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This villa was one that I was excited to stay at on Gili Air. When we arrived we were hot, sunburnt and just wanted to cool down. We rang ”the magic bell” twice before I had to call the manager of the property. We then waited an extra 10 minutes. We booked through *********** and we had to pay at the property, which was fine, but if you pay by card there is a 3% surcharge as they don't let you pay online through ***********. We got into the room and it was nice. It did look like the photos! Then we started finding problems. The air-conditioner didn't cool the room down, so it was hot - all the time. The shower had 30 second bursts of hot water, which we had to constantly turn off and on with a blocked shower head - so where the water comes out, this was going everywhere, but on your head and body. Black mould was present in the bathroom, and it smelt very damp. We were greeted with someone's turd in the toilet and when we went to flush, the toilet was blocked and wouldn't go down. The bed was soft concrete, pillows terrible. When the praying happens on the island, it sounds like the speaker in directly in your room and this happens for a couple of hours late at night, along with early (4/5am) in the morning to. The pool was nice, landscaping of the garden inside the villa was nice, the daybed was lovely, however with my experience, I wouldn't recommend or stay here again.

My wife and I stayed at Turtle Beach Hotel for 10 days in August 2023. It is one of the few mid-range beachfront properties with a pool on Gili Air, and is located on the sunrise side of the island looking towards Lombok. There are numerous restsurants and bars in close proximity. Good snorkelling can be had straight off the beach in front of the hotel. We saw turtles every day. Gili Air is extremely chilled and overall we had a lovely relaxing stay. All of the accommodation is in thatched roof joglo - style Bungalows on either side of the pool. The Bungalows furthest from the beach have no view, and the bungalows backing onto the neighbouring Raja Bar may have some noise issues at night. We only occasionally heard the all from the mosque in the centre of the island, and it was too far away to be any issue. Breakfast each morning was adequate with toast, eggs, fruit and coffee. The onsite restaurant wasn't open for food other than breakfast, but Biba Beach Village hotel next door would do room or poolside service if you wanted. Bicycles and mask/snorkle/fins are available for hire (50k per day) from in front of the hotel. (Bike lights don't work so bring a head torch with you). The manager of Turtle Beach was friendly, attentive and engaging, however most of the staff were young, untrained and had little clue about what they were expected to do. The rooms were large with four poster beads, mosquito nets, AC, room safe and fridge. All rooms had a balcony with a couple of basic chairs. Wifi was pretty useless. The bathroom was set below the room level, with a set of wooden stairs to enter it, which always worried my wife at night as her mobility isn't great. One of the lights in our room was hanging by the wires and only worked intermittently. The shower was cold. The room was serviced daily. The pool was large, and the water clean, although the area around the pool was pretty dusty and grubby and rarely cleaned by the staff. The sun loungers were in various states of repair. I found this lack of simple maintenance a bit frustrating. The beachfront area was also very underutilised, with the furniture needing repair. Overall though, we had a very relaxing stay and the maintenance issues were more frustrating than problematic. Laundry can be done same day just around the corner at Banana Cottages for 25k/kg. The best dinner deals on the sunrise side were at Chillout BBQ. Next door Biba Beach hotel did good espresso coffee.

This was our third visit to ‘Coco Republic’ over recent years. Great location & lovely Bungalows right by the sea on the eastern side of Gili Air Island. Breakfast is at the near-by ‘Orong Villages Beach Restaurant’ which we enjoyed. My daughter has a dietary requirement of ‘Gluten free’ (due to Coeliac disease) and the Staff went out of there was to assist with our needs. The Staff at ‘Coco Republic’ are very friendly & accommodating. Felt like we were staying with our Indonesian friends! Thank you to my friends - “Re-Joel” , “E-one” & “August” (thought I should write the names with ‘Western English’ pronunciation – to assist future Visitors!!!)

Villa Samalas gave us a very warm welcome. The staff made us feel so safe and looked after. There was nothing they could have improved on. This friendly and professional service made our visit to Gili Meno ekstra special. The serene surroundings without noise from motors , just waves crashing and birdsong. The room is tastefully decorated with a comfortable bed and silent air conditioning . Great shower with hot and cold water . Secluded private garden . The beach is only a stone throw away and Samalas is located right amongst the best beach restaurants on the island . Food can be cooked at their restaurant upon request. Great breakfast.

We had a short but great stay at Manta Dive Resort. Room was comfortable, good working air con and clean. Real fast was included and delicious with several options to choose from which is nice for multi day stay. We did one day of diving and the team was wonderful, rental equipment worked well, dive guides and boat staff were wonderful. The manager Rob was very helpful as well. Highly recommend as a place to base out of in the Gilis to explore and do some diving!

Stayed for 2 nights as family of 4. Large room with 2 double beds and big bathroom, straight into large terrace overlooking pool and beach. Our Villa was above the reception area. Free bikes to use during our stay - few issues with dodgy chains but they just swapped bikes over. Staff all lovely. Arranged for us to be met when we arrived off the ferry, and got us horse/cart transport to Vyaana. Made special birthday breakfast for my son. Good breakfast. Didn’t eat here in the evenings as they didn’t sell alcohol. No hesitation in recommending a stay here.

The hotel itself is very nice for its price range. It’s clean, comfortable, and nicely decorated. The rooms are not big, but it was nice to have an outdoor seating area and felt very private. The pool also looked beautiful, although we did not use it. The staff was very nice and helpful, and the breakfasts were decent. The issue is that this hotel is very close to the central mosque on Gili Air, so you can hear the call to prayer very very loudly. Unlike in the Middle East where you only hear it for 5-10 minutes, each call to prayer + subsequent prayer service lasted at least 60-90 minutes, while on Friday it went on all night long (6pm-5am). We are told this is because it was Ramadan, but if you read other reviews of Gili Air generally, you will see similar complaints about the mosque all year round. It’s very unfortunate because the hotel itself is lovely; however we cut our trip short and left Gili Air after two days because we were unable to get any sleep. We did also walk all around the island to see if there was a place where we couldn’t hear the mosque, but it was clearly audible everywhere. It was a relief to get back to Bali and have a full night’s rest.