Bali Sentosa Seafood: Live seafood restaurant in Kuta

Bali Sentosa Seafood was where we had our last meal in in Bali. It’s kind of like a Chinese-style restaurant where they have large tanks of live seafood and an extensive menu where you can cook the seafood in different ways and styles. It was honestly one of the only restaurants we visited where we felt like locals might also come to eat (i.e. we didn’t see a lot of foreigners here).

Interior

I say “Chinese style” because the interior of the restaurant feels like it. They have a lot of large tables – circular and rectangular – that can fit more than 10 people as well as private rooms. The inside is very spacious and has a cool (cool as in cold, not trendy lol) feel to it because the floors are all tiled and you can see tanks of live seafood.

Lots of parking spots as well.

Food review of Bali Sentosa Seafood

Here is everything we ate and shared between 4 people. I say 4 people, but it was actually more like 3 people because one of us had traveler’s diarrhea and didn’t have much of an appetite.

Note that all prices in this post have been converted from IDR to CAD and rounded up to the nearest dollar. A lot of their seafood options actually don’t list out the price because it depends on the weight of the fish.

Signature Sentosa tofu soup

This is their signature soup and you can choose what fish goes into it. You can choose between a white snapper, silver pomfret, tiger grouper or a marble sleeper. I am actually not sure which fish we chose, but it was a white fish.

The soup was huge – came in a really big pot. The broth itself was nice and light and there was a lot of fish meat inside the soup, which can be kind of hard to tell just by looking at it. Tofu gave it some nice soft/smooth texture. This is a pretty solid choice also if you are having tummy issues in Bali.

Water spinach ($3)

Our friend makes sure to always order one vegetable dish, so she chose the water spinach cooked with garlic. It was a pretty large plate of veggies for $3 and it was actually tasty! The water spinach shrivels up after being cooked, but it had a nice garlicky taste to it.

Signature Sentosa mantis shrimp

This is another signature item at Sentosa – the mantis shrimp! We just order 3 to share and it is cooked in almost like a HK style spicy and salty fried topping. The shrimp was pretty easy to eat because they de-shell most of it for you, but if you like the sauce you’ll probably still get your hands dirty.

HK style steam fish

We also order a whole steamed fish! Again, you can choose between the white snapper, silver pomfret, tiger grouper or a marble sleeper and the price depends on the fish and size.

I really liked the way it was cooked because it felt homey (like something my mom would make). HK styled steamed fish is usually steamed with soy sauce, ginger and green onion. The fish meet was very soft and flaky! But keep in mind there are bones so you will have to kind of pick at it with your chopsticks. If you are not used to chopsticks or don’t feel comfortable sharing this fish with who you are eating with, maybe don’t order any of their steamed fish dishes.

Soft shell crab with salted egg yolk

This one is more like an appetizer dish but it comes with a few small crabs that are deep fried in a salted egg yolk batter. It was an ok dish but the tofu soup and steamed fish were definitely better.

Seafood porridge ($4)

Lastly, we have the seafood porridge, which is more like congee. We mostly order this for the person who wasn’t feeling well 😂 but it was large enough to share with everyone. The porridge came with some shrimp/prawns, clams and crab claws.

The congee itself had a pretty decent texture and it is flavoured so it doesn’t taste like anything. Some of the seafood was a little hard to eat because of the shell (prawns and legs).

Final thoughts

Loewe’s rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

We had a great dinner at Bali Sentosa Seafood. I don’t have concrete prices here, but in total everything was pretty cheap, averaging to be less than $150, which is less than $37 per person.

Out of all the dishes we ordered, I liked the steamed fish the most and the fish tofu soup. Their seafood are must-orders and you can choose different ways to cook them so there are many different options. They don’t have much alcoholic options aside from beer. Their food menu is quite large and extensive but you do need to talk to the servers to figure out how much each thing will cost. They can speak English so you don’t have to worry too much about that.

Service was really fast as the food came out pretty quickly in carts, but it also wasn’t that busy on the night we went.

Overall, it was a nice dinner to celebrate our last night in Bali!

Sincerely, Loewe