Rock Bar Bali Review - Ayana Resorts and Spa 2015

Hello dear friends !

This is a super long overdue post about our fantastic experience @ the Rock Bar Bali ! 

(Visited in May 2015)

We went to the Rock Bar one evening while we were staying at the Ayana Resort. 

This bar belongs to the resorts but non-guests can come dine / chill here as well . 

This has got to be the most beautiful bar I have ever been .. It's literally on the cliff face , and it occupies a horizontal area along the cliff .. ! We thought the whole idea of building a bar on the cliff near the sea is very amazing .. a little scary but W-O-W experience really... 

What an eye-opener !

FYI , Ayana Resort and RIMBA Guests have priority entry to the Rock Bar , we did get priority ! (Show your room card & room number !)

View of the Rock Bar from the Top of Ayana Resort (looking down)..

Do you see the white little block on the left side of the picture ? That is a "lift" from the top , so that you don't have to take the stairs to go down .. By stairs, I mean really quite a lot of stairs .. 

This lift is the most direct access to the Rock Bar .. 

Resort Guests has priority to take the lift too ! There is only one lift and each time can take abt 6 pax only.. 

Taking the lift to the bar .. Going down .. 

Oh yes , there is dress code, although I was wearing swim-wear , I just put over a nice cover up dress as you will see below ! And ZW put on a button shirt as well over... I think they do not allow singlets ..

Entered the bar area quite easily at 4.30pm (Weekday-no queue) ! 

The operating hours are from 16:00-1:00 (until 2:00 on Friday - Saturday)..Although we arrived at 4.30pm (quite early) , the main bar area shown above is already fully occupied ! 

The thing is , the only serve Beverages & Snacks ! Did not serve full meals ... The menu if I remember is only a few pages , mostly drinks menu .. 

But we were extremely lucky to find a sofa set with the sun directly in front of us , and very blessed that it was perfect clear sky weather, AMAZING ! Originally they gave us a table and chair set at the back , blocked view .. No point sitting there !! And there are not many seats with unblocked views.. 

The sofa seat needed a minimum spend , of SGD 80 (as I remembered May'2015) and it was OK for us , so we went ahead to just "pay" for the view .. Haha ...

As the Sun was not setting just yet , they handed us umbrellas to shield the sun .. and it didn't really help much but we were there for a tan anyways :P

The view from our sofa seat !!! (sofa occupy 2 pax) 

Just sitting facing the sun , sweating like ?~ and waiting for it to set. It was really a very clear day!

Please remember sunnies , they are lifesavers :)

Our food is here ! We ordered Popcorn Chicken and Calamari Rings !

Both are very good :) and its about Singaporean Bar prices .. about SGD 15 each ?! Pretty OK for the unique location ...

Our drinks are here ! Lychee Margarita Ice Blended OMG so damn good & another drink I forgot , watermelon vodka?? Not sure but I'm certain there is watermelon in it.. :D Super shiok !

Let the rest of the pics show how awesome this bar is .. hehe ^^

If you can see the pic of us above, above our heads on the right side will be the cliff pool (see the glass panels) ! Access by stairs .. On the right of our heads is also the rest of the Rock Bar Sitting Area.. The Iconic Glass Balcony sitting area is on the left side.. If you get what I mean ..

Panorama View of our seat .. on the left is where the cliff pool is .. 

On the right is the rest of the rock bar.. 

The most AWESOME view of the sunset right before our eyes ! Can never forget this experience !

The whole sunset took about 1.5hours.. 

The sun just literally fell into the ocean .. I actually have a timelapse viedo of it but it isn't uploading here .. -.-

But the pics are all UNEDITED !!!!! The colors are THAT vibrant .. Pics taken on Iphone :D

Overall it was an amazing amazing experience and worth every cent paid ... Although its expensive for Bali standards, I still think this is worth the visit .. 

Our visit was probably made perfect due to the fact that we are guests with priority entry and got really good seats !! (come early and eat/drink slowly) & GOOD WEATHER!!! .. On weekends surely damn crowded...

