Hotel Review: Andaz Bali (Andaz Deluxe Suite)

It is no secret that Sanur is my favourite corner of Bali. While Seminyak and Canggu have become synonymous with gridlocked scooters and queues outside beach clubs, Sanur has always moved at a gentler pace, with quiet streets, negligible traffic, and a beachfront promenade that makes staying here genuinely walkable. That character is changing, however. Gentrification has arrived in earnest, and a number of the older warungs and long-standing restaurants I used to frequent have been torn down to make way for new developments. For this trip I chose the Andaz Bali, and used a World of Hyatt Suite Upgrade Award to secure an Andaz Deluxe Suite for the whole duration of my stay.

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Living Room
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

If you recall my previous stays in Sanur, I have worked my way through a fair few of the neighbourhood's better-known properties, including the Hyatt Regency Bali and the Holiday Inn Resort Bali Sanur, so the Andaz Bali was the obvious next box to tick. This time I booked through American Express Platinum's The Hotel Collection, which requires a minimum two-night stay and comes with a USD 100 property credit to spend during the stay. Stacking that credit on top of the Suite Upgrade Award meant I was effectively paying a base rate while sitting in the living area you see here, a generously proportioned space with dark timber panelling running the full length of the wall, a four-seater dining table, and a deep L-shaped sofa dressed in batik-print cushions that nod to the local craft tradition without tipping into pastiche.

Living Room
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

The living area is where the suite makes its case. Space is not in short supply, and the layout gives the dining table and the seating area enough separation that neither feels crowded. What elevates it is the wall that sits behind the large television, a full-height composition of hand-carved Balinese timber panels framed by woven rattan and backlit with a warm strip of concealed lighting. The television sits flush within it, and the personalised welcome screen was a nice touch on arrival. Directly off the entrance corridor behind the timber doors, sits the bathroom, which is accessible without walking through the bedroom. More on that later, because it deserves its own section.

Dining Area
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

Having both a dedicated seating area and a proper four-seater dining table is a genuine luxury in a resort suite, and it changes how you use the room. The dining table is inlaid with a woven geometric pattern and paired with rattan-backed chairs, sitting beneath a caged pendant lamp that throws a soft glow over the timber panelling behind it. It is far more civilised than balancing a takeaway container on your lap. On that note, ordering in via Grab or Gojek is very much worth doing in Sanur, where the local warungs deliver for a fraction of what you would pay for in-room dining. The caveat is that drivers are not permitted into the resort grounds, so you will need to walk out to the front entrance to collect your order yourself. A minor inconvenience, and one worth the five-minute stroll.

Welcome Amenities
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

Waiting on the dining table was a welcome amenity that, unusually, leaned local rather than generic. A ceramic banana-leaf dish held a pile of salak, the Balinese snake fruit, with a card explaining how to peel it for anyone encountering it for the first time. Alongside sat a pouch of roasted cashew nuts sourced from Muntigunung in North Bali, a bar of Andaz-branded coconut chocolate, and a glass cloche covering a selection of traditional jajan Bali sweets.

Consistent with the Andaz brand standard, the minibar snacks and non-alcoholic beverages are complimentary and replenished daily. The drawer held a decent local spread, with Indonesian banana chips and Bali peanut garlic crackers just to name a few. There was also a selection of teabags, while the fridge below was stocked with Aqua mineral water, soft drinks, juices, and a Silverqueen chocolate bar. It is a benefit that quietly adds up over a multi-night stay, and one of the more practical reasons I keep coming back to the Andaz brand over its Hyatt stablemates.

Balcony
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

Sliding doors open onto a generously sized balcony that functions as a genuine second living space rather than a token ledge with two chairs. A curved bamboo screen wraps the corner for privacy, a ceiling fan keeps the air moving, and there is both a daybed-style sofa and a round outdoor dining table looking out onto dense tropical greenery. It is the sort of spot where you end up spending far more time than planned, particularly in August when Bali is at its driest and the evenings are noticeably cooler. The trade-off is price. August is peak season, demand is at its highest, and cash rates climb accordingly, so this is precisely the window where a Suite Upgrade Award or a points redemption earns its keep. If you have flexibility, the shoulder months either side offer much the same weather at a fraction of the rate.

