Name: Kubu Cempaka Seminyak Hotel
Address: Jl Plawa Gg Cempaka No 9, Bali, 80361, ID

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jun 2026

GUISEPPE

I stay here often, it is clean quiet and the breakfast is good

Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Nov 2025

JOHANNES

A lovely tranquil oasis in the centre of Seminyak. This boutique hotel is set in a beautiful garden and is spotless. Rooms were very clean comfortable, and quiet. Breakfast had a good choice of dishes, delicious. Staff very friendly and courteous. A lovely small pool without chlorine, good for a cooling dip. I would definitely recommend a stay here.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2025

Justin

Staff was nice and helpful. The room was clean. The breakfast was taste and had a bunch of different options. It was made to order which is a nice touch.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2025

GUISEPPE

Wonderful breakfast, friendly staff, well priced, nice temperature pool. A bit out of the way, but no issue. The rooms are comfortable.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

26 May 2025

David

Just average

The rooms were nice except for the lack of hot water. Almost cold showers. Bathroom door made a lot noise when you opened and closed waking the other person. The breakfast was average and eggs tasted like vinegar. It was close to everything we needed to get too. Staff was friendly.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Mar 2025

John

Great spot

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2025

saed

Paradise

Beautiful facilities. A little paradise. Very quite serene grounds. Close to everything. Loved our stay there. Staff was wonderful. Would definitely stay again. Restaurant was great too.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

11 Feb 2025

Steve

An average place. Staffs
are nice and friendly. The facility definitely needs a facelift. Needs detail cleaning and wash room renovation. It is what it is. Don’t expect much. I’m not sure if it’s in the facility’s DNA to address these shortcomings. On the positive side it is quiet. Close to the major traffic artery. Many restaurants and shops within walking distance.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Jan 2025

Peter

Quiet

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Dec 2024

GUISEPPE

Wonderful breakfast every morning, polite staff. All good

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 Dec 2024

GUISEPPE

Lovely chilled out quiet place with friendly staff

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

10 Jun 2024

Omar

Good

It a modest hotel with a relaxing vibe, the rooms are basic but value for money in general. The location is great with many walking distance restaurants and shops.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Nov 2022

Juliet

The staff were very helpful and attentive.

8/10

Excellent

01 Aug 2022

Melanie

I loved my stay here. The staff was very nice. I took a shuttle in from the hotel for 250K. I enjoyed the simple morning breakfast and unlimited coffee. My only issue was other guests who came back drunk at 2 am and sat for over an hour yelling in the restaurant and around the pool (both closed at that hour). There was no 24 hour security to ask them to stop. If you’re okay with that possibility, this is a wonderful place.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Fantastic pool area - lots of sunshine and sun loungers. Great for those wanting to lay around in the sun.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

12 Jun 2019

Carol

3 nights - 3 stars

A medium sized older build hotel with a small swimming pool in the middle of the complex.
Pros: location, location, location! 50m to the beach, cafes, restaurants and shops.
Cons: non discript, old hotel. 3 floors with no lifts which didn't bother us as I ran up the stairs to try and work off some of the holiday indulgence. My pet hate - shower in the bath.
Staff were friendly, but we didn't spend much time in the hotel or by the pool as there were too many children.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jun 2019

Julie

Brilliant location

What a fantastic spot short walk to everything! Staff are so lovely thoroughly enjoyed my stay

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2019

john

Great price,location and staff

Great place to stay,staff were excellent.
Rooms and sheets cleaned daily.food was good but could be improved a bit.location was close and in walking distance to everything but still very peaceful

Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2019

Verified traveler

Budget, simple, good location

Great customer service, the rooms are very plain - new but not many amenities. The lighting is terrible. Expensive for what you get but the location makes up for the budget accommodation. Breakfast was fresh - a la carte with many choices.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

18 Mar 2019

David

5th visit - still a winner

Location suburb - 5mins walk to any sort of shopping required - 10 mins walk to beach.
Room quality very good - large shower/good pressure/hot water. Bed is good, but not premium.
Free breakfast is from set menu but many choices - very good. coffee ordinary.
Mostly love the big pool and lovely surroundings and the ever so helpful staff.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Mar 2019

Gary

Oasis Hotel

Hotel is quiet set back off the road. Pool is better than pictured and enough pool chairs for the guest there. Rooms were big with everything needed. Included breakfast is hit and miss they never quite get it right but you still manage to get food on a plate.