If you want to visit , please come for the sunset *Check the Weather* .. Cos after the sunset, there's nothing much to see except hearing the crash of the waves against the rocks .. If you like that :)

After checking out from the bar , we went to the Cliff pool for a swim to enjoy the orangey hue of the sunset .. It really was a fantastically clear weather day !! the colours were out of this world .. :D

Sharing our personal experience on Rock Bar Bali Review, hope you all enjoy :)

We'll share our experience of Ayana Resorts (stayed here for 2 nights in Club Room) in another post !

Cheers ! XOXO

Health Land Asoke Spa Review ! (BKK Thailand 2016)

Hello friends !

We went to try Health Land Spa @ Asoke , Bangkok last month (Mar 2016) when we were there !

It's very near our hotel and Terminal 21 / Asoke Station , about 10mins walk away !

Apparently we found out that Health Land is a big chain of Spa in Thailand and they have many locations ! This is just one of them .. :)

The first time we walked there , they told us its fully booked until the evening time which we couldn't make it cos have other plans ...

The second time, we were smarter !! Called to reserve first ... :) the number to call is on their web .. 

their web : --> HEALTH LAND SPA BANGKOK <

The one we went is :

Health Land Asoke

Address : 55/5 Sukhumvit 21 Rd. (Asoke), Khlongtoeinuea, Wattana, Bangkok 10110

Telephone : +66 (0) 2261 1110

Fax : +66(0) 2398 6062

Business Hours : 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. (Mon-Sun)

First impression is like wow , this building so nice , is it even a spa ??! So big !! Haha.. Its a huge standalone building .. never seen a big scale spa before lol ..

Connecting to the building is they have a seperate shop ! 

Entering the white building , you'll see the reception. Which actually feels like a hotel !?!! 

So go to the reception to "check in" for your booking , confirm and make payment first  ...

The staff we met were quite fluent in English but seem flustered because it's very busy and crowded .. like a market .. 

Just take a look at how much sitting area they have !!!  ALL LEVEL ONE ONLY !! I think this place is like 5 storeys !!! 

They also bring tour buses here for massage so this place gets really packed .. 

So we just waited for our turn to be called .. Basically your name will be announced in the "Speaker System" and then you go and report to the coordinator.., so organised right .. Haha.. 

So we did : 

Therapeutic Massage

Time : 1 Hr.

Price : 350 Baht

Foot Reflexology

Time : 1 Hr.

Price : 300 Baht

We started with the Therapeutic Massage , this massage targets your area of pain and soothe the muscles .. we were led to the 2nd floor ... this place is huge ..

     

Entering one of the curtain rooms , we had the 1 hr massage . 

The masseuse asked me in quite good English : "what's your problem area today?"

I said neck and shoulders and back.. She did neck and shoulders and like 5 mins of back only .. Suppose to start massage at 5pm , Actually when we got in the room , changed and lay down , it was already 5.15pm cos there was waiting time downstairs at the reception .. 

So she did the massage only 45mins , ended on time at 6pm .. After finishing , then ask us to go downstairs and wait for the foot massage .. 

But overall quite OK , just felt abit rushed ... 

While we were waiting downstairs , they served us tea . and then a short blackout (no electricity) and people were kinda panicking .. we just waited and drank our tea haha .. lasted for about 20mins ..

The ladies called out our name once again and we took the lift up ..

We were brought to this super comfortable and cooling room for the foot massage !!! I think its the 5th floor ... Super Shiok !!! 

  

The foot massage was a full one hour massage despite the delay and IT FELT LIKE HEAVEN !!!

Cos our feet / legs were so damn sore from walking all days for the past few days ..

This foot massage is SO DAMN GOOD .. The pressure , the cooling air con , the strength of the massage , the price and the comfy chair + they have us a blanket (we fell asleep) is all PERFECT HAHAHAA.. very skilled techniques !!

One of the best foot massage we tried in Bangkok :) Maybe cos we got good masseuse and it was a really quiet room , less than 5 pax in the room with us .. We were so happy and relaxed that we tipped them too ! 

Overall we felt that it's value for money , clean and good massage , especially the feet massage , the other one was so-so but the feet one was sooooo goooood :)

After the massage ended, we were brought down and served tea again !

Hope our 2 cents review helps your trip planning ! xoxo