BAli, Indonesia

Bi Design House

Price per night from$109.02

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Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (IDR1,815,000.00), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

Indonesian arthouse

Setting

Little house on the paddy

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Owned and run by Bali Interiors founder Sheila Man, Bi Design House is an intimate five-room boutique hotel, where one-off statement pieces by Indonesian artists meet Moroccan-style flourishes and rice-field views. The central courtyard catches tropical breezes and retains this former family home’s communal energy; it’s a picturesque setting for painting and ceramics classes, sociable meals around the large dining table and mindful morning meditation by the pool.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

Four individually designed rooms and one suite.

Check–Out

11am; check-in is at 2pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

More details

Rates include an à la carte breakfast served around the main dining table; you can also request that yours is served at a private table outside, or in your room.

At the hotel

Free WiFi throughout, free tea and coffee served on request. In rooms: air-conditioning, free bottled water, beach bag, sun hat, bathrobes, slippers and organic bath products.

Our favourite rooms

Each room at Bi Design House has its own style and personality — from a funky fabric-edged mirror and hand-crafted headboard, to eye-catching pieces of wall-candy by Bali-based artist Athena Anastasiou or photographer-owner Sheila Man. But upper-level Phoenix and Luna rooms bring you the best of all worlds: cool, quirky interiors with artworks that really pop, plus rainfall showers with mesmerising rice-field views.

Poolside

The outdoor pool (open 7am to 9pm) sits just off the central courtyard and overlooks the tropical foliage and rice fields below.

Spa

Bi Design House has a small treatment room, offering a range of massage treatments using natural products. In-room massages are also available on request.

Packing tips

Bring a sarong or two for temple visits, plus an extra one for the safe transit home of any plates, pots or dishes fashioned in the hotel's ceramics classes.

Also

The hotel’s array of mindful activities include guided poolside yoga and meditation sessions, as well as creative workshops in which to hone your painting and pottery skills.

Children

It's over-12s only at this laidback Balinese base.

Sustainability efforts

Bi Design House’s transformation from family home to intimate, art-filled Canggu sanctuary has been relatively low-impact. Many of the interior design elements — paintings, wall hangings, woven headboards and other furnishings — are by Indonesian artists and designers and, similarly, dishes served in the communal dining area are made with fresh, seasonal produce sourced from local markets. The hotel is built around an internal courtyard and overlooks a rice paddy; the resulting breezes and air flow have eliminated the need for air-conditioning in public areas, something of a rarity in Bali’s tropical climes. Additionally, much of the land is dedicated to the conservation of native trees and plants.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Claim your place at the communal dining table for a sociable evening spent comparing sightseeing notes, or ask for a spot out on the terrace if you’re in the market for a more intimate, starlit meal.

Dress Code

There’s no dress code here, but bold-print kurtas and kaftans from Canggu’s Sunday markets will complement the hotel’s aesthetic well.

Hotel restaurant

Western, Asian and Balinese dishes are prepared mere metres from the communal dining table, creating aromas as tantalising as those pool-and-paddy views. Signature favourites include grilled salmon steak, mushroom satay, nasi goreng and coconut panna cotta, with seasonal ingredients sourced direct from local producers and markets. The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with tea and cake served during the afternoons.

Room service

You can order anything from the menu to your room between the hours of 7am and 9pm.

Location

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Address
Bi Design House
Jl. Padang Tawang I No.34B Babakan Kec. Kuta Utara
Denpasar
80351
Indonesia

A boutique five-bedroom retreat perched above rice fields in southwest Bali, arty Bi Design House is a short drive from Canggu’s surf hotspots and black-sand beaches.

Planes

Ngurah Rai International Airport is an hour’s drive north of the hotel. Private transfers for up to five passengers are available on request, from IDR500 each way.

Automobiles

Public transport can be a little hit and miss in Bali, so you’ll need a car or scooter if you plan to do any serious exploration of the region’s beaches, temples and rice terraces. There’s free parking at the hotel.

Worth getting out of bed for

Bi Design House’s breezy courtyard serves as the hotel’s living room; a laidback social space where you can connect with fellow residents, nature, and your own creative spirit. Wake up to meditation and yoga sessions by the pool, complete with life-affirming views across rice fields to the distant mountains beyond; make new friends over long, languid lunches around the communal dining table, and make art for art’s sake in expert-led painting and ceramics classes. 

Join owner Sheila Man’s weekly guided tours to get a local’s perspective on southern Bali’s spots you won’t find in the guidebooks. Or strike out alone in search of Canggu’s coastal treasures — Tanah Lot Temple with its rocky island perch and flamingo-pink sunsets, the black volcanic sands and surf-tastic breaks of Echo Beach, and its namesake town’s boho beach clubs and bustling Sunday markets. 

Local restaurants

Aim for the coast, where smart seafood grills and relaxed beach shacks abound. Echo Beach’s La Brisa serves up char-grilled prawns and tuna right on the seafront. Set a little further inland, Gente specialises in Italian seafood and pasta dishes, served in a smart dining room with tiled floors and marble-topped tables. Nearby Shady Shack is a chilled spot for vegan- and vegetarian-friendly brunches and casual dinners — think burgers, lasagne and colourful salad bowls.

Local cafés

Sampling world-class coffee is something of a rite of passage when visiting Indonesia. Get a taste of the good stuff — the really, really good stuff — at House of Yoreh, which sources its beans from a single coffee farm in Mount Puntang’s volcanic foothills and treats every cup like a piece of art. Or hit up Blacklist Coffee Roasters for a punchy serving of morning joe and the chance to pimp up your own brewing skills in coffee-making workshops. 

Local bars

Peaky Blinders fans, take note: The Shady Pig's mob-themed cocktail lounge takes its inspiration from 1920s Birmingham’s favourite fictional racketeers. Expect dark, moody interiors and a refined cocktail list that includes the Shelby (Cinzano, cognac, Campari) and a barrel-aged Old Fashioned. Or, for something a little less dangerous, try The Barn, a classic slice of London gastropub that might have been airlifted straight outta Camden.

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this design-forward boutique hotel in southern Bali and unpacked their Canggu market finds and pottery-class experiments, a full account of their stylish sojourn will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Bi Design House… 

The delight is in the details at Bi Design House, a passion project by Bali Interiors guru Sheila Man, who has converted her former family home into a five-room celebration of local design and artistry.  
There’s something new to catch the eye around every corner: ornate antique mirrors, one-off paintings, and even monogrammed umbrellas for monsoon season. Meticulously designed rooms are sensory sanctums of bamboo wallpaper, hand-woven headboards, quirky rattan lamps, and statement pieces by Bali-based artists, that include photographs by Sheila herself. Secure yourself the Sun Suite and you’ll have the decadent bonus of a deep-soaking tub, and private balcony that directly overlooks the rice paddies below.  

Despite such showmanship, the communal courtyard feels very much like a sociable home from home, albeit one filled with beautiful objets d’art, the heady aromas of Indonesian cooking and ringside seats for those technicolour Indian Ocean sunsets. The result: a masterpiece of modern boutique living, where every little detail is very much by (or Bi) design. 

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