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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;In and out within 4 hours. Booked 2 nights BUT got refund for only 1 night. Didn't think it was fair.&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 2 Nov 2018</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">Good: Owners were nice and accommodating. The place was picture-perfect and captured the essence of Ubud. Room is huge. 
Bad: 0 privacy and BAD hygiene. Housekeeping wasn't done before check in. Bedsheets were stained, daybed sheets were stained AND dusty, towels were all stained (I kept returning them until they ran out of white towels & had to settle for coloured ones instead). The mosquito nets hanging over the bed were so dusty, we couldn't use them.
The floors were also dusty, so we had to wear the slippers from our FORMER hotel. Both dining & coffee tables were also dusty, we resigned to cleaning them up ourselves.
Wanted to boil some tea but found the kettle had a bit of dirty water in it. Asked for a new kettle, but the guy came back with the same one.
We were told our key would be delivered to us, but it never came until I went up to the reception to ask for it personally. Another note about this place: There's no phone to call reception. I climbed the stairs to get the key, then again with a bunch of stained towels to get them changed. Felt like I work there.
HERE'S THE KICKER: Loved the designs & architecture of the "resort". Had an old-fashioned door in our room which links to the next room. However when we got close, we saw it had holes in it & could see into the other room (& vice versa). The rocking chair in front of it looked like a nice touch at first, then realised it might have been there to prevent us from opening the door. 
Likewise, there was a flight of huge spiral stairs in the room that led up to the backdoors of 3 other rooms. Guests above us could not only look down into our room (the areas of the daybed and dining table), they could also COME down into our room as there was only a little stand/side table blocking the way. This was the huge red flag that led us to checking out only after 4 hours from checking in. 
The safe was practically useless also. It was so light that anyone could carry it away.
No night curtains - only sheer day ones.
Earthworms greeted me during my shower. 
Booked 2 nights BUT got refund for only 1 night. Didn't think it was fair.</p>
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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Amazing experience!!!&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 16 Sep 2018</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">Our stay was definitely magical and amazing. The creativity of this place is just over the roof, the people are very welcoming and nice. I could not ask for more. All the secret passages and hidden areas are just wonderful. GORGEOUS place...I would definitely recommend 100% :)</p>
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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;2nd stay even better than the first&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 16 Sep 2018</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">My Second time to Bali and returning to Avalon for 3 days. It was too short! The Villa has been greatly upgraded and the facilities also have drastically improved. Even the secret passages (yes really) now go to secret rooms. We were able to have opportunities to do some Kendo fighting and lay out on the new deck by the river as well as get some amazing riverside massages. Budi and Arthur are still brilliant hosts and did everything to make us feel welcome. Breakfast and the new app was also improved. the food here is amazing and very reasonable. Anywhere else the type of "Movie Set" location would cost 8 times more. So blessed to see the progress.</p>
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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Good but improvements are expected&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 22 Jun 2018</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">Let’s start with the basics, the Avalon villa is definitely not a “Villa” as you may imagine it but rather a guest house with a beautiful rich garden. We can say that the premises is divided in 3 portions like a T. The upper hand corresponds to what is comparable to a hotel lobby, the owner and his family seems to live there. Then both sides of the lower T correspond to 2 villas. This configuration that I didn't really understand in the villa’s description had a little bit undermined my appreciation. Indeed, one of the reason you may choose a villa over a hotel is to have intimacy but here you will find yourself hosted with other guests (they can rent separately rooms of the villa). Some rooms are communicating by upper or lower holes even though accesses are locked, so you can hear everything happening. I guess we should have better paid attention to the description. The premises is also constructed in a way that we heard people walking and children running very early in the morning (7 am for vacations it’s early for me…). Despite this little inconveniences, the villa is beautifully constructed and decorated. You will be enchanted (or not) by the fairy environment, statues and carvings. There stairs leading to nowhere such as in the Winchester house, bathtub with Asian mermaids (you can definitely notice the Asian slanting eyes) pouring waters, etc… the master bedrooms located on the ground floors offer their own bath and restrooms, some even have a private access to the swimming pools through a bath/restroom which is at the same time a good and a bad thing. The bad thing is because you may not be alone someone swimming may accidentally want to see where the path leads to. Rooms located on the first floor share a same bathroom (we stayed on the left villa when you are looking at it from the garden) maybe it s different in the other one. Wherever you stay, you will find all the minimum amenities such as water, towels, shampoo, soap, tooth brush… I Forgot to mention, the villa is full equipped with old look alike but state of the art equipment, fiber internet, smart tv (but no TV you have to cast your own movie or ask the owner, who will give you a USB key with a wide range of movies to choose from)... Eventually I would like to finish my paragraph with the swimming pool which is a bit narrow especially if everybody wants to jump in at the same time. The water is a bit cold but you’ll get used to it and it will firm you skin. 

