In Reply to: GREAT JBR............ posted by bunbury gal on Wednesday, 4. November 2009 at 17:56 Bali Time:
Yes there have been alot of negatives - although in my opinion most people have more energy for writing a negative report rather than a positive report - especially with many peoples tendency to shoot you down if they don't agree!
I believe the Baleka is worth a walk-through as its a hard hotel to view from the road ends. We like that its small and well located. I agree the older standard rooms (especially those down at the pool end) are pretty basic and in serious need of renovation but in the past we have been satisfied with the standard rooms near the lobby (they are very cheap, clean & somewhere to sleep!) however the superior rooms are all fairly new (they were still finishing some of them when we were there) and are a whole lot nicer. As we left they were starting to renovate the bar / restaurant area near the beach end so it will be interesting to see what they have planned. In fact they have done quite a lot of re-building / renovations in the past 2 years so I guess its only a matter of time until they get onto the standard rooms and then sadly they probably won't be cheap anymore!
Cheers
Sheryl