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
An all-day restaurant and wine bar on Jalan Pantai Berawa, open 8am to midnight daily. Its own site describes grill cooking with local ingredients, a breakfast service and a large wine list. You can book through the website or WhatsApp, but you don't have to.
Best for: A date or an unhurried dinner over wine
Restaurant · Canggu; Berawa
A Spanish tapas bar on Jalan Pantai Berawa, serving from 3pm daily, with food until 10.30pm and drinks until 11.30pm. The February 2026 menu goes from jamon and charcuterie to plancha seafood, beef cheeks and tartares, with separate wine and bar lists. A second Alma is at Pantai Bingin in Uluwatu.
Best for: Shared plates and wine over a long evening, or a small group grazing from 3pm
Bar · Pererenan / Pantai Pererenan
A 65-seat European bistro and wine bar on Jl. Pantai Pererenan, cooking produce-driven food with classic technique. The wine list is European-focused, cocktails and aperitifs have their own card, and lunch runs to breakfast plates and coffee. Bookings go through SevenRooms on the venue's site.
Best for: European wine and bistro plates over a date night or late dinner
Restaurant · Munduk Catu
A restaurant and cocktail bar on Jl. Munduk Catu seating up to 132 across five indoor and outdoor areas, rooftop included. The kitchen does steaks, seafood and pasta, with a vegan list; the cocktail and mocktail list is long. Happy hour (4-7pm daily): buy two cocktails, get one free.
Best for: A date night, a group dinner or a birthday, with live acoustic sessions on Saturdays
Restaurant · Batu Bolong / Berawa
Gourmet Italian home-cooking from the Zibiru group (running since 2015), making its own fresh pasta, bread, cheese and desserts.
Best for: Families and groups sharing pasta
Restaurant · Batu Bolong
Casa Tua, an Indonesian restaurant on Batu Bolong, has cooked Balinese family recipes since 2014. The plant-filled room splits between open-air tables and cosy indoor nooks, and resident rabbits roam free. It used to trade as Dandelion; the team and menu have not changed.
Best for: Balinese home cooking over a romantic meal among plants, with resident rabbits
Restaurant · Canggu
The beach club and restaurant at COMO Uma Canggu, on the sand at Batu Mejan. It runs from breakfast to a 10pm dinner close with live music and DJ sets. Separate menus cover the main kitchen, a seafood BBQ and the COMO Shambhala Kitchen.
Best for: A polished sunset dinner or special occasion by the ocean, or a leisurely family-style Sunday brunch at 680K per person
Restaurant · Pererenan / Pererenan Beach
A Mediterranean-inspired restaurant, rooftop and bar on Pererenan Beach, with a seafood-led kitchen. The second-floor dining room is air-conditioned and overlooks the beach, and the rooftop bar above it faces the sunset.
Best for: A beachfront sunset dinner, a date night with a view, or seafood shared with a group
Restaurant · Pererenan, Canggu
Near the beach on Jl. Pantai Pererenan, Chef Wayan Kresna Yasa runs HOME, a modern Balinese restaurant. The kitchen reworks family and island recipes with contemporary technique. Vegan dishes are marked on every course, next to sate, seafood and traditional mains.
Best for: Tables that mix meat, seafood and vegan eaters over a considered Balinese dinner
Restaurant · Pererenan
An all-day cafe and restaurant at Jl. Pantai Pererenan No.132, open 7am to 10pm daily. Its listings describe Mediterranean and vegetarian-friendly cooking with separate brunch and dinner menus, plus outdoor seating, wifi and parking.
Best for: A long Mediterranean brunch on the Pererenan beach road, or a 7am breakfast.
Restaurant · Canggu
The Canggu branch of Jalapeno, at Jl. Raya Semat Gg. Anggur No.1 in Tibubeneng. Its own site describes the brand as modern Tex-Mex serving since 2014, with two venues, in Sanur and in Canggu.
Best for: A Tex-Mex dinner and margaritas in Canggu that runs late into the evening.
Restaurant · Batu Bolong Beach
Japanese-contemporary dining at Hotel Tugu, right on Batu Bolong beach. The room is a reconstructed antique temple, and the terrace looks straight at the ocean. Sushi, Asian-fusion plates and cocktails.
