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3.5 out of 5
Samba Villas
Main Street, Gili Trawangan, Gili Trawangan

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 39 out of 74 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 22 out of 74 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 74 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 74 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 74 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Matt

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place and friendly staff. Definitely stay here again
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Kavita

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very attentive and responsive staff. We enjoyed our stay very well. Just be cautious of the massage prices outside of the villa. Keeps changing. Look at market price and negotiate.

10/10 Excellent

brett

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place with good people
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice
Really good swevice
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Vitek, Vancouver

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous location, great access to the beach, very well managed property
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Dede on 17 Jan 2020
Dear Vitek Warm greetings from Samba Villas, Gili Trawangan. Thank you for your great review. We are grateful that you had a pleasant stay experience with us. Thank you for your praise, our aim is to always give the best service and experience to all of our guests, we glad that our team delivered this promise. We hope to welcome you again in the near future with a much-improved experience. Kind regards Samba Team

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place to stay with friends or family, just next to the Beach and all restaurants, staff very friendly and helpfull only one thing anoying us was the Mosque too loud but the Island is very small so you will hear it almost everywhere unfortunatelly..
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Dede on 17 Jan 2020
Dear Our Valued Guest Warm greetings from Samba Villas, Gili Trawangan. Thank you for the kind review. We glad that you had a pleasant experience with us, for your kind information, we do provide earplug at our front desk to minimize any noise, we realize that some of our guests are a light sleeper. Thank you for mentioning our great location and other facilities. Our team aim to give the best and value for money experience. We hope to see you again in the near future with a much-improved experience. Warmest regards Samba Team

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location, very clean, and friendly staff. Excellent
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
if their is a god this is his place
wow beachfront large room two a/c;s fantastic staff exceptional actually food great always smiling love it do it again tommorrow
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was nice, had everything we needed, including a working aircon and comfortable bed. Breakfast was not the best but the hotel/villa itself was a nice stay
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Dede on 21 Jun 2019
Dear Stephanie Warm greetings from Samba Villas, Gili Trawangan. Thank you for your kind review. We glad that you had a great experience stay with us. We are happy to inform you that we have new chef and new restaurant now. By the recent stay guest comment we can see improvement in our breakfast menu. We are looking forward to seeing you again in near future and to experience our new and improved menu. Kind regards Samba Team

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Dede on 28 May 2019
Dear our valued guest Thank you for your recent stay with us and reviewing your stay experience. We strive to give the best service and experience and will continue to improve based on your feedback. We are looking forward to seeing you again. Warmest regards Samba Team

10/10 Excellent

Geoff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay & loved our time there.
From our room to the staff, we had the best stay. There is absolutely nothing bad or remotely unsatisfactory to say. Everything was amazing. We will 100% be back to stay again. Breakfast was delicious & the convenience of getting a massage added to our great stay. My wife & I give this easily a 5 star review.
Stayed 11 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Dede on 15 Apr 2019
Dear Mr.Geoff Warm greetings from Samba villas, welcome to the family! Thank you for this great review, we are over the moon by your compliment, we will share this to all of our team. Here at Samba villas, we strive to give a genuine and heart-warming service to all of our guests, we glad that our team delivered. Thank you so much for staying with us and we are looking forward to seeing you again. Kind regards Samba villas management and staff.

10/10 Excellent

Tejal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location
Great location and the staff are really friendly. Very walkable (5mins) from the ferry port and right on the main strip with all the bars. You can sit on the sun lounger and spot turtles...so perfect.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Dede on 28 Jan 2019
Dear Tejal Warm greetings from Samba Villas, Gili Trawangan Lombok! Thank you for your recent stay and to share your experience here. We are delighted to know that you had a pleasant stay with us, it is our honour to give you the best service and comfort that we are known for. We hope to see you again in not so distant future. Warmest regards Samba Villas Management and Staff

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in May 2018
Response from Monk darmawan (G R O) on 4 Jun 2018
thank you for your feedback

