee, eggs, toast. The restaurant has simple food - sandwich, chips, pizza. Pool has 8 sun beds and is quite cold at first as completely shaded for the whole day. ||Room- is in complete disrepair. Shower is dirty, disgusting and worn and has so many layers of silicone, shower door warped and doesn’t close. There are 3 mystery bottles in the shower with crusty remnants on an old rusted soap dish. Ceiling of entire room water damaged, most walls water damaged. No where to hang towels, no luggage rack. Hotel only has instant coffee and no milk provided in rooms. Bed is as hard as the floor, sheets dated, tired and stained. No fire alarms. Only stairs to the rooms are outside, single person, very small and steep. Would not be ok for elderly or anyone with mobility challenges. |In the 4 days that we stayed the power went out twice for a length of time and the water also stopped...

We were excited as we opted for the One-Bedroom Villa at Bali Dream during our short trip over the weekend! We wanted a small private pool just by ourselves and the depth of the pool is 1.5m - pretty deep, it was pleasant knowing that we can borrow the only heart-shaped float available in the hotel for a short while.

Besides the pool, there's an outdoor communal space with a TV, sofas, dining table and cooking stove. We didn't get to use much of the amenities as we spent most of our time traveling to places. The bathroom is semi-outdoor with the rainshower open up to the sky, you can access the bathroom from the poolside as well.

Minor downsides would be dust and sand found on the outdoor amenities. Mosquitos can be found in the bedroom, suggest to request for mosquito coils nightly and placing them around the room, outdoor and bathroom - make good use of the mosquito net around the bed too.

Breakfast was buffet-style and food was rather good with classic cereal and milk, bread, some mains and pleasant service :)

The hotel is located in a quiet area and is not well-lit around the road to the hotel especially when nighttime falls. Good point is that there are a few cafes (such as Brunch Club, Touche etc) and Circle K convenience store about 7 - 10mins walk from the hotel, pretty convenient. Suggest using Grab to go from place to place. When jams are bad, the journey between Bali Dream to beaches or food places in Seminyak might take 1 hour...

Not recommended, this place needs a lot of work before people can stay here. My family stayed here for a week during our vacation. There’s a lot of cons that out way the pros for this hotel at this price with its competitors in the same area.

Pros: -friendly and attentive staff (similar to the other reviews) -shuttle service into Echo Beach and Love Anchor (but not always available) -difficult location for grab/go-jek to find as its hidden and is located at the end of the road

Cons: -very dirty rooms, washrooms, toilets, sinks, bedding, towels and the replacement bedding and towels are all stained and frayed (it’s way past their times) -my parents room on the second floor has no hot water and no Wi-Fi, when asked for a new room, they were told to wait 3 days because of no availability and they said they would fix the WiFi, but it was never fixed during those 3 days, they couldn’t even wish our friends and family happy new years

Overall, the place and maintenance needs a lot of work especially at this premium price compared to other hotels in the area. 2 stars are for staff who were always friendly and tried to resolve our issues quickly, otherwise it would...