In Reply to: legian beach hotel/padma or mandira posted by rousey on Wednesday, 27. February 2008 at 17:18 Bali Time:
2 weeks at The Padma in a Premier Club Chalet. I really don't think I'd stay anywhere else now. We generally stay at the Padma or The Niksoma (2 very different styles - Boutique vs Resort - and both with their advantages and disadvantages!) but with the Garden Club benefits and it's location, for us The Padma has become our home away from home in Bali. The rooms, the grounds, the pool and pool bar, beach access, the breccy, free cocktails and the other Garden Club benefits just make it such a great place to stay. Next time we're going to try and spend 3 weeks there in a Deluxe Suite (separate bedroom, private balcony, near the pool, Garden Club benefits, etc). For anyone who wants to stay around Kuta/Legian/Seminyak area it's definitely gotta be a serious consideration. Hard to fault. An added plus is the great restaurants along JL Padma - Indo's, Drops (a recent discovery and highly reccommended), Bianco (nice, but not my favourite. Don't have the lobster!), the place on the corner directly behind The Padma (can't remember it's name which may or may not have something do with the number of Bintangs consumed there!!!). Ohhhhh I wanna go back NOW!