Outdoor Area
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

The balcony looked directly out onto one of the resort's pools, which I believe is the adults-only pool given that I never once saw children using it. That made for a remarkably quiet outlook, with the only soundtrack being birds and the occasional splash. Privacy is reasonable rather than absolute. The curved bamboo screen blocks the sightline from the adjacent suite and the curtain of hanging vines does a lot of heavy lifting, but guests walking the pathway to the pool can still see in if they look, so this is not somewhere you would sit unclothed. For reading a book with a coffee in the morning, however, it is close to ideal.

Swimming Pool
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

This is the pool directly outside my suite, and it is the one I used most. Wrapped in dense planting with a carved stone water feature at one end and only a handful of loungers along its edge, it was quiet every time I visited, which reinforced my suspicion that it is the adults-only pool. The trade-off is that it is enclosed by the guest wings on all sides, so there is no view of the beach or the ocean from here. The main pool is considerably larger, better positioned for a full day out of the room, and has proper food and beverage service if you want to order through the afternoon. It also looks out towards the sand. My approach was to use the garden pool for a quick swim between other things and walk over to the main pool when I actually intended to stay put.

Bedroom
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

The bedroom is a proper separate room rather than a nominal divide, and the doors can be drawn fully closed to seal it off from the living area. That matters if you are travelling with someone on a different schedule, or if you simply want to work at the dining table without the light and noise carrying through. The king bed was firm without being unyielding, and I slept well across all three nights. The design continues the theme established in the living room, with a patchwork headboard of batik-upholstered panels set into timber, woven rattan ceiling insets, and a pair of cylindrical lantern pendants flanking the bed in place of conventional reading lights. The bedroom also connects directly through to the bathroom and shower, giving the suite two access points into the wet area, one from the entrance corridor and one from here.

Bedroom
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

Up close, the headboard is the standout piece in the suite. It is assembled from a grid of padded panels upholstered in batik prints of varying scale and colour, ochre, rust and cream, interleaved with blocks of solid timber so the whole thing reads as a textile artwork rather than furniture. Concealed lighting above it washes the wall, and the two lantern pendants hang at a height that works for reading without disturbing anyone beside you. The bed itself sits on the firmer side, which suits me, though anyone who prefers a softer, more yielding mattress may find it takes a night to adjust.

Bedside Panel
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

A closer look at the bedside panel shows the level of thought that has gone into the fit-out. Each side of the bed gets a dual USB-A charging point alongside a 220V socket, plus a bank of switches for ambient, room, lamp, reading and night lighting, so you can adjust everything without getting out of bed. The detail worth flagging for international visitors is that the socket is a universal type, meaning it will accept Singapore's Type G three-pin plugs as well as Type A, C and I without an adaptor.

Bathroom
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

The bathroom is where the suite moves from very good to genuinely memorable, and as mentioned earlier it can be entered from either the bedroom or the entrance corridor off the living room. That dual access sounds like a minor floorplan quirk, but it is surprisingly practical when one person is still asleep and the other wants to shower before an early breakfast. The room runs the full length of the suite in dark volcanic stone, with a twin vanity topped by a pair of carved stone basins, leather-strapped backlit round mirrors, and open timber shelving below for towels and amenities. A freestanding soaking tub sits at the near end, while the walk-in rain shower is fully enclosed in glass at the far end with its own teak stool and a bench for toiletries.

Bath Amenities
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

Bath amenities are presented as three unbranded white pump bottles (shower gel, shampoo and conditioner) sitting on a carved stone ledge within the shower enclosure. The elephant in the room for most properties that have moved to bulk dispensers is that they bolt them to the wall, which is fine until you want to use them in the tub. Here they are free-standing, so you can simply carry them across to the soaking bath at the other end of the room and bring them back afterwards.

Bathroom
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

The double vanity is the centrepiece of the bathroom, and it photographs as well as it functions. Two rough-hewn stone basins sit atop a dark stone counter supported by an open timber frame, with red woven drawers below and a cushioned stool tucked underneath for anyone who prefers to sit while doing their makeup or shaving. The two round mirrors are rattan-framed and suspended on leather straps from a single rail, each with an illuminated ring that provides genuinely usable light rather than the dim mood lighting that so often undermines bathrooms styled this way. A magnifying mirror sits on the counter alongside a tray with glassware, a water carafe and a tissue box in a woven holder.

