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Reviews of Diary home stay

No 20 Jalan Goutama, 80571 Ubud, Indonesia

#567 of 816 B&Bs and Inns in Ubud

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 41 hotel reviews

7.9

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.0

  • Comfort

    8.2

  • Location

    9.3

  • Facilities

    7.9

  • Staff

    8.7

  • Value for money

    8.7

  • Free WiFi

    5.0

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  • Reviewed: 10 June 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I feel the room needs some love. It is a budget stay but my bedsheets had multiple stains on them, which made me a bit uncomfortable. So did the sink in the bathroom. Nothing major - really fixable, easy to improve things.

    Super central location and still super quiet - you cannot hear Ubud’s busy traffic at all. It is run by a really lovely family and their Warung is right down stairs to try some local cuisine. You have plenty of restaurants and shops around.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 13 May 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Lovely stay in a balinese traditional house / compound. In the mittle of the goutama street but very quiet. I stayed in the room on the top floor and had a very nice view. they also have a very cute restaurant with great balines food. The family is sooo friendly. Would come again.

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 April 2025

    8.0
    A nice stay in Goutama Street
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Ran out of water for shower a couple of times during my 6 day stay, but mention it as it seems that the water container can run out and need refilling. Also disappointed as there are people burning rubbish at times during the day and often in the mornings, even when it’s still dark. The a/c can drag the smoke into the bedrooms… it’s so unhealthy and who wants to visit a country only to go home feeling worse than when they arrived.

    Great location in the centre of Goutama street where it is more pedestrianised. I had an upstairs room with lovely views over the roofs of Ubud. Staff are lovely, helpful and my room was large and very comfortable. Balcony was nice to sit out on. There’s a kettle in room and tea. Warung downstairs and a massage place as you enter from the street. Also water is provided from a large container and you can refill your water bottle from this. There is also hot water for shower :)

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 2 January 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Small little gem hidden in Central Ubud (but far enough from the busy streets), close to everything. Kadek and his family are wonderful, super friendly and helpful hosts. Definitely need try Kadeks amazing food in his little Warung if you want to experience local food!

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 November 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The only problem were geckos in my room. I’m afraid of them but they made noises at night and it wasn’t really nice. The host was very helpful with that too.

    The hosts are very nice. I felt very comfortable there from the very beginning. The room is okay, nothing fancy, but it was pretty cozy for me.

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 August 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    There was no staff to ask for service

    First floor with cool view on neighbourhood

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 August 2024

    8.0
    Good room in center Ubud
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It can be hard to find the entrance in the street The toilet leaked with a lot of water in the bathroom

    Location is perfect in center Ubud but also very quiet Family is really friendly and nice AC

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 24 June 2024

    9.0
    Lovely peaceful place
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No fridge and the bed was one queen bed although I booked two twins.

    Very welcoming family and so kind The room was clean My balcony view

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 May 2024

    9.0
    Would definitely recommend anyone to stay here, location is amazing and staff are great
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We struggled in the evenings to get the wifi in the room working, throughout the day was always fine.

    The location was perfect couldn’t have asked for a better place, the staff were so friendly and made us feel very welcome all the time.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 April 2024

    9.0
    All in all I loved it a lot. I’ll definitely stay there again.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    They didn’t clean my room. The one time they did I had to ask. Which also made it awkward to ask for toilet paper or other things. I was there for a total of 8 days so that’s a long time to not have linen or towels changed. The lock to the door was broken so I had to use a bike lock to put through the two handles. The doona blanket doesn’t have a cover on it but asked for a sheet to try make it better.

    The owners are nice, it’s a very homely feel I felt very safe the whole time. It’s very clean inside. The rooms are very up to date and the aircon works well. Location is better than you could ask for. The bathroom is clean and modern.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 April 2024

    9.0
    Amazing place in Ubud
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    nothing

    good location clean room friendly owners the air conditioning works perfect quiet place comfortable bed

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 March 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 4 nights

    I booked the place for very affordable price but a few things could be improved: - The cleanliness was not good, it was still dusty and you could feel the humidity in the bathroom and the weird smell in the room - The bed sheets and pillow cases look very used and not very pleasent - The family has small kids, so you will hear them running around at 7 am. If you sleep until late time, it's definetely not for you. But I paid small price, so the it was worth the value

    I would like to highlight that the family was very friendly and helpful. The location in my opinion is really good, on the cute Gotama street with lots of cafes but it was quiet, not far from the market, you can walk to rice fields as well. They had all the necessary things AC, towels, soap, even kettle and coffee in the room

