Sativa Sanur Cottages Hotel
3-star hotel · Sanur, Bali
Guests rate nearly every hotel highly: half the hotels in Bali are rated 8.8 out of 10 or more. So our score shows how a hotel compares with the rest, not how luxurious it is.
- Rated higher than 15% of Bali hotels
- 77% of guest comments are praise
- 87% of guest photos show no damage
How this score is made
- Rated higher than 15% of Bali hotels. Compared with 6,148 hotels in Bali. Counts for 50% of the score.
- 77% of guest comments are praise. 381 praise, 111 complain. Counts for 30% of the score.
- 87% of guest photos show no damage. 52 of 60 photos. Counts for 20% of the score.
- Serious reports are never counted in. They are flagged beside the score, because one matters even when everything else is good.
- $51 a nighttypical for two, before tax · from $47
- 1 min walkto Pepito Market
- 158 guest reviewsfrom the last 2 years
- 60 guest photostheirs, not the hotel's
At a glance
For
- 180 m from Pantai PengembakMeasured to the nearest edge of the sand
- Swimming pool26 guest photos show it
- Location76 praise · 2 complain
- Staff67 praise · 3 complain
- Quiet at night44 praise · 6 complain
Against
- Room condition47 complain · 1 praise
- Mould or dampcomplaints rising: 3.8 in 100 a year ago, 6.7 now9 of 158 guests
- Heating and air conditioningcomplaints rising: 3.8 in 100 a year ago, 5.7 now8 of 158 guests
- Problems in the bathroomcomplaints rising: 1.9 in 100 a year ago, 5.7 now7 of 158 guests
What guests reported
What guests say
158 reviews from the last 2 years. Most praised: location (76 guests). Weakest: room condition, where 47 of the 48 who mention it complain.
Room size200Strength
The size of the pool and size of my room but it’s very neglected
Booking network, August 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
Large room, clean pool, attentive and friendly staff.
Booking network, July 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
Views150Strength
Beautiful location, gorgeous pool with a garden...friendly and very helpful staff...stayed here for a wonderful 3 weeks...within a 7-minute walk you are at San Ur Beach with a beautiful path along the boulevard with restaurants, shops, and sunbeds.
Google, May 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Lovely traditional bali hotel in a quiet location pool was terrific, meals are nice, walking distance to nice cafes, restaurants, supermarket, art market next door, staff are lovely,
Booking network, February 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
Location762Strength
Close to restaurants and beachfront.
Booking network, April 2026, rated 10/10 by this guest
Loved the location, the pool was the centre of the cottages allowing for great conversations and interaction with both guests and staff.
Booking network, September 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Need a bike to get places just a little to far out of town
Booking network, May 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
Staff673Strength
Staff very helpful and friendly.
Booking network, August 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
The staff were so lovely.
Booking network, June 2026, rated 10/10 by this guest
The service downstairs in the restaurant.The man that was there wasnt very welcoming.I also tjink they really need to do something about their restaurant.Nobody eats there.
Booking network, August 2026, rated 5/10 by this guest
Food81Strength
The food was absolutely yummy, and the service was easily some of the best we've experienced in Sanur.
Google, May 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Fine hotel, friendly staff, clean, good food.
Google, September 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Quiet at nightcomplaints rising: 1.9 in 100 a year ago, 4.8 now446Strength
Lovely and peaceful and a great atmosphere at the hotel.
Booking network, November 2025, rated 10/10 by this guest
Quiet and well located with a great pool this property is great value for money
Booking network, September 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
Had to turn the fridge off at night as it would startle me awake each time it clicked on.
Booking network, January 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
Pool6412Mostly good
Great rooms, hotel layout, position in high street, quiet, nice pool
Booking network, July 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
Lovely rooms, a beautiful and large pool, a great breakfast, very friendly staff, and a nice location: everything is within walking distance.
Google, July 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
This is a lovely old traditional property but is in need of room upgrades,bathroom grout very dirty,pool nice but has many broken tiles.
