SIX SENSES ULUWATU Bali, Indonesia【4K Resort Tour & Review】GORGEOUS Cliff Side Resort
Vložit
- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- Hi there! My name is Kevin and today we are going to see my 4K Hotel Tour & Review of the gorgeous Six Senses Uluwatu in Bali, Indonesia. In this honest & unsponsored 5-Star Resort Tour, I will give you all of the details about the setting, pools, spa, suites & villas, restaurants and of course all of the food on offer- all wrapped up with The Flip Flop Score.
💎 Join my PATREON!: www.bit.ly/tfft_patreon
🧳 Shop ALL of my Gear on AMAZON: www.amazon.com/shop/theflipfl...
My Other Channels
🛫 ROAM ABOVE (Extended Inflight Videos): www.bit.ly/tfft_RA
🚶♂️ ROAM (Walking Videos & Slow TV) www.bit.ly/tfft_R
🏝 Rate Details
Room Category (Booked): Sky Suite
Room Category (Received): Sky Suite with Pool
Nightly Rate: 60.000 IHG Points
Refundable: Yes
Breakfast Included: Yes
📽 Next 5 Videos
⇢ 18 Aug: Belmond Jimbaran Puri
⇢ 20 Aug: Samsara Ubud Bali
⇢ 24 Aug: Conrad Bali
⇢ 26 Aug: Vietjet Air Denpasar (Bali) - Saigon
⇢ 28 Aug: Iberostar Selection Santa Eulalia Ibiza
⏰ Videos posted at:
9:00 (New York), 14:00 (London), 20:00 (VN), 23:00 (Sydney)
--Video Chapters--
0:00 Resort Preview
00:23 Intro
00:34 Driving to Uluwatu
01:05 Arriving at Resort
01:28 Entrance
01:41 Arrival Pavilion
02:34 Welcome Drink & Snacks
02:53 Resort Location
03:18 Supersonic Golf Buggy Tour
04:30 San Fran in Bali
04:56 Swimming Pools & Ponds
05:22 The Views!
05:35 The Cliff Views!!
06:12 Peak Beauty
06:22 Sea Turtles
06:40 Six Senses Spa
07:30 Fitness Center Glance
07:45 Sky Suite with Pool Tour, Bedroom & Bar
10:55 Sky Suite with Pool Tour, Bathroom & Closet
12:42 Sky Suite with Pool Tour, Terrace & Pool
13:42 To The Boulevard
14:00 Walking The Boulevard
15:14 Outdoor Cinema
15:30 The Cliff Bar
15:44 Dinner at Rocka
16:14 Rocka Menu
17:30 Good Morning Uluwatu
17:47 The Ocean Lobby
18:11 Wedding/Event Pavilion
18:34 Cliff Bar
19:02 Breakfast @ Rocka
20:35 Gardens, Goats & Chickens
20:57 Final Thoughts
21:18 The Flip Flop Score
Music featured in this video is licensed under an Artlist Unlimited License.
This is NOT a promotional video. I pay for all of my flights and hotels (and I always tell you how much!) so I can be as honest and impartial as possible. I do not receive any special treatment that wouldn’t otherwise be publicly accessible, in fact, the hotels and airlines have no idea about my visit and that's the way I like it!
#sixsenses #bali #hotelreview
I just have to stop by to compliment you on the production quality and informative nature of the reviews. Greatly appreciate it and I’ll be following for the foreseeable future!
Hopefully for the unforeseeable future that will follow that as well! Thanks for watching 🙏
I am a palm curator and collector in south Florida, and I am impressed with the utilization of exotic palms in Bali there were a lot of Palmyra (Borassus flabellifer) palms at this location and in ep. 99 there were a lot of Black (Normanbya normanbyi) palms being utilized. Most resorts (that I've seen or been to) in the tropics have a couple token exotics but Bali sems to be more conscious of the diversity of palms. I'm sure it comes down to availability and cost but just the same it's good to see well landscaped resorts. By the way, the goat cameo was much appreciated. You're almost at 10k, that's great!
