Collection · Focused shortlist
Local food, unhurried. Family warungs and calm neighbourhood kitchens where the plate is honest, the bill is small and no one rushes you.
Restaurant · Umalas
On Jalan Bumbak Dauh, 7AM Bakers runs its Umalas outlet as a bakery and all-day cafe. The brand has seven outlets across Bali and Jakarta, and this one's page describes freshly baked artisan pastries, specialty coffee and international dishes. Tables book online; GoFood and GrabFood deliver.
Best for: A bakery-cafe sit-down in Umalas: pastries, coffee and all-day food
Restaurant · Canggu; Pererenan
The all-day restaurant and bar at Shore Amora Canggu on Jl. Pantai Pererenan, open 7am-10pm daily to hotel and day guests. The Western menu uses local, seasonal produce, with vegan, gluten-free and lactose-free options. Next to it are an infinity pool with daybeds and an air-conditioned coworking space open until 10pm.
Best for: A slow brunch, or a laptop-and-coffee day by the pool
Café · Batu Bolong
An organic restaurant on Jl. Pantai Batu Bolong 38A serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily from 7am to 10:30pm, with vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options.
Best for: Organic breakfast, lunch or dinner with vegan and gluten-free options, from 7am
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 · 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 shortcut / Subak Canggu
ISLA, the all-day cafe at Earth Island's surf shop, sits at Jl. Subak Canggu No.77 on the Canggu shortcut. The menu goes from breakfast and coffee through seafood snacks and grilled mains to cocktails. The site calls it a space for events, music, art and film.
Best for: Breakfast or seafood snacks after a surf, at the Earth Island surf shop
Restaurant · Seseh / Cemagi
Among the Seseh fields, Neighbourhood Food has a local eatery and coffee shop. It serves slow breakfasts, afternoon snacks and weekend dinners, with fresh, simple dishes from local produce.
Best for: A calm breakfast, brunch or coffee away from the crowds, or an easy weekend dinner
Restaurant · Umalas
An open-air café and restaurant beside the Umalas rice fields, open 8am to 11pm. The menu runs Western and Indonesian all day, from breakfast to late, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes. Seminyak and its bustle are a short hop away.
Best for: A calm breakfast or brunch looking at rice fields, for couples or a group staying off the strip
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 · Canggu; Pererenan
An all-day plant-based restaurant in Pererenan for vegans, vegetarians and anyone eating less meat. The menu is built around a bowl you make yourself from 50+ ingredients.
Best for: Plant-based eaters after a bowl built their way, or a casual daytime laptop session
Yoga · Batu Bolong / Canggu
Samadi is a yoga and wellness hub on Jl. Padang Linjong, in the Batu Bolong part of Canggu. Its organic vegetarian cafe is certified by the Slow Food movement and serves superfood bowls and traditional Indian dishes.
Best for: A calm, plant-based meal on either side of a yoga class
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A daytime cafe on Jl. Pantai Batu Mejan run by a chef trained in Australian fine dining. The food is Australian cafe cooking with Japanese flavours, and the room is minimalist.
Best for: Brunch or lunch in a calm, design-led room, or a daytime stop with a laptop
Restaurant · Seseh / Cemagi
Melbourne coffee culture comes to coastal Cemagi and Seseh at Seseh General Store, an Aussie-owned corner cafe a short step from the beach. It does well-made breads, sandwiches and salads, and has the feel of a community hub.
Best for: A morning coffee and pastry, a casual sandwich-and-salad lunch, or a stop after the beach
Restaurant · Berawa
From the team behind Betelnut, The Shady Shack is an all-day vegetarian and vegan cafe looking over the Berawa rice fields. The wholefood menu is big: all-day breakfast, smoothies, salads, share plates and vegan desserts, in a leafy, open setting.
Best for: Plant-based eaters, from a healthy brunch after a surf to an early dinner with a rice-field view
Restaurant · Seseh (Adjacent Pererenan)
Organic Ocean, the plant-forward restaurant at the Udara wellness retreat in Seseh, is open daily to guests and visitors. The cooking is healthy and conscious of community and earth.
Best for: Health-minded diners after a quiet, restorative and organic meal near the beach
Restaurant · Berawa
Ulekan, a sit-down Indonesian restaurant in Berawa, cooks dishes from across the archipelago. Spices are ground by hand and there is no MSG or palm oil; ingredients come from small-scale farmers and fishermen. Tables sit in a fairy-lit garden.
