Collection · Focused shortlist
Low light, a good bottle, a table you don't want to leave. The island's most romantic rooms and beachfront corners, chosen for the night that matters.
Bar · Berawa / Pantai Berawa
A sleek kitchen-and-wine-bar on Jalan Pantai Berawa that runs from bright breakfasts and coffee by day to dim-lit, elegant evening dining with a DJ. Known for a dark marble-anchored dining room, Mediterranean-leaning sharing plates and grilled proteins, and a broad, curated wine list.
Best for: A date or dressed-up dinner over wine; a small group sharing plates in the evening
Restaurant · Jl. Pantai Berawa, Canggu (Berawa)
A neighbourhood Spanish tapas bar in Berawa built around shared plates, wine, sangria and vermouth in a rustic, Mediterranean-styled room. The menu spans land, sea and garden small plates meant to be ordered across the table.
Best for: shared plates with wine; casual date over tapas; small group grazing; unhurried evening in canggu
Bar · Pererenan / Pantai Pererenan
A new-generation European bistro and wine bar in Pererenan (about 65 seats, inside a boutique hotel) pairing timeless French technique and locally sourced produce with a diverse European wine list and an award-winning cocktail programme, in a warm terracotta-and-wood room open daily until midnight.
Best for: A stylish, relaxed date night, a late dinner or a wine-and-cocktail-focused evening with friends; couples and small groups who want European bistro plates with serious wine and drinks.
Restaurant · Munduk Catu
A lively Western dining-and-cocktails spot on Jl. Munduk Catu with live music most nights, built around crafted cocktails and generous mains at a fair price.
Best for: Date night, group dinners and celebrations with live music and a proper cocktail list.
Restaurant · Batu Bolong / Berawa
Gourmet Italian home-cooking from the Zibiru group (running since 2015), making its own fresh pasta, bread, cheese and desserts. The Berawa location ("Origano") on Jl. Pantai Berawa runs all day.
Best for: Relaxed all-day Italian for families and groups sharing pasta, or a casual dinner.
Restaurant · Batu Bolong
A long-running (est. 2014) Indonesian restaurant on Batu Bolong serving Balinese family-recipe dishes in a romantic, plant-filled setting split between open-air tables and cosy indoor nooks -- known for its free-roaming resident rabbits. Previously traded as Dandelion; same venue, team and menu, now under the Casa Tua name.
Best for: A romantic dinner with real character; travellers wanting authentic Balinese home cooking; a memorable one-off setting for a couple.
Beach club · Echo Beach
The upscale beachfront club and restaurant at COMO Uma Canggu on Echo Beach, pairing a large ocean-facing pool with sunset dining, live acoustic music and DJ sets. Known for a refined design, seafood and COMO Shambhala wellness cuisine, plus a popular weekly beachfront Sunday brunch.
Best for: A polished sunset dinner or special occasion by the ocean; a leisurely Sunday brunch
Restaurant · Pererenan / Pererenan Beach
A three-storey Mediterranean seafood restaurant and rooftop bar right on Pererenan Beach, with ocean views and a menu built around fresh fish. Casual cafe downstairs, air-conditioned dining above and an open-air rooftop for sunset.
Best for: Beachfront sunset dinner and drinks; date night with a view; groups sharing seafood.
Restaurant · Pererenan, Canggu
Modern Balinese cooking from Chef Wayan Kresna Yasa in a seaside Pererenan setting, reworking family and island recipes with contemporary technique. The kitchen is spice- and produce-driven and keeps a full vegan section alongside its seafood and traditional dishes.
Best for: a considered balinese dinner; introducing someone to indonesian flavours done well; a table mixing meat, seafood and vegan diners
Restaurant · Pererenan
An all-day kitchen with a Mediterranean flair set over Pererenan's rice paddies, serving real, honest food from brunch through dinner.
Best for: A rice-paddy-view brunch after surf, and an easy early dinner.
