Today · Shortlist for the moment you are in
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08:00 — Slow morning
Long coffees, eggs and a table you don't want to leave.
Restaurant · Canggu
A cafe and cocktail bar on Jalan Pantai Batu Mejan, open 8am to midnight daily. The main menu goes from pasta and risotto to schnitzel and seafood, with a rib eye steak. Brunch, the bar and wine cocktails have their own menus. Book through the site or Chope.
Best for: A long menu at one address: breakfast from 8am, steaks and pasta until midnight
Restaurant · Tegallalang / Kedisan
Akar is a jungle restaurant at Kedisan in Tegallalang, north of Ubud. It does breakfast and dinner, and the setting suits a special occasion.
Best for: A destination dinner with jungle views
Café · Bingin
The Bukit outpost of Bali's long-running plant-based restaurant Alchemy (original in Ubud), serving raw and gently cooked vegan food built around a build-your-own salad bar, smoothie bowls and a waffle-and-ice-cream bar, in a large ranch-style al-fresco space with a permaculture garden and an evening bonfire near Bingin/Pecatu.
Best for: A daytime health-focused meal or casual dinner for vegans, raw-food eaters and anyone wanting to build their own salad after the Bukit beaches.
13:00 — Midday reset
Out of the heat and away from the crowd for the afternoon.
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 · 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
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
17:30 — Golden hour
A drink pointed west while the sky does its thing.
Restaurant · Berawa near Finns
A large beachfront complex on Jl. Pantai Berawa. It runs four venues on one site: a beach club, the Super Club, a wellness club and a padel club. Its own website calls it the world's biggest beach club; we have not checked that. You enter on a day pass, and daybeds and sofas are booked separately.
Best for: A big, lively day out with a group, or sunset drinks in a party crowd
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 · Seminyak
A beachfront club right on the sand at Seminyak Beach. It runs from morning through sunset into late night, with dining, a bar, a pool and daybeds. It is an all-day beach club and restaurant rather than a quick stop.
Best for: Sunset drinks on the beach, a long lunch into evening on a daybed, or a special occasion by the ocean
20:00 — Dinner
The kind of table worth staying out for when the day winds down.
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 · 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 · 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
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