BALE DATU BUNGALLOW

Simple but exactly what we needed - bed was comfy and shower really good! Nice pool and a lovely cat called Lala!

Exceptional staff, nice, friendly and helpful. They helped us for everything.

Super friendly staff

Great location (easy to walk to both sides of the island from), clean and comfortable. Pool is a good temp and catches the sun most of the day. You can also do your laundry through the property which was helpful.

Everything met our expectations:)

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SCAM. The owner is a scammer. We rented 2 bikes with the owner for 24 hours and returned them back after dinner. For context, we had already trusted him with the snorkeling tour and could have never imagined he would try to scam us. When we returned them, we were no longer legally responsable because the rental contract was already over. Apart from the fact that we did returned them locked. In the morning he pretended that one bike was gone, and he is the only one who knew the combination of the lock. The 2 bikes were locked with one locker so it doesn’t make sense that they only took one bike. He lied to us, we knew that but we were running out of time as we needed to catch the ferry back to Bali (which he knew - he knew we did not have the time to sort the situation out). He claimed us 2,5 M rph, in the end we only paid the cash we had left which was 5,7 K, and he accepted that without hesitation, which confirmed it was a scam as otherwise he wouldn’t have let us leave without paying. It is really unfair, he took advantage of the trust we pur in him, he had been nice with us since the beginning… - we felt betrayed and used. Besides, he was annoying me and my friend all the time saying to us “beautiful girls”, we did not feel safe at all. This experience ruined our trip to Gili, for that, we recommend you choose another hotel, spend a little more but make sure they are trust worthy. Not professional at all, lying to the clients that also booked the snorkeling trip with them. WE CLAIM OUR MONEY BACK.

Pros - smart tv in the room, spacious room and bathroom, safe in the room, comfy bed and bedding - can rent bikes from the accommodation - really modern and new - decent location with nice restaurants etc nearby Cons - the staff could work on professionalism…the owner constantly burped during conversations :/ and it sometimes felt like you couldn’t use the communal spaces as he / his friends were there - we had a lot of mosquitos in our room and bathroom, no idea how they managed to get in as we always kept the door shut - shower was only ever lukewarm rather than hot

Very Quiet and comfortable, close to the Main Street and good host who was able to advise where possible and offer multiple services.

Access to the property. The surrounding roads were flooded during rainy season, nothing the host can do but just bring footwear that is okay to get wet.

Friendly staff. TV for netflix (not often this happens for this price). Clean & comfortable room. Pleasant common area.

Streets leading to the location are muddy and dark, not the best to walk in the night. Hot water in the bathroom wasn't really hot, just warm. Room is too dark, could have bigger windows.

Very good, nice and cozy place. I really enjoyed that 3 days at Bale DATU. The staff is completely amazing and friendly!

nothing at all. Everything was perfect