my husband and I stay in the #32 villa, it's quiet and nice, the condition is good and we dont think it's old or need any renovation. pool is cold tho so we only went there once for about 10 minutes, so I dont think it's necessary to get a private pool villa because the water is cold and you cant have maximum fun in there. the breakfast is buffett and there's not much selections but the view is nice, you can hear the sound the river. my husband and I took a elevator to get to the downhill and there's a bridge connecting to the other side, we walked around and saw people riverrafting and the hotel is building more villas around the river, very exciting! they also have cows and goats so we got a chance to hold baby goats, so cute! in the last day stay, we have a 2 hours massage in the tree house, thats the best view and service is good and the price is expensive.regarding the shuttle to ubud, I suggest the hotel should extend the service hours, they now only do between 10am and 6pm which is not convinience enough since the ubud area wont be slow down until 9pm, hotel should extend the shutter hours to at least 9 or 10pm. we had to hire a taxi and cost 70K back to the hotel. regarding the dinner at hotel, if you can grab some food outside, then please do, hotel food is too expensive and they are very slow, food is just so so. we found this very close restaurant nearby called Warung Kayana, they open at late night, food is good and price is cheap. I highly recommend you to try.