Collection · Focused shortlist
Grilled fish on Jimbaran sand, beachfront warungs in Sanur, fine-dining raw bars in Seminyak. Where the catch is fresh and the setting earns the ride.
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 · 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.
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.
Beach club · Echo Beach
A rustic, sustainability-minded beach club on the foreshore of Echo Beach, hand-built from reclaimed wood salvaged from old Indonesian fishing boats, with a saltwater pool, a raw/oyster bar and wood-fired Mediterranean food. Best known for its driftwood aesthetic and long, open sunset views over the surf break.
Best for: Sunset drinks and a laid-back beach day with friends; a relaxed shared meal by the water
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 · 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 long-running restaurant and gallery on Jalan Monkey Forest founded by the family of Ibu Rai (born 1925, who ran a food stall near Ubud Palace); opened as a restaurant in 1992 and now serves a fusion of Indonesian specialties and European dishes in a central, art-filled setting.
Best for: Travellers wanting an easy, centrally located sit-down meal that mixes Indonesian classics with familiar European comfort dishes.
Restaurant · Bingin
A relaxed Bingin dinner warung serving fresh grilled seafood and everyday Indonesian plates, opening in the late afternoon.
Best for: a casual grilled-seafood dinner near Bingin; travellers after a relaxed local meal; sunset-hour eaters
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
Beach club · Ungasan
Private-beach day club with beachfront dining, rentals and family-friendly water access.
Best for: sunset drinks view; family early dinner; group dinner share
Restaurant · Labuan Sait, Pecatu
A casual open-air seafood restaurant on Jl. Labuansait in Pecatu, near Bingin, modelled on Maui's Paia Fish Market and serving a Hawaiian-Japanese-Peruvian fusion of fresh catch, poke, sushi, ceviche and fish burgers in a tropical garden setting.
Best for: Relaxed group dinners and casual seafood lunches for surfers and travellers staying around Bingin and Padang Padang.
Restaurant · Ungasan (Jl. Raya Uluwatu)
An inexpensive Ungasan sit-down warung doing seafood and grilled plates in generous portions, open through lunch and dinner.
Best for: seafood and grilled-fish lovers; an inexpensive sit-down dinner in Ungasan; groups sharing generous portions
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 · 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.
Beach club · Seminyak Beach / Jl. Kayu Aya (Oberoi)
Bali's original beachfront club, on the sand at Seminyak Beach, running from morning through sunset into late night with dining, a bar, pool and daybeds. An all-day beach-club-plus-restaurant rather than a quick stop.
Best for: sunset drinks on the beach; a long lunch-into-evening on a daybed; a special occasion by the ocean
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 · Seminyak (Kayu Aya)
All-day restaurant on Jl. Kayu Aya (Oberoi/Eat Street), Seminyak, serving Indonesian, seafood and European dishes; a front fishmonger display lets guests pick fresh fish for the grill. Open breakfast through late night, with cocktails and shisha.
Best for: groups sharing grilled seafood and ribs; visitors wanting all-day/late dining on Eat Street; cocktail-and-shisha evenings
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
Restaurant · Sanur beachwalk near Jalan Duyung
A beachfront restaurant directly on the Sanur paved coastal walk (Jalan Duyung), serving Indonesian and European dishes plus seafood, cooked without MSG, with tables facing the sea. Open all day from breakfast to late evening.
Best for: couples and families wanting relaxed seafront tables; long-stay visitors after an easy, calm sit-down meal; anyone who wants toes-near-sand dining without a resort setting
Restaurant · Sanur
A Sanur restaurant known for grilled seafood and mixed BBQ platters alongside Indonesian mains, open all day, with live acoustic music at dinner.
Best for: groups sharing a seafood/grill platter; families wanting an early dinner; visitors after casual Indonesian grilled food
Restaurant · Jl. Segara Ayu beachfront
A beachfront bar and restaurant on Sanur's shore at Jl. Segara Ayu, serving seafood, pasta, Indonesian dishes and pizza with ocean views, beach happy hour and live music.
