KaLui

KaLuis is a fish restaurant in Puerto Princesa. It has made it to the Authors choice in Lonely Planet 2006, which usually means the quality of the place will drop dramatically. Hence I had decided not to go there. But I heard from many people that they had been and it was really great - and this were people from Manila which to me indicated this place might just still be pretty good. Hence I went there along with a few other people.

When we got there we all decided to have some different sort of fish and then share it all between us. The food came and it was really good. On top of this we got a dessert which we assumed were complimentary - but it could have been included in one of the meals we had order. The service was fairly rapid - which you should expect from the huge staff they had at this place. It appeared to be somewhat overstaffed in general, which helped explain why the prices is a bit higher than usual for the Philippines - but still reasonable for the quality of the food.

The place is decorated in the traditional manor of the area which means it is a quite interesting thing to look at your surroundings while having your meal. The no shoes policy also add to the feel of being in a local place.

Because the place is very popular bigger groups should book ahead and even a small group can consider doing so to avoid having to wait to get seated. We did not have any problems getting a table straight away though.