moni mahalika

Very noise, no hot water

Minor, but the climb to the cabin (steep steps, maybe 20) is a little steep. Fine if you’re fit, but not good if your mobility is limited.

We knew there were stairs, don't be fooled, it's a climb, not just stairs.
To avoid them you can go on a dirt road with the car, but it's not easy, and you still need to do the climb to get to the restaurant.

As mentioned, there are stairs to climb to reach the rooms, but we found this only to be a minor inconvenience.

Nothing

This is not the location problem, but the entire village. Electricity comes and goes, and with it also the phone signal and hot water.. Usually more chaotic during the day but constant at night time, but in a way was nice to be off the grid for a couple of days :).

If you use google maps to find it, you might end up behind the building where the two rooms are. For me that was perfect since I didn't have to bring my backpack up the steep hill/stairs leading up to it from the main road :D
The shower wasn't warm and there was very little water coming.

However, the room was absolutely not clean. The toilet paper had not been refilled, and the soap and shampoo dispensers in the shower were empty. Additionally, the drain was blocked, and we ended up with a bathroom full of water for quite a while every time we took a shower. There were cups and a water kettle, but no tea or coffee, so what’s the point of having them?

But the worst part was that when we arrived - it was dark and raining - we couldn't find the house. We where with the motorbikes and Google Maps took us to a small road above the house. There was nobody around, and there was no sign indicating where it was. I tried to call them, but nobody answered; worse, they disconnected the call. In the end, we thought, it has to be this way, so we went down the stairs to see if there was someone at the house.
There they were acting normally. When I asked them if it was their number, he said yes, but that it wasn't working. This is not true; then they dismissed me. Also, if it would be true, there should be a valid number on the booking!
He asks if we want dinner but we ate already and so one of the staff showed us to our room.

The next morning, we went to the Kelimutu and came back to collect our bags. It was then that the boss called us from downstairs and asked if we wanted to have breakfast, which would be included. We actually didn’t want to, but he insisted, so we agreed. When we went down, he was surprised and said, 'I thought you didn’t want to have breakfast.' We told him that he had insisted so much that we finally said yes.
He reacted unfriendly and said something like well now it is to late I can prepare some fruits for you, even though it was 2 minutes after he proposed us.
Very mean character. I recommend you skip this place.

The rooms or located at the top of a hill. If you have backpacks it is ok, but I wouldn’t try with luggages.
The owner of the property has a really bad temper.

We said we would tour around and to see where we would go for dinner, he was really disappointed that we would not choose his restaurant first and he didn’t hide it. We arranged for a scooter, but it looked like it bothered him.

Breakfast was included in the booking, yet he said it was not the case. After checking we asked to have it but he wanted to leave so he said that we should have arrived 30 min before (it was 8:30) because there was no staff today and no time for him to do it. He gave us bananas as a quick solution. When we left the property, we saw member of the staff at the restaurant.

The breakfast was not good. The water did not work multiple times. The room was quite warm. The musquito net did not close properly.

I give 3 stars because although the room was good I had a very bad experience with the host. The host was very rude with us after I told him that we already had transport to the Kelimutu Vulcano and that we had dinner in the nearby cafe. We had a 10 hour trip with no stops we were starving when we arrived in Moni, so we stopped to eat on our way to the lodge. The cafe owner approached us and offered to arrange transport to Kelimutu and we decided to accept. After eating and relaxing at the bar we went to the lodge which I've booked and paid in advance through Booking.com. The owner starts the questionnaire as her wife went with my friend to the room. After telling him that we already had dinner and transport to Kelimutu the owner starts yelling at me saying we didn't want us there because we decided to eat and book transport with others. And saying that we had lowered the rate of the room because he needed the transport income. This doesn't make sense as I booked the room that was advertised and he cannot assume that I would do the tour or transport with him. I believe he was frustrated but that doesn't give him the right to treat his guests that way when things don't go as he expects.