Sony Hotel Samosir

It is not costly, the room price is cheap. However the view from the hotel room is amazing. The hotel is also quiet and safe. There are fish ponds near the lake.

Despite the cheap price rates, the rooms are very comfortable. The view to Lake Toba is amazing as you can see the sunrise from your bed.

It was a worst stay in our entire life. We stayed two nights there, me and my wife. The owner Mr.Parningotan was very rude person. He have no idea about how to behave with his guests. During our stay we went to Indonesian house near to this guest house as the family invited us. We had some food and drinks from that sweet family. When we came back to the room Mr. Mr.Parningotan came to our room and shouted something with his own English. it’s hard to understand what he is exactly saying. It was our first night in Samosir Island. It made us very uncomfortable. In the same night, when we got hungry, I called him and asked for information about nearest restaurant. He asked us to Go to Tuk Tuk, in very rude manner and disconnected the call. We were helpless. we don’t have any vehicle access there. The guest house is 6/7 KM away from the town. As I got a stomach problems I have to eat something. Finally we decided Walk to the road in the middle of the night. And found one restaurant near to guest house. Had some wonderful food there. If you are travelling for first time. Please stay away. I booked through airbnb and I wrote this experience in their review section, but the airbnb was not ready to publish it. Horrible experience.

Roy and Marni were awesome hosts. We had some of the best food whilst staying here out of our whole time in Indonesia. Roy was great at giving tips of what to do around the Toba Lake area. As for the location , for us it was perfect. Down the quieter side of Tuk Tuk right on the lake. We walked into the strip a couple nights and it's not too bad, probably about half an hour walk. But we quickly figured out the food and the views are better at Sony cottages anyway! The highlight for us about staying here was the amazing garden . So many amazing fruits and vegetables growing makes for a very relaxing setting. We would definitely come back to Sony again.

Very cozy rooms, nice people and pretty good meals.