Best for: groups wanting beachfront tables with drinks and live music; families dining early by the sea; a relaxed seafront meal
Warung · Jalan Danau Tamblingan
Long-standing Indonesian warung (since 2012) with a bohemian recycled-boat-timber interior, serving generous home-style Balinese plates; live music some evenings.
Best for: relaxed local dinner; travellers wanting authentic Indonesian food with atmosphere
Beach club · Kelan Beach
A Mediterranean beachfront restaurant with a pool on Kelan Beach near Jimbaran, serving locally-sourced seafood under chef Frederic Boulay, with daybeds, direct beach access and no cover charge.
Best for: Sunset seafood and an unhurried afternoon by the pool; also a handy last stop before an airport departure.
Restaurant · Jimbaran
A beachfront seafood restaurant on Kelan Beach at the quiet northern end of Jimbaran Bay, with tables set on the sand and charcoal-grilled whole fish, prawns, squid and lobster sold by weight; nightly Balinese dance performances (around 7–9pm) run alongside the sunset over the Indian Ocean.
Best for: A sunset seafood dinner for couples or groups wanting toes-in-the-sand dining away from Jimbaran's busier main strip.
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.
Restaurant · Jimbaran
The Indonesian restaurant of the Kayumanis Jimbaran Private Estate & Spa, set in a garden of coconut palms and housed in a replica Javanese joglo built almost entirely of hardwood, serving archipelago classics built around market-fresh produce and catch-of-the-day seafood, with signature dishes like betutu duck, beef ribs and charcoal-grilled prawns.
Best for: A relaxed sit-down dinner of regional Indonesian cooking in a resort garden setting, for couples or travellers wanting an alternative to Jimbaran Bay's beachfront seafood grills.
Restaurant · Jimbaran
The Japanese restaurant at the InterContinental Bali Resort in Jimbaran, headed by chef Mitsuaki Senoo, serving teppanyaki grilled at open counters alongside a sushi and sashimi bar, with a private tatami room and a Balinese-Japanese interior.
Best for: Couples or groups wanting an interactive teppanyaki dinner or fresh sushi in a polished resort setting.
Restaurant · Jimbaran (Muaya Beach)
A long-running Jimbaran Bay seafood cafe where you pick fresh seafood by weight from the display and it is grilled over coconut-husk fires. Tables sit directly on Muaya Beach for toes-in-the-sand dining at sunset.
Best for: beachfront seafood dinner; sunset over the bay; groups sharing a seafood spread; special evening out
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.
Restaurant · Jimbaran
A beachfront seafood grill on the Jimbaran Bay sands (Muaya Beach strip), running since 1994, where you pick lobster, prawns, crab, snapper and squid from the tanks to be barbecued and served at candlelit tables on the beach.
Best for: Couples and groups wanting a relaxed sunset seafood dinner with your feet near the sand.
Restaurant · Jimbaran
A beachfront seafood grill on Muaya Beach in Jimbaran Bay, where you pick fish, prawns, clams and lobster from an iced display to be charcoal-grilled and eaten at tables set out on the sand; known for its fresh grilled snapper and prawns and for sunset views over the bay.
Best for: Couples and groups wanting a casual feet-in-the-sand seafood dinner timed to the Jimbaran sunset.
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.
Warung · Jimbaran
A no-frills, family-run roadside seafood warung on Jalan Uluwatu II in Jimbaran that grills just three things — fish, prawns and clams — served with three sambals plus free plecing kangkung and raw vegetables, and closes entirely on any day the catch isn't fresh.
Best for: Travellers who want cheap, genuinely fresh grilled seafood over the touristy Jimbaran beach-BBQ setups; come after it opens around 1pm and before the day's catch sells out.