Yes Bali certainly takes its landscaping seriously! Interesting to know about the palms they chose. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Lovely view
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Inflation is killing my budget and my salary, I can't invest and it seems like I will need to sell a part of my stock portfolio to keep my head above the water this time. "Stock and Crypto"
I do like the Uluwatu area even though it is far off from the busy sides of Bali. Love the dramatic cliffs. I once arrived at a small obscure private villa in Uluwatu late at night. Think the driver took me on the same “short cut” route from the airport, and it just looked like he was taking me to a secluded no man’s land. I was worried and the drive felt like forever haha. Then of course when I had actually arrived, I could see the beauty of the lit up property and feel so relieved. Some properties in Bali do bother lighting up their hotels even till midnight. It adds to their charms. Always an interesting experience in Bali. Thank you for another great review, Kevin. Love the manicured landscape and foliage choices at this Six Senses Bali.
Yes it was certainly off the beaten path. In some countries I traveled to I’d very much worry where I was being taken had such a road come up (but no worries in Bali, of course!). Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
I love your camera work and how you pan slowly with thought and purpose. Well done! 👍
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Just returned yesterday from five wonderful days at Six Senses Uluwatu. Not having ever been to Six Senses property before we had no preconceived notion. The property is absolutely gorgeous & the people are very friendly & helpful, but like you mentioned sometimes things get
lost in interpretation. We too had a GEM person who dropped us off at our room & never heard from again, quite a difference from the week before at Fairmont Maldives.
Incredible that you were there for 5 days and had the same GEM experience I had. A part of me assumed my experience may have been related to my short stay, but I guess not.
Either way though I agree it’s a stunning setting and am glad you enjoyed your stay! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Thank you! Love this video.
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
All the hotel reviews I'm looking for are on you. I love it. Honest reviews are perfect
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Second! Great video!
Thanks for watching 🙏
Wow. Amazing!! ♥️😍😍
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
I love the ocean view from cliff, oh bali have the many beautiful places to see anything you want,, and I love the way you filming it,, keep it up ❤
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
The filming was very beautiful, those cliffs tho...I would describe the resort as subdued, great video and you have the coolest watermark on you tube 🥰 And as always Aloha from Hawaii
Why watermark is flattered by the compliments :) Thanks for watching 🙏
@@tfft You've been to the Seychelles, I plan to be there in March, how did you like it? It's my #1 bucket list place
I’ve not been actually. Would love to do a Zanzibar, Mauritius, Seychelles loop sometime next year!
i like the honest review of your vlog
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Despite the occasional shortcomings, it is still a beautiful property. The cliff views are magnificent and how awesome is it that you see turtles?!?!
Always love a good turtle view 😅
I believe no other travel vlogger makes quality video like you do. your a legend keep it up
Thanks very much for the kind words 🙏🏻
Wow amazing resort Bali🇮🇩 love from CentralJava Indonesia🇮🇩 💪👍
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
13:54 hahha the blvd of broken dreams since you didnt get to see the sun set! :) this IS an excellent place
Yes and no 😂 If I did make it to bar in time for sunset then I surely would have missed that shot of the sunset from the restaurant. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
thanks kevin for showing me a quality content
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
You should try Jumana Ungasan resort located at Uluwatu as well. The cliff egde villa has a breathtaking view that rarely other villa has to offer, while melasti beach is just 10min drive from the resort and plenty of beach clubs to chill and relax.
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
The one in Istanbul looks intriguing
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Great video Kevin. I stayed here in early July and echo some of your comments. There were a lot of little things that kept it at good instead of great. How was the shower water pressure? Ours was so low that the rain shower head was basically a drip and was curious if our room, 108, was a one off or not. Water temp in ours was also blocked at the medium level so it couldn’t get beyond lukewarm which was a definite bummer as well.
Shower pressure was fine for me. Wasn’t great but these days I find the majority of hotels built in the last 5 years or so always have weak pressure due to low flow devices being installed. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Beautiful resort....
