THE VILLAGE INN Rua Beach

The place itself is nice. Over priced for what you get, but as that’s common in Sumba, so not really big deal. But while the owner back to EU, the staff just can’t run it properly. The room was not cleaned upon our arrival, we had to wait them clean, 45mins went by, when they finished, we found meshes near the bed. The deluxe room is in good size but urgently need some renovation, especially in the bathroom. Wifi not always working, and the staff changed wifi name without informing us. Worst part was the rental bike, we had to chose between a bike without front breaker or a scooter with overused tires (because the staff don’t care at all when the owner is away, and when you pointed out, they just don’t get it or pretend don’t understand) , so the result was the tire went away while we driving. NOT SAFE! We had to spend 2hrs to fix it while renting it.. when we return, the staff was pissed off, no “thank you”, no “sorry”, as maybe we told the owner what happened?! However, the owner replied us, and paid for the fixing. The good we can think about was the chef, he was great, always took good care of us. Rua beach is nice too, great for a walk.