Ryan Howlett
Google
If you are wondering why Vouk Hotel in Bali is the cheapest 5 star resort that you'll find online, here's why:
It's not a 5 star resort
I stayed for 4 days and i wished that i had spent my money on a nice villa in Bali instead of wasting it at Vouk
Firstly, I'll start with the one and only good thing about Vouk hotel, the staff service. The staff were extremely friendly and always willing to help with a smile, although sometimes I had to wait a little while when i needed something, the staff's pleasant attitude made up for the time i had to occasionally wait.
This unfortunately is it, everything else i experienced at Vouk was bad.
Starting with the hotel itself, it's old, dated, and you can feel the age of the hotel in almost every place that you go to. It feels like a hotel that MIGHT have been a 4 star hotel 25 years ago, but not today in 2025
The rooms are poor, the first room i was put in was on the ground floor and the view from the window/balcony was of some stone and rubble, but this was fine. The main problem was that the room had a horrible drain/sewage smell. I contacted the reception and someone came around 20 minutes later with some drain cleaner, but 1 hour later the room smelled again.
I asked to change rooms and after some time i was able to.
The next room was on the 2nd floor, still with the amazing stone and rubble view, but still had the SAME drain smell only nowhere near as bad as the first room.
Also, the rooms felt like they weren't cleaned properly. The floors felt dirty, the bed had dirt stains on the bed sheets and even a blood stain on the pillow and then the balcony just looked like a dusty old mess.
The breakfast was also very average for a 5 star hotel. Not a huge amount of choice and every day i went for breakfast there was always something that had already finished early. I just wanted a banana normally but 2 of the 4 days, the bananas were already finished by 8am
This trip to Bali was my first time that i thought i would try staying in a hotel instead of the villas that Bali is known for. Now i know to never waste my money on hotels, and just stick with those villas instead.
As i mentioned previously, Vouk claims to be a 5 star hotel but it is far from it, a 3 star hotel AT BEST, but even then, Vouk should really try to at least make sure the beds are clean...
Would not recommend
