Blue Moon Villas Resort Amed, Bali
Perched right on a cliffside headland overlooking the gentle waters of Selang Bay, Blue Moon Villas Resort is a hidden gem that captures the old-school charm of East Bali. Starting out from incredibly humble roots back in the year 2000, this family-run boutique resort has slowly grown from a simple getaway into a highly sought-after eco-conscious sanctuary.
What makes the architecture so special is how it completely skips the massive, sterile concrete blocks of modern hotels. Instead, the design leans heavily into traditional Balinese themes, featuring rustic structures topped with classic thatched roofs, beautiful open-air layouts, and authentic Balinese outdoor showers that blend right into the lush tropical gardens.
One of the coolest features here is the layout of the pools. The resort boasts four separate infinity-edged swimming pools staggered across the property, giving guests a striking 270-degree panorama of the Bali Sea. It is the absolute perfect spot to watch the local fishermen head out in their brightly painted, traditional jukung boats.
Because Amed has zero light pollution, the resort’s stargazing is legendary—the night sky lights up completely. Combined with their eco-friendly focus on solar hot water and intensive recycling programs, it is a beautifully mindful slice of paradise.
Expert reviews
“Blue Moon Villas in easygoing Amed, is a small resort with excellent value ocean view villas and apartments.”
Featured in New York Times’ 36 Hours in Bali, Indonesia.
What guests liked
- Friendly staff
- Ocean view
- Infinity pool
- Top location
- Excellent Wifi
Location
Recent guest reviews
20 January 2026
Our go to place in Amed Bali.
Large rooms with a great view of the ocean, clean large pool, large outdoor showers Bali style, excellent staff, awesome clean food in the restaurant, great breakfast. Short walk to many other dining options.
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19 January 2026
Like Amed in general it is a quieter get away, the accommodation was lovely and staff helpful. We would stay here again.
The location, views and pool are really beautiful. The staff are friendly and helpful.
There isn't a lot we didn't like. There is a bit of road noise but nothing of concern to us.
19 January 2026
Everything about this place was great food , area and room side pool
Private area not busy
Geco in first room
17 January 2026
Glad we stayed at the blue mood rather than at a plastic hotel chain - but a 3 hour to airport ?
Nice room. View of the ocean
Steps down from the road to the room. Not that many, but no handrail.
16 January 2026
We loved this place. The rooms were beautiful, clean and quiet. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The food at th
We had a beautiful, clean, quiet room. The view was wonderful. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The food at the restaurant was amazing.
16 January 2026
Magnificent resort with magnificent ocean views and fabulous staff.
The ocean view from the terrace was Magnificent. The restaurant on the property was outstanding. There was a pool at our door and the property had a total of 3 swimming pools.
The resort is built on a hill, so there are lots of steep steps. I use a cane to assist me while walking so found the steps challenging, but I know to expect steps, so they did not put me off booking the property.
7 January 2026
10 days of Bliss
If you want a holiday to do nothing this is the place. Staff and hospitality was excellent.
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1 January 2026
This was a lovely place to stay. Ahmed is a long strip of villa and shops and I think staying up the end where the accom
The staff were accommodating. We asked if we could have a room with a view and they found us another room overlooking the pool and the ocean.
No complaints
30 December 2025
Exceptional
Peaceful location, friendly and super helpful staff, gorgeous view. Resort can arrange everything from snorkelling, scooter rental to doctors and laundry
28 December 2025
A beautiful and relaxing stay.
The location was beautiful as was the view
We had some electricity issues on one day.
20 December 2025
Very good
The view
Mosquitoes
8 December 2025
I can’t wait to come back
We loved this hotel so much we wanted to stay longer. This is one we will definitely return to. Komang Johns Warung has a the onsite restaurant. The food was delicious and reasonably priced. The restaurant and hotel areas are beautiful. You can tell this place is really well cared for. Lush jungle garden including around the pools but you can still see the ocean. There were hardly any guests so we had a couple of room options, were chose one of the penthouses for the views and I’d recommend getting up early and watching the sunrise from here. There are two pools. The staff are absolutely wonderful and so kind. The gardens are stunning. Beach access is best from just around the corner before Aquaterrace, a 20 second walk from the reception area. I can’t wait to come back here. I would feel completely safe as a solo female traveller as well.
The rooms are smaller than indicated. Our room was advertised as 30sqm but I’d say it’s closer to 12. It didn’t bother us but just something to note if you need a lot of space or have two people with a lot of luggage. We only had carry on luggage so it was fine for us.
28 November 2025
Lovely welcoming vibe, amazing views
Location, staff, breakfast and view were excellent. We moved to the oceanside after a few days and thoroughly enjoyed our stay there.
22 November 2025
Fabulous
Everything
17 November 2025
Perfect Amed getaway
Love love love!!!! Everything about our stay here was perfect and I wish we had stayed longer!
6 November 2025
A great experience all round including proximity to snorkeling
I like the boutique atmosphere as well as the obliging staff and the great restaurant. The “included” breakfast menu was a refreshing change from the more common standard buffet “included” breakfast at most other places I have stayed.