Warung · Jimbaran
A beachfront seafood warung on Jimbaran Bay, operating since around 1990, serving Jimbaran-style ikan bakar — fish and seafood grilled over coconut husks with sambal — at tables set on the sand facing the sunset.
Best for: Casual sunset seafood dinners with your feet near the sand, where you pick fresh catch sold by weight.
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.
Beach club · Nusa Dua (Benoa)
A large multi-zone beachfront club on the southern side of Nusa Dua with a pool, daybeds, water sports and several dining areas including the oceanfront Cliff restaurant, running from daytime lounging into evening entertainment.
Best for: A full day-to-night outing for families or groups on Nusa Dua's calm white-sand beach.
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 (Jl. Pantai Mengiat)
A sit-down Indonesian grilled-seafood restaurant on Jl. Pantai Mengiat, walkable from the Nusa Dua beach/ITDC area, specialising in ikan bakar and grilled fish and shellfish, with evening live music.
Best for: dinner with grilled fish and seafood near Nusa Dua beach; travellers wanting a comfortable seated seafood meal without going to Jimbaran; those who like live music
Restaurant · Tanjung Benoa
An all-day restaurant and coffee spot on Jl. Pratama in Tanjung Benoa, part of Kubu Garden Suites, serving Indonesian, Western and Italian dishes with bread baked in-house.
Best for: A calm, well-priced sit-down meal or all-day breakfast near Nusa Dua, without a scene or a view.
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
An independent, family-run beachfront restaurant on the sand at Geger Beach in Nusa Dua, running since 1995, where fresh grilled seafood (prawns, fish, lobster) shares the menu with Indonesian and Western dishes and pastas, all looking over the calm turquoise Geger Lagoon a short walk from The Mulia.
Best for: A relaxed all-day beach outing — breakfast, long lunch or sunset dinner — for families who want fresh seafood on the sand without resort prices, easily paired with a swim or snorkel in the lagoon.
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
A modern Indonesian restaurant at Kayumanis Nusa Dua Private Villa and Spa, named after the bamboo-and-palm-frond ceremonial roof structure and set in a glass-walled, bamboo-accented room serving archipelago dishes such as lemongrass Balinese chicken salad and black oxtail soup.
Best for: A relaxed lunch or dinner for travellers wanting regional Indonesian cooking in a quiet resort setting rather than a beachfront scene.
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.
Warung · Tanjung Benoa (Jl. Taman Sari)
A hidden seafood warung down a lane off Jl. Taman Sari in Tanjung Benoa, grilling fish bought fresh from fishermen each morning. Opens midday only and commonly sells out by early afternoon.
Best for: seafood lovers wanting fresh, Balinese-spiced grilled fish at local prices; travellers willing to reserve ahead and arrive early; those seeking a hidden spot
Warung · Benoa (Jl. Raya Nusa Dua Selatan)
A casual grilled-seafood warung serving Jimbaran-style ikan bakar without heading to Jimbaran itself, at prices cheaper than the Jimbaran beach seafood strip.
Best for: travellers wanting Jimbaran-style grilled seafood close to Nusa Dua/Benoa; groups sharing fish and prawns; lunch or dinner
Restaurant · Nusa Dua
A pan-Asian restaurant in the Bali Collection shopping-and-dining complex in the BTDC resort area of Nusa Dua, open from breakfast through dinner; known for shareable Asian plates and satay grilled on a Balinese barbecue, with outdoor tables and friendly, attentive service.
Best for: Relaxed, good-value lunches or dinners for couples and families staying in the Nusa Dua resort area who want familiar Asian dishes without leaving the enclave.
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.
Jimbaran Bay is the classic — grilled fish on the sand at sunset. Sanur has easy beachfront warungs, and Seminyak the polished raw bars and fine dining. The places here are sorted by area.
It ranges from casual warung plates to upmarket beachfront set menus. Each venue's page shows its price band; confirm per-kg pricing before you order on the beach.