Best for: A sunset dinner with a view, a date, or a special occasion by the sea
Restaurant · Batu Bolong
On Jl. Pantai Batu Bolong, Lulu Bistrot cooks classic French bistro dishes with local, seasonal ingredients. The room and bar take their cue from the grand cafes. It opens in the evenings, with an early happy hour.
Best for: Couples and small groups after an unhurried French dinner and drinks
Restaurant · Batu Bolong
An intimate, 30-seat open-air spot on Batu Bolong, Luma cooks rustic Mediterranean small plates. The chefs are Cameron Emirali, of 10 Greek Street in London, and Kieran Morland, of Merah Putih and Sangsaka. Beer and cocktails are on tap; vinyl DJs play at weekends.
Best for: Spanish- and Italian-style grazing over golden-hour drinks, on a date or as a lively pre-dinner stop that becomes the evening
Restaurant · Pererenan / Pantai Lima / Seseh-Cemagi route
Lyma Beach is a beachfront bar and restaurant on Pantai Lima, where the river meets the ocean. Expect sunset views, cocktails and live entertainment through the week.
Best for: Sunset drinks with a group, or a beachfront meal to live music
Restaurant · Batu Bolong
Trading as MASONRY., Mason runs a moody, minimalist grill on Batu Bolong. The cooking is wood-fired and leans Mediterranean, the charcuterie is made in-house, and there is a wine and cocktail list.
Best for: A sit-down meal of wood-fired grill, charcuterie and wine, from midday to late
Bar · Berawa / Pantai Berawa
Mosto is a neo-bistro in Berawa. The room seats around 60, and the list runs to more than 70 natural-wine labels from small producers. Food is ingredient-focused, and it opens evenings only.
Best for: A date, an intimate dinner over natural wine, or a small group of wine lovers
Restaurant · Berawa
Riviera Bistro, open since 2020, is a modern Mediterranean bistro and wine bar in Berawa with whitewashed arches. The wine list is extensive, Aperitivo hour runs daily, and Saturday is DJ night. It opens from late morning until late.
Best for: A date night, aperitivo, or a lively evening of dinner and drinks
Restaurant · Cemagi
Riviera Group's garden cafe in quiet Cemagi leans Mediterranean-Italian, with cozy interiors and greenery. Live acoustic music plays on Saturday evenings.
Best for: Calm breakfasts, lunches or evening meals away from the Canggu crowds, or a low-key night for a couple
Restaurant · Pererenan / Pererenan north
The Riviera Group's Italian trattoria in Pererenan does hand-rolled pastas and Neapolitan pizzas, with an extensive wine and cocktail list. The room is cozy and lively.
Best for: A date night, a group dinner over shared plates and wine, or a lively, casual evening
Restaurant · Pererenan
Spices are ground daily at Rize, a Pererenan cafe serving contemporary Indian home cooking rooted in family recipes. Brunch classics, craft cocktails and house chai fill out the menu.
Best for: Spice lovers and small groups sharing Indian dishes, a distinctive brunch, or cocktails and chai
Restaurant · Canggu
A communal Italian dinner where everyone shares one long table. The multi-course set menu is family-style, inspired by an Italian grandmother's table. There is one seating, dinner only, and you book ahead.
Best for: Communal Italian set-menu dinners at one long shared table, one seating a night
Restaurant · Tanah Barak
On Jl. Tanah Barak, Santanera pairs a Latin American dining room with a rooftop bar. The sharing menu mixes Latin flavours with European technique and local ingredients. Contemporary artwork, a big seated room and a late-night bar make a full evening of it.
Best for: A special evening of rooftop cocktails and shared plates, as a date or with a group
Restaurant · Pererenan / Pantai Pererenan
Shelter, a wood-fired Middle Eastern and Mediterranean restaurant in Pererenan, is built inside a Balinese joglo with open, plant-filled architecture. A UK chef runs the kitchen, and a rotating calendar brings BBQs and vinyl DJ nights. Booking is recommended.
