WaterStone Guest House & Restaurant — Hotel in Sumatra

Stayed at Waterstone for two nights and had breakfast and dinner twice. The room was good, clean and in good shape. Much better than I expected for the price. It has an awesome view on the river: just open up your door or windows and have the best view to wake up with. The (shared) bathroom is basic but everything is clean and works as expected (only cold water though).

The breakfast was good: we had banana pancakes, fresh fruit and 'kopi susu'. Dinner is inexpensive but properly cooked traditional Indonesian, all sourced from local ingredients and taste and presentation were good. The kitchen and restaurant are clean and hygienic. We loved that we got a lot of vegetable dishes with the menu. The staff is friendly and hospitable. Owner Udin (who speaks Bahasa, English and Dutch) was super friendly and helpful and we had great chats with him.

Would recommend to stay here if you are visiting Bukit Lawang and looking for a inexpensive but qualitative stay. Great stay for what you pay.

Tip: bring your own blanket, towels and mosquito net. There is no water tap but you can buy bottles of cold water at...

We‘ve stayed at Udin‘s guesthouse for 4 days and loved every minute of it. The jungle feeling doesn‘t come too short with monkeys showing up on the daily. Located directly at the river and the border of the jungle/ national park, you can unwind and perfectly experience the beautiful nature of sumatra. If you want, you can combine your stay with a jungle trekking (which we did and loved!). Apart from the nature, we also appreciated the great company and hospitality of the local people, especially Udin, the owner of the guest house. Finally, we can highly recommend eating at waterstone too, since the food was the best indonesian food we tasted on our 3 week trip...

Hi, Last week i stayed in Bukit Lawang, Sumatra, Indonesia. It’s a small village besides a river and 1 second away from the jungle. We stayed in guesthouse Waterstone. They have 4 rooms, a really nice living room, amazing view and the best food. The host is really kind and told us so much about Bulit Lawang. He speaks English, Dutch and Indonesian. It was a really nice place to stay, get to know the village and start our jungle trac. We left at 06:00 am after breakfast and did a 10 hour track. We saw the sunrise above the river, saw multiple orang utans, Thomas monkey’s, pigtaik monkey’s, Gibbons, toekans, a turtle and many more. We...