2 outdoor pools

Reviews of Blue Marlin Trawangan

3 out of 5
Blue Marlin Trawangan
Jalan Pantai Gili Trawangan, Gili Islands, Gili Trawangan, Lombok

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 19 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 49 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Brian

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2022
Response from Lauren on 8 Jan 2023
Hey Brian, Thank you for your review. We are sorry you found our services and facilities in need of improvement. We hope to be able to take your feedback and improve where we can.

2/10 Terrible

Paul

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Doors didn't close properly, shower was terrible, barely any water presure, be lucky to call it a shower. Staff friendly, coffee, food etc below avg,
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Lauren on 8 Jan 2023
Hey Paul, Thank you for your honest review. Since your review we have been working hard to improve our facilities and services, as we have been coming out of covid-19. We hope that you will give us another chance in the future.

10/10 Excellent

dylan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bit loud in my 1st room but paid extra for an upgrade on my last night. Much better. Party night Monday
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Anna - Bookings on 27 Feb 2020
Thank you for taking the time to write this review for us, we really appreciate the feedback. We do host the Monday Night Party here on Gili Trawangan and yes sometimes our can guests can hear the music depending on the location of their room. All the other nights of the week it is a calm and quiet atmosphere in the restaurant and calm. We hope to welcome you back in the future when you will be in the area.

8/10 Good

Ulrich

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good lovely swimmingpool but not a lot of sun because of the buildings .
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Anna -Bookings on 31 Dec 2019
Thank you for taking the time to write this review for us! We really appreciate the feedback. We hope to be able to welcome you back to Blue Marlin if you are ever around the area in the future.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The pool was lovely and cold and the beans bags were nice to sit and relax on the water . Air con worked great . Breakfast included was nice , basic but nice
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Anna, Bookings on 27 Nov 2019
Thank you for taking the time to write this review! We really appreciate the feedback! We are delighted to hear that we were able to accommodate all your needs while staying with us! We are currently looking over our breakfast menu and we hope you come back to us in the future when you are in this area to stay with us again and try our new breakfast!

10/10 Excellent

Sinjung

Good location, good service
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

ale, sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
really good except for the bathroom, it smelled bad
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best diving resort/hotel on Gili T
Fantastic location with a friendly staff and very safe and secure beautiful back hotel area That is quiet and fantastic for the price. The restaurant staff was super funny and friendly and my dive master and teams were a blast to dive with
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

j, malaysia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Mattress can be improved
Mattress can be improved to be better. Overall stay is good. Staff are friendly and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Taylor on 11 Apr 2018
Thanks for the review! We hope to see you again in the future!

8/10 Good

IAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Response from Nic on 27 Mar 2018
Thanks for your review we appreciate all our guests feedback

10/10 Excellent

Shervin, KL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice clean hotel
The bed sheet is clean and smell good , the swimming pool view is nice.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018
Response from Nicole on 25 Jan 2018
Thank you for your reveiw

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel and nice location. Very friendly staff.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017

6/10 Okay

anonymous , kuala lumpur

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
everything was perfect except for the toilet
pros- near to the jetty, nice hotel, nice pool, nice room conts- the toilet smells like stink socks/ smelly feet, the bed was so noisy sounds like i can collapse anytime, no extra pillow. attentions!!! attentions to the hotel owner. there is one day i left some cash inside my room, i went out to have my lunch and in the mean time i asked the receptionist to clean my toilet (cause its smell bad- i can't stand the smells). so after i get back from lunch, i noticed my cash is all gone. i'm not asking for any refund or anything else, but just to tell you to be careful because there's some of your staff is maybe doing such things all these time but nobody complaining about it. after the incidents me and my husband only eat POP MIE for our entire honeymooon.i'm staying in room 25 (20/10/17-22/10/17) by the way. feel so disappointed and will not going to stay at your hotel ever again.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017
Response from Blue Marlin on 15 Nov 2017
Good morning Thank you for your review and apologies for the late response. I am really surprised by your review in regards to the staff stealing from your room . Why did you not bring this to our attention when this happened in order for us to investigate this further? The staff here in Blue Marlin have been a part of our family for many many years and we never receive any complaints about them. They are honest , hard working people and we take these things very seriously as we have a strict policy here as we value our customers and Blue Marlin has a big reputation. I am very sorry for the experience that you had here but unfortunately there is nothing we can do about this now as it was not highlighted to us at the time. Thank you again.

