Sarasvati Borobudur

Old, tired colonial styled hotel in desperate need of refurb. Rooms are old with cracked walls and dusty corners, aircon barely works and room smells like cigarette after being ‘cleaned’ (suspect the cleaners were smoking). Potential to be an amazing hotel but sadly underdeliver. Price OK.
Located next to Borobudur. Buffet styled breakfast options are OK.

If you don’t want to visit Borobudur as a day trip (and I would highly recommend staying at least one night in Borobudur township) this is a very comfortable mid-range hotel in walking distance to the temple (about 750m to main gate). The hotel is quite lovely in the old style. Walkways have beautiful tiled floors & table lamps outside the rooms. The pool area is lush & pool water quality excellent. Staff are friendly and responsive.
Our ‘junior suite’ was enormous: entry, lounge with desk & fridge, large bedroom with TV & chest of drawers, dressing area with wardrobe, main bathroom with shower & toilet plus a second toilet room near the entry! Bed was firm but comfortable. A/C was good. The furnishings are a little dated but perfectly comfortable. Breakfast (in a lovely spacious dining room) was a-la-carte with choice of western or Indonesian breakfast. Personally, I enjoyed the Indonesian options & it was actually nice not to be overwhelmed by buffet choices. I tried both the nasi goreng with egg & chicken & the chicken soup (soto ayam) & both were delicious. With coffee and fresh fruit, it was a substantial breakfast. My husband went with the western options (toast, eggs, fruit) and was also happy. I had trouble booking directly with the hotel so booked via booking. Com.
Finally, the reception staff organised a driver to take us to our next destination (about an hour away). He was a very good driver with good English & the price was very reasonable (no mark-up).

We stayed a nite as we didn't want to day-trip from Jogja to visit Borobudur Temple. The hotel is less than 10 mins to the main entrance of the temple. It was quiet as it was low-season. The hotel is clean, the staff is efficient & friendly. Our twin room is spacious and comfortable. Ala carte breakfast was included in the room rate. There's small swimming pool at the back, it was nice to take a dip after visiting the temple. The are many restaurants within a 10mins walk from the hotel. We had dinner at the Stupa Restaurant. The price was somewhat steep but food was very good.

Rooms is clean and comfortable. Breakfast was simple and nice. The entrance to borubudur now bit far from hotel.
You need to get a car for 10 minutes drive for new entrance.

We enjoyed an excellent two night stay at Hotel Sarasvati. Our suite was spacious, clean and comfortable. The Indonesian breakfast was delicious and plentiful. It was no problem for the manager to arrange a transfer to YIA airport.
The hotel’s location almost immediately adjacent to the entrance to Candi Borobudur was unbeatable.
Others have mentioned the nearby mosque. To our observation, it would be hard to stay in Borobudur (or anywhere else in Java, for that matter) and not be near a mosque. It’s part and parcel of visiting any place that the rhythm of local life, and its sounds, will be going on around you. And that’s part of the charm of visiting somewhere new.

Very nice place very clean coomfertable, nice to stay and relax.

Nice and quite place very recomended.

I spent one night in the weekday. It so relax.
Enjoyable private pool with my wife.

Good location to go to Borobudur & value for money!

Wonderful staff, would stay here again if I went back. Great service.

Awesome design. Spacious and very comfortable.

C'is very majestic for a 3 star hotel. And really not far from Borobudur temple.

A great hidden gem just steps away from Borobudur. A delight to stay.