Manta Dive Resort Gili Air

10/10

Exceptional

30 Apr 2026

Neil

Friendly staff and very helpful…especially Eddy,always happy and friendly 👍

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Dec 2025

Carol

Room was clean. Staff amazing. Location awesome! We arent divers but still a great place to stay, bonus being next door to the Santorini restaurant!

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

05 Nov 2025

Emmanuel

room was small but clean and cozy. swimming pool is not attractive at all. looks not clean at all.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Oct 2025

Jack

Fab place to stay, great rooms; with a fridge and open air shower and air con. 2 pools and right on the beach. Good food in their restaurant. And great location on the island. My husband did a dive day with them and the teaching was first class, I can’t fault their dive school.
The only thing that was needed was a mosquito net over the bed but they wernt a problem just one or two that crept in.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Oct 2025

Matt

Really enjoyed staying at Manta Dive Resort, only let down by the shower and bathroom, lack of hot water in room (not a major issue when its so hot anyway) but the water just dribbled out of the shower, better to shower by the pool.

8/10

Excellent

16 Oct 2025

Al

Property neat and tidy. Quiet area, near many shops and restaurants. Room was a bit dark.Staff ranged from pleasant and enthusiastic, to being ambivalent.overall a nice enjoyable stay.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Oct 2025

Luisa

Clean room and amazing staff. Arranged pre booked fun diving class before arrival. There’s a lot of shopping and dining options nearby and it’s close to the fast boat harbour.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Jul 2025

Tim

Great place to stay especially if you're a diver or snorkeler. Everything you need is close by. The next door neighbor, Santorini, is the closest to real Greek food we've had since being in Greece.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jun 2025

Deborah

We loved that you could snorkel straight out front of accommodation. Bungalows had everything you needed. Staff at restaurant were so friendly. You were always greeted with a huge smile. They answered our questions about Gili Air and were very helpful with anything you needed. Close walk from port. Would definitely stay here again.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

03 Jun 2025

Miranda

Room was cute and clean. The bed was very firm and not the most comfortable (but I like soft beds and pillows). Sitting area by the pool was nice. We only had breakfast at the hotel, so can't comment on the rest. The breakfasts were decent though

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2025

Philippa

I had a great week at Manta. The rooms are basic but all you need for a beachside scuba escape. The staff make the place. So friendly and helpful.
For me the area that could be improved would be the pool areas. Both that I saw seem a bit tired / dirty and not inviting. I know at the time they were working on the area around the main pool but this means that the second pool should be kept really well so guests feel like using it.
Thank you team Manta for being so friendly and welcoming.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 Apr 2025

Kevin

Manta Dive is a perfect place to stay. Property right on beach and close to restaurants. Staff friendly and helpful 10/10.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

19 Apr 2025

Crystal

Manta resort was perfect for what we needed, an oceanfront accommodation that offered a way to do laundry, rent bikes, any sort of water activity, and much more!

Two pools, restaurant, and a nice variety for breakfast!

Business_and_leisure

6/10

Pleasant

03 Mar 2025

Ena

Everything on the island is quite walkable/bikeable so it’s not hard to find something in the area. The property was mostly clean, but being that the bathroom was outside - bugs were prevalent and it seemed easy for them to get in the room. I wished that the hotel offered bicycles to get around.
The room was pretty bare minimum, a bed and some shelves with a bathroom.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Oct 2024

Khoi

Clean and quiet. Easy to get around. Beautiful sunrise view in front of the hotel.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jun 2024

Neil

This is a resort set up for diving....so if you are into diving this is the place to stay.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

06 May 2024

David

We had a wonderful time with Manta Dive resort. Our only complaint was that there was very little light in the rooms. Wife was originally concerned that the bathroom and toilet was outside