6/10 Okay

Mark, UK

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Good hotel in a good location.
The room was really nice, the pool was good too. It's not too expensive compared to some places, but the hotel side of it needs better signage as it's confusing at first trying to find reception. The only real downside is the breakfast, the breakfast was quite frankly awful. An 'american breakfast' contains two slices of toast and two eggs, and a continental breakfast if I recall correctly is just a small omelette - not enough of a feed to get through most of the day on in that heat!! I would happily stay here again however, but just head out for breakfast somewhere different as food is so cheap on the island!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

N, San Diego

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome hotel
Very central, close to the harbor, the pool is refreshing.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Dawn

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic location in a beautiful island. ❤
Just in the middle of everything, perfect location to see the island. But don't go here if you want totsl.peace and quiet, stay further round the island. Rooms are lovely and very clean
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Henry, Los Angeles

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
There is no sign for the Hotel.
The safety lock does not work or instructions not posted around the lock.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Garry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
50th birthday
Wha an amazing little hotel in the middle of no where. great facilities right on the beach pity we only stayed 1 night would definitely come back
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Neal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyable Stay
The hotel was great and the location was prefect. Staff was friendly and the scuba diving shop connected it to it was great as well. Would stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Great location, hit or miss staff, very clean room
Location- perfect for us as it was close to the beach, bars, restaurants and it was easy to rent bikes. Room - very clean, quite small, lovely balcony with fan, poor shower with limited hot water. Girls it took me 15minutes to wash my hair due to how poor the water pressure was. Staff - mostly very very friend however there are a few who really let the team down. Overall majority were very friendly, efficient and welcoming.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Sean, Los Angeles, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel for diving
Nice hotel for the money. Excelllent diving/scuba facilities. Great location.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

4/10 Poor

Mary-Anne

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Has bedbugs
Terrace room has the pool literally one step away with large floating cushions you can lay on all day. Ambience is really nice and quiet despite Blue Marlin being a popular dive shop. However, bathroom only had shampoo and conditioner, no other soap. BED HAD BEDBUGS. We stayed 2 nights and left covered in bites, and even had one bedbug fall out of my shorts while we were waiting for our ride out of Gili.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

4/10 Poor

darryl, pj

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not clean, service bad
Requested a mineral water they didn't send it. Later go counter ask for it again, they give us a btl which opened. So we end up go to grocery buy. The toilet is dirty, and toiletries used & not being replaced. Staff attitude is bad & not cooperative. Not worth staying as there is so many other choice
Stayed 3 nights in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

Lily

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Weather was great. Pool was nice. No hot water but oh well it was so hot
Stayed 3 nights in May 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value for tour money! Great location aswell!

8/10 Good

Lianto Yu, Indonesia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
RECOMMENDED HOTEL
Stay for one night Nice stay, helpful staff and comfort room. Bathroom need odor spray to fresh the air. Breakfast prefer buffet style then by order

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Habitación amplia, cama grande y comoda y gran cuarto de baño con ducha. Piscina interior muy cuidada, pero casi no le toca el sol, por lo cual, con el agua fresquita. Recepción rapida y desayuno a carta. Hotel en una ubicación excelente, en medio de la calle principal con todas sus ventajas e inconvenientes. Es un centro de buceo, el mejor con diferencia y esta volcado a esa actividad, por lo que si quieres playa, tumbonas y sombrillas, no es el mas adecuado, pero si quieres buceo, acudir aqui!!!! Por atención y servicios volveríamos, pero la proxima, nosotros buscariamos mas al noreste por la playa!!!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Anna, Bookings on 29 Nov 2019
Thank you for taking the time to write this review for us! We really appreciate the feedback! We hope we get the honor to welcome you back here in the future if you are in the area again!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Struttura piccola e minimale nei dettagli ma nell’insieme gradevole e con quanto necessario, dedicata soprattutto a chi fa diving
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Anna -Bookings on 19 Sept 2019
Thank you for taking the time to write this review! We really appreciate the feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Adrián, Madrid

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excelente alojamiento con piscina, que ofrece actividades de buceo con muy buenos profesores.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Anna - Bookings on 6 Sept 2019
Thank you for taking the time to write this review for us! We really appreciate the feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really nice place and lovely swimming pool. It is nice environment but 9am it is really noisy till 5pm. I really recommend the hotel only if you wake up early and enjoy the day time in gili T
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Bookings on 13 Aug 2019
Thank you for taking the time to write this review for us. We really appreciate the feedback.

6/10 Okay

KHALID

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
L’hotel Est bien situé mais trop de bruits des machines et du personnel. C’est une école de plongée d’abord qui offre un hébergement.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Bookings on 7 Aug 2019
Thank you for taking the time to write this review for us. We appreciate your feedback! Happy holidays!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Anna -Bookings on 31 Jul 2019
Thank you for your review! We appreciate the feedback

6/10 Okay

David

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from Blue Marlin Team on 27 May 2019
Thanks so much for taking the time to write this review! We hope you enjoyed your stay and we hope you will be back again!

