Sara Village

The property was superbly clean. The location was excellent - near Giri Emas beach.

A lot of open air even in the bathroom, so a lot of mosquitoes. Just be prepared for anti mosquitoes stuff (Autan, Baygon, etc).

The beauty, cleanliness, interior, supporting facilities, and the hospitality of the host.

Good

Good

Beautiful location in midst of village stunning scenery and extremely clean. Staff were wonderful nothing was too much trouble would definitely stay again.

Nearby mosque call but it’s part of the charm of village life

I generally don't stay at places without reviews but the price and looks of this were too good to pass up. I don't regret my decision; this was an amazing place. It does have a few small issues, but given this is the first review and the host's friendliness/responsiveness, I think all of those can be fixed. Excellent location, especially if you're trying to get away from the hustle of Denpasar/Ubud. Under 5 minutes walk to the beach and a beautiful sunset. The beach can be a little busy on weekends (we went Sunday/Monday night and it was busy Sunday, but almost empty on Monday). The beach was a little dirty, but honestly that's normal for most beaches in Bali. Under 5 minutes the other direction walking if you want to get to the main road with some shops. Despite being very rural, it still has access to Gojek/Grab for food orders/grocery delivery. It felt very local (i.e. very few tourists) which is great if, like me, you want the more local experience. Although, since there aren't many foreigners around here expect people to look at you. We had a few kids want some pictures with us which we obliged; they became wide-eyed in surprise when I spoke Indonesian. Great view looking over the fields with an ocean view. The pool is actually deep unlike most of the pools we saw at other villas! Not sure of exact depth, but guessing 6.5' (2m) on the deep end. Fully equipped/modern kitchen. Excellent AC in the bedroom. Staff are very friendly and incredibly prompt in responses via Whatsapp. She also helped to get a driver for a car when we couldn't find one. May want to get a motorbike rental if you stay here and want to go further than the beach since it's quite rural. There's an area for cremation between the villa and the beach, and there were two ceremonies while we stayed. It was very interesting to watch the huge parades of people. Price was great at about USD$82/night.

Privacy. From the parking area, you can lock the front door to the living room/kitchen, but anyone can just walk around a small path to the pool area as well so I'm not sure why there is even a lock on the front door. The parking area has a large gate, though. If you are staying with multiple people, the downstairs shower may have privacy issues as well. Anyone sitting on the balcony upstairs in the back of the villa can look down into it. We had a very bad sewage smell in our bathroom and bedroom one of the days, but the host promptly fixed it (it was still there slightly in the bathroom, but not near as bad--hopefully they take a deeper look in the near future). Flies. Absurd amounts of flies in the living room/kitchen area even though it's clean. The villa unfortunately sits with a cow right behind it (like 5 meters away) as well as another cow across the road, and it seems like the villa became a rest area for all the flies as they travel back and forth. The second floor main balcony thankfully didn't have much issue with flies, so a lot of times we just went up there to eat.