In Reply to: PATRA or RAMADA - your opinion please posted by STEPHnLUKE on Tuesday, 8. September 2009 at 16:19 Bali Time:
We, wife and i and 2 girls aged 8 and 6 stay twice a year at the Patra. We love it. Taxi into Kuta is 15 thousand $2 Aus, cheap as and takes 7-8 minutes if no traffic.They have a free shuttle bus 4 or more times a day.
Some restaurants along beach within 10 minute walk are the new "Envy" great food and value and the well known "pantai" another few minutes along the beach is my favourite restaurant, Ma Joly. This is pricey and not really child orientated. But our kids love it anyway.
Staff are great, pools are great but ask to be booked close to the pool area. Its is clean and well managed, they have a new General manager and he is running a very good show.