Review of Le Meridien Bali Jimbaran 5*

Average hotell (don't look even like 4* at all). All stained, rusty and dirty. Looks very old and used. Constantly in the clouds of thick smoke for the whole day. (forget about fresh ocean breeze! ) This is due to numerous small restaurants along the beach constantly burning massive amounts of coconut shells and cooking seafood. All this smoke and smells are all over the place and hotel. 150m from the shore, and ocean is not in direct visibility except from the top floor (there are no rooms on that floor, just smoking lounge and meeting rooms) Rooftop bar is closed. Fountains are shut off. You can find a better hotel for this money. Pools are shallow (120cm only), warm, smelly… Water pumps are failing, filters are dirty, dirty water wad pooing into the pool out of filter, which was clogged with food remains. They are using enormous amounts of clorine to desinfect it, but still it smells like swamp with chlorine. And then you're all itchy and skin is dry. Restaurant have poor menu, but whatever is there they cook really good. That is all about positive side. Bad smell of old food, temperature is 28-29C, main A/C and ventilation is always off, 2 substitute consumer A/Cs are simply not enough to cool off restaurant area. Prices are high. Beds and bedsheets are clean, but towels, bathrobes, beach towels are very old and roughly used (long to be replaced). Rooms are clean, AC is working, but there are stains everywhere as if there were a big party and noone cleaned up. Bathrom is neglected. Water from the tap and in the shower smells like swamp or sewage, and salty. Drainage is barely functioning (after brushing teeth or washing my face I need to wait 2-3min for water to drain from the sink… ewww) Complimentary water is only 2 x 0.33l bottles of water per person. Minibar is completely empty and off. Everything besides this complimentary water will cost you bucks. This hotel does barely enough to get a 3* rating. From sanitary perspective — below average. This is a rotten apple from a basket of SPG group hotels. Worst hotel in Bali I've ever seen!