Collection · Focused shortlist
A birthday, an anniversary, the night that has to land. Bali's special-occasion tables — the rooms, the views and the kitchens worth dressing up for.
Restaurant · Berawa near Finns
A vast beach-club-and-super-club complex on Berawa Beach spread across roughly 2.9 hectares, billed as one of the world's largest, with multiple pools, dining venues, bars, daily cultural performances and world-class entertainment and events. The spectacle-scale, all-day-into-night end of Canggu.
Best for: A big lively day out or event with a group; sunset drinks in a large party setting
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.
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, 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 · 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 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.
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 · 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 · 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
Ubud's most enduring restaurant, opened in 1992 by food writer Janet DeNeefe on Jalan Raya Ubud; the menu moves between authentic Balinese cuisine (nasi campur, ceremonial curries, slow-cooked spice-paste dishes) and a modern Mediterranean side, with pastries from the sister Honeymoon Bakery.
Best for: Travellers wanting a genuine, long-established Balinese dining experience in the centre of Ubud, from breakfast through dinner.
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
The sister restaurant of Cafe Wayan & Bakery, set in a garden bordering rice fields near Nyuh Kuning/Monkey Forest, with tree-shaded pavilions for private dining, afternoon craft workshops, and scheduled evenings with Balinese dance performances (Kecak/Fire Dance) and a group buffet.
Best for: Groups wanting a scenic rice-field garden dinner with a Balinese cultural show, or a private-pavilion group 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 · 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
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.
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 · 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
Beach club · Melasti, Ungasan
An adults-only beach club on Melasti Beach in Uluwatu, built around a pool and daybeds with music and ocean views, open from midday into the evening.
Best for: sunset drinks view; group dinner share; special occasion
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 · 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.
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 · 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 · 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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 for clifftop views, Seminyak and Ubud for signature dining rooms and tasting menus. Book well ahead for the headline tables — each venue's page shows whether it needs a reservation.
