Pencar Authentic Balinese & Seafood Grill — Restaurant in Bali

So glad I found this place by accident! Was looking for authentic Balinese food and there it was in the name of the restaurant - Authentic Balinese and Seafood Grill! Service staff Mega was friendly, attentive and wonderful - checked on me after every dish and also asked for my opinions. Over heard her immediately reflecting it back to the chef. Ordered Lumpia Sayur (deep fried vegetables spring roll) and Bebek Goreng Pencar (crispy spiced duck) but was first presented with a surprise - crackers with peanut sauce. As someone who has tasted peanut sauce in Malaysia, India, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand, can I say that the chef’s secret mix of the peanut sauce is heavenly? Went really well with the crackers. In fact, I asked for one more serving! The crispy spiced duck was something to shout about too. Have to try this! It was crispy on the skin and juicy in the meat. Beats any other “famous” place! Have a look at the photos...

Found Pencar on Google and decided to go for dinner. The restaurant looked nice and welcoming from the street and has both indoor (air-conditioning) and outdoor seating. It should be noted thst only two out of four 2hp air-conditioning units were switched on at the time. Which was insufficient to cool the large dinning area which had high ceilings; making the experience at tad warm.

We ordered three seafood platter set for two. Food arrived in good time but the restaurant could do with individual candles on each table as it was too dark to see what we were eating. Seafood was definitely not fresh and when we used our torch to get a clear sight of our meals, we were shocked to find green slime on the prawn. We notified waitress and raised this with the kitchen and apologised for the quality of the food that night. We paid for the drinks and left the premises.Wont be spending our time at Pencar in our visits to Bali...

Booked a cooking class for the family after 4 clear phone calls. The last one I clearly asked if I need to do anything further... Payment details etc and she told me that we need to pay on the day. We land up there on time and we're told we were not booked in and needed to confirm which I apparently didn't after I did.

Don't bother wasting ur time. They need to employ people who...