Best for: A sit-down dinner of classic Indonesian dishes, shared as a group or as an accessible introduction to the cuisine
Restaurant · Batu Bolong / Berawa
A warung in Batu Bolong serving Indonesian home-style food. Its official profile lists service from 09:00 to 22:00 and says all the food is halal.
Best for: An Indonesian home-style meal in Batu Bolong
Restaurant · Batu Bolong / Berawa
Just up from the beach on Jl. Pantai Batu Bolong sits Warung Nonii, also written Waroeng Nonii, an affordable Indonesian warung. It is open from breakfast through dinner, nasi campur is the house plate, and takeaway is available.
Best for: A cheap, easy local meal at any time of day, including a low-key dinner straight off the plane
Restaurant · Ubud
A boutique hotel's restaurant and bakery beside the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary. The cooking is East-Mediterranean in style and leans plant-forward. The bakery also runs on its own, and some evenings have live music.
Best for: A plant-forward breakfast, bakery pastries, or dinner with live music in a colourful, creative setting
Café · Ubud
An organic grocery and bakery with an all-day restaurant attached, in Ubud since 1994. The kitchen covers raw vegan, Italian and traditional Indonesian dishes.
Best for: A long stay or a mixed group that needs one big menu with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices
Restaurant · Ubud
Open since 1986 on Monkey Forest Road, this restaurant has a bakery out front and a garden behind that looks over rice paddies. The menu is wide, running across Indonesian, Thai and Italian, and Sunday evenings bring a traditional Balinese buffet.
Best for: Groups or families after a garden meal with a broad menu and a dessert to share
Restaurant · Ubud
Food writer Janet DeNeefe opened this restaurant on Jalan Raya Ubud in 1992. The menu moves between Balinese cooking, from nasi campur to ceremonial curries and slow-cooked spice-paste dishes, and a modern Mediterranean side. Pastries come from Honeymoon Bakery, its sister business.
Best for: A Balinese meal in central Ubud, from breakfast through to dinner
Restaurant · Jl. Kajeng (rice-field walk, north of Ubud centre)
A warung on Jl. Kajeng, on the rice-field walk north of central Ubud, run by a mother-daughter team. The hands-on Balinese cooking class teaches the garden spices, then 7 dishes and 2 drinks. There is à la carte Balinese food too, such as betutu bebek.
Best for: A hands-on Balinese cooking class among the rice fields, or betutu bebek ordered ahead
Restaurant · Ubud
A ten-table warung on Jalan Sriwedari in Taman Kaja, run by the Fair Future Foundation and Bali Sari Foundation. What you pay here funds free medical consultations for local people. The menu is Indonesian, Asian-fusion and vegetarian, every day.
Best for: A casual lunch or early dinner that also funds free medical consultations locally
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 · Ubud
Ibu Rai, born in 1925, ran a food stall near Ubud Palace; her family founded this restaurant and gallery on Jalan Monkey Forest. It opened as a restaurant in 1992, and Indonesian specialties share the menu with European dishes in a room full of art.
Best for: A sit-down meal in the centre of town that mixes Indonesian classics with familiar European comfort dishes
Café · Ubud
A café in the rice paddies and jungle valley along the Campuhan Ridge Walk. It serves organic meals, seasonal fruit smoothies and coffee, with open green views.
Best for: A calm break with healthy food after the Campuhan Ridge Walk
Restaurant · Ubud
A Filipino warung in Peliatan, in a bamboo hut looking over rice fields. The cooking is home-style Filipino comfort food, in an area where the menus are otherwise Balinese and Western.
Best for: Filipino comfort food at a shared table, or a calm family dinner looking over rice fields
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 · Sayan
A plant-based restaurant in Sayan with a permaculture garden and a farm-to-table kitchen.
Best for: Plant-based diners making a trip of it for a meal in the garden
Café · Ubud
A vegan and vegetarian warung and cake shop in Peliatan, with a budget all-you-can-eat buffet of home-style food. The cakes are made in-house, and dishes are cooked without garlic or onion so that Buddhist diners can eat them too.
Best for: A budget home-style lunch buffet for vegans, vegetarians or anyone avoiding garlic and onion
Café · Ubud (Peliatan)
A raw-vegan and plant-based cafe in Ubud with a plant-based academy attached. The kitchen leans towards raw, living food rather than standard cooked vegan dishes. There are cold-pressed juices too, and a rotating case of raw desserts.
