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

We had a Grand Deluxe one bedroom pool villa and it was stunning. Exceptionally clean and well maintained. We had some lovely breakfasts there and the staff were all very polite and all of the staff including gardeners would always say 'good morning' and 'hello'. We booked the private dining experience for 2 which had staff come and set us up table in the garden area and put candles around the pool and a chef and a server came to our Villa and cooked us a 5 course meal with surf and turf as our mains. For 250,000IDR it was an absolute bargain and a lovely experience. I would definitely recommend this hotel as it is like having a private villa but in a hotel setting.

Amazing facilities, looked exactly like the pictures which was nice. Had an executive villa with our own pool which was amazing for the kids. Staff were super friendly and helpful, greeting us all by our names on every interaction. Would definitely recommend staying here to anyone.