Akmani Legian Hotel in Kuta, Bali

Essentials
• Location: Jalan Legian.
• Hotel website: akmanilegian.com
• Hotel phone: +62 (0)361 333 9191
• Check prices for the Akmani

Review of Akmani Legian in Bali.

The Akmani Legian features 2 pools: a long main pool with a nice wooden deck and lots of shade and a smaller infinity pool on the rooftop.

Akmani Legian – Modern, comfortable, compact, and in the heart of the action.

This chic boutique hotel is right in the midst of the shopping and nightlife for which Kuta and Legian are renowned, but rooms are a good distance from traffic (although nightclub noise does travel a lot further). Spread across five floors, rooms overlook the pool with its well-designed wooden deck and tiled areas. However, some of the narrow balconies do look straight into others. The rooms on the ground level are better, featuring inviting double lounge chairs and direct access to the main pool. The highlight is the rooftop pool and its bar/lounge (offering happy hours at sunset), café (with regular evening buffets), and enthralling views of downtown and the distant beach.

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Akmani Legian – The Location

  • Area: Not actually in Legian, but more properly located in Kuta. (The invisible border between Kuta and Legian is about 500m north along the road.) Surrounded by all the facilities that both areas provide, and about 650m from the beach.
  • Address: Jalan Legian No. 91. Along Jalan Legian, the main road (which heads south one-way) through Legian and Kuta, both part of the most popular tourist region in Bali.
  • How to Get There: The only way to/from the airport is by metered taxi or chartered car with a driver. This takes about 20 minutes, depending on traffic.
  • Handy to: All the facilities in Kuta and Legian.

Akmani Legian – The Basics

  • Guests: The set up and location is designed more for packaged tours by younger groups and couples.
  • Kids Club: The Kids Corner consists mostly of a decent selection of toys.
  • Beach: The beach is about 650m away, via Jalan Benesari road, just to the north. The beach is wide and shady, with plenty of drinks stalls on the white sand. Larger waves are often more suitable for surfers, so take care and swim between the flags.
  • Views: Most rooms overlook the pool, which is attractive but often noisy. A few others face the windows and balconies of other rooms.
  • Private Pools/Jacuzzis: Not expected or provided at this sort of midrange boutique hotel in downtown Kuta.

  • Parking: Free and secure underground carpark for guests, but think long and hard before driving anywhere in Bali.
  • How to Book: Booking.com will have the best rates.
  • Phone: +62 (0)361 333 9191
  • Email: reservations@akmanilegian.com
  • Website: akmanilegian.com

Akmani Legian – Amenities

  • Pool: The pool on the ground floor is nicely designed, offering plenty of shade, a wooden deck, and a special area for children. The smaller pool on the rooftop offers views, a decent breeze, and a bar/lounge, and is more suited to younger guests.
  • Spa: East Day Spa offers a decent selection of treatments, far more tempting than the massage parlors around the streets of Kuta/Legian.
  • Fitness Center: Small but adequate for the limited number of guests.
  • Activities: Cooking classes.
  • Other Facilities: Business Center.

Akmani Legian – Food and Drink

  • Restaurants & Bars: Legian Street Food – Good décor facing the road at the front of the resort. Ideal for sampling Indonesian food as well as pasta and wine. • Terrace Restaurant – Open all day, just below the rooftop. Contemporary cuisine and décor, regular buffets, open-plan kitchen, and cooking classes. • H8S Sky Bar – Bar/lounge alongside the rooftop pool. Happy hours at sunset, light snacks, and great views of the streets below (less so the sea).
  • Breakfast: Included in all rates.
  • Room Service: Available 24/7.

Akmani Legian – Rooms

  • Room Types: Classic Room • Grand Deluxe Room • Grand Deluxe Poolside/Access • Suite • List of all Rooms
  • Smoking Rooms: Not allowed in the rooms or most places elsewhere in the hotel. Check with the management before lighting up.
  • Best Room: Suites are considerably nicer, more spacious, and have better furnishings; those on the upper floors are farther from the pool and therefore, quieter.
  • For Families: Some rooms have connecting doors and suites can fit in 1 or perhaps 2 extra single beds.

