BASIL & THYME — Restaurant in Kuta Selatan

Let me start with what I liked. The quality of the cocktails is excellent, much better than many restaurants, not diluted with water beyond recognition, but clear flavor as it should be. There is a wonderful fish soup on the menu with a bright and rich flavor, big chunks of fish and shrimp.

I did not like the slow service and the order in which my husband and I were brought out our dishes. We ordered two dishes per person, but brought out both of mine first and he hungry had to just watch! A restaurant with a claim to hotel stars can't time the serving so guests don't feel awkward?

We had three breakfasts of completely different quality in the same restaurant. The first morning we were satisfied with a variety of both European and Indonesian dishes.

The next two mornings, on the other hand, were a disappointment. On one of them, the entire main meal consisted of pasta. There was pasta in the salad, as many as two different kinds of pasta in the main courses. The chicken curry is the driest I've tasted on the island. In the end there wasn't even any tasty rice as well as the other national dishes of the country. Indonesian cuisine is one of the world's tastiest, how can you not take advantage of that? The variety of fruits is limited to papaya, pineapple and watermelon. Surely we are in the tropics? Go to the market, maybe you will find new things for yourself.

The most fat minus I put for the fact that for the staff serving breakfast coffee you have to run for them, you have to look for them to get your morning coffee. And if you want another cup, you have to run around...

The restaurant inside Royal Tulip Jimbaran, the ambience was nice, near the pool area, the view was great

The menu choice wasn’t too much, only local food, Indian food, Western food, bread selection, fruit and salad selection, sweets and pudding selection, egg station, chicken porridge station, cereal section, beverage for free is fruit juice, Bali coffee, tea and infuse water

Overall the taste is good, but not too satisfying with the menu selection for breakfast buffet, the cost of breakfast buffet is...

The coffee is excellent, but food is nothing special. Ordered a handful of items and none of them compared to the food we got at local places away from the resorts. Service was good and atmosphere is nice but not as exotic as you’d expect from a 5-star...