Restaurant · Batu Bolong Beach
Japanese-contemporary dining set in a reconstructed antique temple at Hotel Tugu, right on Batu Bolong beach, with a terrace and sweeping ocean views. Sushi, Asian-fusion plates and cocktails in one of Canggu's most atmospheric settings.
Best for: Sunset dinner with a view; date night; a special occasion by the sea.
Restaurant · Batu Bolong
A French bistro on Jl. Pantai Batu Bolong serving classic bistro cooking made with local, seasonal ingredients in a relaxed, grand-cafe-inspired room and bar. It opens in the evenings with an early happy hour.
Best for: Couples and small groups wanting an unhurried French dinner and drinks in the evening.
Restaurant · Batu Bolong
An intimate, 30-seat open-air spot on Batu Bolong doing rustic Mediterranean small plates — Spanish- and Italian-style grazing — from chefs Cameron Emirali (10 Greek Street, London) and Kieran Morland (Merah Putih, Sangsaka). Draught beer, cocktails on tap and vinyl DJs on weekends.
Best for: Golden-hour drinks and small plates; date night; a lively pre-dinner stop that becomes the evening.
Restaurant · Pererenan / Pantai Lima / Seseh-Cemagi route
A beachfront bar and restaurant on Pantai Lima where the river meets the ocean, known for sunset views, cocktails and live entertainment through the week.
Best for: Sunset drinks by the beach, group get-togethers, and a relaxed beachfront meal with live music.
Restaurant · Batu Bolong
A moody, minimalist grill on Batu Bolong (trading as MASONRY.) built around wood-fired, Mediterranean-leaning cooking, in-house charcuterie and a serious wine and cocktail list. It's one of Canggu's go-to rooms for a proper sit-down dinner.
Best for: Date night; a special dinner; groups who want to share grilled plates and cured meats over cocktails.
Bar · Berawa / Pantai Berawa
An intimate neo-bistro and natural wine bar in the heart of Berawa, billed as Indonesia's first natural wine bar, with a compact room of around 60 covers and a curated list of 70+ natural-wine labels from small producers alongside ingredient-focused food. An evenings-only spot for food and wine lovers.
Best for: A date or intimate dinner centred on natural wine; a small group of wine lovers
Restaurant · Berawa
A modern Mediterranean bistro and wine bar in Berawa (open since 2020) with whitewashed arches, an extensive wine list and a daily Aperitivo hour; open from late morning until late, with a Saturday DJ night.
Best for: Date night, aperitivo and dinner with drinks, and lively evenings.
Restaurant · Cemagi
A tranquil garden cafe in quiet Cemagi from the Riviera Group, leaning Mediterranean-Italian, with cozy interiors, greenery and live acoustic music on Saturday evenings.
Best for: A calm, unhurried breakfast, lunch or relaxed evening meal away from the Canggu crowds; couples wanting a low-key setting.
Restaurant · Pererenan / Pererenan north
The Riviera Group's Pererenan trattoria for authentic Italian: hand-rolled pastas, Neapolitan pizzas and an extensive wine and cocktail list in a cozy, lively room.
Best for: Date night, group dinners over shared Italian plates and wine, and a lively casual evening.
Restaurant · Pererenan
A Pererenan cafe serving contemporary Indian home cooking alongside brunch classics, craft cocktails and house chai, with spices ground daily and dishes rooted in family recipes.
Best for: Spice lovers wanting Indian food, a distinctive brunch, or cocktails and chai in a relaxed setting; small groups sharing dishes.
Restaurant · Canggu
A one-of-a-kind communal Italian dinner: everyone shares one long table for a multi-course, family-style set menu inspired by an Italian grandmother's table. Dinner only, one seating, book ahead — it's an event as much as a meal.
Best for: Groups and social diners up for a shared, festive Italian feast; couples and solo travellers happy to sit with strangers.
Restaurant · Tanah Barak
A stylish Latin American dining room and rooftop bar on Jl. Tanah Barak, blending Latin flavours with European technique and local ingredients across a sharing-focused menu. Contemporary artwork, a big seated room and a late-night bar make it a full evening out.
