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3 out of 5
Sal Secret Spot
Jl Pantai Bingin Gang Mertasari 2, Sal Bungalows, Pecatu, Bali

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 89 out of 147 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 36 out of 147 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 147 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 147 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 147 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Cara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely relaxing stay at this beautiful property. All staff were so welcoming and polite. The food was absolutely delicious. The rooms are beautiful and better than the pictures. I loved all of the small touches - filtered glass water bottle replenished each day vs plastic bottles, including mini bar snack options, beach bag and pashminas and the suggestions on where to eat and visit. I have already recommended this place to family and friends and will definitely be coming back here to stay.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not as advertised! Beware
Completely inaccurate listing. The location is completely different. The room has no beach views, views of trash outside the windows… you can’t see outside the the windows as blinds are drawn (for a reason) horrific views. There’s no pool at the property, the photos are of a different location no where near the room. The shower overflows into the room. Air conditioning wasn’t working properly. Booked 3 nights checked out after a night and the property wouldn’t refund the remaining nights even after mentioning the problems and inaccuracies in the listing, such a terrible experience right at the start of an holiday. Hotels.com also failed to refund as the property wouldn’t allow it… even if the listings completely inaccurate!
Shower over flowing… this was still minutes after stoped the water
Trash views
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jonathon

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Malin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Denise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved every minute of my stay - staff were wonderful, room great, pool area fabulous, breakfast & club sandwich for lunch delicious, facilities for managing arrivals & departures great like the bag room & shower/bathroom. Look forward to a return visit next year
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Nicole

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Loved our stay at sals Great location, amazing staff and great breakfast.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie De

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

simon

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in May 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
Nice - But not quite what we expected
We stayed here over the Easter weekend. The main place with the pool looks amazing. Unfortunately though, we had booked a "deluxe" sea view room which was quite a distance from the actual main hotel (and this isn't made very clear on the room listing). As such we never got to use the pool or facilities at all which was a shame. Also, the room had really weird power outlets so you couldn't easily plug in any travel adaptors which was annoying. Plugging in a phone charger near the bed and it just fell out of the wall. You had to wedge the charger into place using the bedside cabinet. Completely bizarre and never known anything like it before. Even the refrigerator plug couldn't be used as it had a weird notch thing that wouldn't allow another plug to be plugged in. Seems trivial but was really inconvenient for no apparent reason. The rooms also weren't really "Deluxe" - they are more like wooden shacks. This is fine as that is in keeping with the area of Bingin but I feel describing them as "deluxe" is again slightly misleading. Overall was an ok stay. Not quite what we expected from the flashy listing but it did the job. Would I stay again? At the main facility possibly yes - the deluxe beach view room? Probably not. There are nicer properties here (such as Bale) for cheaper
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
The beach apartment was ok. We expected more for the Price seeing that we live in Bali.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Nas, Sydney

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful setup and most importantly, the staff was amazing. Few min walk to nearby convenience store and restaurants, 10min walk to the beach. Loved it
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Interesting set up. Waterfront apartment or pool Bure. Both a distance from each other. Apartment requires some hairy stair walking, so if you knees are shot stay at one of the buries. Simple but Lovely set up with very helpful nice friendly staff. A very relaxing vibe. Limited meal options but other choices available within walking distance. Not ideal for small children but great for late teens and above.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Robin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

AMIR

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I love this stay so much! Different interior. Recommend for those who want to calm and quiet place to honeymoon. Really enjoy the mee kuah!!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in the ocean view room. Stunning panoramic ocean view from the front patio. Great breakfast and friendly staff. You have to navigate a steep foot path with stairs to get to the rooms but the staff help with bags. Loved it. Highly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Sabrina, Los Angeles

