Westin Nusa Dua

Hi all. The Westin Nusa Dua in Bali definitely deserves a Blog Post all of its own.

We visited this hotel to celebrate my mother's 80th birthday. We were welcomed to the hotel as if we were long lost family, even though we had never been there before. During check-in, we were handed a cool drink while the front desk manager came to welcome us. We were taken to our rooms which were clean, very comfortable and very well appointed.

We had a comfortable king size bed, a large flat screen TV with a DVD player. The room opened up to a porch facing onto the gardens, with the sea and beach about 30 meters (yards) to our left. There was a coffee plunger in the room with an electric kettle. Filter coffee and tea was provided, as were six bottles of water per day; quite sufficient.

The beach chairs were plentiful. There was shade from thatched beach "umbrellas" and from the trees. The sea was warm and flat.

The beach vendors were very friendly, as usual, but were well controlled, so that they did not become a nuisance.

Each morning of our one week stay, we would meet for breakfast. There were six of us. Breakfast was definitely one of our highlights. The food was fantastic! We had a choice of full Western breakfast including fruit, cereals, breads, eggs made to order, juices, coffee and teas and even espresso's and cappuccino. There was also Japanese and Chinese foods for breakfast. We would spend at least two hours eating, chatting and generally enjoying the pleasant open air restaurant, the food and the company. The breakfast staff could not have been more helpful, even giving us titbits of information about the resort, the local surroundings and Bali in general.

We ate dinner in the hotel's restaurant once. The food was tasty and plentiful, but we found it expensive compared to the local places in Nusa Dua, which were only a short ten minute walk.

We thoroughly enjoyed our vacation in Bali using the Westin Nusa Dua as our base. My mother has told me that if she returns to Bali, she will definitely stay there again.

Well done to all the staff and management at the Westin.

Thank you!!