Best for: Date night; group dinners built around shared plates; a special evening with cocktails on the rooftop.
Restaurant · Pererenan / Pantai Pererenan
A wood-fired Middle Eastern and Mediterranean restaurant in Pererenan built inside a Balinese joglo with open, plant-filled architecture, a UK chef and a rotating calendar of BBQs and vinyl DJ nights. Reservations recommended.
Best for: Date night, group dinners and special occasions with an atmospheric, reservation-led setting.
Restaurant · Batu Bolong Beach, Canggu
An open-flame kitchen perched above Batu Bolong beach (above The Lawn), where Chef Val cooks grilled meats and smoky seafood over natural wood and charcoal, paired with cocktails and a wine list; dinner only, from 5pm.
Best for: A special-occasion or date-night dinner with a beachside setting and drinks.
Restaurant · Canggu
The restaurant, bar and gallery inside The Slow, a design-led boutique hotel on Batu Bolong. The internationally-inspired kitchen runs all day and the room doubles as an art and events space, so it works as both a stylish breakfast stop and an evening destination.
Best for: A design-conscious brunch or an unhurried dinner; drinks in a good-looking room; travellers who want somewhere polished a short walk from Batu Bolong beach.
Restaurant · Pererenan / Pererenan north
An island-chic all-day cafe near Pererenan beach with design-led interiors and an urban-leaning menu, open from early morning to late.
Best for: A stylish brunch, a coffee-and-laptop daytime stop, and a relaxed casual meal.
Restaurant · Pererenan
A rustic Pererenan restaurant built entirely from reclaimed wood, serving a Mediterranean menu in a warm, greenery-filled chalet setting. Cafe by day, dinner room by night, with live jazz and vinyl evenings.
Best for: A cosy, atmospheric dinner; date night; groups who want a relaxed evening with live music.
Restaurant · Batu Bolong Beach
A modern Japanese izakaya steps from Batu Bolong beach serving fusion sushi, wood-fired specialties and signature cocktails in a stylish yet laid-back room; bookings are essential.
Best for: A stylish date night, special occasion or group dinner with cocktails.
Restaurant · Ubud
The gourmet restaurant of Viceroy Bali (also branded as part of CasCades Suites), perched atop the Valley of the Kings about five minutes' drive from central Ubud, pairing panoramic jungle-valley views with a Balinese Rijsttafel tasting menu and Western dishes built on produce from its own organic gardens.
Best for: Couples or small groups wanting a scenic, sit-down valley-view meal with a curated Indonesian tasting format.
Restaurant · Ubud Center
A restaurant, lounge and rooftop bar in the middle of Jalan Monkey Forest blending Mediterranean and Latin American cuisine, open daily from late morning until late, with a Friday-night club upstairs and shisha available after 4pm.
Best for: Groups or couples wanting a stylish dinner with cocktails and a lively nightlife atmosphere in central Ubud.
Restaurant · Ubud
A modern Indonesian restaurant in Ubud Center by chef Will Meyrick, housed in a stylishly renovated two-story building (bar downstairs, dining room with temple and street views upstairs), reworking street-food flavours from Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Bali with modern presentation and locally sourced ingredients.
Best for: Travellers wanting an elevated, chef-driven take on Indonesian regional cooking for a dinner or shared meal.
Restaurant · Lodtunduh
Opened December 2023 in Lodtunduh as the more experimental, ingredient-driven sibling of Ubud's famous fine-dining restaurant Locavore, led by chefs Eelke Plasmeijer and Ray Adriansyah; a 30-seat tasting-menu space using only local Indonesian ingredients with modern European technique, ranked among Asia's 50 Best Restaurants.
Best for: Food-focused travellers wanting a multi-course, reservation-based tasting-menu experience celebrating Indonesian farmers, fishers and producers.
Restaurant · Ubud (Jl. Gootama)
A tiny eight-table warung run by a French-Laotian couple, serving fragrant coconut curries, stir-fries and crepes off a short blackboard menu that changes daily. The Laotian herbs and French dessert touches make it distinct from standard Ubud warungs.
