Mangsit, Senggigi, west Lombok
★ 4.4(1,450 reviews)
Living Asia Resort and Spa is a beachfront mid-luxury property on Mangsit beach in Senggigi, with rooms from 2,000,000 to 4,500,000 IDR per night across 80 units. The property leans traditional Asian architecture with peaked roofs and stone-and-bamboo accents. It's larger than the boutique competitors and delivers a more conventional resort experience at a slightly lower price point.
# Living Asia Resort and Spa: Larger-Scale Mangsit Beachfront
Living Asia Resort opened in 2010 and remains the largest property on the Mangsit beachfront, with 80 rooms across multi-storey blocks and a smaller cluster of freestanding villas. The product is more conventional resort than boutique — closer in operational style to a Sheraton-tier than the all-villa neighbours like The Kayana.
Indonesian-owned and managed, with a positioning aimed at the mid-luxury family and couple market. The property attracts a more diverse guest mix than the surrounding boutiques — families with children, multi-generational groups, business travellers extending stays — because the room types and pricing accommodate that range.
Four categories across 80 units. Superior Rooms (entry, 2,000,000–2,600,000 IDR) are 35sqm garden or pool view rooms in the main multi-storey blocks. Deluxe Rooms (2,600,000–3,200,000 IDR) are 42sqm with sea views from upper floors. Family Rooms (3,200,000–4,000,000 IDR) are 55sqm two-bedroom configurations. Villa Suites (4,000,000–4,500,000 IDR) are freestanding standalone units with private terraces.
For couples, the Deluxe Room with sea view is the right pick — proper view from upper floor, generous space, and you avoid the dated feel of some Superior Rooms. For families with two children, the Family Room is genuinely useful and prices well against booking two separate rooms.
Mangsit beachfront, the same stretch as The Kayana and Katamaran, on the southern side. From Living Asia: 8 minutes to central Senggigi, 25 minutes to Mataram, 30 minutes to Bangsal harbour, 75 minutes to Lombok International Airport, 90 minutes to Kuta Lombok.
The walk to Mangsit's small independent restaurant cluster (3 kitchens within 200 metres) is a real benefit — most guests do at least one off-resort dinner here.
The 800sqm free-form pool is the property's design hero. Multiple zones for adults and kids, deep ends and shallow ends, in-pool stools at the swim-up bar, and proper deck loungers around the perimeter. The pool rarely feels crowded even at peak occupancy because of its sheer size.
The beach in front of Living Asia is the widest sand strip on the Mangsit beachfront — partly because of property orientation, partly because of less coastal erosion than at neighbouring Katamaran. Direct beach access works at all tide states.
The food operation runs two restaurants. The main restaurant handles breakfast (included, generous, with a proper egg station) and dinner (international with Indonesian options, mains 130,000–280,000 IDR). The beachfront grill handles lunch and casual dinner with seafood, burgers, and grills. Quality is consistent rather than exceptional.
The spa runs eight treatment rooms with a standard menu (650,000–1,400,000 IDR for 90 minutes). Therapist quality is variable — book a recommended therapist by name on arrival rather than taking whoever's available.
The kids' programme runs during school holidays (kids' pool, supervised activities, kids' menu) and is reduced outside those windows. The property handles families well without making child-free guests feel surrounded.
The honest constraints. Some Superior Room blocks are showing wear and the refurbishment programme is ongoing rather than complete — request a refurbished room at booking. The multi-storey block layout reduces the boutique feel that nearby properties like The Kayana and Katamaran offer; if villa-style intimacy matters, those are the right picks instead. Wi-Fi reaches the main building reliably but degrades in further blocks.
Book Living Asia for families with children who want a proper kids' pool and family rooms, for multi-generational groups who need varied room categories under one booking, for budget-conscious mid-luxury travellers who'd rather have a wider beach and bigger pool than a smaller boutique footprint, and for travellers who want easy walking access to Mangsit's independent dining cluster.
Skip Living Asia if you specifically want a private-pool villa (book The Kayana), if you want strong food destination dining (book Katamaran for Olio), if you want bamboo-design wellness focus (book Svarga), or if you want the smallest possible property with personal service (book any of the boutiques).