Sol Beach House Bali Benoa

after several weeks on the road I needed a true break from everything and booked a stay at the Sol Beach House under an all Inclusive gold package. The package includes food, most beverages, mini bar, laundry service, reserved bed on the beach, nonmotorized water sports, the list goes on, even a 60 min Balinese massage for two! That's where I am while writing this and its heaven. I added a pedicure for an extremely nominal fee. What a treat! Everyone is so kind and thoughtful here, after day one even the pool attendants remembered my name :-) There is live entertainment nightly under the stars too, I just can't say enough! As for the location, there's a Circle-K across the street should you need an ATM or more snacks, a shopping plaza within walking distance and tons of very reasonable tours you can take to places like the rice fields, temples and volcanos. I could go on really. Stay here, you won't be sorry.

I cannot believe the review i have just read!!!! This hotel is spotless not dirty at all and the team are faultless. We stayed here in February after travelling 24 hours and it was so good we are travelling there again next year (all booked) that should speak volumes in itself. WE have travelled all over the world and so far this is the best resort by far. Great rooms, amenities , food fantastic it cannot be beaten. Try it, i promise you will love it

We stayed the Sol Beach House Bali Benoa, for three weeks in November 2019. It is a surprising hotel full of Balinese design and culture. As you approach the hotel from the road there is a pleasing Balinese feel to the main entrance and a delightful, spacious reception hall. The hotel has essentially two wings which extend down either side of a delightful well kept garden area. Extending off from the reception hall is a pleasant bar and lounge area whilst a central stairwell leads to the Kitchen restaurant, the Amarta an Italian restaurant and games room. A third buffet only restaurant the Menega is to be found in the garden on the far side of the pool. The outlook from both the Menega and the Kitchen restaurant are particularly pleasing. The beach is part of a small bay and is provided with parasols and sun beds which are part of a small well groomed sandy area. Wi-Fi is available throughout the hotel, pool and beach area. We stayed in a standard room which was of good proportions with a fully tiled shower room and toilet. These facilities were of a good standard and the shower worked well always with plenty of hot water. The water should not be used for drinking. There is a lift to all floors and the corridor to our room was pleasing, with a simple design and central gallery which enables a view to the water features on the ground floor. Simply decorated and in pleasant condition. The room was let down by the leaking air conditioning, not fixed during the entire three weeks we were there despite the significant staining and water running down the walls of the archway in the room. The bathroom was once quite a pleasing tiled area but damage to fittings which had been removed left ugly botched repairs to the walls in several places. The shower waste was horribly discoloured and suggested unpleasant algae growth around its edges. The heavy glass shower door jammed on the tiled floor making access restricted and creating a horrible grating noise which threatened to break the door. Fortunately with care we avoided such a problem. The outside balcony was a very nice private area, but unfortunately this was not often enjoyed as our neighbours were constantly using their balcony to smoke cigarettes the smoke from which always seemed to drift over our way. It would have been nice if a certain number of rooms could have been made totally non smoking so that this problem could have been avoided. That said smoking is permitted almost every where in the hotel and the beach and pool can be particularly unpleasant at times when several smokers all light up at the same time with complete disregard for any one else. The pool and pool bar are again very nice places to while away a few hours, but we found the pool was not kept very clean with significant slimy black algae appearing in the grouting of the pool tiles and edging and particularly on the pool stools. There was also significant debris swirling around the pool floor suggesting the pool was not regularly cleaned. We certainly didn’t see any significant cleaning taking place whilst we were there though Ph levels and temperatures were recorded at the towel exchange. There were no parasols around the pool and with only limited shade was potentially quite dangerous during the peak of the day. The beach parasols were just about ok though some were showing signs of disrepair. The main complaint though was with the sun beds few of which were in good order some were decidedly broken and their plastic covering unwrapping. The cushions were decidedly filthy and again many were fraying or splitting at the seams. Nature too helped to spoil the beach with very low tides reducing the bay to sand flats, very disappointing. When the tide was in the water was clear and warm, but the pleasure was always tempered by the return of the noisy jet skis and power boats that operated out of a small business at the end of the bay. Food at the hotel was good though somewhat repetitive. We found that breakfast was well catered for and the Amarta created some very nice dishes. Food at the Menega was pleasant the BBQs a particular favourite of ours but often the buffet dishes were not keeping the food hot and even in a tropical climate luke warm food is not nice. The hotel staffs were always pleasant and eager to help and were delightful people to know. Despite the issues we encountered we enjoyed our stay in this potentially lovely hotel. Full of promise and very pleasing on the eye it could so easily fix many of our concerns which could lead to a really exceptional experience in what should be a delightful hotel. Taking every thing to account we feel we can still recommend this hotel to other travellers who, with care, like us can have an enjoyable stay it what is generally a very pleasant hotel.