Joy Island

First it must be said that facilities on Green Island are not developed, so possibly the Green Island Bali Resort is the best that you'll find on the island. "Resort" is a total misnomer. It's a 2-star guesthouse hotel. The hotel is pretty run-down, and the rooms are very spare and basic and seem very aged. The front desk staff were extremely helpful, however. They went above and beyond to help us. We had expected a much different environment for our family with a toddler. When we realized that the island was not the right place for us, they booked us airplane tickets back to the main island of Taiwan, and transferred our hotel reservation to their sister hotel in Taitung. However, they spoke very little English. I communicated to them mainly in my intermediate Mandarin. Without renting a scooter, it is difficult to go far from the hotel. We found one small family-style restaurant down the street, but other than that there were no other restaurants or convience stores within walking distance.

After having a look at the website, I was amazed by the beautiful pictures and thought it would be a fantastic stay. The hotel in itself is not too bad, big rooms, comfortable, clean enough. However, the outside looks like a cheap motel and the room were not as luxurious as the website makes it to be. In all honesty, this hotel is not a bad place, it is very decent but not worth the money paid for it.

The hotel was more less OK, but the pics you see in the description of the rooms are VERY optimized. My room was clean, but the flush of the toilet was NOT working and our window was looking to the back where the whole village is storing their dump of old A.C. and fridges. There is just Chinese breakfast and not a lot of variation! - At least there was coffee. The stuff is nice, but if you need help to book a train for example they don't help you! During the night there is NOBODY at the reception (you get a phone number). - Everybody can enter the building.