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
great video. maybe you need a drone in future
I have one, but the majority of resorts where you’d think to use are either within an airport exclusion zone or the resort itself explicitly prohibits it (typically when there are some sort of private pool villas…).
I don’t want any governments fining me 😊
The view on 18:50 really is breathtaking ❤ Wish the footage to be longer
Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🎉
I have a complimentary 5 night Suite upgrade (and a fee night) from IHG Mylestone program and was thinking of This place. Now not sure as entry level price is not economical for me and I am really looking for that WOW factor and a solo traveller so its all about me. But time will tell. Every video opens my eyes to more and more I think its great.
I’m not sure exactly the terms of your upgrade certificate and how it would work since the lowest category here is called a “suite”. While I’m sure there are other properties in Bali Where it would also be an option- if I had such a certificate the first two places I’d be thinking about in the region are the new Kimpton in Samui and the Regent in Phú Quốc- possibly even the Kimpton in Bali.
I’ll not I’ve not been to any of these three yet as they’ve all just opened but they’re on the top of my list for between now and the end of 2023. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Thank you for your video, on your next visit perhaps you can visit the newly open Umana Bali, LXR Hotel. The rate is similar to other luxury resort in Uluwatu, but you can use Hilton Honors point to get a good deal, especially when they have 100% bonus now when you purchase points.
Thanks for sharing ✈️
Wow a big resorr
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Really enjoy the real and honest information you provide. After being to Six Senses Laamu twice, it is hard to book this hotel knowing that the GEM and Six Senses touch really make the entire stay. Maldives is a hard setting to beat, but I am so keen to do Vietnam, Thailand or Bali. I'll keep watching videos looking for inspiration to celebrate by 40th next year! Thank you!
I can say for sure that both VN Six Senses and Yao Noi in Thailand certainly give a better experience than here. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
@@tfft thank you so much! I am hoping to get there soon. After our last trip Six Senses Laamu & then Soneva Jani, I feel I've set the bar too high and struggling to find a match! The white sand & overwater villas are just a real treat. I hope VN or Thailand can compare 🤞🏼
Yes- that’s actually why I won’t be featuring anything from the Maldives until 2024… I need to build up to it so I don’t lose my audience with the surely “basic” videos that will follow it 😂
@@tfft 😂😂
I can highly highly recommend Six Senses Laamu & Soneva Jani is just out of this world 🌎 👌🏼 have you been to Soneva Kiri? If I make it to Thailand I wonder if Kiri or Six Senses is the better option.
This is just a tidbit of heresy- but I’ve had a conversation with a manager at SS prior who has managed multiple properties (including in the Maldives) and he said clearly that Six Senses Yao Noi (Phuket) is the best of all of the properties.
I visited here during their soft opening. Back then the breakfast was only offered from an extensive a la carte menu. much more luxurious than now but with a drawback. The service was really slow. I guess its a cost cutting measure by IHG after the take over?
I am also puzzled to why they didn't offer you the breakfast a la carte menu. Anyways you didn't miss out much since there are only a few dishes you can order from.
Also I am glad you didn't pay extra for the pool villa. Not worth the price.
In general, the food and cocktails at this resort were not up to my expectations. Another thing I didn't like were the complimentary bottled purified rain water and cheap looking plastic flip flops in the room. I do appreciate sustainability but the bottled water had a very odd taste to my liking.
And depending on the night, noise from the neighboring club Savaya(previously Omnia day club) could get really annoying.
The only reason I plan to visit this resort again is because of the stunning main infinity pool🙂
Thank you for the wonderful review!
I tend to arrive at breakfast the minute it opens so I can film without other guests. I think this, combined with a newly hired server (I don’t expect or need all staff to speak great English, but if you don’t know “omelette” it might be your first day 😂) is what led to it. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
great video! may i know what camera do you use?
An iPhone 12PM and 13PM. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
I love our content it’s super nice!
