Canggu & Pererenan
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Build-your-own brunch boards and bakery-style sandwiches. Open early and through the afternoon.
- Brunch boards
- 6am to 6pm
Bali · Food spots & cafés
Food spots & cafés
Our recommended hotspots — cafés, lunch, gym food and dinner in Canggu, Uluwatu, Seminyak and Ubud.
Food spots & cafés
Our recommended hotspots
The places we actually send people, sorted by area. Open the area you are staying in: cafés for the long morning, lunch spots, the gym-lover places that put the macros on the menu, and the dinner hotspots worth dressing up for. Add any of them to your planner and we will fit them into your days.
Canggu & PererenanWhere most people stay — and where Desa Kitsuné is.18 places
Cafés
Coffee, brunch and a long morning
Batu Bolong & Berawa
Milk & Madu
The easy one for families and groups: an all-day menu and lava-stone pizzas.
- Good for groups
- All day
Munduk Catu, Canggu
Penny Lane
A glasshouse café-bar with a pool table in the middle. Brunch through to late-night drinks.
- 8am to midnight
- Pool table
Lunch spots
Easy, good and all day
Pererenan & Seseh
Openhouse
Build-your-own plates, burgers and burrito bowls. The Seseh one is the quieter of the two.
- Build your own
- Quieter at Seseh
Batu Mejan
Luigi’s Hot Pizza
Pizza by the metre on long shared tables, for a lazy lunch. A DJ and dance floor take over several nights a week.
- Pizza by the metre
- DJ nights
Jl. Nelayan, Canggu
De Morelos
Mexican food with a few Indonesian twists, such as a rendang burrito, alongside proper beef tacos.
- Mexican
- Relaxed
Gym lovers
Macros on the menu, protein first
Pererenan
Butter Protein Club
High-protein, animal-based food: grass-fed beef cooked in beef tallow, no seed oils, and full macros on the menu.
- Full macros
- Two Pererenan branches
- 8am until late
Canggu & Pererenan
Motion Café
The café that belongs to Motion Fitness. Every dish on the menu has its macros listed.
- Macros on every dish
- Next to the gym
Batu Bolong
LowCal (Ch)Eatery
Calorie-counted food with the full nutritional values printed on the menu, plus keto and paleo options.
- Calories & macros listed
- Keto & paleo
Canggu
Dispensary by Body Factory
The kitchen inside Body Factory gym: high-protein dishes and shakes with the macros counted.
- Inside the gym
- Protein shakes
Dinner hotspots
The ones worth dressing up for
Munduk Catu, Canggu
Desa Kitsuné — dinner at Ina Ré
Latin-Mediterranean food and seafood paella, worth dressing up for. It is inside Desa Kitsuné, so dinner runs straight into the night — we book both.
- We book this
- Dinner then the club
Munduk Catu, Canggu
Te Amo
The Italian: a European bistro with Balinese touches, outdoor terraces and a long sharing table. Good at sunset.
- Italian & Mediterranean
- Lunch too
Berawa
Aged & Butchered
A steakhouse in The Komu hotel with dry-aged steaks and Japanese yakiniku, cooked over a charcoal grill, and 27 whiskies on tap.
- Dinner only
- 5pm to 10pm
Tanah Barak
Giselle
French-style Mediterranean sharing plates — snapper baked in a salt crust, crab pappardelle — in a 1980s Riviera room. Sunset cocktails, and an upstairs bar that runs late.
- From 5pm
- Upstairs bar
Berawa
BELLA
Mediterranean food with a seafood focus, a long bar and a DJ. It turns into a dance spot Thursday to Sunday.
- 5pm to 1am
- Dancing Thu–Sun
Pererenan
Bar Vera
A sleek European bistro and cocktail bar.
- Bistro
- Cocktails
Pererenan
Shelter
Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food. One of the more romantic rooms in Canggu.
- Date night
- Mediterranean
Echo Beach
Skool Kitchen
Charcoal-grill cooking with a great sunset spot. Get there before the sun goes down.
- Sunset spot
- Charcoal grill
UluwatuClifftops and sunsets, a short drive from Savaya.16 places
Cafés
Coffee, brunch and a long morning
Clifftop above Suluban
Mana Uluwatu
Clifftop ocean views with a local, organic menu from breakfast to dinner, and smoothie bowls. Calm, and a no-screens kind of place.
- Ocean views
- Breakfast to dinner
Jl. Labuansait
Suka Espresso
All-day breakfast, good coffee, smashed avocado and acai bowls. The Uluwatu staple.
- All-day breakfast
- Coffee
Lunch spots
Easy, good and all day
Bingin
Gooseberry
A relaxed French bistro for lunch between surfs.
- French bistro
- Bingin
Uluwatu
Yuki
A Japanese izakaya that suits a long group lunch, and works for dinner too.
- Japanese
- Groups
Gym lovers
Macros on the menu, protein first
Jl. Labuansait
Nourish Café
Wholesome food with gluten-free, dairy-free and keto options, plus a wholefoods store.
- Keto options
- Gluten-free
Uluwatu
Bambu Fitness Café
Inside one of Uluwatu’s fitness hubs: protein breakfasts and build-your-own bowls, before or after a session.
- Inside a gym
- Protein breakfasts
Ungasan
Muscle Beach Club
A gym with its own café serving protein shakes, juices and light meals.
- Gym café
- Shakes & juices
Dinner hotspots
The ones worth dressing up for
Above Dreamland beach
Akasa at Jumeirah Bali
Wood-fired seafood and steak on the highest point of the Jumeirah resort. One of the best sunset balconies on the Bukit.
