1. The Room
Rooms is clean and spacious. 1 room with kingsize bed and
other with twinsize bed. No Air conditioner provided, but it’s not necesarry
cold due mountain temperature between 18 Deg C (in the night)-22 Deg C (mid
day). Each have bathroom with hot/cold water (shower only), a wash basin and
toilet. But water pressure is not good, so sometime hot water is not working.
Be prepare if suddenly water turn to be cool.
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And sometime it becomes too hot
just because independent water heater didn’t get enough water pressure. Small
living room with cable TV, a refrigerator and hot water boiler with tea/cofee
and water complimentary from hotel. For traveller who bring its own car, small
garage is avalaible just beware when park the car because the steep entrance.
2. The Service
Again, we get what we pay. For only USD 75 (Rp.750.000)
during peak time to get 2 rooms is quite average price. But do not expect many
staff around resort/hotel to help you.
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Reception is far away in the entrance
gate of the lake area ! So we bring our own water and little food supply,
although hotel provided 4 small water bottle by their own production. But on 2nd
day, a friendly staff change our towel and refill our complimentary.
3. The restaurant
Restaurant is avalaible near the entrance of the hotel area. Breakfast is
avalaible bufee with standart Indonesia food like, fried rice, fried noodle,
fried chicken, chicken soup and fruits. Also cofee and tea (already taste sweet
with sugar), so there is no sugar available for us to add as we like. Taste is
average enough to satisfy our morning hunger.
For lunch or dinner, visitor can order to this restaurant. But in the
other side of the lake, there are many small warung owned by local people which
is sell food speciality in fish, shrimp which they harvest from the lake. Price
is more cheap than the restaurant, but taste
is delicious with traditional spices (bumbu lombok). You can get their menu and
phone number then request the food to be delivered to your cottage
4 The Facility
For sure the scenery is magnificent, especially in the
morning and afternoon when sunset. In
the morning, the lake water is so calm with fresh air and bird’s song.
So peaceful there. In afternoon, we can see sunset, also the view of the other
side of the lake which many visitor take a boat ride around the lake. We must
go to other side of the lake in order to take a boat ride (it’s different area
from hotel/resort area), too bad a little far away because the shortcut by
hanging bridge is damage (hope the owner can fix it later). 1 big motorized boat for 10 person cost USD 5
(Rp.50.000) to travel circleling around the lake. Where we can see the big
water door (dam), the mountian scenery and feel the chilly wind.
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On hotel area,
swimming pool is avalaible with cold fresh mountain water. But facility is not
good there, many dead leaves on the surface. Even water is fresh and clean on
big size pool, but seem they rarely clean the pool’s wall/floor.But kiddy pool
is equipped with many water slide so kids can enjoy it. Playground area is
avalaible but some of the tools already broken/damage so beware and choose the
good one when children play on it. But
many open spacious park which family can take a walk in the morning/evening.
5. The Security
This is important because hotel let’s some pickers enter
the hotel area to pick of what left on the outside trash, like water bottles
etc. There is a security post avalaible but we didn’t many office standby
there. We have bad experience on the last day when we found 1 pairs of our shoe
dissapear.
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Seem someone has seen & stole the shoe when left outside the
door in early morning while we not aware it. So BEWARE just put all your
belonging inside the cottage and ALWAYS LOCK the doors. We have complain this
incident to receptionist but they only say sorry without any follow up.
6. Conclusion
This hotel&resort is good for traveller who want to feel
the back to the nature sensation with lake,mountain and fresh air scenery, away
from crowded. Especially for family gathering which want to have good quality
time with family’s member. Price is not expensive but average facility is
avalaible there but do not expect to much to get even 3 star amenities from
this cottage.
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A minor security issue may happen just keep secure your belonging
there. If you want to get more good facilty, try to stay at Hotel room instead of rent Cottage room
