The Slow

Near to Canggu busy spots.

The rooms are great they look like LA loft style, everything is fresh and clean and you have a lot of space in your room. Always Love The Slow, my favourite place with the best people always close, warm. helpful and professional. The new restaurant Maze and the Art Gallery are very cool.

The hotel advertises itself as a place to relax and slow down. And it is that. Except between 4pm and midnight when a DJ plays music to five customers and your $300 a night room throbs with it. Whole stay spoiled and laying here feeling more stressed than I would at home. Don’t bother.

Didn’t get to stay due to a “reservation system issue”. We booked 6 months in advance for the purpose of securing a private pool room, which appeared in the confirmation email, but when we arrived they said pool rooms were booked out. They said their booking system was having issues since COVID but at no point did they get in touch to confirm our room booking despite knowing this issue. Really disappointing to travel all this way & not get what you booked as the pool rooms were a big part of the appeal. We ended up luckily finding different accom last minute, which they tried to help us with, but it was stressful as of course all the good places were booked out. If you’re booking specifically for the purpose of getting a private pool, email them to double check before you arrive.

Theres no doubt that the rooms are lovely - large and contemporary rather than typical Balinese style. There is no tea coffee facilities or even a kettle which was very disappointing for a hotel of this standard. It is in a busy area of town so close to the beach and restaurants etc. This does mean lots of traffic and noise and unable to open windows but that is the pay off for the location. The hotel lacks any outdoor space which is a shame. There is a roof terrace but when we went up with a drink there were a few staff there on the chairs, smoking. They didnt offer us a seat so we left. Such a missed opportunity to make this a nice space for guests. We had booked breakfast included but the breakfast menu then given is different and limited from what is shown online. So turned out not very vegan friendly as expected unless paid for something from main menu. They just remove anything from menu offered then they charge extra for oat milk in the one small coffee you get with your breakfast! We didnt then eat dinner there and didnt see anyone else eat there in the evenings which seemed strange considering the places round about it were very busy. Ovarall felt it was a bit overpriced and wouldnt stay there again.