22 Apr 2023
While some of the elements of this half day package cannot be changed I do believe that the choice of Seafood Restaurant could be. The best part of this tour was the personal driver who was friendly, polite and shared his knowledge of the area and culture with us. The Kecak dance amphitheatre was packed in tightly to the maximum and meant that anyone with long legs as my husband has, couldn't sit comfortably, hence we left the performance early. We did enjoy the authenticity and cultural significance of the performance. The advantage of leaving early many that we missed the massive exodus of a crowd this size. Be prepared for the toilets at the temple as the floor was flooded and the smell can make you dry reach. Our tour dri er then took us to the Kampeong Seafood Restaurant on the beach at Jimbaran Bay. We were really looking forward to this part of the evening. The setting is beautiful on the beach however the food at this particular restaurant was appalling. The shell fish was tasteless, the prawns were mushy and the batter on all the food was soggy. The food was barely warm. There was a dish of greens that tasted terrible and mushy. The only food that we were able to eat was the steamed rice and we suffered to eat the cold well done fried egg also as we were hungry, so it was no doubt a very expensive meal of fried rice and egg! If the operators of this tour make a change of restaurant choice (presuming there are better options) then this should be done to make what isn't a cheap half day tour, worth it's value.