Beds were fine definitely not plush confort. Shower had great pressure and ample space.

Would stay again as I like the peace and quiet they hotel offers in the room and around the pool.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Sep 2018

Katia

Caring and reliable staff always ready to help you out with any concerns you may have. A very quiet hotel if you need to chill out from from the hustle and bustle of markets and shops.
Nice room and large bathroom was great.
Pool was clean and refreshing !
Thanks to Poppy who made us feel welcome.

2/10

Poor

17 Aug 2018

Felicia

DO NOT STAY AT THIS HOTEL - terrible experience!

First, we stayed in room 102. It immediately smelled like a sewer, it wasn't terrible but it wasn't great. We tried to flush the toilet thinking it would get rid of the smell, but the new water that flushed into the toilet was brown and smelled 10x worse. Additionally, there were also yellow and brown stains scattered all over the bed sheets, comforters, and all the towels. We also found 3 spiders that crawled somewhere behind the bed. The side lamps were also broken and the tea kettle wasn't clean.

Afterward, we called the staff and asked to be moved. In the new room, we checked the bedsheets and there was a huge yellow/brown stain that looked like a spray of poop/pee/vomit. We called the staff to replace the sheets and as they were uncovering the bed, we saw an even larger brown/black stain that covered like 1/4 of the bed. Initially, the roomed smelled ok, but after we showered the sewer smell started to appear and gradually got stronger through the night. The teapot in this room was dirty as well. We had to sleep on top of the comforter (covered in our jackets, hoodies, socks) because we were scared to get inside the covers and get skin disease. We got no rest that night!

We checked out the next day, and talked to the hotel about a refund for the remaining 3 nights. The manager “approved” it, but when Hotels.com called to confirm, they refused the refund. After a couple weeks, Hotels.com finally refunded our money from their own system.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jul 2018

lionel

Average hotel.

Average hotel, rooms bit run down inside. Breakfast was included but very small portions.

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jun 2018

Che

Great little hotel. Super friendly and helpful staff, especially Poppy and Malanie.
Surprisingly quiet for being so central.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2018

Caitlin

Kubu Cempaka was perfect for me! A clean and spacious room to use as a home base for venturing out every day. It was an easy walk to all the places I wanted to go and probably about 20-30 min to the beach. It's about a five minute walk to the main road with lots of shops and restaurant options but the property itself is very quiet and calm. As a female traveling solo, I felt perfectly safe walking to the hotel at night.

The staff was absolutely wonderful. I came down with Bali belly on my last night there (not from the hotel I had eaten out that whole day) and when I ordered breakfast the next morning they could see that I was not well and were instantly concerned about me. I was super dehydrated and weak so they brought me steamed rice and juice to my room, asked if I had medicine and came back a few minutes later with hydration packets. If it wasn't for them taking such good care of me that morning, I don't think I would've been able to make the trip home.

I would definitely stay here again.

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

fantastic small hotel

We loved it here, small, quiet and great pool. The staff are fantastic. Breakfast is a wide variety and good. We will stay here again, great position. Easy walk to Jl Legian. New bath towels would be good.

10/10

Exceptional

22 Apr 2018

neil

Amazing place

Amazing place to stay,
staff are fantastic and helpful nothing is too much bother for them to make your stay enjoyable.
It’s set back from the hustle and bustle of the heart of seminyak.
But please don’t let that fool you because from where the hotel is set ,
it’s only a 5 or 10 minute walk depending on your pace of walking to the Main Street with all the shops and bintang supermarket.
The rooms are located very near the pool.
The bed was comfortable, the room was kept clean everyday.
Also the shower was powerful and warm which was just what I needed after a very long flight from the United Kingdom.

8/10

Excellent

24 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

Lovely little hotel

This is our 3rd time back to Kubu it’s s lovely little hotel the breakfast is amazing , I loved the banana pancakes! The rooms are clean and the staff are very friendly and helpful , Poppy helped us to book a boat to Gili. Pool is very nice and always nice and quiet

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2018

Vlora

Great local place hidden from the hustle & bustle

We found Kubu Cempaka to be a great small hotel with personalised service, and a great pool! The restaurant/ pool area was very quiet and relaxing. The room was spacious and great for the price. They include some complimentary snacks and great wifi. We had an upstairs room with balcony which was away from the pool - room 204 (More private)
The location was along a quieter local street which is great to interact with the local store owners/residents (say hello to Widia at Christine's spa) Then just a short walk and you are in the hustle and bustle of Seminyak with many shops/restaurants and transport! The supermarket isn't a far walk.
The reception/ breakfast staff were so accommodating and helped us with many things.
We would definitely stay at Kubu Cempaka again!

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jan 2018

Verified traveler

Okay

It was alright. Not sure why the reviews were so great. Hotel is older and condition is so-so. Staff were friendly and happy.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Oct 2017

mike

Great relaxing atmosphere \n

I can't say enough about my stay
The staff are friendly, the hotel is maintained
To a very high standard, perfectly situated for my needs
Iv stayed in hotels ten times more expensive than this place that have provided half the value
5 star all the way!

10/10

Exceptional

16 Sep 2017

Sean

Quiet and lovely stay

We stayed here for 4 nights and enjoyed every minute of it. The hotel is located in a nice spot away from traffic and noise. But it is not too far away from everything. It has a great pool and a massage area above the restaurant. The room is a good size and the bed is comfortable. We had a room on the 2nd floor with a balcony. The ground floor rooms open directly to the pool and restaurant area. The staff were friendly and breakfast was nice every morning. We will return again when staying in Seminyak.

Partner

4/10

Poor

10 Sep 2017

Verified traveler

Not too impressed.

Didn't leave the hotel too impressed.

However the staff were very friendly and helpful on arrival and throughout stay.

In my first room the air conditioning didn't work great and there were lots of mosquitos and bugs in the room. Hot water in shower lasted couple of minutes.

Requested to change room within one hour.

New room was cooler but shower was still very poor for hot water. Also loud noise from extractor fan.

Room did come with free snacks and 15 minute free massage which was a nice touch.

Breakfast was inadequate. Very small portions will little meat options. Should give fruit and juice as standard instead of being tight in choosing one.

Located a bit of a walk from beach.
Had to nagate past two stray looking dogs to get to hotel.

Won't be going back at this price point.

8/10

Excellent

03 Sep 2017

Katie

Nice hotel and lovely staff

A lovely welcome including a drink and a free 15 minute massage. The staff were attentive and gave us a free upgrade. The pool is clean and lovely. Breakfast was slightly disappointing but on a day when we left early for a trip to Nusa Penida, they provided us with a breakfast bread basket to go which was lovely.

10/10

Exceptional

31 Aug 2017

Vince

Hidden paradise in central Seminyak.

Real gem in central Seminyak. Excellent service and friendly courteous staff in a peaceful location. No surprises.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Aug 2017

stephanie

Cozy hotel

The hotel is a nice place to stay, quiet and cozy.

Hospitality is really good.

Strategic location too.

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Great location!

Wonderful pool area! Fantastic and helpful staff.

10/10

Exceptional

03 Mar 2017

Verified traveler

Nice quiet \"resortlike\"

We spent 6 nights in this wonderful place. Staff was very attentive and went out of their way to please.
Room was good, comfy bed, and ok shower.
Situated in a good location, walking distance to main road with resto,shops and 15 mins to walk to beach.
Seminyak square a short drive for good shopping and many restaurants.
Highly recommend this hotel for price vs quality.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jan 2017

Lindsay

Second stay, great as always

We loved staying here, so much so that we returned to the same guest house for our final 2 nights in Bali. It was easily the cleanest resort/guesthouse that we stayed at throughout our 3 weeks in Bali. Very comfortable with a great pool area. Very close to lots of shops and restaurants. Bit of a walk to the beach, but the hotel pool is nicer anyways.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jan 2017