8/10 Good

Bengt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Prisvärt och nära t allt
Fräscht hyfsat nybygg Hotel som ligger på gångavstånd fr färjan, restauranger och shopping på Gilli Trawanger.,Ett dykhotel m lång smal pool. Ok frukost efter val. Prisvärt
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Blue Marlin Team on 17 May 2019
Thank you so much for your review! We are happy you enjoyed your stay so much! We hope to see you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great value. Great quaint pool right outside your door.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

KAHO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

s, japan

Liked: Staff & service
ビーチは目の前。船着場からも近い。
特段困ることもなかったが、鍵やドアに少し不安を感じるくらい。シャワーの水圧はかなり弱め。隣の部屋の音がかなり聞こえる。
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

Ditte

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dykker hotel
Hotellet er et sted for dykkere, hvilket vi ikke var opmærksomme på. Det betød at den ene pool udelukkende blev brugt til dykning, mens den anden var dækket af puder i vandet. Det er altså ikke en pool med solstole hvor man kan ligge og slappe af. Morgenmad kan vælges udfra nogle muligheder og er tallerken servering.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
If you are looking for a good atmosphere
Very nice staff, food and room! Swimming pool was a big plus and we also loved the cats at the hotel. If you are into diving, this is the place you should go!
Stayed 9 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Nic on 27 Mar 2018
Thanks for your review we appreciate all our guests feedback

6/10 Okay

Gt, Den Haag

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Vriendelijk personeel, maar volop in verbouwing
Het personeel was vriendelijk en de faciliteiten waren zoals aangegeven. Helaas waren we er niet van op de hoogte dat ons uitzicht zou zijn op de verbouwing van de overzijde waarbij de arbeiders zo de hotelkamer in konden kijken. Ook begonnen de werkzaamheden al vroeg in de ochtend...
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Response from Nic on 27 Mar 2018
Thanks for your review we appreciate all our guests feedback

8/10 Good

Serafima

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Хорошо, однако есть НО...
Из плюсов. Заехали хорошо, персонал приветливый, убирают хорошо, отличная постель, мебель и техника в норме, уютно. Бассейн как на фото, в целом фото соответствует реальности. На ДР украсили номер, на фото только часть. Приятно пахнет. Завтраки достаточные, нормальные. Из минусов. Стройка - прям рядом, это дискомфорт серьезный, шум просто кошмар с 9 до 17 появляться нельзя в отеле; мы не учли, хотя написано было, читайте все, обращайте внимание на все нюансы. Шторы то ли грязные, то ли с плесенью, притрагиваться было неприятно, но необходимо, так как при входе. В последнюю ночь проснулась от таракана в постели, это просто без комментариев, ибо шок...
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Nic on 27 Mar 2018
Thanks for your review we appreciate all our guests feedback

8/10 Good

Ji-Young

사진이랑 똑같아요~~~
예쁜 조명의 수영장의 빈백이 맘에 들어 예약했던 곳이예요. 역시나 그 수영장이 바로앞에 보이는 룸테라스에서의 휴식은 최고였습니다, 수영장은 물이 차고 락스냄새가 좀 나요ㅠㅠ 길리T 동쪽 번화가에 있어서 위치만족도는 말할것도 없고, 항구에서도 도보 3분?이면 가는듯해요ㅎㅎ 다이빙센터와 함께 운영중인곳으로 유명해서 대부분 다이버들이 묵는것 같았어요. 그래서 그런지 룸의 반만한 크기의 넓은 욕실이 기억에 남습니다. 다만 환기는 잘 되지 않아서 늘 환풍기를 켜놓아야 했어요ㅠㅠ 룸은 그냥 일반적인 모텔같았고, 문이 테라스와 이어진 통유리라 늘 커텐을 치고 다녀야 했습니다... 지역 특성상 습하다보니 에어컨도 늘 켜놓았는데 엄청쎄요ㅎㅎ 방음도 매일 밤 파티하는것치고는 생각보다는 나쁘지 않았습니다 바로 옆 건물에서 공사를 계속 하고 있긴 한데, 밖에 나가있는 대낮에 대부분 하더라구요. 이것도 크게 문제없었구요~ 조식은 6가지정도되는 메뉴 중에 고르는거라 중,장기투숙객도 질리지 않을것 같아요ㅎ 다만 양이 좀 적고... 길리T자체에 식당이 거기서 거기라,..ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 길리 숙소들 가격대가 높은편이라 그냥 가성비 괜찮아보이는곳으로 간건데 괜찮았어요~ 사진이랑 똑같아요! 젊은 커플이나 친구끼리 짧게 묵기 괜찮은곳ㅎㅎ
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017
Response from Nicole on 25 Jan 2018
Thank you for your review

