In Reply to: Bit of info on Inna Kuta pleae :) posted by melnsteve on Friday, 12. February 2010 at 08:13 Bali Time:
Stayed there last year and hope to stay there again in Sept. Left email open, in case you want copies of the stuff I bought back. But have cut and pasted a bit about the IKBB from my JBR in the archives;
Used some of my Rp that I always bring home to pay for a taxi to our first hotel. Inna Kuta Beach. Our first stay here and have to admit that the breakfast is the best we've seen. We usually ditch the breakfast even if we've paid for it (two out of three hotels we couldn't remove it) and enjoy the experience of eating out each morning. We tend to decide the night before where we are going and every restaurant we enter we ask for the breakfast menu to have a quick look. The clincher for us is that the Inna Kuta Beach has separated the dinning room into smoking and non smoking. Me, reformed smoker and Mr 13 Asthmatic - it makes a huge difference! We haven't seen it anywhere else in Bali but highly commend the IKB for being trend setters in Kuta! Have extensive brochures and map that show which cottages are where and have which facilities if anyone needs this info!
It was suggested that we go to Sam's Bar (BTF) right out the front of the IKB but to be honest I didn't go to Bali to spend the whole time sitting with a bunch of Auzzie's who never move more than 5 meters from the hotel entrance. So we moseyed along till we found an empty bar, happened to be Bob's Bar and decided to spend our Rp there. Sharing the load so to speak. Well, there is always a story. We never met Bob as he's recovering from an operation but we were well looked after by Nicky (Bob's Wife) and her two sons. In particular Putu and his new puppy Roxy!