Kuali Restaurant — Restaurant in Kuta

I was really looking forward to eating here after seeing reviews and photos. Right away our waitress had some serious attitude. We are a very easy going young couple. I pointed out a picture from another reviewer letting her know that I was interested in that specific dish. We ordered a large bintang, glass of wine, and two entrees. The food was a bit greasy, but tasted decent. We received a small bin tang instead of a large, but assumed they ran out since no one was willing to explain anything or help with a second drink order mid meal. It took a while to flag another server down to get waited on.

After the meal we flagged them down again for a check, but had been overcharged for the Large bin tang that had come out small. A few hours later we both started to feel sick and got food poisoning 😫. Unfortunately, we had to spend all day in our hotel...

We stayed in the Grand Mercure hotel around the corner and this was our favorite restaurant, we had dinner there for 5 times. The food is tasty and reasonably priced and we loved that there is quite a selection of Indonesian dishes (try the rijsttafel, really!). Fast and kind service although some of the staff may seem a bit stiff at first glance. A big plus for us was that there is no live music or adjacent neighbor with live music, but only some soft background music, so unlike most restaurants in this part of town near the beach you can actually have a conversation. Really...

We were really impressed by the staff at Kuali! When we were greeted, we explained that we don't eat animal products, and asked if they had any suitable meals. The woman explained that certain meals were vegetarian, but stated that they were made using egg noodles/fish sauce. She offered to arrange alternatives for us, which we really appreciated. After being seated, all the staff that approached us were very friendly and understanding of our dietary requirements. Food was delicious, and the alternatives that they arranged were great! Highly recommend Kuali, we will be...