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Como Shambhala Estate and COMO Uma Ubud, side by side — the detail is below.
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Ubud, Indonesia · Como
A wellness resort of about 30 villas, suites and rooms set in jungle above the Ayung River near Ubud, Indonesia.
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Ubud, Indonesia · Como
A jungle boutique resort just outside central Ubud with around 40 rooms, a COMO Shambhala spa, and three restaurants.
Read the full verdictOut of 20. The bars start at 10, so half a point still shows.
Overall
Overall: Como Shambhala Estate 18 out of 20, COMO Uma Ubud Score pending.ServiceWhy
Service: Como Shambhala Estate 19 out of 20, COMO Uma Ubud Not scored.Como Shambhala Estate: Every guest gets a named personal assistant reachable on WhatsApp, and people describe staff appearing with water before they’d asked for it.
COMO Uma Ubud: Staff remembering names and preferences comes up constantly, down to a maintenance team sawing into a wardrobe to retrieve a dropped ring.
Rooms & DesignWhy
Rooms & Design: Como Shambhala Estate 17.5 out of 20, COMO Uma Ubud Not scored.Como Shambhala Estate: Villas built into the hillside mix Balinese materials with modern layouts; a few guests flagged some residences as dated ahead of a phased renovation.
COMO Uma Ubud: Rooms and pool villas are spacious and calm, though a couple of stays flagged furniture and finishes due for a refresh.
LocationWhy
Location: Como Shambhala Estate 18.5 out of 20, COMO Uma Ubud Not scored.Como Shambhala Estate: Set above the Ayung River with a jungle path down to three spring-fed pools at Kedara, but the 400 steps and buggy dependence are real.
COMO Uma Ubud: A short drive or walk from central Ubud but tucked down a driveway into jungle quiet, which almost everyone calls a plus.
DiningWhy
Dining: Como Shambhala Estate 17.5 out of 20, COMO Uma Ubud Not scored.Como Shambhala Estate: Glow and Kudus get consistent praise for the wellness-forward menu and breakfast, though almost nobody mentions a standout dinner beyond the healthy angle.
COMO Uma Ubud: Breakfast at Kemiri is the most-praised meal on property; Uma Cucina’s Italian food is good but a couple of guests found it inconsistent.
WellnessWhy
Wellness: Como Shambhala Estate 19 out of 20, COMO Uma Ubud Not scored.Como Shambhala Estate: The spa, Shirodhara treatments, and Kedara spring pools come up as the reason people book, with the on-site doctor and diagnostics only partly matching what’s promised.
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Only at Como Shambhala Estate
Only at COMO Uma Ubud
COMO Shambhala isn't trying to be the biggest resort in Ubud, and that's the point. With around 30 residences spread across 23 acres of jungle above the Ayung River, you get a personal assistant reachable by WhatsApp for the length of your stay, two restaurants built around a genuinely restrictive wellness menu, and a walk down to three natural spring pools that keeps coming up as the single best thing on the property. People who've done multiple Amans in Bali say the butler service here beats what they got at the Aman properties down the road, which is a real comparison, not a throwaway line.
This is a jungle property outside Ubud where the staff learn your name by the second day and then actually use it. That sounds like a line every hotel claims, but the specifics here back it up: a maintenance team sawed a hole in a wardrobe base at the drop of a hat to retrieve a dropped ring, no fuss, no charge beyond the tip offered. A duty manager personally stepped in after a booking mix-up and turned it into the best part of someone's trip. Breakfast at Kemiri gets built into people's daily rhythm, and the COMO Shambhala spa runs treatments that guests describe as closer to a healing session than a massage menu.
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Como Shambhala Estate and COMO Uma Ubud, side by side — the detail is below.
Como Shambhala Estate adds Eco and Balinese Design; COMO Uma Ubud adds Design and Culinary. Both are tagged Wellness, Countryside, Romantic and Adults-Only.
They land level here. Como Shambhala Estate: Every guest gets a named personal assistant reachable on WhatsApp, and people describe staff appearing with water before they’d asked for it. COMO Uma Ubud: Staff remembering names and preferences comes up constantly, down to a maintenance team sawing into a wardrobe to retrieve a dropped ring.
They land level here. Como Shambhala Estate: Set above the Ayung River with a jungle path down to three spring-fed pools at Kedara, but the 400 steps and buggy dependence are real. COMO Uma Ubud: A short drive or walk from central Ubud but tucked down a driveway into jungle quiet, which almost everyone calls a plus.
Both are in Ubud, about 5.0 km apart — close enough that the choice is the hotel, not the neighbourhood.
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