Barbacoa

5 Marty C - a month ago

Updated menu for a Seminyak classic. This has always been a good restaurant, but since reopening their new head chef has really upped the ante and made it exceptional. Tried a number of cocktails all of which were amazing. Everything on the good menu was REALLY good, but the real stand outs were the vegetable sides. The Al Pastor cauliflower was absolutely mind blowing and up there with one of the best dishes I've ever eaten. The carrots as well were incredible. Super friendly and efficient service, despite being their busiest night since reopening. Keep up the good work! Can't wait to come back again.

4 Stephanie Rose - 2 months ago

Barbacoa is a popular Latin American restaurant with a kitchen fuelled by fire, burning embers, charcoal and smoke. Although the cuisine is quite meat heavy, they also have plenty of vegetarian and vegan options. They have the biggest cocktail list I’ve seen in a while, with every Margarita concoction you can think of. I went with the Lemon Meringue which was a dead ringer for the dessert, meringue and all.

The Rib Fillet Steak with roasted chicken butter was incredible! We did ask for it Medium and received it Rare but it was still delicious. I would also recommend the Mixed Leaf Salad and the Spanish Style Potatoes. The corn was too dry and the Straciatella with tomatoes was OK. The table next to us ordered the Charcoal Chicken and it smelled so good, we had massive FOMO. Will definitely return here again.

5 Ary Christine - a month ago

Fantastic dinner experience. All so profesional and great. The food was delicious, especially the pork asado. The staffs is excellent, fast service and very friendly.
The vibe is comfy and relaxing. The restaurant is crowded but its no noise so not bother me at all.
Definitely will come back

5 Emily Brown - a month ago

Absolutely rate this place 12/10. The food is sensational. I have been here twice this trip and wish I could’ve gone more. Every time the food is simply delicious, I always order my favourites then something new and each time I am blown away with how yummy it is. The staff are friendly, attentive and lovely to talk to. I can’t wait to come back.

5 Joseph Douglas - 2 weeks ago

Incredible food with an equally excellent view. We came around 5:30 with a reservation and we're lucky enough to be seated in the best seats, which overlook a gorgeous green field. As far as the food goes, the cauliflower was absolutely incredible. I've never had better. Our mains were delicious as well. An amazing dinner with an incredible sunset view made this one of our best meals in Bali.

4 Fernanda Nuñez - a month ago

Gorgeous place, it was a mix of a Mexican hacienda and an old fashion winery. We absolutely loved the vibe, the decoration and the ambience. They put a lot of effort in the details!! This restaurant is a mix of Latin American flavours (mostly
Mexican and Peruvian) and everything is cooked using charcoal, so you can expect that smoky flavour in all your dishes. As always we tried to taste as much as our stomachs could handle. We gave 4 starts because google didn’t allow us to put 4.5.
Let’s begin!!
Pollo taco: it was ok but not exciting to eat. The chicken was all we could taste it was very strong in comparison with all the other ingredients.
Carnitas taco:
Very well balanced, all flavours were enhanced with the lime juice, it was very fresh.
Tortillas are really good in texture and flavour, loved the size as well!
Tostada:
10/10 creamy and fresh WOW. It reminded us to the Peruvian ceviche. The dressing and the scallops were balanced, it was delightful to eat, all the flavours, acidity and seasoning were very well achieved!
Ceviche:
Taking the example of the tostada, with this dish the dressing was too much for the fish they used. It’s flavour was lost because of the (amazingly delicious) dressing. For this ceviche we would have used a more greasy fish (even though for ceviche is commonly used a white fish) to overcome the strong flavours of the dressing.
Prawns AMAZING. The pesto wasn’t too strong to cover the flavour of the prawns and the smoky taste of it was just the crown.
LAMB barbacoa was delicious , it melts in your mouth and it kind of taste to a Mexican dish called Mixiote, the avocado/mint salsa was extremely disappointing, this is actually one of the reasons we didn’t give 5 stars. When you think about a taco the salsa has to be the most important thing and this one was just a decoration on the plate, nothing more. You could guess it was avocado because of the texture but the mint was the only thing we could “taste”. It was missing a lot of seasoning and acidity.
Carnitas were delicious, the texture was incredible, so juicy and soft. I would have added to that plate a couple of tortillas and maybe some chiles toreados to make the plate more fun.
Corn, bit dry but amazing flavour, DON’T PUT LIME just try as it is as the black mayo and the lime did not go together.
DESSERT
The grilled pineapple was the best dessert I’ve tried in a long time. ORDER IT! The presentation of the plate was beautiful. You will find different textures that are incredibly well achieved, the flavours are strong enough that get along with each other in the most perfect way.
Sundae ice cream was a clever choice for the menu as they took an average cheap dessert and transformed it. They come to your table with the nitrogen and mix it in front of you. Careful though as I got splashed.
We decided after the pineapple that we should try another ones and ordered the coconut flan which was very good but the it wasn’t a match with the sorbet.
And the ice cream sandwich was very tasty.
Staff was great!!

5 Jan Habraken - 2 weeks ago

Barbecoa is one of these epic spaces that could have been in LA or Brooklyn. A large industrial space with solid tunes playing. Being greated by friendly staff and a crucified pig we enjoyed a great dinner.

Plenty of staff, attentive. Good cocktails, great wines and the menu was superb. The ceviche could be a smoother bite, fish was a bit tough. Steak was great, the horseradish is not my fav in the sauce, but some people love it.
The grilled cauliflower was amazing. Chicken good, pork asado delicious. And the desserts were ok, the nitrogen ice cream is 90% theater 10% flavor. The smoked pineapple was amazing, could you double the size though?