Booking network, July 2025, rated 6/10 by this guest
Beds133Mostly good
Location, friendly staff, comfortable bed, lots of space in the unit, supermarket next door, pool area.
Booking network, May 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Property is nice large rooms, it is an older property but the staff are great beds are comfortable and the rooms large.
Booking network, March 2025, rated 10/10 by this guest
while the room was good the bed was the most uncomfortable bed slept in.
Booking network, April 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Value175Mostly good
Quiet, good location, quirky and different but value for money
Booking network, December 2025, rated 7/10 by this guest
Fantastic value for money.
Google, January 2025, rated 5/5 by this guest
All of this makes it far too expensive for the country, considering the services provided.
Google, October 2025, rated 3/5 by this guest
Cleanliness3313Mostly good
The room was spacious and very clean.
Booking network, October 2025, rated 10/10 by this guest
Til gengæld er der meget rent.
Booking network, February 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Sativa is old and in need of maintenance & renovations, the pool needs a good fix and clean as well.
Booking network, November 2025, rated 8/10 by this guest
Breakfastcomplaints rising: 9.4 in 100 a year ago, 13.3 now2319Split
Great location for beach access and it’s nice and quiet
Booking network, March 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
Same breakfast every second day
Booking network, December 2025, rated 8/10 by this guest
The breakfasts were alright but not a lot of variety.
Tripadvisor, August 2025, rated 2/5 by this guest
Room condition147Weak spot
The bathrooms could benefit from a bit of updating but were functional
Booking network, December 2025, rated 6/10 by this guest
The bathroom needs remodeling as the bath was so wide it was difficult to get in and out of
Booking network, June 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
The rooms really need a freshen up with with the paint and bathrooms.
Booking network, May 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Who stays, and their score out of 10
From every review of the last two years that gives a score and says who travelled, including those with no words.
All 327 Google ratings
Problems guests raised
Raised most: mould or damp, in 9 of 158 reviews.
Mould or dampcomplaints rising: 3.8 in 100 a year ago, 6.7 now9 of 1581 in 18 reviews
The mouldy smell in our room
Booking network, March 2026, rated 5/10 by this guest
Mould smell in all 3 rooms that we were shown.
Booking network, March 2026, rated 1/10 by this guest
Heating and air conditioningcomplaints rising: 3.8 in 100 a year ago, 5.7 now8 of 1581 in 20 reviews
Rooms are dated but nice and cold
Booking network, January 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
Having Hot tub is good and clean but it's old type..
Booking network, June 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
Problems in the bathroomcomplaints rising: 1.9 in 100 a year ago, 5.7 now7 of 1581 in 23 reviews
The system of water drainage in the shower room was weak and made some unpleasant smell
Booking network, October 2025, rated 10/10 by this guest
The shower was very weak.
Booking network, September 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
Something broken in the room6 of 1581 in 26 reviews
Just one useable unallocated power socket, bizzarely in the middle of the room for charging devices, drying ones hair (hair dryers also not included which was strange too) or doing anything that required more than a light switch.
Google, April 2025, rated 3/5 by this guest
Wi-Fi5 of 1581 in 32 reviews
Lovely rooms and nice pool
Booking network, August 2026, rated 5/10 by this guest
Location and value for money
Booking network, August 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
Not as shown or booked4 of 1581 in 40 reviews
Very disappointed Not as the pictures looked on website at all , very dated , needing a paint , a good clean and bathrooms need up dating ,badly , poor value for breakfast , no safe located in ur room , not the best lock on the door (a padlock )
Tripadvisor, August 2025, rated 2/5 by this guest
Does not look like the photos online, will stay in the middle of Sanur next time.
Tripadvisor, March 2025, rated 3/5 by this guest
Serious reports
7 in 158 reviews, most common first. Shown beside the score, never averaged into it.
A physical hazard5 of 158 reviews
I got an electric shock from a lamp.with a faulty switch it took out the power to part of our room.
Booking network, June 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
The extra bed that was put in our room was rusted and had screws sticking out that I had to screw in myself to avoid injury.