- Sunset balcony
- Wood-fired
Pecatu
Kala
Modern Greek food on the clifftop — lamb koftas, beef rib, a baklava cheesecake. Built for sunset; book ahead.
- Clifftop
- Book ahead
Uluwatu
Teja
For dinner after the sunset: ceviche, steak and tuna.
- After sunset
- Date night
Uluwatu
Abracadabra
Modern Mediterranean, for a slow date-night dinner and cocktails.
- Mediterranean
- Cocktails
Uluwatu
Tabu
Japanese-Latin fusion. Dinner that runs on into drinks.
- Japanese-Latin
- Into the night
Uluwatu
Masonry
Wood-fired sharing plates and a big wine list. Good for groups.
- Sharing plates
- Wine
Uluwatu
AMA by Ours
Small and intimate, with farm-to-table food and good wine.
- Intimate
- Farm to table
Pecatu
The Cave
A seven- or ten-course tasting menu inside a real cave, with 22 seats. For a once-in-a-lifetime occasion.
- Tasting menu
- 22 seats
Ungasan
Oliverra
Mediterranean food cooked on a charcoal grill, with sea views.
- Sea views
- Charcoal grill
SeminyakPolished brunches and big dinners, close to Zumana and the beach bars.8 places
Cafés
Coffee, brunch and a long morning
Kayu Cendana
Sisterfields
Melbourne-style brunch and lunch, known for big salads and its burger. Queues at weekends, easier on a weekday.
- Brunch & lunch
- Weekdays are easier
Down a lane off Kayu Aya
Revolver Espresso
Hidden down a lane: specialty coffee and an all-day menu. Espresso martinis at night.
- Specialty coffee
- All day
Lunch spots
Easy, good and all day
Seminyak
Corner House
A quick, easy lunch on a busy corner, with breakfast served all day. Good for people-watching.
- Quick lunch
- Breakfast all day
Camplung Tanduk
Craved
Burgers, sandwiches and pasta at lunch, turning into steak and cocktails at night.
- Burgers & pasta
- Lunch into dinner
Gym lovers
Macros on the menu, protein first
Petitenget
KYND Community
Vegan and vegetarian bowls, salads and burgers. The healthy, plant-based end of Seminyak.
- Plant-based
- All day
Dinner hotspots
The ones worth dressing up for
Petitenget
Merah Putih
Smart Indonesian food in a striking room, with a tasting menu (and a vegetarian one). The one to book for a proper Indonesian dinner.
- Indonesian
- Tasting menu
Petitenget
Mauri
Contemporary Italian with a seasonal tasting menu.
- Italian
- Tasting menu
Seminyak beachfront
The Restaurant at The Legian
Asian-influenced European cooking in one of Seminyak’s classic beachfront hotels.
- Beachfront hotel
- Special occasion
UbudInland, green and slower — the healthy-food capital of the island.8 places
Cafés
Coffee, brunch and a long morning
Ubud
Pison Ubud
Specialty coffee and an all-day menu, with a terrace looking out over the rice paddies behind it.
- Rice-field terrace
- Coffee
Central Ubud
Clear Café
Vegetarian and pescatarian dishes from around the world, all organic.
- Organic
- Veggie & fish
Lunch spots
Easy, good and all day
Ubud
Rüsters
Pasta, wraps and kofta, with a terrace looking over green fields.
- Green views
- All day
Gym lovers
Macros on the menu, protein first
Ubud
Alchemy
Raw vegan food, superfood salads, cold-pressed juices and smoothie bowls. The post-yoga stop.
- Raw vegan
- Juices
Ubud
Zest
Plant-based comfort food. Busy at lunch, so book.
- Plant-based
- Book at lunch
Dinner hotspots
The ones worth dressing up for
Ubud
Locavore NXT
Ubud’s famous ever-changing tasting menu, built on local produce.
- Tasting menu
- Book well ahead
Ubud
Mozaic
French technique with Balinese flavours, with a vegetarian tasting menu and wine pairings.
- Tasting menu
- Vegetarian option
Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve
Kubu at Mandapa
Dinner in private bamboo pods by the river.
- Riverside pods
- Special occasion
Two practical notes. Prices marked ++ add roughly fifteen to twenty per cent for service and tax. And Bali has an official tourist levy, paid once per visit; pay it on the government site with the address ending .go.id and nowhere else, because there are a great many lookalike sites charging more for the same thing.
Food hotspots questions, answered
Asked honestly, answered honestly.
Can you book these for us?
Desa Kitsuné, yes — dinner at Ina Ré and the night after it, as one booking. For the rest, add them to your planner and we will tell you which ones need booking ahead for your dates and fit them into the right days.
Which ones need booking?
Most of the dinner hotspots, especially at weekends and anywhere with a sunset view — Kala, Akasa, Skool Kitchen and the tasting menus (The Cave, Locavore NXT, Mozaic) book up well ahead. The cafés and lunch spots are mostly walk-in.
Where can I eat if I am tracking macros?
Butter Protein Club, Motion Café, LowCal and Dispensary by Body Factory in Canggu all put the macros or calories on the menu. In Uluwatu, Bambu Fitness Café and Muscle Beach Club sit inside gyms.
What does ++ mean on a Bali menu?
Service and tax are added on top of the listed price — roughly fifteen to twenty per cent.
What is the Bali tourist levy?
An official one-off charge for visitors. Pay it on the Indonesian government site — the address ends .go.id. There are many lookalike sites charging more for the same thing.