Upon searching the net for
the best place to eat in Palawan, Kalui Restaurant always appears first on
search engine aside from being the mantra among locals and tourists who have
been visited Palawan. Through curiosity, we decided to eat here during our 2nd
night in Palawan and the receptionist of Corazon Inn helped us making our
reservation since Kalui is always jam-packed with customers.
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| Kalui restaurant Menu |
We arrived at Kalui at exactly 8:30pm and welcomed by one of
their staff who handed us a basket for our footwear which will be placed on a
shoe locker. Yes, number one requirement
when eating at Kalui is you need to be on barefoot. I’m not certain if it’s
part of the “relaxing ambiance” one must feel or just to maintain the
well-polished wooden flooring; whatever
it is the place is so relaxing. Kalui is
just like a native wooden house with bamboo & capiz pieces/decors making it
more relaxing and romantic. Fresh fruits are also displayed all around the
restaurants, they even had pantry full of fruits which is great for photo ops. Our
reservation was placed in a “papag” style table (akin to Japanese style) paired
with “banig” couch and cuddly pillows. Just
beware of the table near the window on the left side of the restaurant as I
noticed that insect bites were disturbing the foreign couple. Other than that
all is well and relaxing.
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| Relaxing seats at Kalui restaurant |
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| Bamboo and Capiz design at Kalui Restaurant |
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| Capiz disc serves as a window curtain - Kalui restaurant |
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| Kalui restaurant dining area |
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| Fruits |
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| Kalui Restaurant |
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| Bamboo pieces - Kalui Restaurant |
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| Chillies design - Kalui Restaurant |
Kalui’s menu is all about seafood that is why you will not
see any pork, chicken or beef dishes on their menu. We ordered meal set called
as the "Choice catch" which comprises of the following: Tuna Steak, Fish Cordon Bleu, and Shrimp. Set Meals come with rice, veggies of the day
(stir fried water spinach) and fresh seaweed. We also ordered an additional
sweet and sour Lapu-Lapu while Fresh Mango Shake and fresh coconut for our
drinks. They also offer other dishes
like crabs, lobster, grilled fish, sinigang, fish in coco cream and the like. As
for dessert, they prepared Fruit Platter in Fresh Coconut sprinkled it with
Muscovado sugar and they give it to their customers free of charge. We really had a great time while enjoying
delicious food offering of Kalui coordinated with instrumental background music
that really adds up to the soothing ambience of the place.
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| Fresh buko |
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| clam soup |
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| So refreshing Mango shake |
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| Coconut shake |
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| Fish steak meal - Kalui restaurant |
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| Shrimp meal - Kalui restaurant |
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| Fish Cordon Bleu Meal - Kalui Restaurant |
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| Sweet and Sour Lapu - Lapu |
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| Free dessert Fruit Platter in Coconut - Kalui Restaurant |
Another amazing and cool thing in this place is their Art gallery room located at the far end of the
restaurant. After feasting, one can roam around their art gallery where some
paintings and artworks are displayed. Really cool for a restaurant!
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| Even the comfort room is so nice - Kalui Restaurant |
To sum it all, we really had a great dinner at Kalui’s
restaurant where food is excellent, service is good and price is affordable
enough. The venue is so accessible and perfect for a casual romantic dinner for
two, family dinner and group of friends on a vacation. God food + Perfect
Ambience = Kalui Restaurant.
For reservations, you can ask the hotel of your stay to reserve seats for you, if not you can contact them in this number.
+63 48 433 2580
+63 928 753 9621
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