Best for: A long daytime cafe sit over raw, plant-based food
Café · Ubud Center
A 100% raw and vegan restaurant on Jalan Goutama in central Ubud, with a Taoist tonic bar, open since 2014. The dishes are made from fresh, locally grown produce, and Ashtanga yoga classes run upstairs.
Best for: A calm plant-based meal in central Ubud, for raw-food eaters and anyone into yoga
Café · Ubud
A specialty coffee roaster and café near Ubud Palace that sources and roasts Indonesian origin beans. The coffee is brewed several ways, and the food menu covers Indonesian and Western dishes.
Best for: Remote workers who need room to sit and work, or coffee enthusiasts chasing origin-focused brews
Café · Jl. Monkey Forest, Ubud
Everything at this dessert and drinks shop on Jl. Monkey Forest starts with fresh coconut. The vegan coconut ice cream comes in the shell with roasted coconut curls.
Best for: A quick, cooling coconut break while you walk around central Ubud
Warung · Ubud (Jl. Gootama)
A home-style Balinese warung on Jl. Goutama, open since 2002. Nasi campur and local classics come at warung prices, with a house chili sauce and a spread of Balinese sides.
Best for: A casual, budget Balinese meal in central Ubud, like a plate of nasi campur
Restaurant · Ubud
Best for: A budget meal of classic Indonesian comfort food close to central Ubud
Restaurant · Ubud
A small warung in Penestanan village, northwest of central Ubud, with an all-women kitchen team. The cooking is Indonesian and Javanese, made without MSG and with little plastic.
Best for: A quiet, home-style Indonesian meal away from the main Ubud strip
Restaurant · Monkey Forest
An organic, vegetarian and non-vegetarian restaurant on Monkey Forest Road.
Best for: A healthy meal near the Monkey Forest for a table with mixed diets
Restaurant · Ubud
Thai food cooked the traditional way, with fresh herbs, lime and chillies, at a family-run warung on Jl. Goutama. It opened in 2014, and the menu is not westernised.
Best for: A home-style Thai meal in central Ubud
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 · Ubud Center
A 100% vegan restaurant in central Ubud, cooking with whole foods and medicinal plants.
Best for: Vegans, and anyone eating for wellness
Restaurant · Ubud
A small all-vegan warung in Peliatan, Ubud, with floor-cushion seating and cash only. The menu is Indonesian: nasi goreng, tempeh, smoothies and vegan sweets, at very low prices.
Best for: Vegan or vegetarian travellers on a budget who want simple Indonesian food
Restaurant · Uluwatu; Jimbaran
Belgian couple Blaise Samoy and Zohra Boukhari opened this roadside cafe-restaurant in Jimbaran's fishing village in 2012. Antiques they collected across the archipelago fill a vintage European and colonial interior. The menu is mostly Indonesian, with a multi-dish rijsttafel, plus European and fusion plates.
Best for: A lunch or dinner of Indonesian home-style cooking, away from the beachfront
Café · Jl. Mertanadi, Kerobokan (Seminyak)
A gelateria and caffe that makes its own gelato in a wide range of flavours. They run from classic fior di latte to local twists like lemongrass, ginger and sesame. It also pours coffee in a calm sit-down space.
Best for: Cooling off with gelato and coffee in the afternoon, kids included
Restaurant · Seminyak
This homestyle Indonesian warung on Jl. Kayu Aya cooks everything traditionally from scratch, and the spice level is adjustable. Its 12-hour slow-cooked beef rendang leads a menu of oxtail soup, rawon, corn fritters and plenty of vegetarian and vegan options.
Best for: A sit-down lunch or dinner of approachable Indonesian classics, spice adjusted to taste, in central Seminyak
Warung · Seminyak
A casual Balinese warung in Kayu Aya Square on Jl. Kayu Aya, the Oberoi strip. The pork ribs are slow-cooked and spice-marinated, sold by weight with a choice of chilli levels. Babi guling, satay and rijsttafel are on the menu too.
Best for: Balinese pork ribs at a well-priced local lunch or dinner, without the fine-dining setting
Restaurant · Sanur beachwalk near Jalan Duyung
Tables face the sea at this beachfront restaurant on Sanur's paved coastal walk, at Jalan Duyung. The kitchen cooks Indonesian and European dishes and seafood without MSG, from breakfast to late evening.
