Chose this hotel as it was new and in the area we like to stay in. Normally stay at The Haven. Went for a cheaper price this time and was sucked in by the images on both the wholesale travel & hotel websites which mis-represent the Deluxe Pool Access Room as having a timber deck with the pool right outside your door - not so. None of these rooms have the decking leading from your sliding door into the pool. Some of the rooms on this level have some concrete and then the decking into the pool. I flagged this on arrival and was met with politely "All the rooms on this level are Deluxe Pool Access Rooms madam." Other guests parade up and down here day and night. Guests with these rooms are led to believe that the 2 sun beds outside their room are perhaps for their exclusive use. This is not accurate. If I list the good and bad points you can see which ones matter to you and make your decision accordingly. Good: value for money, good location, great sandwich bar just outside called Swich, proximity to a variety of dining options and the beach, friendly, helpful staff, clean, clean, clean, aesthetic appearance and pool, fab rooftop terrace for sunset drinks, good telly, unbelievably comfy bed & pillows, good housekeeping and turndown service. Bad: Breakfast. Bali coffee even when you request a machine coffee. NOISY hotel. Perhaps the walls are made of cardboard? You can hear someone drop an earring on the floor in the room above. Furniture is moved all night. Guests with their wheelie bags trawl up and down the corridors outside your room each night from 1900 (departures) - 0200 (arrivals). The rooms don't have any storage space. I have attached some pics. The furniture is there but if they had just put in some drawers in the bedside table and the luggage rack and the cupboard, you could unpack. Wet towels and clothing were hung outside on the trellis which wasn't the best look. Bogans: I guess due to the price this place was colonised at certain times during the week with the dreaded 'Bali Bintang Bogan' who can be recognised by their (male) Bintang singlet, boardies, stubbie cooler, tattoos, piercings, wraparound sunnies (worn day and night) bald head with a goatie for the older version, huge guts, smoking rollies. During their 9 hour drinking sessions in the pool and after consuming all that Bintang they don't leave the pool to go to the toilet. They were accompanied by the similarly proportioned female version (braided hair) who used the same amount of foul language as their fellas. Of course, they shout all day and night, come home hammered and while we were there at 0400 a window was smashed out on the 3rd floor and shattered right into the pool which closed the pool for half the next day. In addition to this clientele, the hotel is primarliy designed for the Asian market, hence the small room size. The roooms aren't small if you are used to living in Asia and are small in stature. Although there is an egg chef, the breakfast choices are skewed towards Asian choices (dim sums, dumplings, cabbage rolls, noodles, rice) and there is no Level 4 or room numbers that end in 4 - as that is an unlucky number in Chinese culture. Their big groups arrive by bus late at night and shout and laugh and take flash photography right outside all the guest rooms. I got fed up one night and went out and told them to shut-up. It is such a shame for this resort as the staff try really hard to work with what they have at Ananta and it is our fellow guests who tarnished our holiday experience meaning that we wont return. It's Villa time...................

I stayed at the Ananta Legian for 6 nights with 3 girlfriends. We all had our own rooms, 2 of us had the deluxe rooms (no balcony) and the other 2 had pool access - opens to the pool so you can get some fresh air into the room as the other rooms have locked windows. The rooms are nice, beds are very comfortable - we did need to request thinner pillows as the ones on the bed are really thick - but this was no problem. The concierge was very helpful booking us restaurants every night - highly recommend restaurants: La Luciola, Sarong, Mama San, Ku De Ta and Potato Head beach club to hang out during the day. The pool bar staff: Kembar, Bogha and Putra are fantastic and a lot of fun, and the breakfast staff especially Julie and another guy whose name starts with 'Wir...' I just can't remember but they were so friendly. Breakfast was really quite good - I stayed on a few extra nights at another hotel and their breakfast was not half as good. At Ananta every morning there were different selections on the buffet and the omelettes were great. Location is very good - 5 minutes from the beach and very close to shopping. We did find that we were taking a taxi every night to Seminyak where all the 'cool' restaurants are but this only costs $2 or 3 AUD and takes 15 mins, so it wasn't a hassle - and we saved a lot of money staying at Ananta. The pool is ok, we had no problem getting deck chairs, it doesn't get a lot of sun. Overall I was very impressed. I did not find the hotel to be noisy - the roof top bar wasn't open, and to be honest there are so many lovely beach bars like Ku De Ta or Potato Head that I wouldn't waste my time staying at the hotel bar. Thank you to all the staff at Ananta Legian I really enjoyed my stay and would love to return to your hotel.

The rooms are impeccably clean, as are all the facilities, although given the aforementioned space issues don't expect to be hosting any parties in your room. The breakfast was satisfactory and varied, if not exceptional and we didn't eat in the restaurant outside of breakfast which is probably telling. The service was first class, with a warm and friendly staff, and a lovely rooftop terrace bar which no-one else in the hotel seemed to use. The downsides were a frustratingly temperamental wi-fi connection, a pool which only saw the sun for half the day and the location a little too far from Seminyak (a frustrating taxi journey necessary each night) - although this is a churlish complaint given the very reasonable price.