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
I saw 2 gimbals on your Amazon link, which one did you use for this clip ?
They’re essentially the same thing but I prefer the model 4 (older one) because the shape is more comfortable in my hand. I carry the model 5 just as a backup. Most people would probably prefer the 5 since it’s smaller and the head can extend like a selfie stick. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Huge fan of your work and have watched and "liked" many of your videos during vacation planning. Does this property have any beach access? It's not mentioned on your video or their website so I'm presuming no? Thanks.
Correct, there is no accessible beach here. Any waterline/coastline shots you see are representative of all of the coastline in this area. Thanks for watching 🩴
Thank you@@tfft! Hoping you can review Ibah and Tanah Gajah in Ubud one of these days. And the Legian in Seminyak! Thanks again.
Gardens, Goats and Chickens the later definitely an after thought and lm not big on it within a resort. You think it's hard reading the pictures beside the bed, just imagine reading the on screen menus l screen shot them expand the pic then still need to put my glasses on 🤣. Few more friends and you are at 10k subs 👍
Your comment was held for review by CZcams. I would genuinely love to know what the AI over-lords thought was offensive in your text 😂. Thanks as always Vanessa.
@@tfft : Goodness who knows, perhaps those YT moderators are not at that age/stage in life that they need glasses to read the ingredients list on an item in the Supermarket hence they missed my point. I'm definitely not an inappropriate comment person 👍
How would you compare this (and other resorts you've been to in Uluwatu) vs the AYANA BALI? I've always felt that to be the gold standard but seems like this could be even better
I’ve never been to Ayana so I can’t comment for sure. From what I do know about the hotel, I think they put too much emphasis on their sunset bar which is generally a turn off for me (as in any resort putting all of their attention into one venue vs. the full resort experience is usually a good indicator that the resort may be lacking in other areas…). Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Can you do a review of club med Bali please.
Perhaps! But won’t be back in Bali for the next year or two. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
first comment ☝️😂
Thanks for watching 🙏
Awesome, really awesome. First hotel I would like to travel to with my 18 year old beautiful wife :))) really, awesome...
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
i always like your honest review. did you ask a room upgrade at check in? was it peak season when you got offered a room upgrade? i think suite pool does not have privacy due to open edge to the neighbor’s pool.😅 are there many Koreans?
No, I never ask for room upgrades, as I said in this video, I was offered one due to IHG status.
One suggestion: please try to include the feedback or atleast some insights on the kids area as the same is very critical for families
Will keep it in mind. Note that when I think a kids program (that I can see at least) is above or below average, I'll generally call it out. If there's not a mention of it, it's what I would consider a "standard" offering. Thanks for watching 🙏
@@tfft sure
Also, please carry on with the good work... Also, really liking your Bali series 👍
Not really a kids friendly resort IMHO
Is breakfast included or do you need status or pay cash?
Mine was included. It depends on the rate you pay. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
giá phòng bao nhiêu ạ, có bao gồm ăn uống ko a
Giá cả được rao bán công khai trên tất cả các trang du lịch, nhìn chung khởi điểm khoảng 14 triệu. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Awalys love your content
Thanks for watching 🙏
are the prices + 000 on menu ie 25,000 not 250
Correct, standard practice in Indonesia & Vietnam. Would be 250,000 though, not 25,000. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
@@tfft thanks
Can you do drone video? I’ll be your drone pilot and pay for my own trip too.
😂 Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
I thought Platinum is not recognized at Six Sense, only RA
Six Senses gets full IHG Elite benefits. I think you're confusing it with the fact that Ambassadors get benefits only at ICs and SS.
@@tfft I heard a lot of Amb got laughed at when they ask for upgrade in SS
@@tfft I have noticed that you can't book 3 adults into a regular villa. If you try to book 3 adults, the only options are the Family villa or the large Reserve Villa
totally agreed with your assessment . Six Senses in Ninh Van Bay & Con Dao are far much better
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Price?? In dollars
As shown in the description, my stay was a points redemption. You can check your preferred website for current prices in dollars. Thanks for watching.