Best for: Special occasions, date nights and group dinners, booked ahead
Restaurant · Batu Bolong Beach, Canggu
SKOOL Kitchen is an open-flame kitchen on Jl. Pura Dalem that cooks meats and seafood over wood and charcoal. Dinner only, from 5pm: a tasting menu, à la carte plates and cuts priced by weight. It shares an address with The Lawn Canggu, another Project Black venue.
Best for: A special-occasion or date-night dinner by the beach, with drinks
Restaurant · Canggu
The restaurant, bar and gallery inside The Slow, a design-led boutique hotel on Batu Bolong. The kitchen is internationally inspired and runs all day, and the room doubles as an art and events space. It works for breakfast as well as an evening out.
Best for: A design-led brunch or dinner inside The Slow hotel on Batu Bolong
Restaurant · Pererenan / Pererenan north
Near Pererenan beach, Touché keeps all-day cafe hours from early morning to late, with design-led interiors and an urban-leaning menu.
Best for: Brunch among design-led interiors, a daytime coffee with the laptop, or a casual meal
Restaurant · Pererenan
Built entirely from reclaimed wood, Woods is a rustic Pererenan restaurant cooking a Mediterranean menu in a warm, greenery-filled chalet. It runs as a cafe by day and a dinner room by night, with live jazz and vinyl evenings.
Best for: A cosy dinner or a date night, or a group evening with live music
Restaurant · Batu Bolong Beach
Steps from Batu Bolong beach, YUKI is a modern Japanese izakaya. It serves fusion sushi, wood-fired specialties and house cocktails.
Best for: A date night, special occasion or group dinner with cocktails
Restaurant · Ubud
Viceroy Bali's restaurant, also branded as part of CasCades Suites, sits above the Valley of the Kings with jungle views. Central Ubud is about five minutes' drive away. The kitchen does a Balinese Rijsttafel tasting menu and Western dishes, with produce from its own organic gardens.
Best for: Couples or a small group sitting down to the Indonesian tasting menu with a valley view
Restaurant · Ubud
In the middle of Jalan Monkey Forest, Donna is a restaurant, lounge and rooftop bar with a Mediterranean and Latin American menu. It opens daily from late morning until late. Shisha is served after 4pm, and the upstairs becomes a club on Friday nights.
Best for: Groups or couples after dinner and cocktails that turn into a lively night out in central Ubud
Restaurant · Ubud
Will Meyrick's modern Indonesian restaurant in central Ubud, in a renovated two-storey building. The bar is downstairs; upstairs, the dining room looks over a temple and the street. The kitchen reworks street-food flavours from Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Bali with local ingredients and modern presentation.
Best for: A dinner or shared meal of chef-driven Indonesian regional cooking
Restaurant · Lodtunduh
The more experimental, ingredient-driven sibling of Locavore, opened in Lodtunduh in December 2023 and led by chefs Eelke Plasmeijer and Ray Adriansyah. This 30-seat tasting-menu room uses only local Indonesian ingredients, cooked with modern European technique.
Best for: A booked, multi-course tasting menu built on the work of Indonesian farmers, fishers and producers
Restaurant · Ubud (Jl. Gootama)
A French-Laotian couple runs this tiny eight-table warung on Jl. Gootama. The blackboard menu is short and changes daily: coconut curries, stir-fries and crepes. The cooking uses Laotian herbs, and the desserts have French touches.
Best for: An intimate dinner of herb-forward coconut curries and French-Laotian flavours
Restaurant · Kedewatan
Chef Chris Salans founded this Kedewatan fine-dining restaurant; head chef and co-owner Blake Thornley now leads the kitchen. The cooking applies French technique to Indonesian and Balinese ingredients. There is a multi-course tasting menu and, separately, a Chef's Table at the live kitchen.
Best for: A special occasion marked with a French-Balinese tasting menu in a garden
Restaurant · Ubud Center
A small South American kitchen in central Ubud, cooking Peruvian and South American flavours.
Best for: Diners after Peruvian and South American flavours
Restaurant · Kedewatan
Chef Will Goldfarb's dessert-only tasting-menu restaurant in Kedewatan. It sits inside a large botanical garden tied to the recipes themselves. This is a pastry chef's concept rather than a conventional dinner spot.
