My partner and I had a great stay in the new villas at Uma Sapna. They are very nice, contemporary, modern, stylish, and beautifully designed. Lovely to have such a big pool and stylish villas right in the middle of Seminyak. Very peaceful and quite!

The only downside was the restaurant was not open yet (set to open early feb) and the food quality for breakfast was poor. Staff were nice some however do not really understand English and therefore makes it hard to communicate and we never really knew if they understood us or not. Overall great place!

Overrated villa. Nothing to shout about. Basic and tired looking. Looks more like a normal house or chalet than a villa. Nothing luxurious about it. Tasteless and bland design. Garden is unkempt. Quite a number of mosquitoes flying around. An important point to note is that there is NO kitchen. The so-called kitchen is just a small space with a kettle. Quite pathetic. Another point is that the room space is very small. And there is no door between the room and the toilet. So before you bathe, its really cold in the bathroom. After you bathe, the room is really hot due to heat from the warm water. Staff here just goes about their own business, so don’t be expected to be pampered.

A good point is that the breakfast has quite a good spread. And the staff is experienced and knows what to do.

Conclusion – Don’t expect too much from this villa. Overrated and overpriced.

Had a very enjoyable stay at the Uma Sapna. We booked the single room villa with a plunge pool and received a very pleasant surprise when we were upgraded to a single room villa with its own pool. The privacy issues mentioned in the earlier posts have been resolved - additional bamboo/ratten blinds have been installed and glass frosted where necessary.

Villa Sapna is very conveniently located in the Seminyak area. It is only 10 minutes walk away from Jalan Laksmana - Bali's 'eat street' street. The Seminak shopping area and the Prana spa is only 15 minutes walk away by cutting through the lane directly across from the entrance of the villa. Ku de ta and the Seminyak beach is a further 30 minutes walk away.

We had earlier booked a 1-bedroom villa with spa pool, and had requested for an upgrade to their 1-bedroom villa with swimming pool. To our surprise, we received an upgrade to their 2-bedroom villa for 2 nights, where of course only one room was opened for our usage.

Each villa has their own compound. Its a small and cosy resort. In our stay there, I did not see much of other tourists staying in the same resort, it felt like a world of my own. The staff pretty much left us alone, but are very helpful when asked for advice about places to go to.

The room was big and spacious. The toilet is open-concept, hidden behind a wall panel behind the bed. There are 2 wash basins (great cause you do not have to take turns), a very large bathtub that can accommodate 2 people, a standalone shower.

The service is great too. When we did not like the delivery timing on the breakfast order sheet and wrote our own timing, they delivered breakfast at exactly our timing. They even accommodated us when we asked for milk, which was not on the menu.

The swimming pool was great for dipping anytime of the day, even at night. We had some great times swimming in the morning before breakfast, and at night while enjoying a drink.

The only glitch is when they moved us to their sister villa because their 1-bedroom villa is undergoing some works, where the rooms are not as spacious and service not as great.

Overall, a great place and experience!