Verified traveler

Quaint and quiet spot

We loved staying at the kubu cempaka! Beautiful pool area and lovely little rooms. Very quiet area of seminyak but 5 minute walk to shops and restaurants. 15 minutes to the beach but we preferred the hotel pool! Very nice staff, and very clean comfortable room

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2016

jo

Lovely hotel

This was our 2nd visit to Kubu cempaka
It's a lovely small hotel that is very clean and the staff are so friendly and helpful
The breakfast is amazing , especially the banana pancakes!
Shops and restaurants are a 5 minute walk and the beach is only 10 minutes away
We will definitely be back

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2016

tornello

Clean tidy and very friendly and helpful staff

Our stay was very pleasant , I can not fault anything about this little 20 room hotel , I can highly recommend it to anyone I can not believe how good for the price and even breakfast was cooked fresh and your room was done everyday before lunch and its walking distance to many nice restaurants 10/10 for me

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2016

Michael

Hidden Gem

Great service. Nice and clean rooms at a good price.

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jun 2016

ken

Excellent hotel and staff.

Top place for relaxing holiday in a quiet spot in bali but still having the restaurants and shops close by. Staff were wonderful and the hotel facilities excellent. Would definitely return.

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jun 2016

Marianne

Our secret.

It was our second time at Cempaka and love it.
it is small, very quiet, about 10 minutes from Jl. Legian.
We prefer small and intimate, understated rather than large, loud, filled with balinese artifacts.
the staff are delightful, the rooms good. I suggested they scrub the floors of rooms and especially the shower more often. by the pool it would be nice to have some more sun umbrellas and sun lounges.
Our fellow guests were always very nice, quiet, I hope they will keep having the same quiet ambiance so we want to keep on coming back.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2016

Peter

great hotel/staff just everything was great !

I know im a difficult person to please but I can honestly tell you this was a great week in a great hotel !

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2016

ian

Nice hotel to stay at

Staff are Very friendly very quiet place to stay pool in great

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2016

jackie

Nice and friendly

Right place to stay quiet and lovely staff right pool

10/10

Exceptional

10 May 2016

Mitchel

Great Place

Awesome stay here, the staff is Great. It's clean, comfortable and away from the busy streets but within walking distance of everything you need. Would highly recommend!!!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Apr 2016

David

Loved this place!

We couldn't have been happier with our ten night stay at Kubu Cempaka. Very friendly, happy and helpful staff; clean and comfortable rooms and bathrooms; beautiful and well maintained pool and grounds; and great quiet and convenient location. It's not five star luxury, but amazing value for the price. We'll definitely be returning.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Feb 2016

Andy

Quiet hotel in the centre of Seminyak

Fantastic small hotel, very quiet, great friendly staff (especially Melanie) fantastic location, would highly recommend to any couple looking for some quiet while still having Seminyak at your door.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Feb 2016

carol

Great!

Excellent and if I had to be picky it would be for extra pillows in the room.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Feb 2016

Verified traveler

Great staff, nice and quiet , perfect internet, nice food

8/10

Excellent

03 Feb 2016

Dan

Good location ... older building

Older building in need of repair. Room very small and limited space for 2 people with luggage.
Hotel staff very friendly and helpful.

Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Jan 2016

David

More than adequate

The staff is helpful and polite. Very nice breakfast. The grounds are lovely and the pool is beautiful. It's about a 5-minute walk to a street full of shopping and restaurants. 5 more to the beach. Away from the hustle and bustle.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jan 2016

Amie

Nice new hotel set off main st

Lovely staff and good location out of the noise, but close enough to be amongst the hassle and bustle of Seminyak.
A short walk to one of the main streets for shopping and eating and not too far from the main centre were you can find more upmarket shops and restaurants. Staff were happy to arrange tours and give directions. Pool was lovely and the grounds were well kept. A fare way from the beach but still in walking distance.