It just doesn't feel like a six senses. beautiful, love the pathways but feels more corporate. Hope IHG isn't changing the Six Senses brand more towards this direction.
This one was developed before IHG I believe. The newer ones feel more SS-ish than this one.
Alright, I don’t know if this video is sponsored or not, but I am right now at this hotel and I wanna to tell you how it’s really looks like. Let’s start with my room, actually my second room… When I arrived at Six Senses, I had to wait an hour for a “water circulation process” in my penthouse pool. I’ve eaten some lunch during this time at the bar (very “normal” quality of food, not what I was expecting). After an hour I was driven to this penthouse, the room ending is on a 3 star level (literally I saw better made rooms in a 3 star hotels) everything looked hardly used, like old so I checked how old is this resort- 5 years, it looks like 20 year hotel without renovation (and I paid 1300$ per night), so very disappointing, and water in my pool was green like in a lake (I was moved to different room after 7 hours because they couldn’t repair it) unfortunately that is NOT the only bad thing here, the drinking water in a room is really interesting, on the bottle there was a date of bottling this water it was 19.08.2022, but I moved in on 15.08.2022….. and it tastes like a salty water from the tap, on the breakfast I asked a lady which seemed like a manager if that’s water from the tap, and she said- “yes Sir, but I have permission to do this, but you can PAY for different water”, guys really I am not the poorest person on the earth, but I think that paying for a water in 5 star hotel (normal water) is mistake, and the fact you are drinking water from the tap in such a hotel is terribly disappointing. I can write much more about bad things (few times I got dirty fork few times, the room is just dirty even after cleaning, service is just bad, prices are not reasonable, bad quality food) lets write about good things- the view is stunning, really you can see turtles from the balcony- that is the only good thing (you are paying for the view). So that is 5 star hotel on a 3 star level, totally overpriced, if this is 5 year old hotel for the next 5 years it will be ruin. Don’t come here.
No idea why you’d question if my review which I paid for out of pocket was sponsored or not. I pointed out quite a few weaker points and only raved about the beauty of the landscaping and location. Sucks that your experience wasn’t great but don’t appreciate the unwarranted insinuation.
@@tfft Sorry, but in my opinion this hotel is even worse than you showed
I wish there was no subtitles I keep reading it instead looking at video😔
Lol so turn them off! You have full control.
Awesome
Thanks very much for watching
I am a huge fan of Six Senses overall, but underwhelmed by their newer properties like this one. Bali has too many luxe resorts to choose from and this one is not among the best IMO. I am awaiting the Regent Canggu. Six Senses have so many larger properties under construction too (like Dubai The Palm) which just look horrible. The days of Yao Noi, Zighy Bay, and Con Dao are long gone I think. IHG has commercialised them too much. I have high hopes for the upcoming Belize and Victoria Falls properties though.
Agree with the Bali property- and Regent Canggu is also my most anticipated opening this year (hopefully).
Very detailed and thorough review. I completely agree this is NOT the six senses as we know it. The decor and furnishings look cheap, poorly put together and overall an average resort when its aiming to be labelled as ultra luxurious. I just came back from thailand where i stayed at the six senses on yao noi island and that was spectacular.
SS in Thailand is certainnly another level. Thanks for watching 🩴
It’s not worth $1000 AUD per night by the looks of it, great review though ❤
Thanks for watching 🩴
Wow, a bad buffet at six senses. Inexcusable.
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Now that Six Senses has been sold and is not more independent, it is getting standardized and losing its dna... Sad...
Well, this one was opened before the sale.
wonderful video !
If you are struggling with your income, just work on yourself and update yourself with high income skills, then you can get paid more. this is the only way you can increase your income. a fellow creator.......
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Can you leave your email please
Addresses are blocked from my comments. You can find my email on the About tab of my YT page. Thanks for watching 🙏
@@tfft Your welcome I like the professional way you present your video and the honesty you share.