Akmani Legian – Local Transport

  • Walking: Walkable to everything that Kuta and Legian have to offer.
  • Public Transport: In lieu of any public transport, the Kura-Kura Bus company links Kuta with Ubud and the rest of southern Bali, but schedules are convoluted and routes confusing.
  • Cars, Motorbikes, & Taxis: To go anywhere within southern Bali, hire metered taxis which are abundant, cheap, and comfortable. For longer distances, organize a chartered car with driver (for a negotiable fare). Drivers hang about street corners but it’s best to organize through the hotel. Driving is not recommended anywhere in Bali and renting a car in Kuta is madness. Motorbikes are easy to rent and useful for getting around the backstreets of Kuta, but not so elsewhere in southern Bali.
  • Shuttle Bus: To reach another town outside of southern Bali, e.g. Ubud, buy a ticket at a travel agency for a shuttle bus. The main operator, Perama, provides services all over Bali from its office on Jalan Legian street in Kuta, about 1 km south of the hotel.

Akmani Legian – What’s Nearby?

Best Nearby Restaurants & Bars

    These places are all located along Jalan Legian, which is clogged with traffic and one-way (heading south), so walking is often quicker than taking a taxi.

  • Mama’s German Restaurant – Long-time favorite among expats for drink specials, TV sports, and bratwurst. Less than 100m north.
  • Warung Totemo – Excellent second-floor setting, ideal for views and people-watching. Always superb food. Less than 300m from the hotel. Head north and turn left along Jalan Benesari.
  • Waroeng Tan Poh Bali – Giving respite from the traffic, this delightful oasis offers tasty Indonesian and Western food. Look for signs just north of Warung Etnik.

Nearby Shops

    The hotel is along Jalan Legian, the main shopping street in the Kuta/Legian area, with several minimarts.

  • Beachwalk Shopping Center – For a more congregated and varied selection of places to eat, drink, and shop in comfort, go to this world-class mall. It is located on the beachside road, about 1 km away, via Poppies Lane II (to the south) or Jalan Benesari (to the north). Far quicker by foot than taxi.

Akmani Legian – The Hotel

The hotel is located in the prime tourist region of Kuta.

Although called Akmani Legian, the hotel is along the main road in Kuta, the prime tourist region in Bali.

The hotel is surrounded by several shops and eateries.

Like all hotels in Kuta, the Akmani is squeezed into a limited space and surrounded by endless places to eat, drink, and shop.

The hotel sports a rare underground car park for guests.

Unusually, there is an underground carpark for guests – but only the very brave would drive anywhere in the Kuta/Legian region.

The lobby and rooms are away from the main road.

The lobby is set back 100m from the main road, ensuring that rooms don’t suffer from traffic noise.

Most rooms overlook the large swimming pool.

The pool dominates the hotel, with most rooms overlooking it.

There is a second rooftop pool as well.

A second pool is on the rooftop.

Younger guests prefer the rooftop pool.

The rooftop pool is more popular with younger guests.

The H8S Sky Bar is located by the rooftop pool.

The H8S Sky Bar is alongside the pool on the hotel roof.

The H8S Sky Bar offers rooftop seating with great views.

Seating at the H8S Sky Bar is spread across the hotel rooftop, offering ideal views and a satisfying breeze.

Guests can see the streets of Kuta and Legian from the rooftop.

Views from the pool and rooftop bar/lounge extend to the streets of Kuta and Legian.

Legian Street Food on-site serves authentic Indonesian food.

At street-level but within the hotel building, Legian Street Food is an ideal place for authentic Indonesian food.

Most ground-level pools have direct access to the pool.

All rooms at ground level face the pool and most have direct access from the patio.

The comfortable rooms have full-length windows.

Rooms are comfortable and feature full-length windows facing the patio/balcony.

The compact rooms have plenty of mirrors and windows.

All rooms are compact. Mirrors and windows add to the feeling of spaciousness.

The bathrooms are spacious.

Though the rooms are smallish, bathrooms are a reasonable size.

Mama's nearby serves good German food.

Less than 100m north of the hotel, Mama’s is a long-time favorite serving German food.

Warung Etnik past Mama's is better than other eateries around.

About 100m past Mama’s, Warung Etnik has a setting that is more appealing than most restaurants found along the main road.

Warung Tan Poh is a lovable cafe next to Warung Etnik.

For respite from the traffic, the lovable Warung Tan Poh is just past Warung Etnik.

Warung Totemo on Jalan Benesari serves excellent food.

Always serving superb food, Warung Totemo is less than 300m away via the side street, Jalan Benesari.

Kuta Beach is less than a kilometer from the hotel.

The hotel is about 650m from the renowned Kuta Beach.

The Beachwalk Shopping Center is about 1km from the hotel.

Along the beachside road about 1 km from the hotel, the Beachwalk Shopping Center is home to about 200 shops, cafés, and bars. Check rates and availability: Akmani Legian

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