Alibaba Bungalows

The bungalows are just behind Karisma restaurant, which is beachfront and where the breakfast is. Sunrise is amazing here and we stayed here because we had read a review about turtles close to shore. It was all true. One morning at breakfast we counted 20 turtle sightings. We swam with turtles every day and if you can swim 100m out the reef and fish life is excellent. The staff were super friendly and kept everything clean and tidy and fed the cats! Food and drinks were well priced at the restaurant and we got discount as we were staying at AliBaba. A perfect place to chillax. The rooms are basic but have a fridge and fresh drinking water supply.

Beds are quite hard but you get used to it. The doors are all sliding doors and can be a bit tricky but minor things. We had to leave!

Sans hésitation l'emplacement pour tout! Resto sympa et bon Bonbonne d'eau dans la chambre mais pas de frigo dommage

Chambres qui ont vraiment besoin d'être rénovées Mobilier vieux ... Bouilloire mais pas de prise à proximité et ni thés ni café soluble 🤔

Stunning location on East side of Gili Air. Room was comfortable, clean and pool lovely. Consider very good value for money. Access to beach fantastic for snorkelling with Turtles. Highlight of our stay was restaurant/beach bar at the front of bungalows. Huge shout out to Bee and Agus for looking after us throughout our stay!

Absolutely nothing!

Super freundliches Personal. Super Lage direkt am Strand. Gutes Frühstück

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Excelente hospedagem. Bem localizada e confortável.

Awesome spot on the beach with turtles right outside. Able to hire cheap snorkel equipment (albeit old) next door. Great breakfast and great restaurant food. Lovely pool.

We stayed in the family room. Bamboo thin walls. No sound insulation but other rooms looked to be concrete so would be fine. Really firm beds. Noisy aircon. Cats fighting in the night.

PROS • Karisma Bistro: Linked restaurant/bar across the street with good food/drinks and an unadvertised guest discount. Loungers are closer to the water, allowing for sun past noon contrary to nearby other places. Credit card added fees are marginal (less than the usual 3% and largely compensated by the guest discount) • Location & Fitness: Access to sunrise (Blue Sail at 6 AM) and sunset (Legend Bar 5 mins west). Amazing gym 5 minutes away with affordable week passes. • Turtles: Absolute highlight! 50k IDR for all-day gear rental next door; huge turtles right in front of the hotel (best in morning and around 4 PM). • Vibe & Comfort: Friendly staff with a constant "welcome home" when returning. 24/7 AC (no key card required to save energy), solid Wi-Fi (except at the beach where it doesn’t reach), amazing smelling towels, large bathroom, and plenty of hangers. Included breakfast is limited but delicious

CONS • Room Essentials: Bed is hard and a bit uncomfortable with only a thin blanket. Most of all, it’s missing a safe, a fridge and hairdryer—adding these would be a game changer • Arrival: 20-minute walk from the harbor with 20kg luggage is brutal in the heat; a competitive hotel shuttle would easily beat overpriced horse carts • Maintenance & Logic: Creaky doors and cracks that let in a few mosquitoes; cabinets have locks but no keys were provided • Service Gaps: Staff missed an accidental early checkout 🤦🏻 but also they don't provide/rent bikes and quoted 3x the harbour price for a Gili T transfer (instead of offering a third-party referral)

It was clean and the stafs were very kind.

No negative comment.