Antique Bar Restaurant: A New Antique!

Posted by admin on Aug 20, 2007

Food: SE Asia – Price: cheap
One of the initial oddities the first time tourist to Bali always notices, with amazement, are the constant signs advertising ‘antiques made to order’. Well this new antique is in fact a restaurant. The décor and furniture are mostly made from artistic forms of wrought iron, but I would hardly call them antique! Yet another new restaurant is to be found in Jl. Abimanyu, Seminyak. Three previous tenants of the same arcade strip have already closed their doors within twelve months of opening, yet Q Bar and Antique seem to be thriving. Read the rest of this entry »


Gateway of India: Gateway to…….. Heaven?

Posted by admin on Aug 8, 2007

Food: Indian – Price: cheap
Indian food affects people in many different ways. For those who are used to it, and enjoy it, life without it is unthinkable!
For others it can cause immediate physical discomfort! Evidently there are enough people of the former category, living in and visiting Bali, to ensure that the little Gateway of India is almost always full on most evenings. Only open since August 1999, it has already doubled in size. The chefs were a part of Restaurant LG’s short flirtation with Indian cuisine, but are now with family and friends in this new location. Read the rest of this entry »


Warung Bale-Bali: A Warung with Style

Posted by admin on Aug 8, 2007

Food: Indonesian, Chinese – Price: cheap
At the beginning of Jln. Kunti, just off Jln. Seminyak, is a little Warung that stands out from the rest. Small and unpretentious, but with a certain class and style not normally encountered in this type of establishment.
The place is not a secret, as it has obviously already been discovered by many if you judge by it’s regular clientele, a mixture of local foreigners and seemingly foreign-educated Indonesians. It does not try to do what so many others attempt and fail, be a complete answer for everyone. Bale-Bali just serves a small selection of well-prepared Indonesian and Indonesian-Chinese dishes, and at most reasonable prices.

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Rush Bamboo: An Interesting Hideaway!

Posted by admin on Aug 8, 2007

Food: International – Price: moderate
Rush Bamboo is yet another quality restaurant hidden inside a private villa complex, The Elysian in Seminyak. It is open to the public for all day dining, and worth the effort it takes to locate it. The restaurant and cocktail bar adjoins an attractive swimming pool which is lined with striped bales, for the swimmers to escape the sun, eat or drink. On the terrace above the restaurant and beside the foyer entrance is a glass walled private dining room [air-conditioned], the perfect setting for a private dinner for 6-8 people.
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Queen’s Tandoor: Take a Trip to India!

Posted by admin on Aug 8, 2007

Food: Indian -  Price: cheap
The building in which Queen’s Tandoor exists has housed a number of restaurants in the past that did not seem to work! This one is going to be very different! Sensational Indian food served with no apologies. No toning down of taste! Indian chefs, imported Indian chillies and spices, imported Indian know-how! That all goes to making food that is traditionally Indian!
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