What about the location? Well it is a bit far from the center of Ubud but there are taxis and drivers everywhere for about 50k up to 150k depending on your bargaining skill. I enjoy bargaining though so :). The villa is also closed to quad activities. A funny fact is that the villa is located in a street which has been renamed on the owner’s name. “How pretentious” you would say xD

What about services? 

First the food, the Avalon villa has its own app allowing you to order your breakfast, lunch and dinner from a convenable range of selection. You can also choose the time and the location of delivery (room, swimming pool, by the river…). The owner explained that meats are bought on demand so you can be served with fresh ones therefore orders have to be made at least 2 hours in advance. During our stay the app crashes several times but still you can directly order with either the owner or people who work there. A good thing about their breakfast comparing to other villas, is that they let you pick 2 meals and 1 drink of the breakfast menu. So you are not compelled to eat the same thing everyday. Breakfast is including in the room rate. A bad thing though about the food services is that the app does not necessarily tell you what you cannot order because they are out of stock. Though I don't know if the out of stock thing can be applied in Bali standards as other 4 star villas systematically send people to buy the missing ingredients or drinks… 

A part from services related to food, Budi and Arthur (the owners) are always ready to suggest activities and movies. Budi arranged a quad tour and called drivers at fair prices for us. They were always smiling and kind to us. You might say that Budi looks a bit like an Asian Scarlett Joanson. All other services were OK. The staff cleaned our rooms everyday and refill us with bottles of water, coffee and tea. Still I decided to talk about the staff separately because I felt a bit disappointed. Comparing to other villas we’ve stayed in, the staff is not necessarily welcoming, there seriously is a lack of smile and warmth especially from one of them. I think this is something the villa should work on to earn a rightful 4 star ranking. 

For all I wrote above I would rather consider this place as a 3 star guest house instead of a 4 star villa especially considering Asian standards of services. Regardless of the stars I would give the whole experience a 7 out of 10. Still considering the price to quality, this place is a good deal. The owners are honest and very kind persons (I made a mistake while paying the bill and they kindly pay us back).Though ranking is a subjective topic so I'll let you decide by yourself with a stay in the Avalon villa. 

Good things :
Close to many painting gallery with affordable prices
Fairy environment mixed between western and Asian mythologies
Beautiful garden
Equipped with state of the art appliances

To be improved :
Noises of people running
Quality of services
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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Just the ideal place to relax&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 14 May 2018</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">Me and my friends were searching for an entire house for our stay. The Avalon is just the perfect place for that. It has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. The rooms are huge and are nicely decorated. The pool and the garden area is lovely. I would recommend staying here any time!</p>
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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Energy recharging place&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 24 Apr 2018</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">I always love to be here and will come back again and again. The place was so nice and the environment around was so awesome. It's the lovely place to take out your stress and be calm, and recharge your energy. </p>
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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Charming Stay&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 9 Apr 2018</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">This was a spectacular spot. I felt like I was in an Indiana Jones vacation. There was so much attention to detail in how they built the villas. I would 100% come back.The cook was a lovely lady who made excellent indonesian food. The owners were informative and always will to help with anything needed. What a wonderful escape for our daily lives in Ubud. We loved having our own entrance to the pool and massages by the river. 

We came for Bali Spirit Festival but also as a pre-celebration for our bdays. So glad we did, wish we could've stayed longer.