Bath Bomb
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

A nice touch alongside the tub is the Andaz Bali bath bomb, presented in simple unbleached kraft packaging on a side table next to a vase of tuberose. It is replenished once daily, so you get a fresh one each evening rather than a single token amenity for the whole stay. I made good use of it. The freestanding tub is a deep soaker rather than the shallow decorative sort, and it is comfortably large enough for two if you are travelling as a couple. After a day walking the Sanur promenade in August heat, sinking into it with the bath bomb dissolving away was the single best use of an hour I found all trip.

Toilet
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

The toilet sits in its own enclosed room off the main bathroom, which is the correct arrangement in a suite of this size and something a surprising number of properties still get wrong. It comes with a washlet seat and a wall-mounted control panel, plus a separate handheld bidet spray and its own small stone basin for washing up without having to return to the main vanity. A fully separate water closet with its own door also means the bathroom’s dual access from the bedroom and the living room actually works in practice, since two people can use the space at the same time without either having to wait.

Breakfast
Village Square - Andaz Bali

Breakfast is served at the Village Square, the resort’s central dining precinct, daily from 6.30am through to 11.00am. The long service window is a genuine luxury on holiday, since there is no need to set an alarm to make a 10.00am cut-off. The format is à la carte rather than a conventional buffet, with orders drawn from the four outlets that ring the square (Wok Wok for Indonesian, Fire Fox for grilled items, the Deli & Bakery, and Blue Oven), and it is unlimited, so ordering three or four dishes across a leisurely morning is entirely normal. Seating is either indoors or outdoors under the hanging vines, as pictured, with live Balinese gamelan playing in the mornings - it is comfortably the best resort breakfast I have had in Bali.

The menu is genuinely extensive, which is where the à la carte format pays off. Across the four outlets you can order anything from kimchi jjigae, a breakfast muffin, to made-to-order omelettes done to the way you like, alongside tropical fruit plates and cold-pressed juices in dragon fruit pink and leafy green. Portions are sized sensibly, which is deliberate: because it is unlimited, nothing arrives so large that it stops you ordering the next thing. That combination means you can work through four or five plates across a morning and actually taste the breadth of the kitchen rather than committing to one hefty main and regretting it. The local fruit plate alone is worth ordering daily, with snake fruit, star fruit, dragon fruit, and papaya all making an appearance. Over three mornings I never ordered the same thing twice and never ran out of things I wanted to try.

Beachfront Dining
Fisherman’s Club - Andaz Bali

The resort opens directly onto the Sanur promenade, which remains one of the great pleasures of staying here. Cyclists drift past, fishing jukungs sit pulled up on the sand, and the reef keeps the water flat enough that the whole stretch feels more like a lagoon than an ocean front. But the elephant in the room is what has been happening just behind it. Over the last few years a steady run of the older warungs and long-standing family restaurants along the stretch has been demolished to make way for new developments, many of them are polished restaurants and cafés aimed squarely at a different kind of visitor. Properties like this one are part of that wave, and I am not going to pretend otherwise while writing a review from inside it. Part of what drew me to Sanur in the first place is quietly disappearing, replaced by something slicker and considerably more expensive. It is still my favourite part of Bali, and I expect it will remain so for a while yet, but I would encourage anyone who loves the old Sanur to go back sooner rather than later.

Living Room
Andaz Deluxe Suite - Andaz Bali

I liked the Andaz Bali a great deal. The Andaz Deluxe Suite is a genuinely well-resolved space, the breakfast at Village Square is the best I have had at any resort in Bali, and the complimentary minibar is a quiet benefit that adds up over a stay. The elephant in the room is price. The Andaz frequently runs at close to double the Hyatt Regency Bali, which sits in the same stretch of Sanur and, tellingly, shares the same gym facilities with it. That is a significant premium for two properties serving the same neighbourhood. Which one is right depends on how you travel. If you enjoy a drink, the Hyatt Regency is the stronger pick, because the Regency Club lounge is very good and the evening cocktail hour alone can justify the rate. If you value a quieter resort, more privacy, and a breakfast worth planning your morning around, the Andaz earns the difference.

Andaz Bali
Jl. Danau Tamblingan No.89a, Sanur, Denpasar Selatan, Kota Denpasar, Bali 80228, Indonesia
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