Riley V

Review of The Payogan Villa Resort & Spa

Private Villa experience or prison cell?

Private Villa experience or prison cell?
Overall the view was absolutely amazing! Although there's so much jungle you can really look at. Very comfortable pool, size could have been a little bigger. Room it's self needs some serious maintenance. It smelt quite damp, dusty and old. Try not to flush the toilet as the sewerage system is disgusting and the smell comes up through the toilet, giving the villa a smell you cannot undo. Room service, sounds convenient, well it's not. We ordered a pizza and lamb chops and chips. Let's just say it was not even eatable. We had to catch a shuttle bus into the main centre of ubud which took at least 20-25 mins to get a decent feed and when you were going to get picked up at a specific time you would be waiting at least 20-45 mins for the driver as no one tells you how overpopulated the Balinese island actually is. You have to go into a golf cart to Your villa and call reception when you want to be picked up to go somewhere. Throughout the night you can hear the revving of the golf cart picking and dropping off other guests.
Love nature? Yeah well so did I, until I was living with everything that should be outside. Geckos, mosquitos, ants, spiders & fungus were all present in the bathroom. Seriously reconsider as you might get some kind of skin Infection in the shower.
Water pressure was horrible in the shower!
And location was poor. Put some hard thought into this place before booking it.
The staff weren't very helpful either. Checked out a day earlier as it wasn't worth spending another night there.