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

01 Nov 2023

Danielle

Manta dive was a good resort to stay at for diving - the staff were friendly and obviously passionate about their work and the area they work in. They knew their dive sites well and the guided dives were well-organized, friendly, and safe. The rooms were a little dated, and the bed linens could be renewed -rips and such made them feel a little old. The resort is 3-star, but I was surprised that there weren't bedside tables, the mini fridge was empty and the rooms were basic and bare. Likewise the pool was pretty but missing tiles and not very clean most of our stay. The food was very tasty in the restaurant, (although please provide earlier times for coffee in the morning if possible for us early risers) Again though, if you are there to dive, all of these things were irrelevant to a great diving holiday.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Jan 2023

Charles A

Manta is an excellent dive resort. Rooms are comfortable, beds are cozy, staff is very helpful. There are delicious restaurants nearby - Sharkbite and Chillout were favs. There has been some erosion along this side of the beach. Walkout snorkeling is no longer a thing while the reef rebuilds. Snorkeling day and half day trips are available to great spots around the Gili Islands.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Mar 2020

Ivona

Just wonderful!

Everything about Manta Dive Resort is great! Helpful and friendly people, a very good and convenient location. Also, breakfast is really good.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Mar 2020

Alice

Room was clean, the grounds are well kept, staff was great and helpful! Enjoyed meeting guests. Laundry, tours, bike rentals are next door. Enjoyed a quite sunrise every morning from the Waterfront restaurant, before the staff came to work.
Will come back next year!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

The room was lovely and it was very peaceful and quiet as we were to the back of the property. Although we didn't dive this trip there was great snorkeling out the front of the hotel. Breaky was very nice and we tried a few options.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Oct 2019

marta

Highly recommended

The staff is really nice and helpful. It’s also a diving center which is really cool if you are staying for three days because gives you time to get the diver certificate. The bungalows are very nice and clean. It’s very very very familiar. Really a very choice on the island.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

This resort is very clean and has a good restaurant on site. We stayed in the bungalows and loved it. They have A/C and the shower is open air. W REID not use the diving services so can’t comment on those but they certainly were popular.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

We really liked the welcome we received. It felt like we were coming home instead of just arriving. Having the dive masters sitting there gave us an opportunity to ask some question and get honest answers about the island.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Friendly staff on arrival, perfect location, great rooms 👌

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

The staff are super laid back and always there to help. The place has a buzzing atmosphere despite Gili Airs chilled out nature.

The breakfast was amazing! Garden rooms are spacious, comfortable and clean. Wake up to the blue sea everyday!

2/10

Poor

06 Jul 2019

Jay

I was excited to stay here, but I’m going to say this mostly because I got so many emails from so many different people it appeared I may have been difficult in arranging payment. But you should be ashamed of the diving experience you gave a friend and I. No smb for our guide? Had to use mine? Overpriced, unfriendly staff aside from the one girl at the desk. The other woman also had no explanation for an extra 100,000 rp charge for each customer which apparently is a “park fee” and rudely had a dive instructor tell us “oh it’s new we forget” Im knowing many instructors around the gilis no one knew anything about this charge. In my opinion your diving operation is a joke and you should be ashamed about not only safety but you attitude for such a hyped up dive shop. Stay in a beautiful room for $60 USD dive elsewhere. All dive staff were absolutely MISERABLE.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jun 2019

Joanna Clare

Great Place

This was the perfect place to stay on Gili Air, beautifully located, great staff, comfortable accommodation and everything we needed.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 May 2019

Verified traveler

Great location, wonderful clean comfortable air-conditioned rooms, friendly staff. Love the fact they are so eco-friendly refill your water bottle for free etc- only small complaints would be the poor wifi in the rooms - I work as I travel so can't just switch off completely -but we knew that was going to be bad beforehand so made sure we had mobile data and that was fine. The other thing was it would be nice to have tea and coffee making facilities in the room - I guess the electricity supply might not like it though so I understand ...it made me drink more water anyway which is a good thing :)

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Wonderful Manta team and hotel

Great location, amenities and service. The only downside was the bed comfort and poor wifi

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Spacious rooms in peaceful setting along a pretty winding path. Two lovely pools, cheerful staff and restaurant and seating overlooking the beach.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Good stay in a very comfortable hotel. Super clean. Very nice and helpful staff. Excelent location. Good breakfast

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

18 Mar 2019

Jenny

This property has 2 pools, main pool used for diving instruction and the other pool didn’t look very clean, we only used once.
No small fridge so no drinks in our room
Aircon not working on last night
Staff not terribly friendly
Otherwise stay was only ok

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

12 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

Good resort with a few bad points

Lovely resort with two really nice swimming pools. The resort was right next to a beach. We stayed there in a low season, so it’s quiet and very peaceful.

