Name: Vila Shanti Beach Hotel
Address: Jalan Danau Tamblingan Sanur 47, Bali, ID

8/10

Excellent

11 May 2026

Ian

Well located for those who want the Seminyak sunset vibe . Nice garden setting but the hotel could do with a spruce up , particularly the ageing pool lounges

Self

8/10

Excellent

22 Apr 2026

Stephen

A good resort in a n excellent location.

Partner

4/10

Poor

10 Mar 2026

Mark

Im sorry but i would not recommend this property if you have expectations of it being a paradise. Old and needs to be freshened up.
Could not have a stand up shower because the hose was to short, toilet seat damaged, bath stained and would be hard for an older person to get in and out of. shower mat was mouldy and the towels are small , not bath towels, broken remote for tv and dodge aircon. Breakfast was terrible, lack of options and the staff cooking i dont think they understand english when ordering an omlet

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

03 Feb 2026

Philip

The room was spacious. Good linen sheets changed daily.
Fixtures and fittings are old now. Stained lampshades, bathroom wood loose on sink unit
Gardens as always are SUPERBLY KEPT
Pool is lovely although loungers are often reserved with towels by people who don’t show up.
This was a real problem for us as I disabled in our group.

Staff when consulted just shrugged shoulders
Food is very average. Repetitive and bland.
Tea and coffee tasteless.

Massage staff are SUPERB and caring

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jan 2026

Kerri van

Staff very courteous and obliging. Really enjoyed breakfast. Ideal location.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2025

Mark

On arrive we found our room to be a bit dark and the doors, although beautiful, had a 2 inch gap either side which concerned me due to the mosquitos that had bitten us in the previous location. I made my concerns known and we were offered a new room which instantly felt better. The staff were amazing about this and it did not seem to be a problem at all. The room was a good size for us two and our teenage son. Cleaned each day, with fresh towels and three bottles of water were left in the room each day, such an great addition. The breakfast was very good each morning. The pool was great as was the beach allocated for the hotel guests. Pool/beach towels are provided each day. Massages available by the pool also. The location in Sanur was perfect, plenty of restaurants, shops, stalls and bikes to hire close by. The people of Bali are absolutely amazing. We would recommend and would stay again.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jun 2025

Natasha

Property was beautiful, very quiet. Room was not the renovated side with the big bathtub (was lovely to soak in, but think i broke my toe when tryin to get in) and i did ask for a walk in shower. I did like that there was a side entrance as i don't/can't do stairs.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 May 2025

Leigh

Older style. Clean. Staff great

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

25 Mar 2025

Catherine

Reception staff on arrival were not very friendly. They did not explain about breakfast, the facilities or what's in the area.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

28 Jan 2025

Raymond

Basic accomodation, but in good location

When we arrived, after a 25 hour journey, our booking wasn't there, according to the receptionist.
We were then given a room anyway after a while.
The aircon was weak, bathroom should've been redecorated many years ago (old toilet seat, shower curtain missing rings and far too long so you step on it whilst showering; very old sink and an electric socket partially attached to the wall).

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Dec 2024

Andrew

Very pleasant
Great location

6/10

Pleasant

04 Nov 2024

Vicki

It is quite old but central to everything. The bathroom was very poor and could really do with an update. some mouldy areas in it and plumbing was playing up

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

17 Aug 2024

Patrick

Friendly staff. Lovely gardens. Lack of chairs around the pool. People hogging the chairs all day/leaving them vacant all day with a towel. Our bathroom had a terrible odour constantly and the front door won't close properly.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jun 2024

Elise

Room door didn’t lock, tea cups left with lipstick, only 1 pool filled with noisy young teens,

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

13 Jun 2024

Carol

Lovely place to stay with beautiful gardens and right on the beach

4/10

Poor

07 Jun 2024

Stephen

Vila Shanti has well kept gardens & some staff are very helpful & others are not.The bathroom in the room we had needed renovating it smelt terrible. We have stayed there maybe 6 times but the
vibe has changed this will be our last time there.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Jun 2024

Trudi A

Great position on beach!
Room very outdated.
Not much pool area to sit but beach out the front. Great staff and Sanur has a lot to offer!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 May 2024

Lisa-Ann

Close to beach . Average pool area though

8/10

Excellent

16 May 2024

Julie

Very good stay just wish it was a little more up to date.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

