ARYA Sumba - Kodi Resort

We had a fantastic stay here. The villas are beautiful and spacious, with a wonderful swimming pool. At the beach, there are comfortable beanbags where you can relax and enjoy the spectacular sunset. It really is the perfect place to unwind. The staff are incredibly friendly, professional and well trained. The restaurant is also excellent, with something for everyone and food of a very high quality. Everything we tried was delicious, but the desserts were truly phenomenal! Breakfast was included with our villa and was another highlight. You can choose exactly what you would like from the breakfast menu, and everything was fresh and delicious. The entire resort is beautifully landscaped with palm trees, tropical plants and lush greenery, creating a wonderful tropical atmosphere. We also did a half-day excursion and visited a traditional Sumbanese village, a beautiful lagoon and a stunning beach. Everything was amazing and very well organised. Our only regret is that we didn’t do more excursions during our stay! Sumba has really impressed us, and so has this resort. We will definitely return to Sumba one day, and when we do, we would absolutely stay here again. Highly recommended!

Everything was perfect.

The beach front & long walks, the staff, the peacefulness of the place. The fact that the pool was tested & incredibly clean.

The sewerage smell in the bathroom & the bed was uncomfortable & too small for 2 people 65 & over. The coffee was not pleasant, too strong & no oat milk, oatside from Bali is a great product & u just need to brush up on your barista skills!!

Lovely hotel on the beach, friendly and amazing staff! Would return. Amazing driver, really cared.

What a disappointment, first, while we were informed that some facilities were not yet available (gym, spa) but, we did not expect to spend any part of our vacation in the middle of a construction site (and not a very well organised one). It must be difficult to manage, simultaneously, a construction effort and operating a resort. But, if the owners made that choice, they must, at least make a conscious effort to impact the guests as little. As possible. But that is not the most troublesome. In every aspect, one can notice the lack of attention to details, in areas which would impact comfort and wellbeing of the guests. A few examples : At the swimming pool, only one shower,, difficult to access behind a bush, no washbasin for feet when coming from the beach. The pool itself, is not. An “infinity pool”, in the evening, when the guests congregate around and in the pool, there are insects, leaves, floating, trapped; not a pleasant feeling. At the restaurant, no handwashing basin, In front of the rooms no area to brush or wash shoes and feet (we arrived just after some rain, we had to leave some traces of mud inside the room). In the room, there is a safe in the room, but it is not bolted (is this a joke ?)… the curtains railing is not smooth at all, we could neither open nor close the curtains completely. All this smells of cheap design, cheap engineering and cheap contracting. But the worse is the clients facing personnel. Ranging from mediocre to outright terrible. Some staff at reception have nothing to do at a front desk (You never have a second chance to make a good first impression).. Giving only one single key to a couple checking in, then, when I went back to the reception, the staff gave me a second key… which did not function… back to the reception again ! During our first dinner, the service was totally disorganised, bringing dishes to the wrong table… bringing the wrong dish…