In Reply to: Agree.. posted by Kolokan on Monday, 3. January 2011 at 11:31 Bali Time:
I don't know how el cheapo you want to go, but a place I have stayed in the thick of things in Poppies 2 is the Dua Dara - it is so handy to everything and, although budget, I found it very clean.. the bathrooms literally sparkled! There is a bit of a range in the rooms, as most places, but in 2009:-
Room with AC + hot water + bath tub costs Rp. 250,000 for 2 person and Rp. 150,000 for 1 person.
Not far from there to some well-recommended eateries on Jl Benesari.
(BTW - heads up - the name means "two virgins", so my friend and I got a few snickers when we told people where we were staying .. :D )