“Very relaxing, lazy hotel. The service included....”
The initial impression of Tepi Sawah was great! The atmosphere is awesome and the rooms are just amazing. That being said, we did request an upstairs room a couple of months before our trip, which they confirmed, then never gave us. We stayed in Bataun 103, which is a gorgeous villa only a stones throw from the restaurant and pool. The room feels very relaxing, and most nights we'd sit on the veranda and enjoy the balmy nights, free from bugs because of the mosquito coils they'd come and light for us each evening.
My only real complaint would be the service. It seems very, very slow. Apart from breakfast, we were always waiting ages for food/drink from the hotel restaurant. We were also left stranded in the middle of Ubud one night because the shuttle bus never came to pick us up (booked for 8pm and we waited til 8:40), and no-one really seemed to care when we mentioned it. And after our mains were brought out at the main restaurant, they seemed to forget about us too. Although the crispy duck is as good as they say ;)
Having to rely on the shuttle to get to and from town got a bit tiresome, but it was probably worth it for the relaxing feeling at the hotel. We enjoyed our stay, and the people are friendly, but I'm not sure we'd stay again. I think we'd go for somewhere a little closer to the town center.