Booking network, December 2024, rated 4/10 by this guest
Someone fell ill2 of 158 reviews
Advised we were sick and checking out.
Tripadvisor, December 2025, rated 1/5 by this guest
With no other option we stayed in the room for 10 hours and woke up sick in the morning.
Booking network, December 2025, rated 1/10 by this guest
These are guests' own accounts from their reviews. We have not verified them, and the hotel may dispute them. A report is counted only when the guest says it happened at the hotel and holds the hotel responsible.
Photos, checked
8 of the 60 guest photos we checked show damage or dirt (13%).
Guest photos showing damage or dirt8 of 6013%
Of 60 guest photos, 8 show damage or dirt: peeling paint or cracks in 4, stains in 4, dirty surfaces in 1 and litter or dirty water in 1, and some photos show more than one. Of the hotel's own 40, 0 do.
What it advertises, against the photos
Guests’ photos confirm: swimming pool (26), spa (1), restaurant (1), bar (3), beach (2), private balcony (7).
The hotel says it has no gym.
Price, place and rooms
Price
$51 is a typical night, from 302 dates checked in the coming year.
Weekends cost 4% more than weekdays
A typical night, month by month
Cheapest month: Nov 2026, $51Dearest month: Aug 2027, $56
Prices on booking sites, the day we checked
What each seller advertised on the one day we checked, so these sit outside the year-wide figures above and can fall below the typical price.
- gha.hopenapi.com$53
- tiket.com$53
- Trip.com$61
- Priceline$61
- Booking.com$65
- Traveloka$66
- evendo.com$69
- qantas.com$70
Lowest advertised nightly rate for two adults; taxes and local fees are not included. Shown in US dollars.
Nearby
Pantai Pengembak is 180 m away. There is 1 bar or club within 200 metres.
- Nearest shop: Pepito Market1 min walk53 m by road
- Nearest beach: Pantai Pengembak180 m
- Nearest main road: Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai391 m
- Kuta Beach16.1 km
- Seminyak Beach17.1 km
- Bali airport18.7 km
- Uluwatu Temple23.6 km
- The Ubud Monkey Forest25.6 km
The lines are 5, 10 and 15 minutes on foot.
Distances follow the streets, not straight lines.
Rooms
7 room types, from 20 to 28 m².
- Deluxe Room, Garden View (With Extra Bed)20 m²Sleeps 3BalconyA view, going by the room's name
- Deluxe Room, Garden View20 m²Sleeps 31 Double bedBalconyA view, going by the room's name
- Deluxe Double Or Twin Room22 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub
- Deluxe Double or Twin Room with Pool View28 m²Sleeps 2BalconyA view, going by the room's name
- Deluxe Double or Twin Room With Extra Bed28 m²Sleeps 2Balcony
- Deluxe Double or Twin Room with Garden View28 m²Sleeps 2BalconyA view, going by the room's name
The other 1 room types
- Deluxe Double or Twin Room with Pool Access28 m²Sleeps 2Balcony
From the hotel's own room descriptions, checked against each room's photos.
How it compares
How it ranks
Guests who booked rate it 8 out of 10. Only 15% of the 6,148 hotels in Bali are rated lower, and a typical one is rated 8.8.
Every review site, out of 100
Trip.com rates it 88 out of 100 and Booking network rates it 80. Booking network only takes reviews from people who booked and stayed, while Trip.com takes them from anyone.
If room condition matters to you
Here, 47 of the 48 guests who mention room condition complain. These nearby hotels do better on it.
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How we know
158 reviews counted · 100 photos checked · updated 11 October 2026
- We collected this hotel's 689 most recent reviews from Google, Tripadvisor and the Booking network. 158 of them describe a stay in the last 2 years and are the ones counted here; the rest were 320 older, 47 in other languages and 164 with a score but no words.
- The hotel replied to 122 of its 200 newest Google reviews.
- 1 in every 100 reviews thank a staff member by name.
- We looked at 100 photos: the first 40 of the hotel's own and the 60 newest from guests.
- Every number on this page is counted, not estimated. Anything in quotation marks is a guest's own words.