moni mahalika

Great place with a nice view. The room is set on a little hill, it is really calm and the room is spacious and has everything you need, including a little balcony. There is a little cafe/restaurant with good and not expensive food. The staff/family was super nice and friendly.

If you use google maps to find it, you might end up behind the building where the two rooms are. For me that was perfect since I didn't have to bring my backpack up the steep hill/stairs leading up to it from the main road :D The shower wasn't warm and there was very little water coming.

Host helped in every way to ensure we enjoyed our stay and were comfortable while staying with them.

The room was big and had a nice view. The price is good and the position of the room was perfect.

However, the room was absolutely not clean. The toilet paper had not been refilled, and the soap and shampoo dispensers in the shower were empty. Additionally, the drain was blocked, and we ended up with a bathroom full of water for quite a while every time we took a shower. There were cups and a water kettle, but no tea or coffee, so what’s the point of having them? But the worst part was that when we arrived - it was dark and raining - we couldn't find the house. We where with the motorbikes and Google Maps took us to a small road above the house. There was nobody around, and there was no sign indicating where it was. I tried to call them, but nobody answered; worse, they disconnected the call. In the end, we thought, it has to be this way, so we went down the stairs to see if there was someone at the house. There they were acting normally. When I asked them if it was their number, he said yes, but that it wasn't working. This is not true; then they dismissed me. Also, if it would be true, there should be a valid number on the booking! He asks if we want dinner but we ate already and so one of the staff showed us to our room. The next morning, we went to the Kelimutu and came back to collect our bags. It was then that the boss called us from downstairs and asked if we wanted to have breakfast, which would be included. We actually didn’t want to, but he insisted, so we agreed. When we went down, he was surprised and said, 'I thought you didn’t want to have breakfast.' We told him that he had insisted so much that we finally said yes. He reacted unfriendly and said something like well now it is to late I can prepare some fruits for you, even though it was 2 minutes after he proposed us. Very mean character. I recommend you skip this place.

wifi was not great but the room was so big and clean. lovely views and the hosts were very nice

Cheap stay in Moni, could rent motorbike on site. The room and the bathroom were clean and spacious. You have a very nice view from the balcony. The restaurant is very good, but the owner is despicable.

The rooms or located at the top of a hill. If you have backpacks it is ok, but I wouldn’t try with luggages. The owner of the property has a really bad temper. We said we would tour around and to see where we would go for dinner, he was really disappointed that we would not choose his restaurant first and he didn’t hide it. We arranged for a scooter, but it looked like it bothered him. Breakfast was included in the booking, yet he said it was not the case. After checking we asked to have it but he wanted to leave so he said that we should have arrived 30 min before (it was 8:30) because there was no staff today and no time for him to do it. He gave us bananas as a quick solution. When we left the property, we saw member of the staff at the restaurant.

Spacious room with everything you need. There’s also a restaurant on-site serving great Indonesian food. The host was super friendly and gave us helpful tips for visiting Kelimutu and planning the next steps of our trip in Flores.

The balcony was a great place to sit. The location was nice, right next to mopis place.

The breakfast was not good. The water did not work multiple times. The room was quite warm. The musquito net did not close properly.

This is the place to stay in Moni!

Room was good, bigger than the average. Good location as well, walking distance from the waterfalls and the main road

I give 3 stars because although the room was good I had a very bad experience with the host. The host was very rude with us after I told him that we already had transport to the Kelimutu Vulcano and that we had dinner in the nearby cafe. We had a 10 hour trip with no stops we were starving when we arrived in Moni, so we stopped to eat on our way to the lodge. The cafe owner approached us and offered to arrange transport to Kelimutu and we decided to accept. After eating and relaxing at the bar we went to the lodge which I've booked and paid in advance through Booking.com. The owner starts the questionnaire as her wife went with my friend to the room. After telling him that we already had dinner and transport to Kelimutu the owner starts yelling at me saying we didn't want us there because we decided to eat and book transport with others. And saying that we had lowered the rate of the room because he needed the transport income. This doesn't make sense as I booked the room that was advertised and he cannot assume that I would do the tour or transport with him. I believe he was frustrated but that doesn't give him the right to treat his guests that way when things don't go as he expects.