The room we stayed was a traditional one (sasak) which was beautiful! Bed was very comfy. Loved the open-aired bathroom and shower, but mosquitoes were everywhere! A small fan to keep the air moving to deter mosquitoes might be a great idea in there.

WiFi at the resort was not working (apparently due to storm a week ago, but there was WiFi everywhere else on the island). It was not good at all as we planned to do a bit of work when it’s raining or too hot to go out. We had to go to use WiFi in other restaurants/cafes which was not very convenient.

But to sum it up, it was a really nice place to stay and we would stay here again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

Highly recommend. The staff were lovely and the property was well maintained. The breakfast options were extensive and food was of a good standard. We also dived with Manta and the trips were well organised. Our only comments would be that the bungalows would benefit from a mosquito net around the bed and better lighting indoors.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

The accomodation is located right across the road from the beach. All the staff were super helpful and friendly and the dive facilities and gear was great. We loved it so much that we ended up extending our stay! Thank you

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jan 2019

Andrea

Excellent seevice

It was great to be met on arrival and welcomed - looked after with great advice on places to go- and then asked about my stay during and when leaving . This is a great place to stay with excellent staff who will help with any request.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

The rooms are very comfortable, clean and nicely decorated. The staff are friendly and helpful and the hotel is well located on the island.

6/10

Pleasant

29 Oct 2018

Verified traveler

Close to the beach and great diving experience. However, the water in the shower was not clean. It tasted like ocean water, and there was hardly any pressure from the shower. There’s no w

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2018

Janssu

Nice hotel near beach nice people good food vety nice all

8/10

Excellent

28 Jun 2018

Clair

Very nice, comfortable and great location

Great staff, very helpful, the room was lovely. We walked to the other side of the island for sunsets, but sunrise is perfect from this side of the island. Diving was very well organized. The rooms are great, spacious and clean - love the outdoor showers.

6/10

Pleasant

07 Jun 2018

André

Pelo preço tem opções melhores.

Eles estão mais para uma empresa de mergulho que tem quartos do que um hotel que oferece mergulho, apesar de gentis, não davam a minima atenção para nós que só estávamos hospedados. Sempre que precisava de alguma coisa da recepção era sempre uma pessoa diferente que te atendia que geralmente estava sentado conversando ou bebendo em frente ao hotel, confuso. O ar condicionado não estava funcionando quando chegamos, arrumaram mas no segundo dia já parou de novo.

Partner

4/10

Poor

09 May 2018

Victor

Cool concept - terrible mattress

I really liked the concept and design of the hotel. It hs a really cool vibe and the people are also very international and interesting. However the super uncomfortable matress ruined the whole experience. Both my girfriend and I felt super tired and “beaten up” the first morning.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Mar 2018

Gary

Gili Air

Very friendly & welcoming. I arrived early and was given a welcome drink I the bar. Resort staff amazing. Bar staff lacking a little enthusiasm / life.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Mar 2018

Marine

Thumbs Up :)

I love the location of Manta Dive, a short walk from the main jetty, if carrying big luggages, just need to engage the horse cart’s service, alternatively if you opt to go Gili Air via Speedboat, askcthe boatman to drop you right infront of the Resort.

Check-In : Was easy and give a warm welcome by the Dive Staff. Everyone is friendly.

Room : Decent and Clean Room, huge bathroom. Will be better if they can provide hair dryer and water kettle or hotpot in the room. For divers bringing their own gears, unfortunately there’s no open area for you to dry your gears before leaving Gili Air.

Breakfast: Loved their Lombok coffee. Breakfast varieties limited, had the same food for 4 days. Will be good if they have more varieties or different menu every other day.

