The Chedi Sakala, Bali

We stayed at The Chedi, again another hotel that has not has its opening ceremony. So it wasn't crowded. Only on Sat that I started seeing more guests. The place is quite homey. It is a nice place to take a break. So many places to chill. Plus the restaurant is the bomb!

It is quite a weird location as the hotel is separated by a "main" road. The other side, where the restaurant is, is join to the beach. The beach which is not a private beach, not a place to swim, it is just a whole stretch of sand to play water sports. This hotel is the perfect location for kids.

We arrived quite late at night.

The huge empty space where we put our sandals.

Living room, which we made an extra bed.



Master bedroom.

King size bed, which me, Jeanne and T sleep on.

The bathroom has a separator which provide some privacy.

Magic door, will only close one side - the toilet or shower.

The shower has a rain shower, which is not working. The shower head has 3 level of power. The knobs are nice as one side is to adjust the amount of water and the other side clearly show us the hot and cold water. 

We were also given gel, shampoo and conditioner. There are 3 huge towels, 3 face towels, 3 hand towels. There is a weighing machine, and a scrub thing for the bath. Toothbrush and toothpaste (Colgate), comb and etc.

The vanity area which is beside the shower. There is a hairdryer and ironing board.

I love the slippers they provide. It is so comfortable and for once it sort of fit me.

Love the tiny kitchen, there is the place what you it where you can heat up pots. There is also a microwave, an ice bucket that is filled with ice. Then there is a wine cooler, and a mini fridge. Water is provided for free.

My fav got to be the coffee machine. Everyday I drank shots and shots of espresso. The coffee is too watery for my liking as I kept drinking espresso.

And teapot!!

Our welcome food. The fruits are real. There is a salak(snake fruit) too which I ate.

I don't know if it is possible to see the background of the pool photos. The rooms are connected to the pool, which is really awesome. But the rooms are only with one bed and a huge living room. It is really like living in paradise.

Aside from the pools (there is another one at the restaurant side), there is a lounge which we never make use of. There is a kids room where kids can play. They are building the spa and the private villas in the coming year. The villa is 2-storey with a private pool and cost about US$2m.

The Chedi is known as a condotel, which basically you can own a room and you can stay for 15 days a year. I think you will get dividend every year or something. I don't really know how it worked, but at least you can tell people hey I have a hotel room. 

There is also a gym, 2 storey. One for lifting, one filled with treadmills and stair-master like machine. My fav will be the studio where you can do yoga. Love the mirror. I just want to dance all day there. There are free mini water bottles, those 250ml ones, that we keep stealing.

Our 2 room also has a personal butler. He/she can help us with planning of our days and searching for everything we need like where is the best place to get coffee luwak. They can also help us book restaurant. Love having a butler, just makes your whole stay so much more unique.

This is the view from our floor. The 7th floor, which is actually the 6th since there is no 4th floor. 5th since the 2nd floor is like the main floor to get to the lobby. The 4 tiny dots are the para sails.

 

Our 2-bedroom suite which if checked with Agoda will cost around $1.7k+/night, so that is quite pricey. (We so deserve the butler!) But you have 2 bedrooms that can fit 4 people. The living room can have extra bed which fit another 2. Master bedroom can fit 3 people. So 7 of us were living there.

The poolside rooms will fit 2 people. The living room can become an extra bedroom, which fit another 2. But they only have one bathroom. So it can be quite cramp. Reyner stayed there with Budi.

My breakfast. I am the only one who go for all the breakfast. On first day, well second, a Friday, all 9 of us went for breakfast. They charged us for 3, 300K+ each. So the next day only 6 of us went. They charged us for 2. They said by right only room 729 (I remembered it without writing down, I'm so impress by me on this) has free breakfast. The food was not that vast. I expected more from a 5 stars hotel, but they had bagel and I am happy about that. The sesame bagel is the best. And we pretty much eat egg and crepe everyday.