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Reviews of Kanawa Beach Resort

3 out of 5
Kanawa Beach Resort
Kanawa Island, Komodo

Reviews

5.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 26 reviews" "

4.4/10

Cleanliness

5.4/10

Staff & service

3.0/10

Amenities

4.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Adrian

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Avoid this place
Owners / management should be ashamed of the condition of this place. Resort: Location looked like a tsunami had just passed through. Totally unkempt, clearly no maintenance has taken place in a long time and garbage everywhere. Bungalows: 8 out of 18 bungalows were considered habitable by the resort’s staff. The rest were “broken”, which we found out after asking to be moved to a different bungalow as the shape of ours was bad and located next to the resort’s garbage burning site. Service: Staff consisted of 10 youths who appeared to have barely hit puberty and were managed by a hardly communicating man who appeared to be in charge as he collected receipts and counted cash. None of the staff spoke more than 5 words of English, music was being played at all times and they had clearly never received instructions on what constitutes customer service. One of the worst stays I have ever had.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

6/10 Okay

Anders Benny

A wonderful island which need a good maintainance of the resort . No electricity during the day gives very limited choice of food for in house guests. Due to the fact that the island is a gem, overall we still enjoy our stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We arrived by ourselves in their island and when we wanted to check in they didn’t expected us so nothing was ready but the worst it is so doggie, rubbish every where and so old. It’s look like we were in a bad movie, so we decided to don’t stay in this place. I think this place should never be proposed for booking because it’s not correct.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Mareike

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing natural beauty - run down basic resort
The Bungalows are run down and in a terrible condition. So is most of the resort. Staff are friendly and the island is breathtaking but we had no electricity at night which made for a super hot stay as the fan wasn’t working.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Alex, Moscow

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One hotel on the island. Not many people.
One hotel on the island. There are not many people. Good snorkeling. Expensive food. The bungalows are old. Minimum of comfort.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible experience. The room is very outdated and full of insects. Would not recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful island ruined by staff
The island itself was stunning with excellent coral reef for snorkeling and beautiful views. It was however a rip off. For £40 a night we had a room with no proper curtain, the bed itself D very uncomfortable and it has not been cleaned properly. The menu was also a rip off with food already expensive gaining an extra 17% in tax and service fees. The staff gave us no information when we arrived and barely spoke to us, they hung around in large groups to themselves and were very uninviting and a little intimidating. Lastly we did the Rinca + 3 dives 7:30-6 day trip, expensive at around £60 + park fees for the guide and boat but understandable to an extent given what they claimed to offer. This was the biggest lie and rip off by far. We did one snorkel nowhere special, went to Rinca which was excellent but when we're taken straight back to labuan Bajo arriving before 1pm. So we lost 5 hours and 2 snorkels which we were not consulted on and yet we were still charged £60. As I have said the island itself was beautiful but completely tainted by rip off after rip off. Go to another island, they are all beautiful but hopefully somewhere else won't be tainted by unfriendly staff ripping you off.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

2/10 Terrible

Soi

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
non c'era neanche l'acqua. isola, di per sé, comunque bellissima
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Alba

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Increíble. Volvería a ir una y mil veces más. Hotel muy sencillo, entornos alucinantes. NO HAY AGUA CORRIENTE, traen cubos. NO HAY LUZ, excepto desde que se pone el sol hasta que vuelve a salir. Vale mucho la pena !
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Le cadre est magnifique, et nous etions les seuls clients, nous avions donc l ile pour nous tout seul
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Christina

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Cosy, but primitive
Nice bungalows, newly painted, but not renovated (bathroom door fell off). Own bathroom, but outside. Bees were regular visitors in the bathroom, but no stings. Staff was untrained and spoke poor english. You pay for the location. Really nice snorkeling just a few meter from the beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness
Paradiso tropicale
Un paradiso tropicale da sogno!isola fantastica, assolutamente consigliato stare almeno qualche notte x godersi il mare di mattina per snorkeling con con bassa marea e di pomeriggio per snorkeling che oltrepassa la barriera, e la quiete di un soggiorno spartano in mezzo al mare. Resort gestito da un'unica proprietà che monopolizza l'isola, quindi con prezzi superiori allamedia del luogo e servizi non sempre buoni. Proprietario del Resort-ristorante abbastanza sgodevole e poco orientato alla clientela, ci ha fatto lasciare la stanza prima del check in previsto dalla prenotazione. Nel complesso esperienza super consigliata,il reef offre molte possibilità di avvistamenti tra cui, oltre ai mille pesci tropicali, squaletti a riva e tartarughe.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

