In Reply to: Gand Istana Rama posted by jillycass on Thursday, 19. January 2006 at 16:36 Bali Time:
well..we guess everyone has their own opinion about hotels...read ccoast girls comments and would like to advise of our experience there, which is totally different...oh well..
hotel was ok..nothing outstanding for the price..right on the beach..trouble was you had to go round the one way circuit all the time to get back to the hotel..in peak hour traffic it was far better to get out of a taxi and beat it there walking.
staff friendly enough...but breakfast was probably among the very worst we have ever had in bali in over 180 odd trips!
disgusting and almost inedible...maybe we are fussy...and not being great indo food eaters, we found it was not anywhere near up to standard for a 1 star hotel, let alone whatever it is supposed to be...
complained to the manager who said she had eaten at the restaurant for 13 years..i think..and had never had one single complaint about the breakfast...hmm..must be us..and even the best restaurants get complaints ..so..makes you wonder..
we had a young staff member with us who also must have been wrong..he couldnt eat the breakfast either...
examples..bacon...tasted like garbage..soggy or cold...croissants and danishes...looked like someone had sat on them..and didnt look like pastries...stale...squashed...no taste...juices...watered down and disgusting...things floating in them at times..
ok..we dont think we are fussy..have eaten at many different hotels over 25 years...this was..in our humble opinion..among the worst..
hotel....reasonably clean...old and getting tired...on last day our room was locked by staff after we left for the day..even tho we had late checkout till 6pm...worried we might do a runner...not very professional.
altho room and office staff couldnt have been more friendly and helpfull.
only our opinion....
out of 10.....a mere 4
cheers