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Better in person than in pictures! Very lovely and great service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly people. Rooms are a very good standard, pool is a decent size for cooling and layout is nicely done. The breakfast is very nice.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed in the cliff rooms and omg that view !!!! Will definately be staying longer next time
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was such a great place to rest and rejuvenate sals is so peaceful and tranquil, incredible staff and ammenities ♥️ I would highly recommend Sal’s and I will be back
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The pool area and restaurant area are stunning and really well maintained. We just stayed in a standard room and it was ok, a bit overpriced compared to other places we have stayed. It was quite basic and very dark with no view at all. Would like to have stayed in one of the other rooms or the beach location. It was a nice and peaceful day lace to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was truly a beautiful stay! The staff were so lovely and accommodating and the view and ocean rooms were BEAUTIFUL! Could’ve stayed forever! Will definitely be back !
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely little gem with beautiful rooms and pool! A short 5 minutes walk to the beach, highly recommended! Staff are extremely friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay the staff were so helpful and always happy to run you down the road. Breakfast was just perfect. The location is quiet and the pool area is a welcomed sanctuary. The decor is very cool and you won't have any trouble taking amazing holiday snaps here. There is a fantastic Italian restaurant just down the road which is a must to visit, you won't be sorry. I want to keep this place a secret so it won't be booked out next time I want to visit. The beach is a 10 minute walk with a lot of stairs involved but that adds to the character of the area. Beautiful. Relaxed perfection.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is right on the beach, but lots of steps to get tgere
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bingin beach bliss
Absolutely beautiful beach view , great staff will assist with anything. This is my second visit and will return again. Love this place
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place, great location.
Amazing place and location in the South. Very friendly staff and many shops around to have a good time. Very close from the beach and Diego who welcomed us in had a lot of information to give that we gladly used. Highly recommend
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place to enjoy Bingin Beach and local area
Really nice hotel. Beautiful pools with comfortable seating all around it. Was nice to interact and meet other guests at breakfast and during our time lounging around the pool. When we first arrived we had booked a Seaview room which we did not realize ahead of time was actually about a 15 minute walk from the hotel location and down several sets of staircases which got very dark at night and was fairly difficult to come and go from because we were dealing with a knee injury. We ended up switching rooms and they were very gracious and helped us right away into a beautiful room with a lofted rooftop. All in all we had a great stay and really enjoyed the clean Decour. The breakfast is delicious. And it’s a close motorbike ride to all of the restaurants downtown. Probably too far to walk to most other locations in “downtown Pecatu” but not a problem.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Avery

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Most beautiful weekend at Sal Secret Spot
Sal Secret Spot officially became my favorite hotel after our stay this weekend. The most beautiful hotel and the rooms were welcoming and comfortable. Above all, the service was impeccable. Every single worker there greeted guests with a smile and made sure every aspect of their stay was wonderful. Diego and Nila became almost family to us. We will recommend this hotel to everyone, and we will be back again!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Jacky

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, awesome place and very friendly staff
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Jessica

Thank you!
We loved our stay at Sal Secret Spot. The beach view from our room and adventurous walk to the beach was our favorite. We were celebrating our honeymoon and room was set up with roses petals and towel swans - cute! We will be back!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Caitlin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hears the waves while you sleep
We stayed at the location right on the beach. The view outside your room is absolutely amazing!! Only a short 2 minute walk to binging beach
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