The first day or so of the 7 days we stayed I found the proximity of the roadway a bit noisy although I reminded myself that this is the local thoroughfare and I am visiting a local village and the roadway is theirs, they are going about their lives and that is what I’m here to experience along with the local roosters cattle dogs cats and pigs and it’s all part of the experience I’m in Bali to enjoy. From that realisation onwards it was all good😃
4 November 2025
Blue Moon Villa Review
The food and drink was very good and varied, the room was clean and had everything we needed. The pools were refreshing and relaxing. The staff were lovely and helpful
The hotel was cliff front, not beach front, and you had to travel to find a beach to swim off or snorkel. No local transport was available except scooter, or motor bike higher. Lots of cats jumping on tables while trying to eat, also they were in the kitchen, unhygienic, this could be a problem if not rectified.
29 October 2025
Very good, worth paying more for better rooms with views / direct pool access.
The rooms / villas with sea view and direct pool access are excellent.
The family room / mountain view was not ideal, no real views and many steps.
29 October 2025
BLUE MOON IS AWESOME
Awesome Villa! Be. Sure you book blue Private Suite 😅 The Room, Balcony and the view!! So😍😍 So cute and swimming Pool 10 steps from our room👌 Good Restaurant, excellent service! 2 nice warungs (Melon for example , go back down 3 min, and the reaggae bar 5 min walking little more up North, close by also 😉
The roads we're in not good shape 😬 A little abadonned
28 October 2025
Exceptional
Close to snorkel sites. Very relaxing room and atmosphere. Helpful staff
One of the furthest hotels from Lipe Beach and Sunset Point, leave at least 45 minutes to travel for distance and road conditions. No grab cars here. Hire scooter or private car only
27 October 2025
Exceptional
The location was stunning as was the accommodation. The food was fantastic and great value with a huge choice
Nothing. It was perfect
27 October 2025
Nice stay, comfy bed and helpful staff.
Nice spacious room with friendly and helpful staff. You are a few minutes walk from a couple of restaurants but there isn’t lots to do in the area - you will need a taxi or bike.
We did not realise that the hotel is split in two, with a busy road in between which is noisy. We were in the part set further back so had a view of the road rather than panoramic sea view. The neighbours played heavy base music which was annoying.
25 October 2025
Very good
The staff were amazing and it was great value for money
25 October 2025
The best view i’ve ever seen at an accommodation.
We loved the beautiful villa and wonderful infinity pool which to our delight was lit up all night to use. The magical views and sunsets over the pool were amazing. The pool was a lovely temperature. The food and drinks were excellent and there was plenty of variety on the menu. Loved the fact that we could order food and drinks from our phone via what’s app and have it delivered to our table outside our villa. Just a short walk to reception to have breakfast. You can hire snorkeling gear for under $5 a day also . Great snorkeling on a track near the Villa. Staff friendly and helpful, breakfast was delicious! I would love to return here again as it’s a lovely spot to chill out for a few days.
Leaving…
20 October 2025
The view to the sea from apartaments.
The view is marvelious. Straight to the sea( We was in blue heaven vila). So you get up from bad and you see sea... Stuff was verry kind, lways helping ((don't forget leave tips for stuff). This place is for that people who want to relax from city vice. Amed city center is about 5-7 kilometers away from this place, but there are so small shops.
Everything was ok.
9 October 2025
Fabulous
What a stunning, special place.
5 October 2025
Fabulous
Great views
Bit isolated
2 October 2025
Fabulous
The staff were friendly, helpful, and efficient. Great restaurant and pool with a view.
30 September 2025
Fantastic place to stay near Amed
This is simply a wonderful place to stay near Amed. The hotel is gorgeous, built in traditional Balinese style and a modern twist with spiral staircases, the two infinity pools and the luxurious gardens of flowers between the rooms. The restaurant is fantastic with great ambience, delicious food and a varied menu. The staff are wonderful. Special thanks to Ketut who helped us in many ways and made our stay very special.
The hotel is truly exceptional- the beach is not directly in front of the hotel although there is an adventurous rocky ledge you could snorkel from. The beach is very easy walking distance to the east. The hotel could make it more clear that the beautiful lower infinity pool in many of the photos on Booking is only available to the guests staying in the adjacent rooms. There is another beautiful pool near the restaurant with peak views of the ocean but not the vast sweeping views of the ocean at the other pool.
27 September 2025
It was good snorkeling
It was quiet & good breakfast
Its getting a bit tired & could do with some refurb, its not very central a taxi or scooter ride everywhere. The staff could be friendlier
23 September 2025
Breath taking views, amazing staff
We loved the view, being by the pool overlooking the ocean was great
We were sold two rooms when we only needed one, we have a 13 year old daughter and didn’t want her to be in a room on her own
20 September 2025
Great stay
Beautiful room, lovely pool, good food. Beach really close where you can snorkle. Thank you!
6 September 2025
Exceptional
Lovely hotel , very aesthetic decoration in the room, lovely pool, beachfront and easy access just a few minutes walking, tasty food, super friendly staff, so all very very good ...we will come back one day for sure
Nothing to complain at all
30 August 2025
Fabulous
excellent and friendly staffs.
