“Great location for relaxing holiday.”

Nice and clean resort with very comfortable bed. I was amazed by the location and thd views from the rooms I stayed. The foods is great and the staff were fabulous and very friendly. Very comfinient location to Bunaken. I would stay here again and also recommended to my friends and family. Imelda … more

Nice and clean resort with very comfortable bed. I was amazed by the location and thd views from the rooms I stayed. The foods is great and the staff were fabulous and very friendly. Very comfinient location to Bunaken. I would stay here again and also recommended to my friends and family. Imelda from Australia.

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“Missing maintenance”

This Resort is from approx. 1995, so already some years old. We have been here during off-seson for sightseeing and diving/snorkeling at Bunaken. The Dive-Center is very well eqipped, local diveguide Andi has very much experience and it was a pleasure to dive with him. Prices for Diving is a bit h… more

This Resort is from approx. 1995, so already some years old. We have been here during off-seson for sightseeing and diving/snorkeling at Bunaken. The Dive-Center is very well eqipped, local diveguide Andi has very much experience and it was a pleasure to dive with him. Prices for Diving is a bit higher than in Manado, because you are very close to Bunaken, 670.000 RP per fund-dive, only some minutes by Boat to bunaken and own resort-harbour. Snorkeling is also very good. Make sure to have a underwater-camera with you. Its worth it. The Rooms are already a bit used, in the bathroom the wall-covering of the water supply at the faucet was quite rusty and old. At our first room the Panasonic-AC was working, but not able to keep the adjusted temperature. It was cooling down to lowest temperature. Also at the bathroom the water was not getting hot, even after 10 minutes running and waiting.. Therefore we got a different room with working AC and warm water. At many places it was visible that this resor has a maintenance problem, at the breakfast room the big folding door with several segments was broken, the hinges have been broken out, the screws of the hinges also broken out. Not a big problem to fix, but nobody did it. I guess becaue there is no money planed to fix it.. Seems like the new owner has only a very limited budget for maintenace at the resort since it changed owner some time ago. The staff is very friendly and tried it's best to help with all the small problems, but if the owner is not willing to spend some money in maintenace, all of the staff's good will is not able to solve some problems... The breakfast was average to good, many local dishes, fuits and bread also. Negative and disturbing was that several wild cats at the breakfast room have been begging for food. Only local indonesian guests have been here during our stay, at the weekend its more crowded as monday-thuresday.. Grep Taxi from Manado to Resort is approx. 50.000 - 60.000 rp during our stay. Airport transfer from Hotel was 200.000 rp There is no beach at the resort, as it is in the mangrove area. You have to drive by boat to bunaken to have a beach there, boat transfer is possible. Conclusion: Dear owner, please spend more money for maintenace to this beautyful place!

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“Mr Andy from UK...”

I have just returned from my holiday in Indonesia and stayed at the Grand Luley hotel Manado. I was there for the diving and Mr Anwar and his staff were superb. The dive guides are amazing and can fins all the critter's. Dive Guide Andy and Malos are very funny and very helpful, they really looked … more

I have just returned from my holiday in Indonesia and stayed at the Grand Luley hotel Manado. I was there for the diving and Mr Anwar and his staff were superb. The dive guides are amazing and can fins all the critter's. Dive Guide Andy and Malos are very funny and very helpful, they really looked after me all week and I had a great time diving with them. The big advantage of diving at this resort is its boat ride to Bunaken dive sites are literally 5-10 mins away and you don't need to sped all day on the boat and can return to the hotel for lunch, get showered ready for afternoon diving. The hotel is stunning and has great food and very attentive staff. Mr Ebsan the hotel manager made my stay there very special, he made all the guests very welcome and spoke to them all, proper hotel manager....Thank you Grand Luley and your staff, Pak Anwar, Andy and Malos the dive dive guides and Mr Ebsan for making my stay a memorable one....

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“Nice place - avoid added services”

Pretty compound, nice pool and lobby area, okay rooms - though not bungalows. The main drawback for this hotel is its wildly overpriced restaurant. Unfortunately it is hard to avoid because it is far from alternative options. Food is of highly variable quality. Most offensive is the unannounced 10%… more

Pretty compound, nice pool and lobby area, okay rooms - though not bungalows. The main drawback for this hotel is its wildly overpriced restaurant. Unfortunately it is hard to avoid because it is far from alternative options. Food is of highly variable quality. Most offensive is the unannounced 10% service charge and 10 % tax added to prices already 4 times the typical Indonesian price of a local dish. The same goes for other services such as diving, snorkeling, massage and airport transportation. While the hotel itself is not wildly overpriced - The prices of added services make you feel like dumb for making use of them. Best tip: for snorkelling go to the neighbouring landing site just to the south and charter a boat: nicer and 4 times cheaper. sensitive people people would mind details such as a loose toilet seat and smelly bathrooms. The rigid rules including checkin and out times is a striking contrast to the guest houses I usually prefer.

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