I rarely write feedback on hotels, but we had such a pleasant stay at the Peneeda Hotel that I am making an exception. It felt genuinely Balinese, lived-in and welcoming. It fit perfectly our main criteria, which were proximity to the beach, convenience, and character. *Location*: it's ideal. The airy restaurant/bar is open on one side towards one of the pools, and on the other side towards the promenade and beach. You can be sitting over breakfast in the gentle sea breeze, while watching a neighbour place a morning offering on the beach. The hotel is quiet and secluded, yet just a short walk away from the main street, a large supermarket and a good bookshop, as well as all the restaurants on the beach. *Convenience*: we had one of the family rooms, which was really two interconnecting rooms (and a bathroom) with a private entrance and a little patio area with a table and seats. It was a very good layout for a stay with young children (we had them sleep in the room at the back). We enjoyed the large bathroom with a indoor bath and an outdoor rain shower. *Character*: there is a lovely and peaceful atmosphere, and as a business run by a local family, it had in our view much more charm (while being much cheaper!) than the many impersonal 5* resorts along the beach. At the Peneeda, the large communal areas are furnished with taste, and include pieces of genuine traditional furniture of sculpted wood, like the two beautiful antique beds that have been converted into reading nooks. Our room was very nice and comfortable too, with wooden floors and furniture in the local style. Good beds, meticulous room-service. All the staff were very kind, full of little attentions towards to our children especially. We felt we had found exactly the hotel we were hoping for.

It didn't bother us at all, but from our room we could sometimes hear frogs in the evening, and chickens in the morning. A light sleeper might mind (but the rooms on the opposite side of the path, where the bungalows are located, might not be within hearing distance of the chickens).

The location is amazing. The staff friendly and very helpful. An older traditional property which we love and suits us. Quieter and more personal. Great value for money. Would definitely .book again.

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The location is amazing between the beach and main street plus right in middle of sanur so can go north or south with ease. It's quiet with a lovely garden walkway to the beach. The staff were very helpful and friendly. It's older style but very comfortable and value for money.

The bath could have had a better clean and the shower head was low so had to hand hold it.

Good place to stay.A bit older build style resort.Restaurant straight at the Beach.The Location is suberb. Outside the gate right direction many good , pubs restaurant with great life music. As there is a foodpath along the beach it is possible to walk, bike. Not too much people walked by in this area. A good breeze straight from the sea at the restaurant. Carefully like everywhere when raining as tiles get wet and slippy The resort has different pools and areas for small kids too. Nice garden. There was not an extensive choices from the menu but the food they made was great. Great cooks. Breakfast ist not included in the price and must be paid at the restaurant. Had the family room which contains 2 rooms with 2 single and one double. It was about 25 % more expensive than just double which I haven't seen. Good verandas with stable table and 4 chairs. Wifi was free and good..Day times never problem and if sometimes weaker it will come back within a minute to good speed. Good TV.Larger refrigarator. and in there was a bathtube which had nice hot water.( Family room ) I think this spot is perfect for families with kids at all ages but especially small kids. No noise from the road , not at all. The water is very shallow and far outer there is a riff which break the waves, which means the water is very calm. Small kids can play in the water and no worries that a wave hit them. Mainly a bit curser sand and in the water there a no corals, stone etc which can hurt the feet. I always use sailing shoes in case. Nice friendly people all around,no beach sellers, many nations, older traveller, families, mainly. The traffic is not busy whis good and it is easy to get a taxi and drive around. Paid 250 000 for taxi to the airport which took 30 minutes but we been lucky. So better calculate one hours. Immigration can be busy but much better than arrival. There many good restaurants in the departure area. 3 hrs before arrival I recommend and have some food there.

I wished a couple more powerpoints in the room and none at the Veranda.Its a bit older but not dirty at all, here and tere good need a bit maintainace but I'm fussy German born, haha.

