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Reviews of Temple Cafe & Seaside Cottages

3 out of 5
Temple Cafe & Seaside Cottages
Jalan Raya Candi Dasa, Karangasem, Bali

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 20 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 20 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 20 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 20 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 20 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A bright cheerful room with lovely decor. Our fan room had a very big bed and sea views with a large balcony overlooking the garden. The staff are friendly and the place is very clean.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

allen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worth a stay here
Lovely bali style hotel with bungalows on the beach..no pool..but loungers for all day relaxation
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Shirley on 17 Aug,2019
Thank you Allen for your nice review. Makes us happy when guests feel at home with us. Guests can use pool at hotel opposite. Cheers Shirley.

10/10 Excellent

Carolinee, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An amazing little boutique hotel will much more to offer then the price suggests. Always return
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from shirley on 8 Dec,2018
Thank you for your pleasant review much appreciated.

6/10 Okay

Sophie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Not the best quality/price in the area ;-)
We took the budget room which was clean and ok for 1 night. Pretty noisy outside (between the waves and the busy road) and the restaurant was pretty expensive (+ taxes !) so we took the breakfast outside. They don't allow you to bring drinks or food from outside (and it's written at the entry) so doesn't feel like "friendly" place. Most of the time hotels don't care about this.. To be honest you can find much better for a cheaper price at the end (if you take a 10Aus $ more expensive room where breakfast is included, it's cheaper than paying the breakfast there and you can have a better room) that's why we moved after 1 night :-)
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from shirley on 17 Nov,2018
Thank you for your review. Sorry you were dissatisfied with your stay. Regarding not allowed to bring food from elsewhere is incorrect but we do not wish it to be consumed in our restaurant area can you do it at Kentucky fried chicken restaurant for example.

10/10 Excellent

paula, candidasa bali

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
basic clean rooms,very close to the beach, great staff and interesting Aussie owner :)
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from Shirley on 7 Nov,2018
Thank you for your review. Much appreciated. Shirley

10/10 Excellent

antoine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from Temple crew on 4 Oct,2018
Thank you for your review. Much appreciated

10/10 Excellent

philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2018
Response from shirley on 7 Jun,2018
Thank you for your positive score. Much appreciated.

6/10 Okay

Pauline D

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a great time but there are afew places where they can improve. They really need a bathroom down buy the ocean side instead of outside shower. They also need a better cook but the restaurant across the street was handy and good. I can't complain about the service and the friendly staff. Our cottage didn't have hot water but that didn't stop me from having3showers a day it was refreshing. All in all it was a good place to stay for the price.
Stayed 10 nights in Feb 2018
Response from shirley on 6 May,2018
Thank you for your review but I'm confused about the outside shower all cottages have indoor bathroom with shower. Your cottage didn't have hot water because it was a budget cottage which is with cold shower.

8/10 Good

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Situated at a stone beach. Great views of both sunrise and sunset. Good place to relax.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Response from shirley on 20 Mar,2018
Thank you for your positive review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I have been travelling for a few months and this hotel was the cheapest place that I have stayed and one of the nicest. The amenities are quite simple (no fridge) but the hotel is directly on the water and surprisingly tranquil considering it is on a main road. The breakfast is fantastic.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017
Thank you for your nice review staying in our budget cottage we do have cottages with more facilities for those who require them. I would like to make a comment to help Candi Dasa at the moment. It is absolutely safe in regards to volcano activities we are located 2 hours away and at no risk but unfortunately information going around is saying the opposite. Please keep us on the tourist destination map. Regards Shirley Borczak.

10/10 Excellent

fourjulias, perth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A real Gem, very bagus!
I have been passing through Candidasa since the 1980s, stayed in a few upmarket places, but how could I have missed this little gem. I highly recommend it even for the 5 star aspirants. It's low profile but the the chalets are very clean and well maintained, well manicured gardens and right on the ocean front- so you don't need a pool. Its right opposite the upmarket Watergarden Resort Resort and surrounded by lots of eateries and warungs. Best thing is you don't get hassled here by hawkers et al and the staff are young and sweet. The owner, Shirl, an Ozzie, runs a tight ship and its no nonsense at this place and so you feel quite secure. Shirl makes the best jams too btw. I recommend the lime marmalade lah!! Sorry for the rave but definately not a ramp up here. But I highly recommend this place.
Response from shirley on 9 Jul,2016
Thank you for your very positive review. Enjoyed having you stay with us and look forward to your return. Cheers Shirley

2/10 Terrible

Carmen Tamyra

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Enji Hotel Owner on 6 Sept,2023
dear our beloved guest.thank you for your review. however, we are so sad that you gave us very bad review after what we offered to you. we try to full fill our customer needs but we can not satisfied all our guest.

10/10 Excellent

Jean-Marie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Shirley on 18 Jan,2020
Thank you for staying with us and your review.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tres tranquille beau jardin mer en bout de lhotel.Proximite de la ville.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Shirley on 24 Apr,2019
Thank you for your nice review.

10/10 Excellent

Seung Yee Anders

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good budget hotel
The room is good with this very low price. Staff are nice. Located near the beach which is relaxing. Not many shops and restaurant nearby, but you can get essential stuffs from the convenient stores along the street.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from shirley on 21 Nov,2018
Thank you for your review but maybe you have confused us with another place as we are directly seafront and in the middle of town surrounded by shops and restaurants as well as supermarkets.

10/10 Excellent

Caroline , GERMANY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfekt and wonderful
The Tempel Cafe was a perfekt and wonderful accommondation. During you fell asleep you can hear the sea because it's 10 meters away. The stuff was more than perfekt and helped us to plan tours and getting to our next point.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017
Response from Shirley on 27 Aug,2017
Thank you Caroline for your positive review. It was a pleasure having you stay with us.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Paisajes lindos
Un lugar para sentirse como en tu casa! el restaurante es bueno y podes cenar a orillas del mar. Muy lindo!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!
Response from shirley on 2 May,2017
thank you for your nice review. Happy you like our food.

6/10 Okay

Sepe

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Amazing location but something has to improve
I don’t know, how you others think this, but my opinion is that if one is in accommodation business, he/she has two duties to fill. The first one is to provide place to sleep and the other one is decent place to wash up. Everything else comes after these two. The first one was clean and it served its mission, but the latter one was poor. To begin with COLD SHOWER! It doesn’t belong to accommodation business. EVER! Even if we speak budget room! No! That’s it! Secondly, it doesn’t take much to put a door to bathroom. Generally speaking the hotel was nice and he location on the beach is amazing. Only the traffic noise sometimes bothered, but it wasn’t big thing. Staff was very nice and helpful. Location also very close to German bakery which provides amazing breakfast with reasonable rates.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort