In Reply to: a couple of questions? posted by donoonod on Sunday, 25. October 2009 at 11:52 Bali Time:
Honestly, I wouldn't bother. It's a long and expensive trip for mediocre but reasonably priced food - cheaper than Jimbaran Bay and different. Not a buffet but you do help yourself to salads if you order the BBQ (which is very smokey & smelly if you're sitting near it), there is a too loud band, it gets very crowded & service can be slow.
There is one other restaurant next door named Sol (where we ended up eating - best calamari ever, uncrowded, great cocktails - they don't do the seafood BBQ though) when the smelly smoke, crowds & yukky music drove Whoopee & I away. That was a weeknight, weekends are apparently much more crowded.
I am well aware that many people just love the place but I think it is overrated. Taking into account the costs involved in getting there & back you could probably have a lovely meal at, say, La Luciola. The sunset is the same.