Really lovely place - rooms stretch from backing onto the street in a street all the way to just back from the beach. I was in a street side room but it was still quiet and very lovely. The rooms in that section all had their own large fridge and water dispenser, which can do boiling water. Nice balconies and comfy outside seating too. Room was a good size with space for cases and wardrobe. Two pools plus a few loungers on beach front.

No ‘do not disturb’ signs so the cleaners tend to hang around trying to come in and clean at whatever time suits them. One day I just said ‘no cleaning’, which was absolutely fine as it wasn’t needed and I was a bit aware of the cleaners loitering and wanting to come in. Could do with a few more loungers at beach front as they were most popular.

Beautiful hotel with Bali charm. I've booked a few rooms for the trip - stand alone cottages are very nice and quite. Near the beach. Has a gym and a swimming pool. Previously, 2-storey cottages had a private yard and very very private and nice.

Previously, 2-storey cottages had a private yard and very very private and nice. Now, there are no private yards any more, and there is a public walking street between your cottage and a kitchen. So there are noisy children running around, people walkung here and there - no privacy at alk, not nice. Stand alone cottages are still private and nice though.

We loved the Balinese style hotel, it's a bit dated compared to the high end resorts it's sandwiched between, but adds to the charm! If you don't want to be in a resort but want to be directly on the beach, then this is your place! Yes there are cheaper places on the main road but they don't have beach access. We were travelling with children and in the end were so happy we paid extra to be on the beach as you have to walk around the resorts to find beach access - no problem if you're a grown adult but 10 minutes in the heat with littles is challenging! We loved all the pool areas and there were lots of nice spaces to hang out, which was great when it was too hot sunny or heavy rain and you didn't want to be in your room. We stayed in the family room with garden view and there was plenty of room for us and our luggage as well as cot and pram! We heard some negative things about the food so we didn't try it until the second last day and we were really pleasantly surprised - it's basic but good if you want Asian food - we didn't try the western food! The refillable water station was a great touch too - we would definitely recommend it here! We would also recommend White Orchid for eating - nice atmosphere, friendly staff, good food at a reasonable price for the area!

Some more hooks in the bathroom for hanging towels would be useful and maybe dust under the bed every now and then - everywhere was immaculate, except for there - not good if you drop something!

Location, pools, quiet, nice old school ‘vibe’.

Restaurant didn’t offer a lot of, but no real problem as you are surrounded by fab places to eat.

Great location right on the beach. Staff were all lovely and very helpful. The room we booked was larger than expected. The room and bathroom spotlessly clean. We did not have breakfast included and tended to eat out mainly because the restaurant was so quiet that we wanted to go somewhere a bit more lively. We had the private bungalow which was lovely and quiet.

The property is an older more traditional property as mentioned by others. This means your rooms are generally quite dark (or at least our one was) and the likes of tiles, taps etc in the bathroom very dated but that is all made up for by the cleanliness, location, staff and pricing. However, the areas around the pools also very tired looking and the pools themselves looked a bit grimy and one in particular quite murky. Where the condition of the buildings is to be expected etc I don't think that excuses the pools which looked like they could do with a good clean. I think the main pool areas (not the one by the restaurant) let down the property the most as all the gardens & traditional buildings surrounding etc are quite lovely.

Excellent location on the beach promenade so no need to walk on the busy streets(especially with the baby since walkways are NOT pram friendly)..very friendly and helpful staff,beautiful garden and nice design,matching the local style.

The pillows r horrible,bad was ok but pillows hard as stones. Gym was ok,not bad actually quiet big for a not 5star property but not enough cardio machines(no trade mill and half broken crossfire on the other hand a lot of good equipment for weights workout).not the property's fault but the beach in Sanur (and many beaches in Bali) is not nice(for swimming beautiful for a walk but water is terrible and NOT clean) ..they really have to do something about it(not o ly the hotels but the municipality,Bali lives mainly from tourism if they don't clean it up a bit I sd9nt know if in a couple of years people will still dream about going there- both seaweat and litter).thow the promenade is beautiful