Best for: an intimate dinner; herb-forward coconut curries; a short curated menu; foodies after fusion flavour
Restaurant · Kedewatan
A long-running fine-dining anchor in Kedewatan founded by Chef Chris Salans and now led in the kitchen by head chef and co-owner Blake Thornley, built around French technique and Indonesian/Balinese ingredients, with a multi-course tasting menu plus a separate live-kitchen Chef's Table.
Best for: special-occasion diners wanting French-Balinese tasting-menu fine dining in a garden setting
Restaurant · Kedewatan
Chef Will Goldfarb's dessert-only tasting-menu restaurant in Kedewatan, set inside a large botanical garden tied to the dessert recipes themselves — a globally recognized pastry-chef concept rather than a conventional dinner spot.
Best for: dessert-focused special occasions and pastry enthusiasts wanting a multi-course tasting experience
Restaurant · Ubud
A tucked-away Belgian bistro in the S-bend of south Ubud (near Jl. Raya Pengosekan) serving Belgian comfort classics alongside Indonesian-influenced touches, easy to walk past because of its small, unassuming signage.
Best for: couples wanting a romantic, tucked-away dinner with Belgian comfort food
Restaurant · Sayan / Penestanan
The strongest creative vegan brunch in Ubud — an all-plant-based menu of substantial savoury dishes in a treetop Penestanan setting.
Best for: Vegan diners; a social brunch with friends; an atmosphere-led daytime meal; a date that does not need silence
Beach club · Cemongkak, Pecatu
Oceanfront Spanish restaurant-beach club built around sunset, parties and destination dining.
Best for: sunset drinks view; special occasion; date night special
Restaurant · Bingin
A modern French restaurant on a garden lane near Bingin Beach in Pecatu, serving casual French cooking with a barbecue influence — steak tartare, foie gras, grilled cuts and soufflé pancakes — across breakfast, lunch and dinner; set around a poolside terrace with tropical interiors rather than a beach view, with a screen-free policy at the table.
Best for: An unhurried, dressed-up meal away from the crowds — from an all-day breakfast to a leisurely dinner for couples or small groups.
Restaurant · Padang Padang
A modern Greek neighbourhood grill that opened in 2024 near Padang-Padang Beach in Pecatu, cooking Greek and Mediterranean dishes over an open wood fire in a minimalist wood-and-rattan room with an open kitchen.
Best for: A relaxed sit-down dinner of grilled seafood, souvlaki and mezze for those wanting Mediterranean food rather than Balinese while in the Bukit.
Restaurant · Labuan Sait, Pecatu
The Uluwatu outpost of Bali's Masonry, a Mediterranean-leaning bar and grill by group chef Benjamin Cross, working an open wood-fire kitchen for house-cured charcuterie and made-in-house cheeses alongside dishes like 48-hour short rib and wood-roasted lamb shoulder; it sits on Jalan Labuansait in Pecatu, in a concrete-and-stone room by designer Kelvin Ho, with a curated wine list and cocktails.
Best for: A relaxed but polished dinner or long lunch for those who want a wood-fired grill, charcuterie and wine over a beach-club scene.
Beach club · Pecatu cliffs
A clifftop day club set about 162 metres above the Indian Ocean within The Edge resort in Pecatu, on the Bukit peninsula, known for its glass-bottom infinity pool that extends roughly 6 metres out over the cliff edge; it runs a food-and-cocktail menu by day and shifts to a slower lounge mood in the late afternoon.
Best for: Couples and groups after a swim-and-sundowner day at a cliff-edge pool; book ahead and arrive before sunset.
Restaurant · Labuan Sait, Pecatu
A fire-driven neighbourhood grill on Jl. Labuansait in Pecatu (the Bukit), where guests pick cuts of meat, seafood and vegetables from a display chiller — priced by weight per 100 grams — to be cooked over live flames; open evenings only, with live music on Thursdays and DJs on other nights.
Best for: Meat lovers wanting a relaxed evening of pick-your-cut grilling, dinner and drinks in the Uluwatu area.
