15-OCT - Tue - Ku De Ta reigns supreme

It was a day of beach, like many others, and these two lads were in the mood for some glitz and glamour. Where to go? Cocoon with its whiteness? White it might be, but having introduced minimum drink and food spend of A$30+ for their daybeds lining the kidney shaped pool and more for the cabanas, the glitz is somewhat less attractive. It still is a great beach club, with one of the best chill-out music, but not having absolute beachfront and attracting the Kuta crowd is a minus in our books. Potato Head with its grandeur? The setting is amazing; the building shielding the beach club from the rest of the world is a huge amphitheatre made of old wooden doors and shutters of all sizes and colours, three storeys tall. The club itself has many sitting areas with different atmospheres, a huge infinity pool and the all-important absolute beachfront. The minuses again having introduced a minimum drink and food spend which is quite high and the club being so big that it is far from being a relaxing day out enjoying the sun. It feels more like Rimini’s beaches, overcrowded, loud, everyone sitting on top of each other. No thanks! Mozaic with its uber funk? It is an amazing place, it is calm, it is on the smaller side, the cabanas are little hideaways of peace and tranquillity, the daybeds overlooking the ocean are welcoming one to just gaze out into nothingness all day. Having also introduced an exorbitant minimum spend on drinks and food to claim a cabana (despite the place being deserted), turned us off. We had one last shimmer of hope, Ku De Ta! It is the oldest beach club, the first, the original. And you know what? The best! It does not have a pool, just two rows of daybeds which can accommodate four people each, overlooking the beach and the ocean. The daybeds are framed by small stretch of lawn and a U-shaped building, with no walls leading into its courtyard so the ocean can be seen, heard and felt where-ever one decides to sit. Furthest away from the beach is a lovely dining area, whilst the flanks of the building are more casual chilled-out settings, to just sit, grab a bite to eat and enjoy the scenery. The music tops it all off just perfectly, not too loud, not too crazy, the right mix to make one forget appointments, deadlines and time itself. We found ourselves a daybed and we sat, we drank, we chatted, we relaxed, we checked out the eye candy on offer, we laughed, we played UNO, we enjoyed the sun: this is how a day at a beach-club should be! We love you Ku De Ta!