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A family-owned 40-villa luxury resort over Ubud's Valley of the Kings, with heated private-pool villas, destination dining and a valley-edge infinity pool, five minutes from town.
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Need To Know
- 40 villas, each with a private heated pool
- Over the Valley of the Kings at Petulu, five minutes from central Ubud
- Family-owned, founded in 2002
- Aperitif fine dining, CasCades all-day, Pinstripe speakeasy bar
- Akoya Spa, gym, squash court and garden yoga
- A valley-edge infinity pool; organic greenhouse on site
- Around an hour from Denpasar airport
Check in - Check out
Check in from 14:00; check out before 12:00.
We Love
- The setting — 40 villas built into the side of the Petanu River gorge, the Valley of the Kings, with an infinity pool that seems to spill off the edge toward the valley floor.
- The villas — all 40 have a private heated pool and a raised bale pavilion, from one-bedroom Terrace villas to multi-bedroom family villas, most facing straight down the valley.
- The dining — Aperitif, the resort's art-deco fine-dining room under Belgian chef Nic Vanderbeeken, plus the all-day CasCades over the valley and the speakeasy Pinstripe Bar.
- The ownership — still family-run two decades after it was founded, which shows in the warmth and consistency of a service team drawn largely from the surrounding villages.
- The spa — Akoya Spa, with couples' rooms and reflexology chairs over the valley, alongside a gym, a squash court and a garden yoga pavilion.
Key Features
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€392.60 for 1 Night
Location
Address
Address: Jl. Lanyahan, Br Nagi, Ubud, Bali, 80571
Travel Info
Viceroy Bali is on Jl. Lanyahan at Petulu, above the Valley of the Kings, around five minutes by car or shuttle from central Ubud; Ubud Palace is about two kilometres off. Denpasar airport is roughly an hour south, and the hotel has free parking.
Nearby Places
Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)
30km
Ubud Palace
2km
Ubud Monkey Forest
3km
Last Updated: 2026-06-22
Expert Review
Origins
Viceroy Bali began as one man's instinct. On only his second trip to Bali in 2002, Otto Syrowatka came across a plot of land overlooking the Petanu River gorge — the Valley of the Kings — and, with no background in hospitality, bought it and built eleven villas, soon adding fourteen more. Two decades on it has grown to forty villas and remains a family business, run now by the younger Syrowatkas, which is unusual at this level and shows in the consistency of the place.
The setting is the headline. The villas are built into the valley side, each with a private heated pool and a raised bale pavilion, most looking straight down the gorge; the main infinity pool perches at the very lip of the valley and appears to spill over the edge. The forty villas run from one-bedroom Terrace villas to multi-bedroom family villas, all richly finished in a mix of Balinese craft and contemporary design, and the resort sits just five minutes from the centre of Ubud despite feeling deep in the landscape.
Dining is the other defining feature, and it is a serious one. Apéritif, the resort's standalone fine-dining restaurant, is a purpose-built 1920s-style manor over the valley, with its own greenhouse supplying the kitchen and a globe-spanning degustation menu under Belgian executive chef Nic Vanderbeeken, who fuses French technique with Indonesian produce. Alongside it sit CasCades, the all-day restaurant under a soaring thatched roof, and Pinstripe, a 1930s-style speakeasy bar — making Viceroy as much a dining destination as a place to stay. An organic greenhouse, water filtration and third-party sustainability certification underpin it quietly.
Top Secret
The whole resort grew from a hunch. Otto Syrowatka had no hospitality background and was on just his second visit to Bali when he bought the valley plot in 2002 and started building. The clearest sign of how far that instinct has been taken is Apéritif: the resort built the fine-dining restaurant as a separate 1920s-style manor, at considerable cost, with its own greenhouse on the grounds to supply the kitchen — a restaurant conceived as a destination in its own right, not a hotel add-on.
The Review
Viceroy Bali is among the most luxurious places to stay in Ubud, and what sets it apart is the combination of a dramatic setting, a serious kitchen and a family's two-decade investment in the place. Founded in 2002 by Otto Syrowatka and still family-run, it spreads forty villas down the side of the Valley of the Kings, each with a private heated pool, the main infinity pool tipping over the lip of the gorge.
The villas are large and beautifully finished, the valley views are the best of any resort on this side of Ubud, and the service — drawn largely from the surrounding villages — draws consistent praise for warmth and polish. The real differentiator is the food: Apéritif, the standalone fine-dining manor under Belgian chef Nic Vanderbeeken, is one of the most ambitious restaurants in Bali, with its own greenhouse and a globe-spanning degustation menu, while CasCades handles all-day dining and Pinstripe the cocktails. Few Ubud resorts can match the dining without leaving the grounds.
It is genuine top-tier, priced accordingly, and best suited to couples and honeymooners after luxury, romance and a destination dinner rather than travellers wanting a budget base in the thick of Ubud. The location threads that needle well: deep in the valley for seclusion, yet five minutes by shuttle from the centre. For a high-end, food-led stay in a spectacular setting, Viceroy is about as good as Ubud gets.
