Tanah Merah Art Resort

Schöne Aussicht, aber man braucht einen Roller, wenn man ins Zentrum von Ubud fährt. Es ist etwas weit vom Zentrum entfernt.

Great hotel, good breakfast selection to choose from, attentive staff members and all facilities are working. Nice view from my vila by the pool.

Good breakfast, very tranquil place. Very cool design

We have booked Deluxe Studio Rooms of this resort based on good reviews / rating of 4* property but this turned out to be our biggest mistake. The resort is situated far away from main Ubud markets in isolation on a hill. As soon as we checked in we were shocked to see our rooms which were situated towards backyard of the main resort in a building without any views. The rooms were so cheap and poor and even basic amenities were missing. They were like servant's room separate / different from main resort. For the first time ever I have stayed in a property where even there was no closed wardrobe to keep our clothes. Room furniture was very poor, even doors were so cheap that noise from corridors / other rooms can be easily heard. Bathroom / shower area size also very small and poor. Bath towels dirty, baby pillows of poor quality, plastic glasses in the room. Overall they were very cheap kind of rooms and do not match even basic standards of even a 3* property. On complaining about the quality of rooms the manager replied that we have booked same category of rooms and cannot help. Agreed that we have booked the basic category of rooms but they should have minimal standards and amenities. Even base room categories in a 4*/5* hotels maintain some standards. Breakfast was very limited and on order basis, the item can be taken only once. (Never experienced such before). No lights in the pool / pool surroundings so you cannot swim in pools in evenings. Spa always remain closed no staff.

A 4D3N stay, yet groups were denied in-house museum tour. Why stay in an “art” hotel? Issues of stayers only get met with broken lies & pretension of deafness & ignorance by Owner Peter, Manager Nurah & team. Suites have many loose tiles, dangerous for anyone walking around barefoot. Remaining amenities are usable, but not passable.

Unfortunately this hotel has seen better days? I had a pool villa that was good, but seen better days? The restaurant (only 1 operating now) was basic. The hotel is a long way from Ubud on a very small and narrow road and did not have a shuttle service to Ubud - thus there are additional charges? However the highlight was the wonderful Art and antique collection the owner Peter has.

While this resort had amazing views and great architecture, my wife and I had three problems that made us decide to cut our honeymoon stay short. First, there was an annoying hallway light outside of our room that could not be turned off, which reflected through the glass above the entry door into our room throughout the night. Second, the toilet area had not been cleaned properly prior to our stay, with some sort of dirty residue left on the floor and an empty tampon wrapper. The rest of the room was very clean, though. Third, and most important for us - being woken up at 4am by a very loud and proud rooster within close proximity. One main reason for us coming to a secluded area of Ubud was to get some solid sleep, since back home we don't get much with our toddler. It mentioned on their booking page that the rooms were 'soundproof', though this wasn't the case at all. We understand that this is part of the village life outside of the main city, but it was a non-negotiable for us. We gave the front desk agent the opportunity to rectify the issue with even a partial refund for our remaining days, which he flat out refused, which led us to leaving this transparent review.

DO NOT GO HERE! The positive reviews are deceiving and they must be fake. We just booked 4 nights and are leaving before our first night despite being charged for it. This hotel is like the scene from a horror film, there’s blood dripping down from the ceiling in front of our door, blood on the curtains by the bed, everything is dirty, it’s such a scary place too. There don’t seem to be any other guests apart from us, there’s creepy paintings everywhere and it’s so eerie. Everything is badly maintained and the roof terrace has a few plastic green chairs on and some sort of tarmac flooring and a few unberellas with holes in. The windows in the room have a 5cm gap all the way around and there are mosquitos in our room.The only good thing is the pool but it is very green and dirty. Stay away!

We have just stayed here for 2 days, during our visit to Bali. We chose this accommodation as we wanted an authentic experience, staying in nature. The location, creative artistic ambience really appealed, and the stand alone villa with artworks and rich coloured walls perched above a deep bush covered river valley was magnificent. The deep pool with a lovely water feature was close by. Breakfast was served in another stand alone villa or you could choose to be by the pool or dine on our own balcony. The owner, Peter, was a lovely host, and we enjoyed his stories and history telling of his beloved Tanah Merah. Peter also has an eye for beautiful and colorful artwork and a Museum as well, which we unfortunately didn't get time to explore. We wish we could have stayed longer.