Sylvia Beach Villa

We booked a beach villa, the location and scenery were stunning and beautiful. We ended up extending our stay to 4 nights. You want to have your own transportation here as it’s a bit out of town, it’s easy to rent scooters in Labuan Bajo and they’ll bring them to the resort which is nice - the bungalow is a bit of a ways from the lobby so it was nice to be able to drive the scooters right to the unit. The pools were beautiful, with 2 to choose from. Breakfast was delicious and the staff were very friendly.

Breakfast was good, and also the burger and chicken sandwich - although extremely over priced - were good. But we tried to eat at the restaurant for dinner one night and it was so gross, inedible calamari and sautee that was very overpriced and they made us pay for even tho we couldn’t eat it. We walked down the beach to the Atlantis for food, which is also pricey but at least it’s absolutely delicious. Breakfast was good but otherwise I wouldn’t recommend eating at the restaurant. There was a huge rainstorm the night we arrived and the mosquitoes were insane IN the room, with no bug netting. The staff gave us some spray to spray the room which we did before going out for the evening and this cleared up the problem.

There are two sections of the hotel: one a typical hotel and the other beach villas. We stayed in a lovely beach villa. The location is superb. The sea is very clean for a hotel so close to a major city. Don't expect much snorkelling but swimming in clear water is good. The restaurant is virtually on the beach together with a pool. Breakfasts next to the beach were a pleasure every morning.

The hotel and villas are of high quality but on the older side. They are refurbishing, and covid likely had its impact as well. The stray cats in the restaurant beach area are a bit of an irritation. Most people will feed them, and I understand why. I would prefer not to have sickly-looking stray kitties snarling hungrily at each other for a bit of food tossed at them. This does not seem a problem to the locals. So kinda look the other way if it does not sit well. :-)

Great view of the sunset, and a nice beach. Nice snorkling spot just off the beach. Very friendly and helpful staff. Sometime language was an obstacle, but in the end it always worked out.

Beach was unfortunately littered with garbage and plastic. Same goes for parts of the the resort. Location is a bit remote.

we spent 5 wonderful nights here! the beach is really beautiful, there are 2 swimming pools, a good restaurant and the villas are very nice.

the bathroom was sometimes smelly, and the beach is not so clean (plastics and many cigarettes on the sand)

The location is fabulous. The villas are right on the beach, bed is confy. Can rent kayak and snorkel mask.

The toilet was outside for the villa.

beach on door step, good service great room

The night time disco power points and lighting did not work so well no converter for power available

Location of resort was perfect

Breakfest could be better

Location was great

Location is superb

Staff is less helpful

Friendly staff beautiful villa on the beach