Best for: Pastry enthusiasts, or a special occasion built around a multi-course dessert tasting
Restaurant · Ubud
A Belgian bistro on the S-bend in south Ubud, near Jl. Raya Pengosekan. The menu is Belgian comfort classics with Indonesian-influenced touches.
Best for: Couples after a romantic dinner of Belgian comfort food
Restaurant · Sayan / Penestanan
Zest serves vegan brunch up in the treetops of Penestanan. The whole menu is plant-based, and the savoury dishes are substantial.
Best for: A social brunch with friends, or a date that does not need silence
Restaurant · Uluwatu; Jimbaran
Italian fine dining at the InterContinental Bali Resort in Jimbaran. Handmade pastas and Mediterranean-leaning mains come from an open kitchen into an air-conditioned room lit by chandeliers. Sunday brunch has live music.
Best for: Couples and families dressing up for dinner, or taking their time over Sunday brunch
Restaurant · Uluwatu
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.
Restaurant · Uluwatu; Jimbaran
Belmond Jimbaran Puri's open-air restaurant and bar sit right on the sand of Jimbaran Bay. Nelayan grills seafood and cooks Mediterranean dishes with Indonesian spices and French technique. At Puri Bar, tropical cocktails and local arak come with the sunset across the bay.
Best for: Couples and resort guests after a sunset cocktail or an unhurried seafood dinner, calmer than Jimbaran's crowded grill row
Restaurant · Uluwatu
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 · Uluwatu
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 · Uluwatu
Modern Lebanese/Mediterranean sharing restaurant with family-friendly all-day positioning.
Best for: group dinner share; family early dinner; date night special
Restaurant · Seminyak
The La Lucciola team runs this dinner-only Indonesian restaurant on Jl. Petitenget. Tables sit in open-air pavilions around a koi pond, across a candlelit garden. The kitchen cooks regional recipes from the archipelago: slow-roasted betutu duck, sambals and babi guling.
Best for: An unhurried, romantic dinner of traditional Indonesian food in the garden
Restaurant · Seminyak
Boy'N'Cow has been a steakhouse and cocktail lounge on Seminyak's Eat Street (Jl. Raya Kerobokan) since 2017. Cuts are dry-aged on site for at least 30 days; the Wagyu is Australian, US and Japanese, A5 included. A mezzanine speakeasy pours barrel-aged cocktails and single malts.
Best for: A carnivore's dinner or special occasion over share-style steaks, Wagyu and cocktails
Restaurant · Seminyak
Chef Dean Keddell's modern-Asian sharing restaurant on Seminyak's Oberoi/Laksmana strip, open since 2012. You order several plates for the table rather than individual mains.
Best for: Friends, family or a couple sharing a spread of Asian plates
Restaurant · Seminyak
This outpost of Singapore's Kilo is on Jl. Drupadi in Seminyak. The kitchen does Asian-fusion sharing plates such as squid-ink rice with soft-shell crab, beef-tongue tacos and Japanese ceviche. The space is tropical-industrial: 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 in Umalas, open from breakfast through lunch to dinner. Bread and cornetti are baked daily, the pasta is fresh and the pizza is wood-fired. The setting is rustic and cozy.
Best for: An unhurried Italian breakfast, lunch or dinner, for a family or a couple
Restaurant · Seminyak
An Asian-fusion restaurant and cocktail spot on Jl. Petitenget that leans Japanese and Korean. Sushi rolls, Korean tacos, bao buns and pork ribs are on the menu, and after dark there's a DJ and a long drinks list.
Best for: Groups or a date over shared plates that roll into cocktails and music
Restaurant · Kerobokan Kelod
Chef Will Meyrick's pan-Asian dining room in Seminyak cooks Southeast Asian street food, from Penang to Bangkok to Indonesian rendang. The room is 1920s Shanghai-style, with dark timber, green banquettes and chandeliers, and there's a supper-club bar upstairs.
Best for: Couples or groups out for a dressed-up dinner or cocktails over polished Asian flavours
Restaurant · Seminyak
This contemporary southern-Italian fine-dining restaurant on Jl. Petitenget is led by Apulian chef Maurizio Bombini. There's a live kitchen, à la carte and seasonal tasting menus, and a rooftop hydroponic garden that supplies produce.