Restaurant · Bingin
A French-Asian farm-to-table restaurant set in a lush garden a couple of minutes' walk from Bingin Beach, using wood-fired cooking and herbs grown on-site; the kitchen is led by Chef Simon (formerly of his own restaurant in the French Alps), with a Wagyu beef rendang in a slow-cooked coconut sauce as the signature dish.
Best for: A relaxed garden dinner for couples or groups wanting fusion cooking away from the beach crowds.
Restaurant · Pecatu cliffs
In-resort Indonesian dining room with polished service and strong special-occasion appeal.
Best for: date night special; special occasion; family early dinner
Restaurant · Ungasan clifftop
A clifftop yakitori and open-flame grill restaurant at The Ungasan Clifftop Resort in Uluwatu, led by Australian chef James Viles, where everything is cooked over coals with no gas or electricity; the share-style menu runs from woodfired mortadella flatbread and yakitori skewers to pork-and-scallop fried rice, with lawn and cliff-edge views over the Indian Ocean.
Best for: Dinner for couples or groups who want live-fire, produce-driven sharing plates with a clifftop ocean view; reservations recommended.
Restaurant · Labuan Sait, Pecatu
A design-forward modern Japanese izakaya in Uluwatu, serving sushi and grilled plates with sake and cocktails, liveliest as an evening dinner-and-drinks spot.
Best for: date night special; group dinner share; special occasion
Restaurant · Suluban, Pecatu
Modern Lebanese/Mediterranean sharing restaurant with family-friendly all-day positioning.
Best for: group dinner share; family early dinner; date night special
Restaurant · Seminyak
A dinner-only Indonesian restaurant on Jl. Petitenget from the La Lucciola team, serving regional archipelago recipes — slow-roasted betutu duck, sambals, babi guling — across a candlelit garden of open-air pavilions around a koi pond.
Best for: An unhurried, atmospheric evening for travellers wanting elevated traditional Indonesian food in a romantic garden setting.
Restaurant · Seminyak
A premium steakhouse and cocktail lounge on Seminyak's Eat Street (Jl. Raya Kerobokan), open since 2017, serving dry-aged cuts cured on site for at least 30 days plus Australian, US and Japanese Wagyu including A5 grades; the industrial meat-boutique room pairs share-style steaks with a mezzanine speakeasy bar known for barrel-aged cocktails and single malts.
Best for: A carnivore-focused dinner out or a special occasion for serious steak and Wagyu lovers who want cocktails alongside.
Restaurant · Jl. Kayu Aya / Oberoi–Laksmana, Seminyak
Modern-Asian sharing restaurant on Seminyak's Oberoi/Laksmana strip from chef Dean Keddell, open since 2012. Built around ordering several shareable plates for the table rather than individual mains.
Best for: a group who want to share a spread of Asian plates; a relaxed dinner with friends or family; couples happy to graze across the menu
Restaurant · Seminyak
The first overseas outpost of Singapore's Kilo, on Jl. Drupadi in Seminyak, serving Asian-fusion sharing plates — squid-ink rice with soft-shell crab, beef-tongue tacos, Japanese ceviche — in a tropical-industrial space of concrete, wood and glass.
Best for: Groups who want to share creative fusion plates and cocktails over a lively dinner.
Restaurant · Jl. Bumbak, Umalas (Kerobokan)
A home-style Italian restaurant serving daily-baked bread and cornetti, fresh pasta and wood-fired pizza in a rustic, cozy setting, running from breakfast through lunch to dinner.
Best for: a cozy, unhurried Italian dinner; a relaxed breakfast or lunch; a laid-back family or couples meal
Restaurant · Seminyak
A lively Asian-fusion restaurant and cocktail spot on Jl. Petitenget in Seminyak, leaning Japanese and Korean with sushi rolls, Korean tacos, bao buns and pork ribs, plus a DJ and a long drinks list after dark.
Best for: Groups and dates wanting a shared-plates dinner that rolls into cocktails and music.
