Giri Sari Guest House Pemuteran Bali

We had such a nice time at Giri Sari Guest House. We especially enjoyed the super nice garden and the places in the garden to sit and relax. It was a perfect place for our kids. Ketut and his wife were very nice an friendly, and especially nice to our kids. They enjoyed playing with two small girls who were family. The rooms were very clean. We also liked the fact that the rood leading to the Guest House there were no dogs. Would also especially recommend Ketut arranging transport back to Den Pasar, as he arranged a driver who along the way took us to all kids of nice place. Also recommend eating at Warung Muslimah Madura. A local warung at the end of the road when you walk towards the main road. We ended up eating most our meals here.

Nothing it was all great!

I was very grateful to Ketuk (who runs the guest house) for kindly collecting me from my guest house in Lovina to take me to his guest house for a fair rate. And bother Ketuk and his wife ( who served me a lovely plate of fresh fruit with my coffee each morning included in the room rate) were both very welcoming and helpful and Ketuk who speaks good English kindly gave me a helpful map of the local area and he also let me use his push bike for a very reasonable rate which was very useful to visit some the local temples a few Kms away which i really enjoyed. The non- AC room i stayed in was simple but was very nicely presented and it had a fan, double bed with mosquito netting, an attached bathroom and a wardrobe and dressing table and there was also an outside terrace with a table and chairs and clothes drying rack and i ate my breakfast at the tables in the small dining areas opposite my room where free mineral water was also provided cutting down on plastic waste. There was also recycling bins near the entrance to the guesthouse which was good to see. The guest house is conveniently located just about 8 to 10 minutes walk to the beach and there's an excellent restaurant very close by with some great vegan options called Sage as well as amongst many other options i really liked a less known place to eat called Warung Le Lekong a little further away tucked down a side street. I also definitely recommend to visit the Reef Seen Turtle rescue project and the Biorock centre very close by is also doing great work to help conserve the coral reefs and to help keep the local beaches and sea clean by providing litter picking bags for volunteers to use. Also both Reef Seen and Biorock amongst quite a few other places hire out snorkelling and diving equipment and they also organise boat trips for scuba divers and to snorkel over local reefs and to Menjangan Island also. There area also sunbeds for hire along the beach.

The local beach was relatively clean on the day i arrived but sadly the next day when i came to do some snorkelling, there was a lot of rubbish in the sea and on the beach (i asked a few locals who said it must have got washed in from another place) so after a short while of not so fruitful snorkelling, i did some litter picking instead along with a few others. In terms of my room, i tried to economise by booking a room with fan only, and in retrospect i would have been much more comfortable with AC as with the heat and humidity i found the room a bit hot and stuffy. Also there was only one electrical socket in the room which wasn't ideal and there was only cold water in my bathroom which took a bit of getting used to but was manageable due to the hot climate.

Very friendly staff, delicious breakfast, quiet comfortable and private rooms

Basic cottages situated in a lovely garden, hosted by the hositable owner Ketut who really makes you feel at home.

Bathroom could get a renovation.

The host is amazing and very hospitable person, we really like the place. He even prepared our breakfast earlier since we needed to check out at 6am.

Lovely, big room and comfy bed. Verandah to sit outside in the evening. Beautiful garden and surroundings. Tasty egg, toast, fruit platter and tea/coffee breakfasts. Very clean. Quiet location about 300m off the main road.

I couldn't get the hot water to work. Although hot water not really necessary with the temperatures.