Jimbaran
Jimbaran dining runs on two things — grilled seafood eaten with your feet near the sand at sunset, and polished resort rooms up on the headland. These are the tables and bars we rate, and what each is actually for.
Bay seafood, sunset bars and resort fine dining — the destination rooms and sunset seats book out, so reserve ahead.
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.
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 (Jl. Raya Kampus Unud)
A popular Indonesian bakso (meatball) chain — hearty and affordable — whose Jimbaran outlet opened in 2025. The draw is generous meatball bowls, including wagyu bakso, in comforting well-priced broth.
Best for: a cheap, comforting bowl of bakso; a quick casual local meal; groups after affordable Indonesian comfort food
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 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 / GWK
CHASKAA GWK is a modern Indian restaurant near Jimbaran serving curries, tandoor dishes and Indian street food.
Best for: Families and groups choosing modern Indian food near Jimbaran and GWK.
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 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.
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
The open-air, toes-in-sand beach bar of the InterContinental Bali Resort on Jimbaran Bay, set among coconut palms on the white sand with 180-degree views west over the water, serving grilled dishes and cocktails to a soundtrack of daily live music as the sun goes down.
Best for: Couples and groups who want a beach-facing table or bean bag for late-afternoon drinks and grilled bites timed to the Jimbaran Bay 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.
It's the reason most people come — Jimbaran Bay is lined with grilled-seafood spots where the catch is chosen fresh and cooked over coconut husk, eaten at tables set out near the sand, best timed for sunset.
The resort fine-dining rooms and the sunset bars do, and should be booked ahead — especially for a sunset table at weekends or a special occasion.
It spans both ends: the bay seafood grills are mid-range and pay-by-weight, while the headland resort restaurants and cliff bars sit at the top of the price scale. Each place's price band is on its page.