Restaurant · Kerobokan Kelod
Chef Will Meyrick's long-running pan-Asian dining room in Seminyak, plating elevated Southeast Asian street food — from Penang to Bangkok to Indonesian rendang — inside a dramatic 1920s Shanghai-style room of dark timber, green banquettes and chandeliers, with an upstairs supper-club bar.
Best for: A dressed-up dinner or cocktails for couples and groups who want polished Asian flavours in an atmospheric setting.
Restaurant · Petitenget
Contemporary southern-Italian fine-dining restaurant on Jl. Petitenget, Seminyak, led by Apulian chef Maurizio Bombini, with a live kitchen, à la carte and seasonal tasting menus, and a rooftop hydroponic garden supplying produce.
Best for: special-occasion and celebration dinners; couples wanting a refined tasting-menu evening; Sunday seafood brunch
Restaurant · Petitenget / Kerobokan Kelod
Modern Indonesian dining in a soaring, greenhouse-cathedral building on Jl. Petitenget in Seminyak by Inspiral Architects, with 10-metre vaulted ceilings and rainwater-filtering columns; open since 2013, its kitchen plates archipelago classics and contemporary takes — Balinese yellowfin tuna, babi guling — alongside a full cocktail and wine program.
Best for: A dressed-up dinner or special occasion when you want refined Indonesian food in a landmark setting.
Bar · Seminyak beachside (Anantara, Jl. Abimanyu / Dhyana Pura)
Rooftop bar and restaurant on top of Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort, serving modern Southeast Asian dishes with ocean views. Nightly live bands and DJ sets give it an energetic, dressed-up evening feel.
Best for: couples wanting a rooftop dinner with a view; travellers after cocktails at golden hour; a lively night out with music
Restaurant · Jl. Petitenget, Seminyak
A design-forward Vietnamese restaurant in the Petitenget dining strip, serving modern takes on classic and regional dishes alongside a late cocktail bar. Plates are built for sharing in a vivid, colourful interior.
Best for: shared plates with cocktails; lively date night; group dinner out; a design-led dinner setting
Restaurant · Kerobokan Kelod
Modern Indonesian restaurant on Jl. Petitenget from Kieran and Yunika Morland, cooking heritage recipes over a wood-fired oven and charcoal grills with regional ingredients from across the archipelago — known for its beef rendang, smoked and grilled seafood, and a rooftop bar called Diatas.
Best for: A relaxed but elevated dinner for travellers wanting inventive Indonesian cooking beyond the usual tourist menus.
Restaurant · Seminyak
A long-running seafood restaurant on Jl. Petitenget set in a bamboo pavilion that looks out over a working rice paddy, serving fresh Indian Ocean catch (yellowfin tuna, snapper, scallops) with French technique and organic produce from its own Bedugul farm.
Best for: A romantic dinner or long, breezy lunch when you want fresh seafood and paddy-field views away from the street bustle.
Restaurant · Seminyak
Beachfront seafood-led fine dining inside Alila, strongest for coastal date nights and brunch splurges.
Best for: date night special; sunset drinks view; special occasion
Café · Seminyak (Jl. Petitenget, Kanvaz resort)
A French patisserie inside Kanvaz resort from Bordeaux-trained pastry chef Vincent Nigita, pairing classical French technique with Indonesian flavours. Classic pastries sit alongside a weekend tea-room experience of plated desserts.
Best for: afternoon pastry and tea; a sweet treat with care; a calm indulgent pause; a special sweet moment
Restaurant · Kayumanis Sanur, Jl. Tirta Akasa
Signature Indonesian and Balinese restaurant of Kayumanis Sanur (Jl. Tirta Akasa No. 28), offering an intimate resort setting focused on traditional dishes. Open daily 7am–10pm.
Best for: couples and small parties wanting a stylish traditional-Balinese dinner; a special evening centred on local cuisine
Bar · Jalan Danau Tamblingan
Modern Tex-Mex and Mexican restaurant-bar on Sanur's main strip, serving tequila-based craft cocktails and house-made tortillas and salsas; open since 2014.