06 May 2024

Liesl

Perfect for a quick getaway. Close to shops and restaurants.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

16 Apr 2024

Clare Eve

We really liked this hotel in many ways - it’s very near the centre and walkable to the night market and lots of great food options. It’s pretty and quiet, with the option of cheap massages by the pool and a lovely bit of beach you can snorkel off. The rooms are plain but clean and ours had fridges, good air con and nice balconies. The cleaners in the rooms were very nice

My only complaint is I booked for five people with Expedia, (three adults two children) and I had my booking clearly printed out that said one room was for two people and the other for three and that I had paid in full. However the hotel insisted I had only booked for four people and had to pay for an extra bed.

When I queried this, rather than offering to check the Expedia booking they acted as though I was in the wrong , at one point chasing me down at the pool to insist I had agreed to paying extra when I hadn’t. I paid extra in the end but the whole thing ruined my first morning, and I have booked rooms for three or four people many times before and never been forced to pay extra on arrival before, so it puts me off recommending. If you do book a room for three, be warned they might make you pay another £20 a night extra when you get there

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

24 Mar 2024

John

It’s a great location with excellent staff, rooms have great A/C but do need some maintenance but over all was a great holiday.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Mar 2024

Tracy

Perfectly located on Sanur beach, great with the walking path and for jogging. Many people walking and running, myself included. Many options for food on the beach or the road behind. Lovely staff, quiet and very respectful of your space. Respectful of noise, i heard no noise when in my room. No street noise, nothing
Perfect 3 star hotel, great price, great location you wouldn’t know the staff were there, but it was evident with the attention to detail. Little pixies x
I was welcomed, even though i was a day early at 3am!! Many thanks, sorry i woke you.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2024

Gerald

Hidden Gem

Incredible in every way. Vila Shanti is a hidden gem along a beautiful stretch of beach that is complimented by the most amazing, kind and attentive staff who call you by name and treat you like a lifelong friend from the moment you arrive until they send you off with hopes of seeing you again soon.

6/10

Pleasant

02 Feb 2024

Peter

Old fart Europeans thick they own the place

Reception didn’t have a room for us, offered two single beds or shower over bath. No good, finally got queen bed and walk in shower.
The beds are like old phone books to sleep on. Way too hard! Seriously uncomfortable.
Not a bad budget hotel, however most Europeans stay there and a number of old farts think they own the hotel because they go each year. Many get out of bed early place towels on the day beds and leave them for hours on end unoccupied and the staff don’t do anything about it.
Breakfast lacks compared to other hotels, I looked in the kitchen and it was very dirty.
Saw a rat run from there. Would I go back, no!
Location is good, in its day it would have been flash, but very dated. Staff very nice and friendly.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Dec 2023

June

In a good area, extremely quiet

8/10

Excellent

31 Aug 2023

Debbie

Great location, nice pool, excellent dinning area on the beach. Beds need updating, mattress quite hard.

10/10

Exceptional

16 Aug 2023

Patricia

Lovely small Balinese style hotel

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Aug 2023

Sally

The property was beautiful. We especially enjoyed breakfast next to the beach and the ocean. We would have enjoyed it more if the front desk personnel could speak more English.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2023

Lolita

Great location, beautiful, well kept grounds, fabulous staff

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

22 Nov 2022

Wendy

Love this hotel right on the beach and close to everything, everyone was so friendly and helpful.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Jul 2022

Verified traveler

Nice spot on Sanur Beach

Fantastic position on the beach. Genuine Bali feel to the hotel. They are renovating rooms at the moment. Only complaint the bed was extremely hard, perhaps put some mattress toppers on for comfort. We didn’t have breakfast, although we found a rate later that included it for less money, so was annoying

Partner

4/10

Poor

27 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

On arrival we were given a standard room which when I raised the problem they lied about it saying my room was the \"Bali style Superior room). When I showed the images of the room we booked on Wotif he said, \"they have the incorrect images\"
After talking to his superior the following morning we were eventually moved to a smaller but simular version of the room we booked at 2pm the second day. No apology, no compensation, not our fault!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Sep 2019

peter

happiness in a hotel

found location great on bech great food great staff friendly they make u feel welcome there and pleasant to deal with they help u adjust o lifestyle and help with simple language ,barriers rooms nice clean beds great

Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Aug 2019

karen

Great location on the beach. Fantastic and friendly staff. Clean. We spent 10 days there and had a great break. Recommend.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

The property is not over built making it a pleasant surrounding. The staff friendly and helpful.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

05 May 2019

Verified traveler

Small hotel clean rooms little bit of mould in bathroom but the climate makes it difficult to control cleaners do a great job breakfast is very basic and good eggs bacon etc.Right on the ocean location good close to everything.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Dec 2018

Adolfo

It was a great stay until they decided to spray pesticides (mosquito fumegation) right when we were inside our room and could smell the DDT. We dashed out running away from it.

Family

8/10

Excellent

24 Oct 2018

Gary

Close to all amenities, good pool and beach quite nice in the morning.

4/10

Poor

05 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Food

Included breakfast was disgusting, worst I have ever had. Had to go outside to get decent food

4/10

Poor

21 Sep 2016

Verified traveler

close to beach

staff disappointing breakfast was not to get excited about no pool towels after 6.00 when the pool closed at 8.00

8/10

Excellent

15 Aug 2016

Konstantin

Nice hotel for family

Very nice hotel with facilities in Balinese style. Loved the direct beach access (clean beach and water), restaurant at the beach was good for lunch and some dinners and other places for dining (especially some of the top picks from tripadvisor) were in walking distance. Overall a pleasant stay and we will come back once we're on Bali again.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

22 Oct 2015

Verified traveler

Refurbed older Hotel.

Easy access to the beach and nice pool. No safety deposit box in room.

4/10

Poor

09 Jul 2015

Micaela

Theft - dont leave anything in your room

Very disappointing stay here as unfortunately the hotel staff have a thief in their midst. Money and colongne went missing from the room during cleaning and when we advised management they would not present the person responsible. He was very identifiable with a tattoo on his forearm and dispite many phone calls and frustration explainations, suddenly he didnt work there at all. Understand the hotel cant control all theft however should have handled the situation very differently and as a result we left immediately for another hotel. We wont return, which is a shame as its a great location.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2014

Chris

Facilities: Above average, Great gardens and ammenat; Service: Respectful; Cleanliness: Pleasant, Great housekeeping;
Late night check in was hard

8/10

Excellent

08 Jan 2014

Verified traveler

Older hotel, backing onto beach, big room and balcony, quiet area. Not many choices for breakfast but all tasted good. Nice gardens, back from the street. All seemed to be middle age patrons.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

07 Sep 2013

Albert

A low budget hotel

The hotel is in a nice location on the beach in Sanur, has a very pleasant swimming pool, but a number of things were disappointing. The breakfasts were very basic and the bathroom facilities were of a low standard (e.g. no shampoo, low quality toilet paper, towels were old and grey etc).

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

17 Sep 2012

Sally

Facilities: Shabby, grungy bathroom; Value: Paid more via wotif ; Service: Basic, Reception not helpful; Cleanliness: grey towels;
Reception staff not too helpful

Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Jun 2011

Ralph

Villa Shanti

Accommodation is dated but clean and comfortable. Staff was very friendly and helpful.
Location is close to the beach and everything in Sanur.
Restaurant is fairly stanard but food is good value.
Would recommend as very good value for money.
Ralph
Perth WA

8/10

Excellent

24 Nov 2010

Kathleen

Great Budget Beachfront Hotel

We were received by friendly staff and given 2 cocktails on the way to our room. One thing that was interesting - they kept my copy of the itinerary I had printed out as their copy, so be sure to bring your confirmation along - they need it! Our room was clean and simple surrounded by beautiful gardens and a lovely little patio outside. The room was cleaned daily and fresh linen given out. A couple of criticisms - linens were old and shoddy (but clean) and bathroom smelled of sewer gas coming from the shower drain when the exhaust fan was on. We kept the fan usage to a minimum and used incense. Breakfast was included - a wonderful start to the day sitting by the beach eating our fresh eggs, toast, tropical fruit, and bali coffee. Pool is great. Can walk along the boardwalk to any restaurant or walk around in Sanur for great food and cheap spas. Close to Hardy's which has groceries plus clothing and souvenirs. Overall a great place to stay on the beach at a budget hotel.

Partner