We have read many reviews, and we do not agree with the negative. The situation in Sumba is a good and very guest-friendly accommodation, where the driven manager helps young people to live in the tourism. Negative sounds such as ”no WIFI”, ”old” or ”not eating well” are a disgusting behaviour of individuals who call themselves travellers who do not look beyond their own luxury life and do not deepen in local populations and conditions. We were there during the elections and the owner had decided to close the hotel for security, but our reservation was long and they just kept the door open to us; We were the only guests, but they were very well sought to make us wet and dry. This is at least sustainable for the locals. It is not four stars to the western scale, but certainly Sumba! Peter and Ilona
- Guest User
Hotel was empty, it was a hot mess, there was unfinished structures thru out the property, 75% of the menu was not available, was hard to order food, each time we ordered something, waiter would come back to let us know they don’t have it. Only the manager spoke English fluently, the rest of the staff spoke very little English to none, though they were very nice. No wifi in the rooms or phone service, so you end up spending a lot of time in the reception area. More importantly, we were not allowed to go in the ocean, I’ve never heard of this before, apparently they have a religious ceremony on oct 26th and the local customs don’t allow that portion of the beach to be used, bizarre, why would they not specify on the website and offer discounts? Basically you end up in a messy hotel, on front of a beautiful beach you cannot swim in and almost no food to order. Also, they would sat us at the table not in front of each other but next to each other as if people shouldn’t face each other when they eat, they need some training on dining etiquette, also, for some reason they had jars with sugar on each table and were full of ants, no idea how the hotel stays in business