Best for: Couples, families and long-stay visitors who want an easy seafront meal without a resort setting
Café · Jl. Danau Tamblingan
Indonesian staples and international dishes at a casual cafe on Jl. Danau Tamblingan, with vegetarian, vegan and halal options.
Best for: Families and long-stay visitors who want an easy all-rounder with familiar Indonesian dishes
Restaurant · Jl. Segara Ayu beachfront
A beachfront bar and restaurant right on Sanur's shore at Jl. Segara Ayu, looking out over the ocean. Seafood, pasta, Indonesian dishes and pizza are on the menu, and there's a beach happy hour and live music.
Best for: Groups after beachfront tables with drinks and live music, or families eating early by the sea
Restaurant · Jl. Pantai Sindhu (Sindhu Beach)
Breakfast to dinner on Sindhu Beach: this beachfront restaurant next to INNA Sindhu Beach Hotel in Sanur serves Indonesian, Asian and Western food. The white-sand beach is swimmable, and the view runs to Mount Agung and Nusa Penida. Vegetarian and vegan options are available.
Best for: Families and groups eating on the beach from breakfast to an early dinner, with a swim in between
Warung · Jalan Danau Tamblingan
Recycled boat timber makes up the bohemian interior of this Indonesian warung, open since 2012. The plates are generous and home-style Balinese, and there's live music some evenings.
Best for: A local dinner of Indonesian food in a bohemian room, sometimes with live music
Warung · Jalan Danau Tamblingan
Balinese and Indonesian dishes at budget prices, in a warung on Sanur's main road, an easy walk from the beach.
Best for: A cheap local meal for long-stay travellers and solo diners
Warung · Jalan Cemara
A small, tidy family-run warung with Balinese, Indonesian and some Western dishes, and plenty of vegetarian options. There's local coffee and fresh cocktails to drink.
Best for: A no-fuss, home-style dinner, with plenty for vegetarians
Café · Jimbaran (Jl. Raya Kampus Unud)
The Jimbaran branch of Fore, a specialty-coffee chain from Indonesia with several outlets in Bali. It pulls everyday espresso and palm-sugar (aren) lattes in a modern grab-and-go format.
Best for: An affordable everyday coffee, or a quick aren latte on the go
Warung · Jimbaran
Just three things go on the grill at this no-frills, family-run roadside seafood warung on Jalan Uluwatu II, Jimbaran: fish, prawns and clams. They come with three sambals plus free plecing kangkung and raw vegetables. On any day the catch isn't fresh, it closes entirely.
Best for: Cheap, fresh grilled seafood instead of the touristy Jimbaran beach-BBQ setups, from around 1pm until the day's catch sells out
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
A Balinese restaurant and cooking school on Nusa Dua's northern edge, founded in 1996 by Swiss chef and cookbook author Heinz von Holzen. Home- and ceremony-style dishes such as babi guling and a multi-course rijsttafel are served in a traditional courtyard compound.
Best for: Trying a wide spread of traditional Balinese cooking over dinner, or taking a market-and-cooking class
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
An independent, family-run beachfront restaurant on the sand at Geger Beach, Nusa Dua, running since 1995. Grilled seafood (prawns, fish, lobster) shares the menu with Indonesian and Western dishes and pastas. Tables look over the calm turquoise Geger Lagoon, a short walk from The Mulia.
Best for: Families after fresh seafood on the sand without resort prices, from breakfast to sunset dinner, with a swim or snorkel in the lagoon
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
A modern Indonesian restaurant at Kayumanis Nusa Dua Private Villa and Spa, named after a ceremonial roof structure of bamboo and palm fronds. Its glass-walled, bamboo-accented room serves archipelago dishes such as lemongrass Balinese chicken salad and black oxtail soup.
Best for: A lunch or dinner of regional Indonesian cooking in a quiet resort setting
Warung · Bualu / Nusa Dua
A babi guling (Balinese suckling pork) warung in Bualu village, on Jl. Srikandi, a short trip from the Nusa Dua resort gates. It serves a pork plate and a rich pork soup, and there is often a queue before opening.
Best for: Babi guling lovers happy to go early, or anyone in Nusa Dua after an affordable local meal as a contrast to resort dining
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.
Away from the busiest strips — quiet warungs and neighbourhood kitchens across Ubud, Sanur, Canggu and the south. The spots here are chosen for a calm, local meal, sorted by area.