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 August 2023

    9.0
    Will come back for sure. Recomended
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 10 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Located in a very famous and busy area, yet it’s very quiet.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 23 August 2023

    8.0
    Good price quality
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The sealing was a bit broken

    Great location and very friendly owner

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 7 June 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    wifi was really bad

    nice little room in the center of Ubud, quiet, comfy bed

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 22 April 2023

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Big spaces between the sliding doors from where the bugs could crawl in

    Quiet, spacious and bright room, balcony, hot water, nice staff

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 6 February 2025

    10
    really good stay, i absolutely recommend it ! everything was clean, comfortable, quiet. the location in ubud is perfect
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    nothing, everything was good !

    everything was clean, comfortable and the price was really good for what offers !

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 2 January 2025

    2.0
    Very poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The host didn’t respond to any of my messages all day, I arrived at 9pm and he was rushing to finished getting the room ready. The linen on the bed wasn’t clean - I only realised when I went to bed and it was late so I didn’t want to disturb and had nowhere else to go.

    The room is nicely furnished and the shower pressure is good.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 August 2024

    10
    great stay and lovely family, try the warung onsite, excellent food.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    spacious room and bathroom

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 3 July 2024

    1.0
    Unsafe and the owners will lie
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    - Upon checking in, I was advised that the door to the room was broken and therefore didn’t lock. I was provided a bike lock to wrap around the handles as an alternative. I asked if there were any other rooms available as I wasn’t comfortable with this, because it didn’t seem safe and I was staying there as a lone female. I was told that there weren't any available and that ‘you can cancel if you don’t like it’. This was a non-refundable booking, so cancelling it would have meant losing all of my money. I therefore had no choice but to stay at the property, as I can’t afford to just lose money like that. - The door wouldn’t even lock from the inside, so I had to use the bike lock from the inside of the room, too. The host said I didn’t need to do this, but I wasn’t going to sleep in a room alone with the door completely unlocked. - I reported this to Booking and the owner outright lied, saying I was offered another room and refused it - why would I do this? I'm disgusted at how dishonest this host is. - The Wi-Fi was also awful. I work online and wasn’t able to use it 90% of the time because the signal was so weak and it would repeatedly disconnect. - One of the plug sockets by the bed didn’t work at all and the other one had such low power that it was unusable. I ended up having to use the one in the other side of the room. Annoying. - Cleanliness was really poor. They hadn’t even wiped the bedside tables, as they still had very obvious dirt on them. There were also tons of spider webs in the wardrobe, and huge ones in the bathroom around the tiles. - I had quite a few tiny ants in the bed on more than one occasion. I honestly don’t understand the high reviews for this place. I have stayed in far cheaper places across Indonesia (& the rest of Asia) and had nicer rooms, better service, and safer accommodation. You need to seriously lower your standards to stay here. Fortunately, I paid on my credit card so I'll be getting a refund through that :)

    - Unfortunately, I have nothing good to say about this home stay after my experience with the host providing me with an unsafe room and then lying about it.

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 June 2024

    4.0
    Honest review!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Cleaning is not properly done, cockroaches are flying everywhere from the wash room to the room, and bugs and spiders from outside the house. Just a night we stayed in the place due to this incident, and the owner just said “oh we can only spray that” lol. There’s a smelly moist in the washroom and no other things you will see in the washroom except handwash the rest you need to buy. Recommended to stay if your not that kind of freaking out of the insects.

    Just in city center- can walk from Ubud Market and some restaurants and cafes in the street- yet super duper traffic in the area

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 April 2024

    10
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very well located and the owners are very nice

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 March 2024

    5.0
    Add a bit of cleaning and care and it would be a good stay!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Room smelled bad (like a cat had peed), told the Owner its smelling bad but they smiled only. Later I requested a Incent stick but it did not help. Another bad smell came from shower drain that has not been cleaned inside for longer... Aircon was also black inside and the Pillows had mold on it (2 new Pillows are roughly 8€...). Kids were jumping in front of the Room at 8am already. With a bit of dedication and cleaningness, this could be a good stay....

    The Location is excellent. The upper Rooms might be better, but the last room on Groundfloor: Avoid it if you can (unless a full deep cleaning would be done).

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 March 2024

    10
    I absolutely loved my stay here! The room is very comfortable and clean, with air conditioning and a fen. The view from
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everything!

    Stayed in March 2024

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