Best for: groups sharing plates and margaritas; a lively casual dinner out
Restaurant · Maya Sanur Resort & Spa, Jl. Danau Tamblingan
Japanese izakaya-style restaurant at Maya Sanur Resort & Spa serving sushi, sashimi, robatayaki skewers and tempura, with sake and cocktails.
Best for: groups sharing Japanese plates; couples wanting a stylish evening out; diners after quality sushi and grilled skewers
Restaurant · Hyatt Regency Bali beachfront, Sanur Beach
The Italian beachfront restaurant and bar at Hyatt Regency Bali, on Sanur Beach, serving antipasti, wood-fired sourdough pizza, pasta, seafood and meat with sea views. Lunch and dinner daily, plus a Sunday Brunch with live grills and carvings.
Best for: couples wanting an upscale beachfront resort dinner; a special-occasion meal; Sunday brunch with a group; families dining early at the resort
Café · Jl. Danau Tamblingan
Pan-Asian ("a Taste of Asia") restaurant on Jl. Danau Tamblingan No. 85, serving shareable Asian plates with live music in the evenings.
Best for: groups wanting to share a range of Asian dishes; couples and long-stay visitors after a relaxed evening with live music
Bar · Jimbaran
A beachfront Mediterranean bar and restaurant on Jimbaran Beach (Pemelisan Agung No. 27), formerly AKUA de Bilbao, serving Spanish tapas, handmade pastas, sourdough pizzas, mezze and grilled seafood from Jimbaran Bay, with an upstairs open terrace facing the sunset over the bay.
Best for: Sunset drinks and shared plates by the sea, or a long, social seafood lunch with a group.
Restaurant · Jimbaran
The Italian fine-dining restaurant at the InterContinental Bali Resort in Jimbaran, serving handmade pastas and Mediterranean-inflected mains from an open kitchen in an air-conditioned, chandelier-lit room, with a Sunday brunch featuring live music.
Best for: A dressed-up dinner or leisurely Sunday brunch for couples and families wanting composed Italian cooking in a resort setting.
Restaurant · Jimbaran
A standalone Jimbaran restaurant opened in 2013 by chef Kevin Cherkas (formerly of elBulli, Arzak and Daniel), serving globally inspired tapas, cocktails and desserts built on Indonesian ingredients; known for shared plates like BBQ octopus with Asian gazpacho and its Bali Breakfast dessert, and included in the 2025 Michelin Green Guide.
Best for: Couples and groups wanting a relaxed but ambitious tasting-style dinner of creative sharing plates.
Restaurant · Jimbaran
The steakhouse and seafood grill at the AYANA Resort on Jimbaran's clifftop, serving dry-aged and wagyu beef and Canadian lobster over a wood-fired grill, with a beef sommelier, a salt-cart sommelier, and elevated ocean and sunset views; dinners open in the Martini Bar before moving to the dining room, wine lounge or private rooms.
Best for: A special-occasion dinner for couples or steak-and-wine lovers who want an upscale grill with a sunset ocean backdrop.
Bar · Jimbaran
The open-air beachfront restaurant and bar at Belmond Jimbaran Puri, set directly on the sand of Jimbaran Bay, serving grilled seafood and Mediterranean dishes with Indonesian spices and French technique; Puri Bar pours tropical cocktails and local arak with feet-in-the-sand views west across the bay at sunset.
Best for: A sunset cocktail or unhurried seafood dinner on the beach for couples and resort guests wanting a calmer alternative to Jimbaran's crowded grill row.
Beach club · Jimbaran
The beach club and beachfront restaurant at the Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay, terracing down from a bar and daybeds to a 57-metre infinity pool and the sands of Jimbaran Bay, with fire-led cooking of seafood and charred meats plus a rosé-soaked Sunday brunch.
Best for: Sunset drinks and daybeds by the pool, or a special-occasion seafood dinner and the Sunday rosé brunch.
