Bali Hai Seafood Market

First up. Live seafood is probably not cheap. But it sure is delicious. Every single dish is full of flavor and blow u away. We enjoyed this meal very much. But it did hurt the pocket a bit. So if you are coming here for live seasfood, must have some mental preparation.

Famous tourist seafood place. the prices here are a little bit hiked up, the food is definitely worth it. If you from other countries, should try this empurau (Farm not wild) fish is reasonable price

Very very atas seafood restaurant, spider crab is special. However, overall food is only so so - can find a cheaper place with more delicious food else where. This place is mainly for tourists or special events.

Hands down one of the best places for seafood in Penang at reasonable prices, good spot to enjoy the balmy sea breeze, get your hands dirty and tummy full with some hearty fresh seafood, I love me some lobster sashimi!

Lots of choices of live seafood, we didn't go for luxury dishes, but the food are quite nice. Seems quite popular as crowded til late.

Always hear a lot of people saying that Bali Hai food is delicious. This is my first and my last visit. I think all their staff really dislike working there. The way their staff served us was very unpleasant, from ordering food, asking for toilet directions, asking for extra plates. During payment, the attitude of the staff is ok...even though the food is delicious, but I don't like the service...I will not going back because the food is delicious, not tolerance with the faces of their staff .

The food was fantastic. Definitely recommend the steamed grouper and most of the vegetables. The only negative is that it can be pricey, but if you can afford it, it is definitely worth it.

Seafood is fresh n the taste on every dish r OK. Price will b costly but guarantee with fresh n quality.

Typical seafood restaurant, the seafood tank water keeps it very clean, which means seafood is safe to eat, seafood is fresh, the cooking technique is just average, and the service is also just ok. The Prices are not worth and the problem is they don't tell you how much the total cost of what you pick. They didn't weigh the seafood in front of you to prove how much you need to pay. That means they can charge you whenever they say. (Beware)of how they charge you if you want to try this Michelin-star restaurant. They charge the garlic that we didn't ask for RM $24, The Menu also did not say they will charge garlic to cook . Live Mantis Prawn XL 0.250K 624 kg RM $314 .

The food is not cheap but pretty good. We ordered 4 giant mantis shrimps, 8 big clams, two crabs, and a veggie. One thing I didn't like is the pos waiter w/ the ugly cheap tattoo on his forearm. I wasn't even don't ordering and he leaves. I asked him to come back and he gives us attitude. He was extremely rude. I was literally about to beat his @$$. Anyways. The total came out to around $245 usd

This is a tourist hangout - let's just get it out there. It's cheesy in a touristy way - thatch roofs, big tanks of live seafood, open air to the ocean. We walked in at 7pm with 10 people and we got a table right away - there are tons of huge round tables! But it's done in a great way - it's lively, there are fans blowing, it feels like you are in the tropics. It's clean, and such fresh seafood would cost you a fortune in Singapore or HK or any major city in Asia. But at Bali Hai, we ordered live local snapper, live huge prawns, scallops, squid - we ate like kings and it cost $25 USD a person. Service is efficient, but not necessarily the friendliest (but few place in Asia excel in customer service, I'm used to it by now). It's right by the ocean, and so it's really nice to walk back to your apt/hotel after dinner.

I've seen the concept at a few restaurants in southern China. The fresh seafood is laid out for perusal, and you can pick the ones you want along with cooking style. We came in a group of 7 for dinner and got 7 dishes. Fried rice, stir fried eggplant, sautéed okra were pretty normal. Fried calamari was a little lacking in flavor, as was the fried snapper. We also got the giant prawns and a lobster. I had not had good lobster previously but the lobster was cooked very well and was very tender. Overall good ambience and decoration but food was about average for the price. I think our bill came out to ~2400rm but we also had many drinks.

Sunday night visit about 7.30pm with table for 10. Seated quickly with friendly staff. Great for bringing friends and family because of display tanks and presentation. We had fried rice (35) fried noodles (35) fried fresh water prawns (120) bean curd and shrimps in clay pot (45) whole fried fish (150) mixed vegetables (100), chili crab (240) , salted egg coated fried crab (240), fried squid (88), water (.80), wet naps (.40) and lots of left overs. They will sell you more than you need so slow down. Tipping is automatic 5 percent. Reasonable. Good food but priced above, for the a b market. I wouldn't order chili crab again as I've had better.