4/10 Poor

marta, barcelona

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Isla preciosa, hotel descuidado
Nos alojamos en este hotel porque queriamos dormir en alguna isla y esta isla es preciosa,, lei muchos comentarios malos sobre el hotel pero nos arriesgamos.. No me arrepiento pero no volveria alojarme, los precios de la comida son elevados, por el dia vienen muchas excursiones a la isla lo que hace que se llene de gente y desaparece la tranquilidad, no tienen suficientes bebidas en la nevera y cuando fuimos a pedir una cerveza estaban calientes..por la noche anclan muchos barcos enfrente y se escucha un ruido horrible de los motores.. la isla esta descuidada, los bungalows con cosas rotas, el lavabo da pena y la puerta ni se cierra, se nota que hace años que no actualizan las instalaciones y hay muchos bungalows vacios donde da la sensacion que ya estan inservibles por el mal estado que tienen. En general tampoco ofrecen servicios como buceo o kayaks y lo unico que tienen gafas de snorkek y encima te las cobran. Un desastre de gestion y de todo.. no tienen mucha comida disponible.. si quieres pescado para cenar acuerdate de encargarlo por la mañana porque sino no lo tendran para la cena..
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Birhinie, Clichy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Rêve d’île déserte s’abstenir
L’ile est assaillie de bateaux et de flots de touristes dès l’aube jusqu’au couché de soleil. C’est un séjour plutôt sous le signe du bruit et d’un horizon visuellement encombré. Les conditions sommaires sont tout à fait acceptables et donnent un certain cachet au séjour, toutefois, la literie est très mauvaise. Les coûts des locations (materiel de snorkeling) et des produits (boissons...) sont excessifs et de surccroit le restaurant est surtaxé (+20% sur la note finale). La pire arnaque est sur le Check out à 8h !!!!! Si vous voulez partir plus tard vous paierez le bateau en sus 900 000 IDR. Le personnel est jeune et serviable. Les équipes tournent et sont majoritairement sympathiques et attentives.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Un petit coin de paradis mais attention
Kanawa est un petit bijou de la mer, cette île été ses fonds marins sont magnifique! Il est triste de voir que cette île peut vite devenir une poubelle géante, de nombreux déchets jonchent le sol et polluent la mer. Je suis en colère contre les touristes qui n’en prennent pas garde jettent par terre, marchent sur les coraux et contre son propriétaire un neerlandais qui s offre un diamant mais n en prend pas soin. Nous sommes repartis avec nos’ poubelles, il faudrait que tout le monde fasse de même. Le logement est très spartiate nous n avons pas eu d eau au moment des douches mais cela nous convenait nous savions. Attention le bateau gratuit pour rentrer est à 8hoo du matin tandis que sur expédia quand nous avions réservé ilnetait inscrit un départ à 12hoo. Impossible de négocier, nous avons payé un autre bateau pour partir à 12hoo et profiter encore de la mer. Soyons des touristes respectueux de l environnement !
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Antonio, roma

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Incantevole
Consigliato soltanto ha chi ha un minimo di spirito di adattamento... il posto è meraviglioso non rimarrete delusi
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

giorgia, italy

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Paradiso all’improvviso
Non bisogna lasciarsi scoraggiare dalle vecchie recensioni. Se si cerca il massimo confort non fa al caso vostro,ma per rilassarsi è perfetto. Camera pulita, personale gentile, cibo sopra la media rispetto all entroterra di Flores.. il mare è favoloso,sembra di essere dentro un acquario..
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

2/10 Terrible

Igor

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Мухи и генератор
Трудно неудовлетворить моим критериям комфорта... Но они справились. Если коротко, то: - С 6 вечера до 6 утра орал генератор. А т.к. спишь с точки зрения звукоизоляции - на улице - в 5 утра я проснулся с опухшей головой, более уставшим чем через 26 часов перелёта с пересадками. - Мухи. Бывает ты спешишь съесть завтрак потому что голоден или ждут великие дела. А бывает - потому что на столе 20 мух, на тарелке 10 и ещё 20 ползают по тебе... После ночи в обнимку с генератором - асбтрагироваться от мух сил не быо. Плюс вопросы по сантираии возникают... Бронировал на 6 ночей, но после первой же ночи съехал. Деньги не вернули... Но остаться здесь - это потерять весь отпуск...
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

Florian, Stuttgart

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Total Überteuert!!! Bei baufälligen Hütten
Hütten sind alle runtergekommen, man kann froh sein wenn man nicht durchbricht. Werden augenscheinlich auch nicht repariert. Essen total überteuert und nicht wirkich gut. Wer sich gerne abzocken lassen will (bsp. Flasche Wasser 35.000 IDR und und dazu kommt noch 11% Steuer obendrauf) kann dort hin gehen und wird seine Freude haben. Meiner Meinung nach lohnt sich ein Tagesausflug dort hin eher. Zum Schnorcheln dennoch ein Traum genauso wie die Insel selber.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Jean luc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
île paradisiaque
cabane au charme désuet sur une île paradisiaque, ce n'est pas le grand luxe mais nous ne venons pas dans ce type d'endroit pour ça. Le seul bémol serait plutôt du côté de la restauration.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rapporto qualità-prezzo non eccellente, bungalows non proprio confortevoli e servizio scadente. Ma vale assolutamente la pena passarci qualche notte per la bellezza dell'isola di Kanawa!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017

4/10 Poor

Laura, Milan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel and management to be improved, must say that the Island is really amazing
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Pierreli, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
On the post card
It is a really wonderful place: the beach is beautiful, the snorkeling is prodigious and easy here (tropical fish, rays, turtles ...) The food is more expensive here but it is good quality. The bungalows are very basic and need some renovations. When you book, ask on comment for a beach side bungalow.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017