eunyoung, sydney

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Definitely needs maintaining
I was expecting a lot before going there from insta& social media photos.. Area is the busy bingin beach area which lots of small hotels around..bingin beach area is not a clean place. Locals and chickens on the street.. staff is friendly but most hotels in bali was friendly staff.. Room definitely needs maintaining at least painting.. or fixing broken windows. First room we stayed superior room, it was expensive than standard room.. i can see its littie bigger bathroom(littie bit of pravicy) but the room has no light.. when you close the door of room... so dark and needs to turn om the lights during day time...bathroom floor painting was bad.. at least painting floor will be nice. Too many chicken and bird is making a sounds from 4:30am until 7:30 you cant sleep late.. To get to the bingin beach was walking distance.. but if you needs to go somewhere around uluwatu, get a bike.. you cant get a taxi and only you can get a driver which is very expensive compare different place.. overall I expected a lot but if you fix few things it will be nice place..
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Relaxing hotel
Relaxing hotel very cool vibe and great feel. Pools and daybeds awesome as were the cocktails. Decor is fantastic and chic boho atmosphere. The only improvement would be more bathroom amenities we felt it lacked the basics and electrical points were very hard to find. Could do with extra pillows and blankets. Overall we did enjoy our stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful spot but mixed feelings
My friend and I were going to stay here a few nights, but we ended up only staying for 1 night and moving hotels after our 1st night stay. This place is beautiful, the staff is amazing, BUT we had an ocean view room and didn't realize what a production it was going to be to get to the Seaview rooms. If you get a Seaview room please be warned of what this entails. You will need to take a golf cart from the main hotel to this dirt parking lot which is about a 5min drive. Once there, you hike down the side of a cliff with very sketchy steps (the staff will help you carry your stuff) and once you get to your room, there's no phone to call the front desk if you need anything, a lot of mosquitos, and the electricity goes off and on. It's a beautiful view, very peaceful and serene, and perfect for those who only to want to surf, but the view wasn't worth the inconvenience of the room location when you want to go explore Uluwatu. Since there's no room phone, you need to track down staff, ask them to call a golf cart to come pick you up in the dirt parking lot, climb up those insane steps which are completely dark at night (apparently because locals don't want to attract more tourists) and then take a ride to the main hotel and order a cab there. If you have a scooter - then you would just leave your scooter in the dirt parking lot. It was a lot of work to say the least and if we stayed in the main building next to the pool, I don't think we would have left!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Richard, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really lovely and cosy place, hidden away for a peaceful stay. Staff were really friendly and arranged solutions lessons for me. There’s a shower room available to use after you check out which was perfect coming from beach to airport. I’d definitely stay there again if I was in Uluwatu.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Aida, Malaysia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful gorgeous hotel near Uluwatu beach.
Stayed at Sal's on our last day in Bali, and I wish we had spent a couple of days there! It was the perfect little resort to chill and unwind, small and intimate (there were probably less than 20 villas) and a gorgeous two level pool with sundecks. The interior is very white, reminiscent of a Santorini accommodation (as so many others have commented on) and decorated tastefully here within wooden touches and greenery. Beds were comfortable with our queen bed feeling very luxurious, and the nighttime lighting was pretty romantic. Attached outdoor bathrooms were lovely, responsive hot water and good water pressure. Toilets flushed well and there was adequate toilet paper. The hotel can help arrange for transport to certain areas at a fixed price as they pair with local drivers. It can be a bit pricier, but it's a standard price so there's no worry about being cheated. There's also a scooter rental nearby which I think most visitors probably took advantage of. Breakfasts were fantastic (although not buffet - a choice from an ala carte menu), fresh fruits with an option of a couple of things from their menu with toast and juice and jams. You could also order from the bar as you lounge at the pool, which is a bit of bliss! Staff were always polite and lovely. Would definitely stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jason , Sydney, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Incredible Views
We enjoyed our time at Sal Secret Spot tucked into a beautiful location in Uluwatu. Would highly suggest the Deluxe Seaview Rooms as they have breathtaking views and steps away from Bingin Beach and the great beach restaurants. Yes there is a bit of a hike to the room which is about 10 minutes how we staff manage the bags so it wasn’t that bad! I would only say if walking up or down hills is an issue it might be best to get a room by the pool and not the beach. Food was decent at The hotel but much of our time we rented a scooter and explored the many beautiful restaurants in the area. Great hotel for couples!! Especially the Deluxe Rooms with the view!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Cheryl, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff at Sals were all fantastic. We had a room down by the beach and although there are lots of stairs .. It wasn't too bad. Great exercise and the views are worth it. Loved that you could have breakfast at the beach rooms so you don't have to climb the stairs unless you want to chill by the pool which we also loved. Definitely worth a stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect spot to escape!!!
I stayed in the silver room overlooking beach. There are a lot of stairs and a walkway to navigate when returning to your room at night. There are torches however and if you’re fit you’ll have no worries. Loved having breakfast cooked each morning and just walking downstairs. Rooms are rustic but have everything you need aircon, safe etc. I would recommend checking out the cashew tree a restaurant with in walking distance. I hired a scooter right near Sal’s for less than $9 a day and Uluwatu is less busy more relaxing spot... safer to ride around. You won’t be lacking choices in food... so many organic places offering vegan/vegetarian options like Buddha bowl. I was in heaven... Hope this review inspires someone to love life and check out this place for a week.. I loved it.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Rachel, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Surfing paradise
Great location for surfing, amazing views, just an incredible experience and wonderful hosting
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

CHELSY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017