Villa Seminyak Estate & Spa - by Astadala

It’s a such amazing design hotel where u can’t find in the world with such reasonable price

Villa is not very pretty, pool is ok

We loved our stay at Villa Seminyak Estate and Spa. The location is so convenient with a buggy available at anytime to take you to the Main Street, which is close to shops, restaurants and the Bintang Supermarket. There is also a regular buggy service at 11am, 3pm and 5pm that goes to the beach. This is great for sunset drinks. The staff are absolutely amazing. They go out of their way to accommodate and please. The breakfast is delicious and was included in our deal. We also did the cultural buffet and show for dinner on Friday night. It was so good. Food preferences were taken into account. The dancers were really entertaining. Special mention to Mariani at the front desk who was so friendly, kind and helpful. I highly recommend Villa Seminyak Estate and Spa.

So with a friend in tow, we went to the Seminyak Villa Estate and Spa to undertake a Cooking Class. On arrival we were given a refreshing juice and then led to the area where our cooking class would be. We were met by the Chef and her staff and a table laden with exotic ingredients. We were both given a lovely apron and a hat, which made us feel like we were ready to undertake the meals we were going to make. Firstly the Chef, detailed all the exotic ingredient, offering smells and tastes. Then detailed the other ingredients (chicken etc) that would be added to the exotic spices we had just reviewed. On the table was 'Bumbu Merah' which is a base the balinese use for seafood along with 'Bumbu Genap' which is again a base of balinese spices generally used in all balinese food. To start, we undertook the making of 'Lawar Gedang Muda' which is balinese young papaya salad with minced chicken. My friend started the frying of the chicken, while I took to madly grating the papaya. The finished salad was amazing, we each had a taste and my friend, being the wonderful cook she is, said lets add so more lime, of which the chef agreed. Then it was on to making "Calan Be Siap" which is a balinese chicken ball soup. We both had fun making the chicken balls into the right size and there was much laughter amongst us as we both tried to outdo each other in getting the size right. Again, a taste was offered and both of us agreed we had done a great job. We then went on to make two more traditional balinese dishes, one with chicken and one with prawn and of course the wonderful chicken satay. We tasted each dish on completion and then sat down to eat our three course meal. It was a lot and I felt confident that I would be able to repeat these dishes at home. After only being able to eat a little of the enormous lunch, we went on to make banana fritters with vanilla and palm sugar sauce. I plated the dish and of course we munched it down, even though we were really full. The staff were kind enough to suggest to us to take the left overs home, of which I was very keen. Our wonderful cooking class ended with a certificate that we could take home along with the apron. I thought it would be a great idea to finish the meal with a shot of arak, of which I happily necked. I won't lie I did have another two shots and was given a taste of some arak that had been mixed with berries. Our hotel was some 10 minutes away and we said that we would ring our driver to take us home, but no, they insisted on taking us home in their hotel buggy. This is an experience that I think anyone would enjoy. Cooking with a chef and being guided to make what we would normally buy in Bali, really was a treat. We were even given a Cookbook with the recipes to take home. This is a 10 out of 10 experience, pricing is really good and the whole class was conducted in a totally professional manner, but it also included so many laughs. Do yourself a favor and book this Cookin

100% privacy for the whole villa and pool ❤️ 100% safety you can leave ur valuables and come back to find them ❤️ room service are amazing everyone is amazing ❤️ also friendly ❤️ breakfast was amazing need more option though but the desserts are amaaaazing 🤣❤️❤️🤣

Staying in one of the two people pods with the shared pool. Lovely but could do with a deep clean and maybe a little lick of paint. Wish we had tried to upgrade to a villa for a private pool. Some outside beds near the pool. But not specifically for each pod. So you might not get to lounge near your pod. Which isn’t the end of the world, just thought the ones near our pod might have been ours. Staff are really lovely and helpful and it’s an ideal spot for just being able to wander to Seminyak street and even walkable to the beach! The hotel does offer a little bus to the beach 3 times a day which is ideal because you can walk back when it’s cooled down a little bit