LUMBINI BAMBOO RESORT

I stayed here for two nights in March 2015 - I am used to travel on a budget, and already had been in Nepal for two weeks, so was well used to the regular powercuts and lack of hot water. But all rooms I had so far were very clean and the service was very good. I thought I would treat myself with this more expensive hotel - it was easily 4 time sthe price of any oter place I stayed in during my trip. What a disappointment!||||First the positives: The room was spacious, and the aircon was working.||||The negatives:||- Staff both in the restaurant and at reception were not only unfriendly, but dismissive and could clearly not be bothered to smile or offer good service. For example - the dinner I had, I waited for my food for 1 hour, even for my drink I had to wait for ten minutes as staff was chatting to each other and clearly could not be bothered to pick up the bottle and pour me a drink. I had told them I would check out really and to prepare my bill, clearly that wasn't done and I had to wait a good while until somebody could be bothered to check me out. Bill was much higher due to an extremely high service charge on drinks and food - which isn't advertised on the menu and was totally unjustified as the service was very bad. I complained, and just got a shrug and a "You pay now" comment. Easily the most unfriendly people I met in my whole time in Nepal!||- The room was dated, slightly smelly - I assume due to the aircon it never gets aired. Both evenings I had no hot water, in the morning the water was about luke warm. The worst for me was though that both the bedsheets and the towels had bloodstains on them, even though they were washed it was rather disgusting.||||The biggest issue I have is with the price though, for the (non) service they offer and the shabby state of the room they are way overpriced with nearly $40 which is a total rip off.

Had been to this resort for one night with a group of 32 people. We were allotted 13 rooms. The property is very good and very close to Birth place of Lord Buddha. However, there is lack of maintenance on all fronts. Bathroom taps were clogged of most the rooms. ACs were working but no cooling at all in almost all rooms. They have shifted 3-4 rooms elsewhere but situation was similar. The staff was unnecessarily justifying lacuna rather to fix that. Our package was MAP. However, there were very limited options for food. Service standard is also So So. We had to wait for an hour for morning tea. Will not recommend for others.

We spent a night in this cottage type resort. The texture of outer walls in each individual cottage are designed using bamboo materials. Looks beautiful! It was clean and things were working. The staffs were helpful. It is near to entrance of the Mayadevi temple. There are many restaurants nearby. Value for money.

We stayed in Bamboo Resort just for one night. It was was our first choice but failed to book online. We had booked instead in another hotel which turned out to be too far from the Monastic area in Lumbini.||||The staff was extremely helpful and friendly and they helped us finally find a "working number" to the other hotel we booked at. They helped with calling the hotel several times and speaking in Nepali with the accountant to sort out the booking and they also kept our luggage till the end of the second day after we checked out. ||||The room we stayed in was spacious, clean. and contrary to many reviews here, the AC was actually working as well as hot water and internet.||||Thanks for the staff, our missed booking was retrieved and we had a very nice stay.

Conveniently located just a couple hundred meters from one of Lumbini Park's main gates, Bamboo Resort offers interesting bamboo cottages for rooms. The rooms are small, but cozy. The bathrooms are not really up to the mark and the food is not very good either, but for a budget traveller in Lumbini, it is definitely a good option.

The little cabanas are cute and the hotel is very close to the temple/monastery compound, but hardly what I would call a resort. I only saw 2 other guest and one of those was our driver. The place seemed sad and a little tired although it is lovely. The beers at the restaurant were cold and the food okay.|I was disappointed by the scarcity of hot water and the power outages, but that is part of traveling.

good hotel. the room is nice, there is hot water, reasonable cleaning. it doenst have noise. its near the bus station, you can go to there walking. the staff is nice and helpful. It is close of the temples (15 minutes by bike).

Unfortunately the main thing that let down this hotel was the restaurant. We arrived tired and hungry and I just wanted a snack, it was impossible to get the kitchen to open there was no chef. In the morning all I wanted was something light as breakfast was included I asked for a pancake but was told I h a d to have the American breakfast which I didn't want and which would have cost twice the price of a pancake. No idea why they couldn't sort it out and it was not that cheap there.