The Bali House - Cullen Bay, Darwin NT
| Address | 72 Cullen Bay Cres, Larrakeyah NT, Australia |
| Phone | +61 412 738 542 |
| Website | thebalihousedarwin.com.au |
| Categories | Self-Catering Accommodation, Lodging |
| Rating | 4.5 2 reviews |
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The Bali House - Cullen Bay, Darwin NT reviews
2Excellent accommodation. Was perfect for our family get together. Location excellent.
Bali House provides unique accomodation in the style of a Balinese house with lots of open air spaces. The house is located in a beautiful part of Darwin right on the water in Cullen Bay. It's a short walk around the bay to a wide selection of restaurants and cuisines.
The house consists of 4 pavilions surrounding a 10m unheated pool. The pavilions house two bedrooms (double storey), one bed room (single storey), common lounge/kitchen area and a separate pavilion for dining. Both the kitchen and dining pavilions have nice views of the bay and moored boats.
Each bedroom has its own bathroom, in the open Balinese style. This may be a nice experience for some, but might be bothersome for others who prefer a more enclosed environment.
Every bedroom has air-conditioning as does the dining pavilion. The top bedroom on the double storey pavilion can get ghastly hot, but does cool down reasonably quickly with the aircon.
There is an older flat screen TV in the kitchen/dining pavilion, and a smaller TV in the top floor bedroom.
There are two lovely outdoor seating areas, one undercover off the kitchen pavilion and one exposed near the private jetty.
There are also plenty of nooks and crannies where you can curl up with a good book. The dining pavilion has a pretty bench seat framed by views of the bay.
A laundry is hidden away in the corner with dryer, washer and ironing board.
Overall we really did enjoy ourselves for our week stay.
Just a few observations:
* The house really does need a little refurbishment.
* Particularly all the horizontal surfaces, table tops, benches, bench cushions could do with some rejuvenation.
* We were here at the beginning of the wet season, and if you are mosquito prone, there are a LOT of them. Particularly in the outdoor bathrooms
* There is no WiFi, which is quite surprising in this day and age.
* The TV does need an upgrade to a smart TV to allow guests to stream their own entertainment (assuming there is WiFi)
* Cellular reception is excellent and fast
* If you plan on cooking check there is gas supplied to the cooktop (there is a separate gas BBQ). There did not appear to be any gas during our stay.
As I said we thoroughly enjoyed our stay but it needs a little spruce up.