Dive Experience: Discount for divers who stay with them. Interesting dive sites. Expect to see white and black tip and plenty of huge turtles.

Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Jan 2018

Steve

Waterfont property with resident Dive school.

Basic and comfortable accommodation for those wanting a relaxed stay. The rooms were clean and had all we needed. For those who want to scuba dive, the resident Manta Dive school was reasonably priced and boats pull up to to shoreline for easy access. Dive pool at rear for beginners. The restaurant has a good breakfast in the morning and the food is good. There are a couple of small pools for catching the sun and taking a quick dip. Staff very friendly, responsive and helpful.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2018

Daniel

Would stay again!

Great hotel in great location, only thing that didn’t work was wifi but hey, it’s a tropical island!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Oct 2017

rod

Great location on the beach. We stayed in deluxe room and new, clean and really nice. Staff friendly and good breakfast. Right on the beach but deluxe rooms are separated from dive shop so really quiet

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2017

Will

They take care of everything

We liked it so much we came back we did not like the next hotel

8/10

Excellent

25 May 2017

Bjoern-Andre

Beautiful island with a modern and clean resort

Great resort set on a beautiful island.

The breakfast was excellent and the bungalow was very clean and nicely set-up. The AC worked well and relatively quiet to sleep.

To improve this lovely place even further replace the mattress next time with a king (instead of two singles leaving an uncomfortable middle part) and install a moscato net.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Mar 2017

Verified traveler

Great Hotel

Friendly hotel in a good spot.
Fantastic for diving

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Mar 2017

meaghan

Great hotel close to beach

We arrived at Gili Air not knowing what to expect. The hotel was a 10 minute walk from the dock, we just had backpacks so it was easily walkable for us (if you have luggage you may want to hop in a horse cart. The path all around the island is sand. We found the hotel in a perfect location, there is great snorkelling right in front of the hotel and maybe 5 minutes further down the road you can go snorkelling and see sea turtles. Across from this area there is also a swampy area where we saw a few Komodo dragons.
As for the hotel we were pleasantly surprised to see 2 pools that were upkept well and a nice pathway to all the villa style rooms. Each had a nice patio and some privacy.
The room was clean and spacious with an air conditioner that worked well. An open air bathroom and comfortable bed made this hotel one of our most recommended.
Friendly staff and great free breakfast!

8/10

Excellent

26 Nov 2016

Rob

how a holiday should be

Manta Dive is in an excellent location, metres from the beach, snorkelling and restaurants. Staff are amazing, looked after our whole stay.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Nov 2016

Kerry

Convenient location, spotlessly friendly service

Great place to chill out, go snorkeling and diving, and to try the many bars and cafes. Only downside was the lack of wifi.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Oct 2016

Gordon

A superb facility

We had a great time at manta dive. From when we first arrived, Rob was really friendly and helpful and the other staff were superb too. You can tell they all work wellas a team. We took a lesson with Finnish Jenni for our first ever scuba diving experience and she was brilliant. Great sense of humour and a good teacher too. We'd love to go back

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

26 Oct 2016

Verified traveler

Cute, convenient

Great little bungalow but very minimal, no tv or fridge. Wifi was slow, breakfast was nice, air conditioning was great, and they had a water re-fill station! The staff was super friendly and check in was the easiest!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Jun 2016

Verified traveler

Great location on Gili Air, among the nice restaurants and some of the best snorkelling. Only issue was the air con - very stuffy room when it wasn't on, but very cold and noisy when it was!

Family

2/10

Poor

11 May 2016

Suez

Never again

We arrived to a fairly friendly greeting. Local Indonesian staff were friendly and accommodating. Other \"managers\" or staff were rude and made us feel unwelcome.

