The Jayakarta Bali Hotel

I wouldn't stay at the Jayakarta if it was the last hotel available in Bali. I don't know who does the rating system as it is a complete load of crap.It must be self rated because there is no way this joint is a 4 star resort. I stayed here in 1990 and had fond memories of this place yet it appears as though it has seen no maintenance or renovation since my last stay 17 years ago. The place is old, dirty and in desperate need of renovation. We told the hotel manager that they need to shut it down and completely refurbish it because the whole pace was a joke. * We paid for an upgraded room and they put us in the tower overlooking the workers parking area. They were out there shouting, smoking and riding their motor bikes at like 6.30 - 7am. * Check in was a disaster, the lady at the desk either didn't speak English or didn't want to talk to us. She just ignored us and picked up the phone and started taking to someone else. * They gave us 1 key for each room with a gigantic wood carved baton attached to it. * No elevator in the tower, just 3 flights of slippery stairs. * The rooms look like that had just been decorated in 1970 and never re-visited. * There was a major water leak from the rain causing the floor to swell and tiling to lift and crack. Couldn't get out of the room and had to climb over the next door balcony 3 stories up. * The safe was a joke. * The front door to the room was flimsy and ready to fall off it's hinges. A light hip n shoulder would knock it clean off. * The balcony overlooked the carpark at the very back of the resort. Quality. *Just as we walked out of the room a cleaner just walked up and let her self in to the room with no knock and no announcement. When we asked what she was doing, she sheepishly laughed and said 'oh wrong room'. Yeh, a likely story. * The restaurant was disgusting, take a quick look into doorway of the kitchen when you walk past. Cant fit any more in. We walked out and got a full refund.