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Reviews of Kayu Arum Resort

3.5 out of 5
Kayu Arum Resort
Jalan Magersari, Ringinawe, RT/RW 09/01, Tegalrejo, Ledok, Argomulyo, Salatiga, Central Java

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 28 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 6 out of 28 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 28 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 28 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 28 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The best kept secret around. Very clean, quiet, beautiful grounds, gym, pool, and dining area - all right there. The staff is over the top nice and the food is good.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Cindy

Travelled with family
The resort is beautiful and great when they are not full. But when they have lots of rooms occupied there is no hot water for showers. After over 12 hours waiting for a shower we were told they could not help it since there were so many people. The same thing happened on several days. They also book large groups who take over the resort and are very very loud with no consideration for others… from before 5am - after 11 pm. I requested to talk with management but it never happened. The staff is very nice but there isn’t much they can do. The resort stays fully booked and they won’t move you to a less noisy area or a place with a shower. We booked our room over 4 months in advance but were told that was the only available place. I highly recommend if the resort isn’t fully booked.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

JAMES

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The water in the shower turned very hot from time to time. The straits to the upperfloor are very fierce..and I think dangerous without a hand rail in part. But a charming place overall.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were very friendly and spoken excellent English
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bruce Johnny

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a great place for a rest, with flowers and pool and seats for relaxation and old fashioned high ceiling large rooms
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Douglas

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very cozy, nice food, spacious room and common areas, follows a very vintage style - not mine - but beautiful.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Esfandri

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Santa Barbara-like resort
It was amazing. The resort's architecture theme was like the ones we see in the old Santa Barabara's tv series. We would feel as if we were in San Diego or Santa Barabara California. Very recommended.
Room
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved it. Great massages. Good food. Only challenge was the proximity of the loudspeaker prayer call. At 0400 it was hard.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous place. Great value. Natural setting, spa and pool made it very relaxing. We would go back.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Melissa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Little Spot
Nice little get-away spot. The breakfast buffet isn't that great, but it works and is usually included. The beds were comfy and clean, AC worked great. I always get mosquito bites when I stay...lots of them! So, bring the big spray!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Nice setting and beautiful landscape. Friendly staff. Breakfast a la carte was much better than the buffet the other days. This wasn’t so good but luckily there was an egg station. Very tiny TV, room without any view (wall). Bathroom small and somewhat dingy, shower cabin ‘glass’ not clean (calcium). Amazingly loud noise from the mosque next door, starting very early. Very very high prices at the bar etc., comparable to western hotels. Fridge in room but no safe. Easy to get Grab/GoCar.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ronald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Salatiga splendor and satisfaction...
We needed this... a place to relax... to stroll and drink in the lush old world ambience... to sit unhurriedly with an A+++ breakfast or to enjoy a cold brew poolside. Ahhhh, such is the life of guests at Kayu Arum. We will plan to return whenever we are visiting in Salatiga!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was incredibly friendly, grounds were beautiful. Rooms were nice, no hot water in the shower, maybe that’s normal?
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

It was an awesome experience! Very peaceful, very clean. The Deluxe room was huge with a comfortable bed. It was still very “Indonesian” in some ways (small AC unit, few scuffs/marks on walls), but it wasn’t lovely. Breakfast was good, but also very Indonesian. It’s not a big sprawling spread, but it worked. The coffee bar is excellent. I ordered several drinks, and none of them disappointed! I will definitely stay again!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Erin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful romantic hotel
We came here for our anniversary and everything was wonderful! Gorgeous garden, nice pool, and amazing bathtub. The service was great as well.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Kayu arum
Good environment
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Sentot

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Not clean enougf
First time stayed there, swimmingpool was out of service , dusty balcon, seems that housekeeping only clean inside not checked space include chair and table on balcon, internet connection is poor
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

SCOTT, Chicago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Place
Very nice, romantic place with great pool and service.

8/10 Good

Rico, Zurich

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful Resort
The resort has a beautiful garden with pool, a spa, outstanding food at the restaurant, quick and friendly service. It's a distance away from the city center, but provides a free shuttle service to and from town. The deluxe room is absolutely worth the extra cost, as the standard rooms are small and dark with windows facing a wall.

10/10 Excellent

thomas aquino herly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awalnya sdh putus asa cari hotel dengan budget yg pas untuk kebutuhan liburan, apalagi dgn syarat dari anak dan istri harus cari daerah yg dingin, kuliner yg enak-enak, lokasi wisata yg dekat dan bagus. Eh tiba2 expedia menawarkan hotel dan hari dgn anggaran yg pas, dan sesuai yg kita harapkan. Eh, gak menyangka suasana hotel yg vintage, banyak pohon rindang, ada binatang yg selama ini asing diliat gen Z kayak kodok, garengpung, kadal, jangkrik kemudian ada gelato, ada catur, kolam renang, welcome massage, spa dgn harga terjangkau, dan hawa yg adem.... Wah liburan yg indah buat seluruh keluarga jadinya...
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Arlan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Alami

10/10 Excellent

Peggy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fijn hotel, sfeervol en prachtige tuin
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Es war eine ruhige Lage und wenn man ein Gast ist der die ganze Zeit im hotelgelände verbringt bestimmt eine Wunderbare Zeit. Ich habe auch kein Problem gehabt mit der Kakerlaken die tot in meinem Bad lag, dass ist normal in einem natur Resort, Aber was ich leider noch im Bad gefunden habe ist ein Metaldraht und ein Haarballen, Vermutung ist die haben mit dem Metaldraht den Abfluss von Hasten gereinigt aber es vergessen aus Hektik da ich ohne Ankündigung kam! Aber der Service war spitze man sollte sich halt nur daran gewöhnen um Ca. 4 Am von Gebetsruf geweckt zu werden! Ich persönlich habe kein Problem mit wenn es nur einige sind leider sind es ca. 100 die Mann hört und die überlappen sich denkbar ungünstig im Sound aber das kann ich nicht dem Hotel anlasten
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Menno , Amsterdam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place with character
Beautiful hotel , very tastefully furnished in Javanese style. Inner garden has nice pool and spa and restaurant is excellent. Prices are very reasonable.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Klaus, Mutters, Österreich

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Übernachten Sie dort !
Sehr schönes, ruhiges Hotel mit Pool im schönen Hotelgarten. Sehr gutes Preis-Leistungsverhältnis. Sehr gutes Restaurant und für indonesische Verhältnisse gutes Continental-Frühstück

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice please in the mountains - fresh and exot
I came there for a weekend to get away from the heat in Semarang. It is an nice place to stay with unexpected colonial style house and rooms. Also the ground with the nice located pool is for relaxing pur.

6/10 Okay

intan, semai

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel nyaman dengan taman yg indah
Hotel yg indah dengan taman yg luas dan pelayanan yang ramah. Namun untuk kamar standart ruangan nya bau. AC tidak dingin.