2/10 Terrible

H, Holland

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very bad hotel
Had to pay 3% because I did a payment by creditcard. This the first time a hotel charges this fee in Bali. Bleu Marlin hotel are thiefs. The shower is bad...cold water. Hard music every night at the bar until 03:00. Guest can not sleep. Bleu Marlin is a very very bad hotel. Do not go there.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017
Response from Blue Marlin on 10 Sept 2017
Good morning Sorry for the late reply and thank you vey much for taking the time to give us a review. In relation to your complaints , I would like to talk about the 3% surcharge and explain why this charge applies. I would also like to advise you that this is the first complaint I have ever received about this charge before. All of our card machines here are Mandiri card machines and it is not us that charges the fee , it is the bank itself. The bank charges a transaction fee on every transaction. We are not the only business that charge this fee. As for the shower, I have spoken with all of the staff and they said nobody brought any complaint to their attention ? If you did and nothing was done about it , I would have been very surprised, as our staff are wonderful and are on site at all times if problems like these occur. I am very sorry that you did not sleep well during your stay here. I find it very strange to hear that there was hard music playing in our hotel every night until 3:00am. If this was the case , every guest would have brought this to our attention. We have one night here in Blue Marlin, which is Monday night and is our famous party night and has been for the last 27 years. This is highlighted on our website and when you arrive to check in , we have signs about it and we even provide ear plugs for those who do not wish to participate . We are not only very proud of our party but of our dive shop and resort itself. I am sorry you did not know about the party before your arrival. once again, I would like to apologise that you did not enjoy your stay with us.

8/10 Good

Raquel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Buena situación
La limpieza de la habitación estaba muy bien. Aunque no nos cambiaron las toallas. La situación es perfecta. El único proboema fue la noche del lunes, montan una fiesta en el hotel y fue imposible dormir! No avisaban de esta fiesta al hacer la.reserva.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Sandra

Durchschnittliches Hotel direkt im Trubel
+ Lage direkt am Hafen (fußläufug erreichbar dafür aber auch laut) + die Hotelmitarbeiter waren sehr freundlich - die Servicemitarbeiter im Restaurant sind alle durchweg unfreundlich und auf das Frühstück muss man schonmal bis zu 1 Std. warten (also morgens viel zeit mitbringen) - direkt gegenüber ist eine große Baustelle, wo ab 8 Uhr morgens losgelegt wird - Muezin-Schreie der umliegenden Moschee ab 5 Uhr morgens erübrigen denn Wecker Wir würden dieses Hotel nur Tauchschülern des Blue Marlin Divecenters empfehlen, die sowieso morgens früh raus müssen.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Emelie

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rena, moderna rum på Gili T
Rent och fräscht, nära till hamn och centrum. Bra urval på frukost. Trevlig personal. Fin pool. Perfekt för den som vill ha ordning och reda. Även bra och simpel dykning för den som är intresserad för det.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

younggeun

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
바로 옆이 공사중이라 소음이있습니다. 그것 빼고는 전부 만족합니다.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
깨끗한 호텔
룸 컨디션 꺠끗하고 에어컨 작동 잘 되었고 욕싫도 넓어서 좋았어요. 발코니 위에 선풍기가 있어 사원하고 좋았지만 바로 옆에서 새로운 건물을 짓느라 일하시는분과 계속 얼굴보며 앉아있는 상황이 조금 불편했어요. 이부분은 시간이 지나면 전혀 문제가 되지 않을듯해요. 숙박 기간중 하루는 호텔과 같이 있는 다이브에서 파티데이였는데 귀마개를 주지만 밤10시부터 새벽3시 까지 많이 시끄러워서 잠을 설치기도했어요. 그런데 음악은 정말 잘 틀더라구요. 파티데이 피해서 숙박하세요. 조식은 별로입니다.

8/10 Good

yeosinnim, korea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
위치가 좋아요
스킨스쿠버 강습장과 이쁜 레스토랑이 함께 있는 호텔입니다 신축건물 숙소라서 다 깨끗하고 깔끔합니다 선착장에서도 가깝고 큰길가에 있어서 이동하기 편합니다 단점은 침대가 조금 작습니다 욕실에 뜨거운 물이 안 나왔습니다 장점은 위치가 좋고 다 새것입니다 아침조식이 고급스럽습니다 바다를 보면서 식사가능