4/10

Poor

12 Apr 2016

Verified traveler

Not a hotel

This is a dive company. If you want a hotel resort don't go here. Very noisy

8/10

Excellent

14 Mar 2016

Tommi

Manta was great, sister hotel not so

Our stay was a mixed bag;

We got a great friendly reception at Manta Dive and the staff was always helpful and available. The mood in this dive hotel was great and the rooms at Manta were beautiful - some of the nicest rooms we stayed in SE Asia that didn't break the bank. However, on the second day of our stay a painting operation started in the pool in front of our bungalow and we were moved (because of the heavy amount of paint in the air) to the sister resort - the rooms looked quite nice if not as beautiful as on Manta's side but they had an unfortunately strong odor of mold in the air. Had this not happened, our stay would have been a 5* all the way.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Mar 2016

Courtney

Gili Air

Great staff, super friendly and helpful. We didn't dive and the pool was definitely more suited for diver practice but location was decent, close walk to good swimming spots. Nice restaurant with discount on dinner and free breakfast. We stayed in the garden room but wished we'd had a bungalow, they looked really nice.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jan 2016

zoe

Great hotel, great staff, excellent location, highly recommend!

8/10

Excellent

24 Jan 2016

B

Family holiday

as a family of 4, (son aged 16 and daughter aged 14) we stayed for 5 nights and had a great time. Our son did his dive ticket at the hotel, fantastic instructors, and really friendly. We felt more than comfortable leaving him with his instructor to learn and then dive as a group. My daughter and I spent the days wandering the island, but loved the outdoor seating at the hotel to watch the day go by.

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2016

Verified traveler

Villa very close to the beach!

Manta Dive was in a very good location on Gili Air. The only flaw was that we had not organised to dive at all on the island. The island was merely to relax, and if we had known that this hotel was primarily for divers we would have looked elsewhere.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Dec 2015

Verified traveler

Great Dive Hotel

Nice hotel in a great location on the island. Lots of restaurant choices surrounding. Great dive team.

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jan 2026

Maximiliano

Tudo excelente

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Nov 2025

Wolfgang

Sehr freundliches und hilfsbereites Personal. Gutes Frühstück

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Oct 2025

Maria Carmen

La única pega que le pondria a este hote, eran las las piscinas que estaban sucias y fuera de servicio.
Ubicacion excelente
.Habitacion miy límpia y muy bonita.
Lleno de restaurantes

4/10

Poor

24 Aug 2025

Jannie

Skuffet

Vi havde desværre en meget skuffende oplevelse på Manta Dive Hotel Gili Air.

Morgenmaden var ringe og kedelig, med meget lidt udvalg.

Servicen var beskidt, og hytterne samt omgivelserne fremstod slidte og dårligt vedligeholdt.

Toilettet havde en dårlig skyllefunktion, og poolen var beskidt.

Håndklæderne lugtede surt, og lagnerne fremstod gullige.

Sengen (briksen) var enorm hård og ubehagelig at sove i.

Personalet virkede ikke imødekommende – ingen smil, og da vi bad rengøringsdamen om ekstra poolhåndklæder, vendte hun øjne af os.

Alt i alt et ophold vi ikke kan anbefale, og som på ingen måde levede op til forventningerne.

Hotels.com blev kontaktet men kunne ikke hjælpe hvilke vi virkelig også blev skuffet over

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Aug 2025

Annika

Perfect location right by the beach, snorkelling area with turtles is basically on your doorstep. The bungalow was nice and cozy, the open bathroom however invited some animals into our apartment. Staff was very nice and helped us to organise diving and snorkeling tours.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2025

Lasse

Fint resort på Gili A

Virkelig sødt og hjælpsomt personale. Fine, lyse værelser. Fantastisk strand. Fin morgenmad med lidt valgmuligheder. Anbefaler klart dette sted på Gili Air!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jul 2025

Yohan

Excellent séjour, hébergement très bien, personnel sympa et disponible. Accès direct à une plage magnifique, idéale pour du snorkeling, logement très bien en terme de confort propreté et avec beaucoup de charme

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Literie très dure.

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2025

Marc

Wir hatten einen tollen Aufenthalt im Manta Dive Resort auf Gili Air! Alles war in bester Ordnung, die Bungalows sauber und gemütlich. Das Personal war super nett, immer hilfsbereit und hat sich um all unsere Wünsche gekümmert. Die Lage direkt am Meer ist perfekt, und die Tauchbasis ist top organisiert. Absolut empfehlenswert

Partner