The swimming pool condition could be better maintain.
16 August 2025
Exceptional
The team is friendly and helpful they do their best to meet your expectations.
11 August 2025
Fun vibe, ocean views and awesome food!
Fun vibe and great food. Lovely gardens and epic ocean views from a few places. Staff were lovely.
Garden had smell of dog poo in places from dogs that i saw wandering around late at night.
7 August 2025
Very good
Nice Terrace and semi-private pool
Breakfast The roads from/to the hotel are very bad.
6 August 2025
Beautiful hotel, kind and friendly staff. Would highly recommend
Exceptional property. Very nice staff and the rooms lovely. Location is a little hike to get to but we’ll worth it for the privacy and views. 2 lovely pools and plenty of loungers.
Tucked away but it’s only hard to get to as the roads are being updated so lots of pot holes until water drains finished.
4 August 2025
Lovely stay!
Lovely villa, close to the beach and not in centre, but also amazing restaurants nearby! Just how we preferred it! Will def go back! Thank you!
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28 July 2025
Amazing, staff, food & location - thanks Blue Moon!
The pictures & reviews are bang on! The location is amazing, the staff are super friendly & helpful & the food is 10/10 - so fresh & tasty!
22 July 2025
Relaxing, the food in restaurant was excellent, great coffee too! Comfortable and stunning views
Beautiful accomodation, just like in their photos. Staff were so friendly and helpful, our kids had a ball. Couldn’t have been happier
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13 July 2025
Amazing villas with caring staff that made you feel right at home.
Beautiful views, quiet area of Amed, easy walk to Japanese wreck, comfy rooms with beautiful verandahs, air conditioning, lots of different levels and nooks to spend time in and most importantly amazing staff
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13 July 2025
Pleasant
Delightful location on cliffs above the ocean with lovely and helpful staff.
Some noise pollution from a local house nearby who loves techno!
30 June 2025
A beautiful clifftop hideaway to relax by a lovely pool with ocean views, great restaurant and friendly staff.
Blue Moon Villas is one of the original places to stay in Amed. We stayed in the Ocean front villas which have a beautiful wet edge pool directly in front of the balcony with an amazing view across the ocean. It was beautiful to watch daily from our cliff top vantage as the enormous fleet of sailing boats went out morning and afternoon, returning on the downwind breeze with their colourful sails aloft. We spent our days relaxing by the pool and wandering up to Komang John’s excellent restaurant where we loved everything on the extensive and varied menu. The walk to the beach is less than 5 minutes and you can hire snorkels to take down the bay.
The rooms are lovely. My only minor issue was that the plumbing needs attention, with the drains backing up a bit, but no smells so no drama. There was a bit of light construction on a new boundary wall happening while we stayed. I fear it may take out some of the magnificent view to the west. At this point in time, there was just ugly black shade cloth shoddily erected to hint that might be going to happen, and the soft tap tap tap of a workman’s hammer. This part of Bali is undergoing a building boom so you just need to remember that it may not always be as tranquil as you hope but it’s still relatively quiet, despite the garbage problem, which is very sad, both road sides and beaches in general.
25 June 2025
Lovely stay in not yet overrun area
Excellent food with a very refined taste. I loved the friendliness of the staff and the room, pool and view were great.
The door to the veranda and pool could not be locked. Not that we thought anyone would take something, it's just more comfortable if we can lock things.
23 June 2025
Very good
Location was close to the beach, hired a scooter to get around to other places.
22 June 2025
Amazing 🤩
So peaceful, amazing restaurant food & all the staff were just wonderful 🙏🏽💚 Thank you for such a great stay
The bed was a little hard for my liking but big - it’s hard to accommodate everyone on this…
18 June 2025
Exceptional
Amazing location and the pool setup they have right above the water was to die for! watching sunrise at the pool was like out of a dream
16 June 2025
Exceptional
Everything was super clean and the staff are super nice
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kids' meals (additional charge)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Family rooms
- - Safety deposit box
- - Packed lunches
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Shuttle service (additional charge)
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
Outdoors
- - Garden
- - Terrace
- - Outdoor pool
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor pool (all year)
- - Outdoor furniture
Activities
- - Fishing (additional charge)
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Hiking (additional charge)
- - Cycling
- - Diving (additional charge)
- - Snorkelling (additional charge)
- - Beachfront
- - Open-air bath
- - Beach
- - Walking tours (additional charge)
- - Bike tours (additional charge)
- - Tour or class about local culture (additional charge)
- - Bicycle rental (additional charge)
Entertainment & family services
- - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Reception services
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Invoice provided
Business facilities
- - Fax/photocopying
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Accessible parking
Transport
- - Public transport tickets (additional charge)
- - Airport pick up (additional charge)
- - Airport drop off (additional charge)
Pool and wellness
- - Infinity pool
- - Pool with view
- - Shallow end
- - Pool cover
- - Sun loungers or beach chairs
- - Sun umbrellas
- - Fence around pool
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming pool
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key access
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals

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23 January 2026
Fabulous