6/10 Okay

Shah Z, Singapore

Liked: Staff & service
Good hotel at beachfront
Room was good except for the toilet. Toilet needs thorough cleaning. The shower head was rusty n dirty..n there were worms on the bathroom floor which is really shocking. The wc looked old n dirty with very slow water flow. Hotel standard seems to have dropped compared to our last visit about 4 years ago. Massage is good but spa facilities hygiene need to be looked into. Do look into the overall cleanliness of the hotel as it has great ambience..friendly staffs..n good massage. It only need sone real good maintenance for the hotel to be back at the top. Overall...good hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Monk darmawan ( G R O ) on 10 Apr 2018
Dear Mr/s Shah Z Warm greetings from Samba Villas Gili trawangan thank you for your review and thank you for entrusting our accommodation to complete your holiday, we will do our best to improve our service d in the future see you againt in your upcoming holidays Best regard

6/10 Okay

S. Agusta

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Response from Monk darmawan (G R O) on 11 Apr 2018
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Cory

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location!
Great villas! Super clean, spacious, and comfortable bed. My second time to Gili T and I would say this is the best location. The nicest beach and swim area right infront of the hotel and right at the end of the busy street, so it’s a little quieter in the evenings but still in the action. Staff were very friendly, they give beach towels out, and the breakfast is decent.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018
Response from Monk darmawan (G R O) on 14 Mar 2018
warm greetings from Samba villas gili trawangan thank you very much for your feedback .. in the future we will try our best to improve our service .. so make you feel at home in samba villas again in the upcoming holidays .. Have a nice day best regard

10/10 Excellent

Owen, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exceptional Staff
Staff were very friendly and provided excellent service. The room was quite nice and the breakfast was great. The beach in front of the hotel seamed to be one of the best on the island.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017
Response from Monk darmawan (G R O) on 15 Jan 2018
Dear Mr/S warm greetings from samba villa gili trawangan thank you for your review and thank you for entrusting our accommodation to complete your holiday, we will do our best to improve our service d in the future, see you again in your upcoming holidays best regard

8/10 Good

Asbjørn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay, disappointing breakfast
Pros: Bean bags outside room, large rooms, clean, full minibar, short distance to beach, far enough from the busy and noisy south still not too far, good service Cons: Breakfast was disappointing. One day there was cold food, another day they ran out of almost everything. Went elsewere for breakfast. Swimming pool in the reception area and no hangout chairs by the pool. Go for the beach. All together a nice stay. Hopefully they will improve their breakfast. Would come again.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Monk darmawan (G R O) on 15 Jan 2018
Dear Mr/S warm greetings from samba villa gili trawangan thank you for your review and thank you for entrusting our accommodation to complete your holiday, we will do our best to improve our service d in the future, see you again in your upcoming holidays best regard

10/10 Excellent

Rickie, Sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and friendly staff
Stayed at Samba Villas for five nights and found the location walking distance to the Harbour and right on the beach. The staff were always friendly and the rooms were comfortable. Would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2017
Response from CoLin Lalu - Reservation Of Samba Villas on 11 Nov 2017
Dear Mr Rickie, Thank you to spend your time with great comments about us. High Appreciate it. We are waiting for your come back, hopefully we can assist and serve you better then past. Thank you.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and central
Thoroughly enjoyed our stay at this hotel. The staff were attentive and professional. The room was quiet other than the praying at weird hours. Not the hotel's fault. Great beach and location.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall
Friendly staff. Clean room. Nice bathroom. Small pool. Basic breakfast. Couldn't hear the mosque.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location on Gili T
We loved Samba Villa's from start to finish. Breakfasts were fabulous in breathtaking location on the sand. The staff were friendly, reliable and made a real fuss of our 2 children. The kids loved the pool. The room was perfect for the 4 of us with a lovely partly outdoor bathroom.
breakfast buffet

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel for friends, couples and families
I was here with 3 friends so we got a family room and it was great. Very spacious. The hotel staff were very accommodating and would do anything for you. We cycled around the whole island and the best beach by far was just outside the hotel so you wouldn't have to go far

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Hotel. Good Price
Good Hotel. Conveniently located as just up from the main strip of entertainment but away from all the hustle and bustle. The nearby mosque can make for an unwelcome wake up at 5 am but the whole island would suffer from that so no fault of the hotels. Breakfast was pretty average but prepared well. Only problem we experienced was our room not being ready on checkin and as we had already arrived 2 hrs before check in being made to wait another hour wasn't welcome yet the manager was very apologetic even going to prepare the room himself to assist housekeeping get it done. One very welcome thing was after a very large rainstorm half the islands power went out however the hotel had a generator they ran which basically made the effect of the blackout negligible. Overall a good place for the right price.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super hotel
Very good hotel with great location on Gili T, walking distance to everything and right on the beach. The rooms so good, clean and big.
Response from Rahmat Julyanto on 25 Jun 2016
Dear Guests, You made our day with your kind compliments. Thank you. We can't wait to welcoming you back soon. Best regards, Rahmat Julyanto

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good for relaxing
Nice place, nice staff, nice beach. 5-10 min walk from the harbour, same as to the party places. We liked it so much we decided to extend our stay.
Response from Rahmat Julyanto on 7 May 2016
Dear Guest, How happy we are to know you had a great stay with us. Your stay extension was highly appreciated. We can't wait to welcoming you back soon. Best regards, Rahmat Julyanto

10/10 Excellent

Doris, Germany

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect littel get-aways directly on the beach
Very good. Nice Staff.
Response from Rahmat Julyanto on 7 May 2016
Dear Doris, Thank you for your kind comments on the service level you experienced during your stay with us here in Samba Villas. We can't wait for your return. Best regards,

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location, close enough to everything but also far enough away if you want quiet. Only thing is the early morning prayers on a loud speaker but I think u would struggle to get away from this save from being on the other side of the island
Response from Rahmat Julyanto on 3 Mar 2016
Dear Guests, Thank you for your kind comment on our location. Location matters and glad you found it to your liking. Yes, morning prayer call is unique, and we regret it affected you in certain way. Nonetheless, we trust that you had a wonderful holiday in Gili Trawangan, and in that faith, we look forward to welcoming you back soon. Best regards,

10/10 Excellent

Amit, Denver, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel location right on beach
Very friendly and helpful staff. Excellent service and right on beach. Very convenient for family with kids.
Response from Rahmat Julyanto on 3 Mar 2016
Dear Amit, Thank you for your kind review. And your highlights are well noted, and we promise you the same high standard of service on your return to Samba Villas. Best regards,

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

MARIA LUISA

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mi experiencia con mi familia en este hotel ha sido maravillosa. Un servicio excelente, el desayuno muy bueno y la limpieza perfecta. Recomiendo totalmente este hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marjo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel is In great lokation on the Beach. Good snorkling place. Roms are ok, a little rustig, but cleen. Big plus is, they dont use small plastic bottles, they have a filling station for drinkable water, and it is free. Good breakfast, not great, I was maybe waiting for More fresh wedgetables. Special thaks for Roby and Ibu, you made My hollyday and vacation there great
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Roberto Ivan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Buen servicio, gente amable. Comida muy buena.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

antonio, nuoro-sardegna

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
le camere in stile esotico,i giardini ben curati e colorati,il ristorante in spiaggia,e centro massaggi funzionale.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2020
Response from Dede on 17 Jan 2020
Dear Antonio Warm greetings from Samba Villas, Gili Trawangan. Thank you for your great review. We are happy that you had a great experience stay at our hotel, Thank you for mentioning our Dayang Spa and Meat Haus, we glad that our team delivered great service. We hope to see you again in near future. Warmest regards Samba Team

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Något slitet men personalen var underbar!!!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019
Response from dede on 23 Jan 2020
Dear Our Valued guest Warm greetings from Samba Villas, Gili Trawangan. Thank you for your great review. We are happy that you had a great experience stay at our hotel, Thank you for mentioning our Dayang Spa and Meat Haus, we glad that our team delivered great service. We hope to see you again in the near future. Warmest regards Samba Team

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Filip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sambas Villa
Perfekt hotell på Gilis populära gata. Fantastisk personal och god frukost!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Anders

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Dede on 25 Jul 2019
Dear Anders Warm greetings from samba villas. Thank you for your recent stay with us. We are happy that you had a pleasant stay with us. We hope to see you again in near future with a much improved service and facilities. Kind regards Samba team

