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Eat@Bali: Potato Head Beach Club at Seminyak

Our friends were telling us to visit Potato Head Garage when they learnt that we were visiting Bali; the food bloggers are also raving about this place in their blogs...so we decided to check it out.

Arriving ten minutes prior to Potato Head's opening hour at 11am, we were refused by the security as well as the restaurant staff to enter the restaurant. I was trying to explain that we have a toddler who was very flushed from the heat and that we would just like to take a seat in the restaurant till they can take our orders at 11am...which is like 10 minutes away...

No, we can't take a seat at the restaurant while we wait and the staff wanted us (G, a pregnant woman and a young toddler) to stand under the scorching hot sun for 10 minutes until the magical clock strikes 11am. The chairs, which were in the shade were just couple steps away, and NO..WE HAVE TO STAND UNDER THE SUN WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE MAGICAL OPENING HOUR. 

I thought it was pretty ridiculous. I asked for the restaurant manager in hope that someone has a bit more common sense, consideration and ironically less of a POTATO HEAD...however the staff couldn't even understand what a restaurant manager is or rather pretended not to understand. I was pretty astounded by the service, given that this is an extremely popular hangout place among tourists, one would expect service to be top notch and more westernised/flexible??

So the clock strikes 11am and POOF! MAGIC! The restaurant crew(same ones who turned us down) welcomed us into the restaurant with a wide smile and impeccable hospitality. 


We ordered the Lychee Tea and some mocktail that isn't very impressive.

Wagyu Beef Burger.

Crab meat pasta.

Seafood pasta.



























The interior of the restaurant is definitely done up very nicely, scattered with Scandavian styled furnitures indoors and teak beach beds outdoors. It is spacious and lends a wide view of the restaurant's pool and also the ocean. It is a nice place to chill with friends and knock a couple of beers...which I can't have now :( 

And of course we had great expectations of the food as it was so highly recommended by many... Well I would say that the food was decent enough for the price- not cheap for Bali standard, starts from 180,000idr(~18usd) however it was nothing amazing. 

I would probably skip eating at Potato Head and have my stomach filled somewhere else in Seminyak, which has a galore of great food; I would just have couple of drinks at Potato Head and enjoy the people watching.


Address

Jalan Petitenget 51 B
Seminyak, Kuta Bali

Tel: +62 361 473 7979








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  1. Chuzai Living23 May 2014 at 03:34

    What great photos!! I have never had a chance to go to Potato Head Garage in Bali, but I did visit the one in Jakarta. So nice you're there!!

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    1. Mummynista26 May 2014 at 08:27

      Thanks Kaho! It is a nice place to check out although you are probably not missing out much on the food since it's not that fabulous ;)

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