6/10

Pleasant

06 Jan 2016

Verified traveler

Just ok

Clean and tidy premises , but basic & lacking personality. The breakfast were very basic , and sheets : pillowcases were not cleaned , jus fluffed even after 5 nights !! Was ok and pretty well priced , but you can find much better

10/10

Exceptional

24 Dec 2015

Verified traveler

Great quiet place - recommended

Everything was great : room was clean, staff was helpful, hotel was quiet away from the street hustle. Breakfast choice is great. Pool is quite big ang garden peaceful. 5 min walk from main street with good restaurants around, laundry place 1 min walk away. Would definitely recommend it. Great value for money.

8/10

Excellent

09 Dec 2015

Verified traveler

Good hotel. Off Main Street but not far from the party spots. 15 minute walk to the beach

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2015

Verified traveler

Very nice. Clean hotel. Decent breakfast especially for the price. 15 minute walk to the beach close to all shops and stores. Easy to get where ever. I originally only booked one night because I had bad experiences at other hotels. Ended up staying 4. Only left because I had other places to go and people to see

8/10

Excellent

08 Nov 2015

Jackie

out of the way but not to far out

Staff Excellent and will stay there again ...pool good and at great price

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2015

Atila

Great Value

I chose this hotel based on reviews and wasn't disappointed. The staff are very helpful and assist in any way they can. I had a pool, air con and wasn't too far from one of the Main Streets for Bali shopping. A small distance from the beach and Seminyak square but nothing a scooter ride or a exercise walk couldn't fix.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2015

Adam

Stay there

Great hotel just outside the hussle and bustle of seminyaki. Great infinity pool,cheap and good quality food
Great value for money will definatly be going back two days before we leave bali for the hotel and the shopping near by.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Oct 2015

Sunny

Close to shopping district and beach

The room was comfortable and the staff is very nice. Unfortunately the room was not very clean. The hotel is in a good location with shops and the beach nearby. Overall a nice hotel.

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2015

Tess

Boutique beauty

We couldn't have asked for more. The staff are amazing and no matter what is required they can not do enough for you . It is situated in walking distance to restaurants and shopping. The beach is only 15min walk away. If we return to Seminyak , this will be a definite for accommodation.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 Oct 2015

Lam

A pleasant place to have a short stay

Overall is quite good especially with the competitive price. The staff are friendly and helpful.
But the cleanliness shall be subject to improvement as the room got quite a lot of ants and two dead spiders were found on the floor. Also, it is better to request the swimming pool view if you make the reservation for the 2nd floor because not much room facing the swimming pool actually.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Oct 2015

Kay

Quiet and Peaceful Hotel

The Hotel is small, but is in an excellent location, not far from the beach and very close to good shopping, from supermarket to high end fashion.

10/10

Exceptional

30 Sep 2015

Edward

Little Oasis in Seminyak!

Hotel was like an Oasis tucked away from surrounding neighborhood. It felt very safe and comfortable. Easy walk to shopping, the beach, restaurants, etc...

10/10

Exceptional

30 Sep 2015

john

Excellent choice

Small hotel off the main roads offering privacy and no traffic noise
Incredibly helpful staff
Delightful pool
Extensive menu with very reasonable pricing
The hotel is close to good restaurants, spas and shopping whit the Bintang Supermarket a few minutes walk away
The beach is about a fifteen minute walk
Because the hotel is just off the main road we found that none of the Taxi drivers knew where it was, but with a bit of explaining there was no trouble.
On Monday evening the hotel puts on a display of traditional Balinese music and dancing - really worth staying in for the night to enjoy it with the accompanying dinner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Sep 2015

Tracy

Great hotel, close to everything !

Beautiful grounds, beautiful room.Pool is relaxing and SO clean. Staff are friendly, helpful and always smiling and polite.Hotel is close to shopping, restaurants and beach. Cannot wait to come back again !!

10/10

Exceptional

26 Sep 2015

Chiew Ping

Good Service

Thanks to the hotel staff for their effort to make our honeymoon trip memorable. Hotel staffs are friendly. Especially one of the male staff which i don't know his name,who came to our room to clean the bathroom as we requested, he is good and many thanks to him.
The hotel is new, spacious and comfortable. Room's light is bright.We love our stay here.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

19 Sep 2015

Verified traveler

OK trip

Had a good stay. Was a little far from city centre but overall a good hotel.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2015

Steven