SenS Hotel and Spa

A special post of a special place.

Our selection of this hotel in Ubud was kind of accidental. We had been looking at places and I got tired of looking and decided on this one because no one give it a bad review in some time. Well, it's easy to see why this hotel would not get a bad review. I had inadvertently cancel our reservation on Booking.com. I called the hotel and told them we were still coming we would just be later than we originally planned. We finally arrived just before midnight. The staff acted very happy to see us even excited that we were there. We apologized to the mix up on the cancellation and they said it was not a problem and that we would actually get a better rate than we had on bookings.com. Indeed we did.

Once checked in the room was quite lovely. There were plenty of multinational plugins. There were two plugins that did not shut off when you too your key out of the electricity slot. You could actually leave the room, leave some things plugged into these outlets and they would continue charging when you took your card from the slot. Here's the list of the good things:

The air conditioner worked great. Four pillows for two people and we didn't use all of them.The room was spotless. The writing desk with light overhead. There was a chase with light overhead for easy reading. We had light switches by the bed to control everything except the air. The air conditioner panel that actually worked and you could set the temp. We had plenty of hot water. All the bottled water you wanted. Four were in the room everyday and you could request more if needed. The telephone included free local calls. Used the phone a couple of times to talk with airline folks.The was  laundry service, the fee was small and we used it. The service was prompt and well done. We had a comfortable king size bed. The Wifi is free and worked great even for video calls. There was an in room safe. The was an exercise room with equipment. There were spa treatments (did use it). The pool looked great (didn't use it). The staff was friendly and helpful. The staff called my wife and I by name after the second day. They had an excellent breakfast with great variety and eggs to order. Room service was great, they were prompt and courteous with great food. Dining room service was excellent as was the food. We never felt rushed. Did I mention that the staff was very helpful and courteous?

Now for the bad points. Oh wait, I didn't see any. Yes, there were a few bugs. Many less than one would expect with open air approaches to the rooms. It is the tropics folks and there are many bugs. It was hot and muggy in the halls. That's because the halls to the rooms are in the open air.

We spent 6 days here and have to move on. It would have been easy to stay here the whole time but it's a long day trip to the other islands. We will miss this place.

If any of the hotel staff read this I would like to thank them and the management for a wonderful stay and I hope to be able to return some day.