Beautiful lodge with a breathtaking view from our romantic bed. What do you want more, waking up in the morning and having such a beatiful view on the jungle. Perfect restaurant with nice view on the pool and the surroundings, best breakfast we had and also dinner with local food...Just perfect!
Most friendly staff and employees in the restaurant, but also the driver (gardener of the Organic Garden) who brought us to Ubud. He told us enthusiastic about the people, traditions and religion.
For sure that we will visit this hotel again during our next trip to Bali.

This hotel is everything that is written here. It's out of the mayhem, picturesque, remote, food is good and the service is great...

but
the tranquility is lessened by the traffic noise
the interior rooms need a good scrub
the pool is too cold to swim in for more than a few minutes (Jan 2014)
insects mean relaxing by the pool and outside in general are hazardous
the mosquito nets are very dirty and have holes in them
the promised water is minimal

so my advice is stay for 2 nights and if you like it stay longer, if not move on

We arrived in Bali and were greeted by a VIP arrival service (Helps to speed the customs process) and then were greeted by the now "legendary" Dewa ;) I could write a book reviewing just the wisdom and sayings this man possesses but that's another review. The facility is exactly as described and shown. Our room overlooking the beautiful pool had a magnificent view of the volcano Mt. Agung. The village tour is a MUST and I strongly recommend the cooking class with Dewa, his wife Jeru and included family as well. I had an idea of what Alam Sari was about before I arrived yet in reality it exceeded every expectation I had. Ubud is 20 minutes away by shuttle or hired driver and it was so nice to return to the sanctity and serenity of Alam Sari every day after the hustle of Ubud or Sanur. FYI, You will not make the walk to Ubud regardless of what anyone else says. Too hot, too much traffic etc. Just take the shuttle or hire one of the drivers that the hotel uses. (Wayan Seraya was wonderful) The rooms are immaculately cleaned every morning by at least 4 staff, and the included free full breakfast is wonderful. Not that Bali is expensive at all, but there is real savings just in that alone. Note: You are in a jungle; there are critters; but they are all part of the ambiance and none are harmful at all. We shared our villa with at least 3 geckos, many small lizards and a frog. There is beautiful mosquito netting around the beds which I found I really didn't need but I closed them every night because it was more romantic and the ambiance was really nice. There is WiFi however it is limited to only one device per room (unless you ask them nicely...)To us it seems that Alam Sari is our newly discovered home away from home. We stayed for 10 nights but we are definitely coming back in the future. The staff at Alam Sari go out of there way to ensure your stay is a memorable one. Given the chance, most of the staff will become your friends before your go home. We really enjoyed meeting Dewa, Agung, Choc, Kerti, Wayan, Sujana, Kadek and Dayu. I consider all of these people my friends now and I can't wait to meet everyone else when we return.

FYI Travel tips: We purchased 10 liters of bottled water from Bintang market in Ubud on the way to the resort from the airport. It is a very good idea to have plenty of clean drinking water available as the water that comes from the faucet in Bali isn't safe to drink or even brush your teeth with so buy ahead of time as the bar fridge only has 2 small bottles inside. There is free purified drinking water available in the restaurant for guests however, it is up to you to have a suitable container, hence why buying your own was preferable for us.

Bring some Imodium and electrolyte tablets just in case your come down with the infamous "Bali Belly".

Ensure you have $150,000 Indonesian Rupiah (or $15 US) in cash for each traveler when departing from Denpasar airport as they do not accept credit cards and you must pay the exit "airport" tax in order to leave. This is after security and if you don't have cash you will have to leave the secure area of the airport and try and find an ATM.

I hope anyone who reads this visits Alam Sari to experience it for themselves.