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2019
Response from Dede on 11 Apr 2019
Dear Our Valued Guest Warm greetings from Samba Villas, Gili Trawangan. Thank you for your great review, here at Samba Villas we try our best to give the best service to all of our guests, we are glad that you enjoying your recent stay with us. We hope to see you again in a not so distant future. Warmest regards Samba Team

10/10 Excellent

Ivana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Paradiset
Bästa stranden framför hotellet. Nära allt. Goda människor!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018
Response from dede on 28 Jan 2019
Dear Ivana Warm greetings from Samba Villas, Gili Trawangan Lombok! Thank you for your recent stay and to share your experience here. We are delighted to know that you had a pleasant stay with us, it is our honour to give you the best service and comfort that we are known for. We hope to see you again in not so distant future. Warmest regards Samba Villas Management and Staff

8/10 Good

Louise Såby

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Samba Villas ligger rigtig godt i den rolige ende af “hovedgaden”. Der er dejlig strand lige foran med gode snorkel muligheder. Store rummelige værelset, hvor morgenmaden serveres uden for ens dør. God morgenmad. Der er ikke mulighed for anden spisning på stedet, men der ligger mange restauranter lige ved siden af. Poolen er meget lille og ikke specielt indbydende. Hvis man skal dykke ligger dykkercentret Gili Scuba næsten ved siden af og det et virkelig et godt dykkercenter med erfarede instruktører.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Dede on 25 Oct 2018
Dear Louise Saby Warm greetings from Samba Villas, Gili Trawangan Lombok! Thank you for your recent stay and to share your experience here. We are delighted to know that you had a pleasant stay with us, it is our honor to give you the best service and comfort that we are known for. Currently, we only offer bed and breakfast, we are happy to inform you that our restaurant will be opening before the end of the year along with the new and improved lobby and pool area. We hope to see you again in not so distant future. Warmest regards Samba Villas Management and Staff

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Response from Monk darmawan (G R O) on 11 Apr 2018
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Bo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Monk darmawan (G R O) on 11 Apr 2018
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

8/10 Good

wassy, kanagawa, japan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
good hotel!
賑やかビーチ沿いのホテル！ 船着場から少し離れていますが、穏やかに過ごせるホテル！ スタッフ対応はよく、日本の方でも、ひとり旅でも不安なく過ごせます。 問題や困ることは… 洗面やシャワーを使いはじめるとき、褐色水がでますので、洗うときや洗濯のときは、まず流し続けてから使用してください。 また、部屋はガーデンに接しているため、蚊は多く、虫除けはあったほうがよいと思います。 (ギリの他のホテルより気になりました。) エステは島内のなかでリーズナブルであり、パフォーマンスもgood! おすすめです！ あっ、朝食は期待しないでください。 パンとシリアルとドリンクのみ…。 スクランブルエッグやサラダ、その他いろいろオプションになります。 近くに美味しいパン屋さんあります！ かなり良いですよ！ ホテルではランチ利用がオススメです。 カレーは美味しかったです！ ナイトマーケットは船着場あたりなので、少し離れていますが、夜道も不安なく散策できますし、ところどころナイトパーティーで盛り上ってます。 ホテル近くのナイトパーティーは0時くらいに終わるので静かに過ごせますよ！
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Response from Monk darmawan (G R O) on 14 Mar 2018
warm greetings from Samba villas gili trawangan thank you very much for your feedback .. in the future we will try our best to improve our service .. so make you feel at home in samba villas again in the upcoming holidays .. Have a nice day best regard

6/10 Okay

Dong Yoon

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
그냥 그런 숙소. 딱히 추천할 정도인지는 모르겠음
적당한 숙소이긴 합니다만 모기와 바퀴벌레가 휴식을 방해합니다. 청결의 문제가 아니라 구조적으로 외부에서 벌레가 들어오는 것을 막을 수 없습니다. 만일 스쿠버바이빙을 위해 방문한다면 다이빙업체에서 운영하는 더 좋은 시설의 숙박들이 있으니 참고하세요.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Response from Monk darmawan (G R O) on 14 Mar 2018
warm greetings from Samba villas gili trawangan thank you very much for your feedback .. in the future we will try our best to improve our service .. so make you feel at home in samba villas again in the upcoming holidays .. Have a nice day best regard