BASK Gili Meno: Because Average Was Never an Option
By DesRes Bali
Greg Meyer doesn’t do halfway.
BASK didn’t try to reinvent the island. It let the island write the brief. The result: a quiet, immersive escape of extraordinary detail and deep calm. Everything here exists for the guest. “Customer experience” might be a buzzword elsewhere. At BASK, it’s a blueprint.
Take the wine cellar: curated, climate-controlled, and ranked the best in Lombok Province—among the top ten in Indonesia. It’s not there for show. It’s there because Meyer believes a sunset deserves something worthy in your glass.
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The Ethos
“If it’s not extraordinary, it doesn’t belong here.”
Meyer means it. Steak knives? Choose from four hand-selected European blades. The beef? Dry-aged on site. Even the iconic underwater sculpture Nest — a circle of life-size figures by Jason deCaires Taylor, installed just offshore and now teeming with coral and marine life — can be reached by a short snorkel from the beach, adding an extraordinary layer to the BASK experience..
Design as devotion. Gary Fell’s architecture. Fiona Lynch’s interiors. Every choice a tribute to the island, not an imposition on it.
Silence as luxury. No cars, no dogs—just 300 meters of private beach, 122 perfectly tuned speakers, and ambient sound that melts into the breeze.
The Experience
Lofted villas with sunset decks, fingerprint entry, and sunken lounges. Menus change nightly, tailored to you. The chefs collaborate. The dough took a year to perfect. And the wine? As mentioned—serious.
Or as Meyer puts it:
“The kind of place where stress dissolves by breakfast.”
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Here, Nothing Is Rushed
BASK doesn’t try to keep up. It leads, quietly. With space to breathe, details that matter, and a kind of elegance you only get when you take your time.
“I get satisfaction out of people being happy,” Meyer says.
At BASK, that shows. From the service to the setting to the weight of the cutlery—everything’s been considered. Nothing’s an afterthought. Because good taste is never accidental.