Bar · Jimbaran
A two-level rooftop bar and pool club atop RIMBA by AYANA in Jimbaran, serving modern Mexican plates and tequila-led cocktails around a 25-metre infinity pool, with views over the Uluwatu hills and the Indian Ocean sunset.
Best for: Sunset drinks and a poolside afternoon that rolls into dinner, for couples or groups after a stylish rooftop setting.
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
The beachfront grill restaurant at The Laguna, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa in Nusa Dua, doing Basque-style wood grills of fresh seafood and dry-aged meats plus a Balinese menu, on a terrace beside the beach and lagoon pools.
Best for: Resort guests and couples wanting a relaxed seaside grill lunch or dinner, or the Sunday brunch, with ocean views.
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
The signature Indonesian restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton, Bali in Sawangan (Nusa Dua), set on the cliffs above the Indian Ocean, serving regional Balinese and archipelago dishes across three levels including a Culinary Cave open kitchen; its centrepiece is the Archipelago Rijsttafel, a shared multi-dish Indonesian rice-table feast.
Best for: An unhurried dinner for travellers who want elevated Indonesian cuisine and cliff-top ocean views over a special evening.
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
The Japanese restaurant at The Apurva Kempinski Bali in Nusa Dua, an offshoot of the OKU restaurant in Jakarta, serving contemporary izakaya-style dishes in a bistro-chic room built around an open kitchen where diners watch the chefs work.
Best for: Guests of the Apurva Kempinski or visitors wanting a polished, reservation-only Japanese dinner in Nusa Dua.
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
The signature fine-dining restaurant at The St. Regis Bali Resort in Nusa Dua, serving Pan-Asian haute cuisine as multi-course degustation menus in a white, open-kitchen room facing the Indian Ocean, backed by an extensive wine list and a long-running champagne brunch.
Best for: A special-occasion tasting-menu dinner or the weekend champagne brunch for travellers after upscale oceanfront dining.
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
Bali's first aquarium restaurant, set within The Apurva Kempinski Bali on Nusa Dua, where tables sit against large tanks holding 80-plus marine species; the kitchen serves seafood-focused degustation menus drawing on Indonesian coastal flavours and local ingredients, with wine pairings and a cocktail station.
Best for: A special-occasion dinner for couples or design-minded diners who want a multi-course seafood tasting menu in an unusual aquarium setting.
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
An Italian restaurant at Kayumanis Nusa Dua Private Villa & Spa inside the ITDC resort enclave, serving homemade pasta, wood-fired pizza and prime cuts in a glass-and-bamboo room overlooking manicured gardens; its signature is the Bistecca di Angus Nero alla Griglia, a chargrilled Black Angus steak with risotto, portobello and red-wine sauce.
Best for: Couples or small groups wanting an unhurried Italian dinner in a quiet garden setting away from the beach crowds.
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
The signature beachfront restaurant at The Mulia, Mulia Resort & Villas in Nusa Dua, serving Mediterranean and Pan-Asian dishes such as handcrafted pastas and grilled seafood in indoor and terrace settings facing the Indian Ocean; best known for its long-running Sunday Brunch with a seafood bar, live grill stations and Italian antipasti.
Best for: A resort occasion meal or its Sunday Brunch (11am–3pm) for couples and groups wanting oceanfront dining in Nusa Dua.
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
The beachfront grill restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton, Bali in Nusa Dua, cooking premium meats and locally sourced seafood — barramundi, snapper, king prawn — over a Josper charcoal oven, with indoor-outdoor seating facing the Indian Ocean; the menu rotates monthly around seasonal ingredients.
Best for: Couples and resort guests wanting a relaxed grilled-seafood lunch or a candlelit oceanfront dinner, including private beach dinners for two.
This is a themed shortlist, not the full catalogue and not an ordered route. Each linked place has to pass the publication gate, and the grouping uses stored collection rules rather than star ratings, review counts or paid placement.
Uluwatu and Jimbaran for clifftop and beachfront sunsets, Seminyak and Canggu for candle-lit dining rooms, Ubud for jungle-view tables. The picks here are sorted by area.