Best for: A special-occasion dinner, a couple's tasting-menu evening or the Sunday seafood brunch
Restaurant · Seminyak
Modern Indonesian dining on Jl. Petitenget since 2013, in a greenhouse-cathedral building by Inspiral Architects. It has 10-metre vaulted ceilings and rainwater-filtering columns. The kitchen does archipelago classics and contemporary takes, like Balinese yellowfin tuna and babi guling, with cocktails and wine.
Best for: Refined Indonesian food for a special occasion or a dressed-up dinner
Restaurant · Seminyak
The rooftop bar and restaurant at Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort serves a modern Southeast Asian menu with ocean views. Live bands and DJ sets play every night.
Best for: A couple's rooftop dinner with a view, cocktails at golden hour, or a lively night out with music
Restaurant · Kerobokan Kelod
Kieran and Yunika Morland's modern Indonesian restaurant cooks heritage recipes over a wood-fired oven and charcoal grills. Ingredients are regional, from across the archipelago. Beef rendang and smoked and grilled seafood are the dishes to order; the rooftop bar is called Diatas.
Best for: A dinner of inventive Indonesian cooking beyond the usual tourist menus
Restaurant · Seminyak
A seafood restaurant in a bamboo pavilion on Jl. Petitenget, looking out over a working rice paddy. The kitchen cooks fresh Indian Ocean catch, such as yellowfin tuna, snapper and 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
Seasalt is beachfront fine dining inside Alila, and the menu leads with seafood. Come for a date night by the coast or a brunch splurge.
Best for: A date night or a special occasion, with drinks at sunset
Café · Seminyak (Jl. Petitenget, Kanvaz resort)
Bordeaux-trained pastry chef Vincent Nigita runs this French patisserie inside Kanvaz resort, pairing classical French technique with Indonesian flavours. Classic pastries sit alongside plated desserts in a weekend tea room.
Best for: Afternoon pastry and tea, or plated desserts in the weekend tea room
Restaurant · Kayumanis Sanur, Jl. Tirta Akasa
Kayumanis Sanur's Indonesian and Balinese restaurant, on Jl. Tirta Akasa No. 28, open daily 7am–10pm. The resort setting is intimate and the menu centres on traditional dishes.
Best for: A special evening of traditional Balinese food for a couple or a small party
Restaurant · Sanur
A Japanese izakaya-style restaurant at Maya Sanur Resort & Spa. The kitchen turns out sushi, sashimi, robatayaki skewers and tempura, and there's sake and cocktails to drink.
Best for: Groups sharing Japanese plates, or a couple's evening out over sushi and grilled skewers
Restaurant · Hyatt Regency Bali beachfront, Sanur Beach
Pizzaria is Hyatt Regency Bali's beachfront Italian restaurant and bar on Sanur Beach, with sea views. Antipasti, wood-fired sourdough pizza, pasta, seafood and meat are served at lunch and dinner daily. Sunday Brunch adds live grills and carvings.
Best for: An upscale beachfront dinner as a couple or for a special occasion, Sunday brunch with a group, or an early family meal
Café · Jl. Danau Tamblingan
Live music plays in the evenings at this pan-Asian restaurant on Jl. Danau Tamblingan No. 85, where the Asian plates are made for sharing.
Best for: Shared Asian plates for a group, or an evening of live music as a couple
Bar · Jimbaran
A beachfront Mediterranean bar and restaurant on Jimbaran Beach, at Pemelisan Agung No. 27, formerly AKUA de Bilbao. The kitchen does Spanish tapas, mezze, handmade pastas, sourdough pizzas and grilled seafood from the bay, and the open terrace upstairs faces the sunset.
Best for: Sunset drinks and shared plates by the sea, or a long, social seafood lunch with a group
Restaurant · Jimbaran
A standalone Jimbaran restaurant opened in 2013 by chef Kevin Cherkas, formerly of elBulli, Arzak and Daniel. Its tapas are globally inspired and built on Indonesian ingredients; so are its cocktails and desserts.
