Ohana has some good things about it, and could be a good retreat with some investment. I booked a Deluxe room for one night and checked out the Apartment because I wanted to stay there long-term (thanks to the gym proximity), but the A/Cs were very weak, so I couldn't extend my stay into the Apartment, and the Deluxe room was too small and uncomfortable for laptop work.
Pros:
- Away from the street and pretty quiet for now (though there's a construction site right next to it, see rooftop photo)
- Nice bamboo-lined entrance after you open the gate with the security code
- More comfortable beds than in 8/9 other places I've stayed in Bali so far. Not Tempurpedic or anything that fancy, but softer (perhaps a memory foam topped over a coil mattress).
- Only 5 minutes walk to the best gym in the area (”WRONG” gym)
- The room was clean, the towels smelled very nice, but the glasses looked dirty
- Pretty good light blocking curtains
- Insect mesh on the windows! This is such a common-sense feature, but it was the first time I saw in Bali, after staying at 5 hotels/resorts, 1 villa, and 3 rooms at PARQ Ubud
- Nice (for the area) rooftop views, with beautiful sunsets
- Helpful staff assisted with carrying luggage
- There's a small communal kitchen with a microwave and utensils you can use
- Nice (but unpopulated) rooftop bar area
Cons:
- The street entrance is a construction war zone, with garbage and everything (see photos)
- Not just the A/C in my room, but both split A/C units in the Apartment, were VERY weak (so 3 units in total). The A/C in my small room only managed to drop the temperature by 2.5C (4.5F) during the 2 hours of running at maximum (loudest) fan speed (28.6 -＞ 26.2 / 83.5F -＞ 79F, see digital thermometer/CO2 sensor photos). Staff told me they could call engineering to take a look, but the facilities/appliances were old (the subtext being, don't have much hope).
- The chair was more of a torture device than a chair. Who in their right mind would buy anything like that except perhaps for a ”DO NOT DESIGN FURNITURE LIKE THIS” exhibit?
- Only one power outlet for the desk/chair area, occupied with the WiFi router, so I had to plug my laptop into the bathroom power outlet
- No water provided. Staff told me to go to a minimart. The closest one walking north was Circle K, and the walk is the typical stressful walk in Canggu, with scooters and cars parked on the sidewalk, construction all over the place, and the frequent lack of pavement
- The place was advertised as a coliving on Colivings, but there were maybe a total of 2 other guests there, and no sense of community whatsoever.
- The floating beds looked dirty (see photos)
- Due to the height of the pool, it's only exposed to sunshine until about 2pm
- The Apartment has an odd choice of 4 chairs around a table instead of a couch, and no microwave or toaster or blender in the kitchen. Good light blocking curtains in the bedroom though, and its view is relatively private when the curtains are pulled open.