This isn't a large hotel chain but the personal passions and efforts of people who allowed us to come have a great time in their cozy villas and take pride in their work. They were laid back but had great costumer service. 
Thanks again!</p>
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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Enchanting!&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 9 Jan 2018</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">I have booked this villa some months in advance, but wow... what a place!

We have spend our Christmas in this villa with 7 persons. I have no words to describe how welcoming these people were. Arthur, Budi & children plus staff are wonderful persons. 

As other(s) are complaining about not enough choice for breakfast. If you just ask that you would like to have some fresh fruit or extra bread, nothing is too much for them. Dinner was chosen from the menu and one day we asked for something extra's because of Christmas, OFF menu. Even this was not too much for them.

Even when we had to leave at 04:00 in the morning.

It was a pleasure to meet you and your family Budi and we will definitely come back one day!

Warm greetings from the Netherlands!</p>
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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Not a good place to stay, especially for a
family with kid&#8221;</h4>

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        <span>Reviewed 6 Dec 2017</span>
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        <p itemprop="description">To be honest this place is still a family villa, not as good as a hotel on any aspects.

I think safety is the very basic line for a
commercial accommodation, but my dad
was bitten by owner's dog during we stay. It
was scared especially in Bali. The owner said the dog is vaccinated but cannot provide the record. He paid the first shot in Bali and I think he should pay the following 2 shots when we do in Australia.

The meals options are very limited and really family standard...When I booked my stay, it said breakfast is included. When I arrived, I am be told everyone's breakfast budget is Rp80,000 and we have to pay the amount more than it, on their menu 2 slices of panini is Rp40,000, 2 fried egg is Rp35,000 and a cup of coffee is at least Rp40,000, that means you just can choose at most 2 of those and of course no fruit, no milk and no juice.

The roosters start to crow around 4 am every morning, so you cannot have a good sleep at all. And you will find big or small lizard on the ceiling or right above your head when you taking shower and a snake in the garden if you are lucky(I saw one).

Wifi does not work properly.
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            <span>This guest is NOT angry 

They are extortionists who did not get paid and are making good on their threat! 

1. Breakfast (you can see the quality and "amounts"  of the food on our menu app on Google Play) we gave full breakfast to ALL their family including the 2 small children who eat less than adults but still had the 80k option. But when they want BBQ Chichen wings for breakfast (unusual for us and NOT included) we did charge extra... 
BUT they were not upset with that!

2. The REAL reason for this review is that the older gentleman of the family was Mistreating our dog who defended himself (a dog that has been around almost 1300 guests since we opened and NEVER hurt anyone). We have had "Tiger" since he was a puppy and, having children ourselves made sure he had ALL his shots (we are educated and not poor)... So after we personally took the guest to the hospital and PAID for unnecessary shots , the guests demanded we give them $600 for additional shots since they claim that this is not a problem in Australia and that they will need to get more vaccine from another country...???

We refused this since it sounded very unreasonable. They said if we did not pay, they would give a bad review. we told them in a nice way that they should do what they felt was right...

3. another thing they forgot to mention was that the older lady of the group, decided to use our antique desk to iron her wet cloths on instead of the ironing board provided. the desk finishing was destroyed and needed to be refurbished, she said she was sorry. and we paid for the refurbishing too. 

4. Wifi is fiber optic, the fastest available in Bali 

We personally felt that if we continued to be nice to them even though our dog was abused by one of them (we also tied up Tiger while they were here - he was very sad), and our antique table was destroyed (we did not ask for compensation or try to negotiate for their $600 request), and we spent our evening away from our children to take and stay with them at the hospital... we did not think they would go through with their threat.  

But now here is the Bad review they promised - But We do NOT negotiate with Extortionists.</span>
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    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Aussergewoehnlich und beruhigend gut!&#8221;</h4>

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        <p itemprop="description">Wir waren 5 Tage bei Avalon: traumhaft beruhigend!.sehr nettes Personal und die Gasrgeber Budi und Arthur einzigartig: kein Stress, alles laeuft unkompliziert! Pure Entspannung und easy going!</p>
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            <span>Thank you so much for spending your holiday with us Mr. Aymeric!
It was more than happy to be your host

Hope to meet you again for next future vacation!

All the best!

Budi & avalon staff</span>
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