Best for: Couples and groups after a tasting-style dinner of sharing plates, from BBQ octopus with Asian gazpacho to the Bali Breakfast dessert
Restaurant · Jimbaran
The AYANA Resort's steakhouse and seafood grill, up on Jimbaran's clifftop with ocean and sunset views. Dry-aged and wagyu beef and Canadian lobster go over a wood-fired grill. A beef sommelier and a salt-cart sommelier are on hand, and dinner starts in the Martini Bar.
Best for: A special-occasion dinner for couples or steak-and-wine lovers who want an upscale grill with a sunset ocean backdrop
Restaurant · Jimbaran
The beach club and beachfront restaurant at the Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay. It steps down from a bar and daybeds to a 57-metre infinity pool and the sand. Seafood and charred meats are cooked over fire, and Sunday brings a rosé 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 on top of RIMBA by AYANA in Jimbaran. Modern Mexican plates and tequila-led cocktails are served around a 25-metre infinity pool. The view takes in the Uluwatu hills and the Indian Ocean sunset.
Best for: A poolside afternoon on the roof that rolls into sunset drinks and dinner, for couples or groups
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
The beachfront grill restaurant at The Laguna, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa in Nusa Dua. Fresh seafood and dry-aged meats are cooked over Basque-style wood grills, alongside a Balinese menu. Tables are on a terrace beside the beach and the lagoon pools.
Best for: A seaside grill lunch or dinner with an ocean view, or the Sunday brunch, for resort guests and couples
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
The Indonesian restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton, Bali, on the cliffs above the Indian Ocean at Sawangan, Nusa Dua. Regional Balinese and archipelago dishes are served across three levels, including the Culinary Cave open kitchen. The centrepiece is the Archipelago Rijsttafel, a shared multi-dish rice-table feast.
Best for: An unhurried Indonesian dinner on a special evening, with cliff-top ocean views
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
The Apurva Kempinski Bali's Japanese restaurant in Nusa Dua, an offshoot of OKU in Jakarta. Contemporary izakaya-style dishes come out of an open kitchen at the centre of a bistro room, so you can watch the chefs work.
Best for: Apurva Kempinski guests or visitors after a polished Japanese dinner in Nusa Dua
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
The fine-dining restaurant at The St. Regis Bali Resort in Nusa Dua, in a white, open-kitchen room facing the Indian Ocean. Pan-Asian haute cuisine comes as multi-course degustation menus, backed by an extensive wine list, and there is a champagne brunch.
Best for: A special-occasion tasting-menu dinner by the ocean, or the weekend champagne brunch
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
An aquarium restaurant inside The Apurva Kempinski Bali on Nusa Dua, where tables sit against large tanks holding 80-plus marine species. Degustation menus focus on seafood, drawing on Indonesian coastal flavours and local ingredients, with wine pairings and a cocktail station.
Best for: A multi-course seafood tasting menu in an unusual aquarium setting, on a special occasion for couples or design-minded diners
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
An Italian restaurant at Kayumanis Nusa Dua Private Villa & Spa, in a glass-and-bamboo room over manicured gardens. Homemade pasta and wood-fired pizza sit beside prime cuts. The Bistecca di Angus Nero alla Griglia is chargrilled Black Angus steak with risotto, portobello and red-wine sauce.
Best for: Couples or small groups after an unhurried Italian dinner in a quiet garden, away from the beach crowds
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
The beachfront restaurant at The Mulia, Mulia Resort & Villas in Nusa Dua, facing the Indian Ocean from indoor and terrace tables. Mediterranean and Pan-Asian dishes run from handcrafted pastas to grilled seafood. Sunday Brunch adds a seafood bar, live grill stations and Italian antipasti.
Best for: Couples and groups after an oceanfront occasion meal, or the Sunday Brunch (11am–3pm)
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
At The Ritz-Carlton, Bali in Nusa Dua, this beachfront grill faces the Indian Ocean from indoor and outdoor tables. Premium meats and locally sourced seafood, such as barramundi, snapper and king prawn, go into a Josper charcoal oven. The menu rotates monthly around seasonal ingredients.
Best for: Couples and resort guests after a grilled-seafood lunch, a candlelit oceanfront dinner or a private beach dinner 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.
