We had a wonderful two night stay at Bidara cottages. Located in a very quiet peaceful part of Lombok and away from the crowds. The owners/hosts are some of the best most friendliest people we have had the pleasure of meeting, absolutely nothing is too much trouble. The rooms were clean comfortable and reasonably well equipped. The pool is exceptional especially given the price for the room and now has very comfortable sun loungers. The restaurant served delicious food at local prices. We stayed here to travel from the port to Sumbawa but we would also recommend the snorkelling which we did last year and this can be organised by Bidara Cottages directly.

Nothing perfect stay and would definitely return

Wonderful staff! They are our highest bid for the overall experience at Bidara Cottages apart from the big black ape that came and roamed in front of our cottage one morning. The staff are very attentive, warm, friendly and super accommodating to our needs. They would go beyond their way to make us feel like home with fresh home cooked meals to our requirements and they helped organizing the boat day trip to Gili Petagan, The Mangrove, Gili Kapal, Gili Bidara and Gili Kondo. The captain and his helper were superb, friendly and helpful, they respected the guests. The food we ordered was amazing, scrumptious deliumcious, every single one of them. We were so grateful for our experience at Bidara Cottages and we will come back.

Unfortunately the mosquitoes were insane, persistent and unavoidable, even when we had to use the electric mosquito repellent, which we don't like, they kept getting into the mosquito net. We never felt so loved by something like this before

The room is nice and big with comfy beds, and everything you need. The pool is amazing with a nice temperature and very clean. They organised for me an amazing private trip to all the islands for actually quite a good price and with very good conditions. And I must say it has been my favourite snorkel experience so far in Indonesia. Crazy beautiful sea life and colours, and the kid that came with me to snorkel was picking up as much trash as he could fit on his body from the ocean, which I thought was amazing. Also, I must say, as a solo female traveler, finding a place mainly run by amazing, strong woman is a treasure. Getting to share food and life stories with them, at least for a little bit has been warming for my heart. Thank you girls, you are the best!!

Lovely calm and quiet place to relax, with a lot of privacy. The entire compound is very tidy. Bed, towels and room are fresh and clean. Room is spacious. Staff is very friendly and helpful. The service is excellent. Scooters are for rent and the cottage organises tours to the gilis (kondo, bidara,…) which was the highlight of our stay! The underwater world is amazing (fish and corals are alive!), the boatman is very friendly and accommodating.

The cottage is right next to the beach but the beach is very polluted, with trash and garbage everywhere. Arriving and departing may be a little inconvenient if you have no own means of transportation. But private drivers can easily be arranged if needed, so that shouldn’t be too much of an issue if you’re not on a very tight budget.

We loved our 1 night stopover at Bidara Cottages. The rooms are very comfortable and clean. Bathrooms are adequate with very nice hotwater showers. There is a patio infront with a table and chairs. Its ideally located just off the main road ( nice and quiet) and just metres from a beautiful black sound beach where local life can be observed with small warungs and fisherman. Putri organised a fabulous afternoon on a boat to visit the hidden Gili’s Beautiful snorkeling and white sand beaches, crystal aqau blue waters to swim in. It really is a rustic but very real little paradise out there. We spent a wonderful 4 hours exploring with our boatman Nyoman. Afterwards we enjoyed the most Enak dinner prepared by Nor at Bidara. Cottages. This lady really knows food! Prawns with delicious home made kecap manis, Chicken Curry, sweet and sour Chicken and Veges in coconut mil and spices. They handled my allergies perfectly and delivered a meal fit for kings. All for a very affordable price. When we asked if could make a virgin pina colada they asked what that was and immediately sped of to the shop to buy coconut cream! Made it beautifully and without sugar as requested! This place reminded me of the Bali of old! Loved our stay and big hugs and thanks to two amazing ladies Putri and Nor Plenty of off street parking.

Bed was new but very firm

Miss Nana and Putri and the team at Bidara were fantastic. They're proximity to the "secret Gilis" is great and the food was wonderful. We really enjoyed the peace and quiet in this small inn and had a fantastic time exploring the islands only a few minutes boat ride away. The local beach had some trash but I suspect it is from lack of use. Nana arranged their boat to take use snorkelling and chilling on the islands for the day and it was awesome. She loaned us some snorkel gear and even packed us some nasi goreng for lunch. Their boat team was awesome as well. One of our fav parts of our trip around Lombok and we recommend Bidara fully.

Awesome staff, so friendly, great English. Very helpful. Even arranged tours and connected us with local providers in other areas that gave us tours at local rates. Beautiful gardens, awesome swimming pool. Ideal location. Amazing food. Cottages are comfortable and really nice. So many small touches that made our stay magical. We visited the nearby islands on a boat owned and arranged by the cottage which was a highlight of our trip. Nana is lovely and so are her staff.

It was all great!!!

Staff Nana and Mas Iham were extremely friendly and accommodating during my stay. That makes the difference compared to my stay in other homestays.

Mosquitoes in the room which requires some fogging or anti mosquito device to make the stay more comfortable. Great if pillows can be plushier and a bin or ashtray be available outside the room.

Nana and Putri took very good care of us. Cottage 7 was a 3 person cottage with soft beds. Superclean. And also a bidet in toilet. They serve breakfast lunch and dinner. All healthy and fresh. And with a smile! The beach was nearby and we could hire a boat and visit three tiny islands and mangrove. They all arranged it for us. Gardner was constantly busy to keep the garden beautiful.

We missed sunbeds at the pool.

Very nice little cottages, with other rooms around and a pool. The staff was so nice and the food was delicious too! Nestled in a remote area of East Lombok its a good place go stay if you want to be away from the busy West side of Lombok and also if you want to take the public ferry to Sumbawa.

A lot of mosquitoes but just protect yourself nothing to do about that.