Ubud
Ubud mornings are made for coffee and a slow start. These are the cafés we rate for it.
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Serious coffee and calm rooms — some better for work, some for slowing down.
Café · Penestanan, Ubud
Alchemy is a breakfast spot in Penestanan where the whole menu is plant-based and gluten-free. At the raw breakfast bar you choose what goes on your plate, and the prices are clear before you order.
Best for: A plant-based, gluten-free meal, a breakfast after yoga, or laptop time off-peak
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The Jalan Raya Ubud café of Anomali, an Indonesian specialty-coffee roaster founded in Jakarta in 2007 that now has outlets across Indonesia. Its single-origin beans come from all over the archipelago, and the regions on offer rotate.
Best for: Comparing single origins from Aceh, Bali, Toraja and Java in one sitting, or a casual all-day breakfast
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
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Gelato Secrets is an Italian gelato brand that opened its shop in Ubud in 2009. The gelato and sorbetto are made fresh every day from all-natural ingredients. Some flavours are Indonesian-inspired, such as black rice and coconut pandan.
Best for: A cool-down dessert after sightseeing, for families and everyone else, for example near Monkey Forest or Jalan Raya Ubud
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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
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Darkside, Musthave and Duft are on the shisha list at MAMU, a café and shisha lounge on Jl. Made Lebah in Mas. The food is bowls, roasted vegetables, warm dips and shawarma, and there is an air-conditioned lounge as well as a garden terrace.
Best for: A long evening over shisha
Café · Ubud
An all-day cafe on Jl. Suweta with a kids menu and group bookings for up to 20. There is a 110K breakfast set.
Best for: Families with children, a mixed group, a central place to meet, or anyone who wants a fixed breakfast
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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
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Cafe in Arya Arkananta Resort and Spa, Ubud.
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
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Cafe in Unagi Wooden Villas by Emana, Ubud.
Café · Ubud
An early-breakfast spot on Jl. Monkey Forest, open from 7am, with breakfast served until 11:30.
Best for: An early breakfast for couples who want to talk, a small meeting or a group that books ahead
Ubud has a strong café-work culture, but rooms vary — look for the ones we note as calm with room to sit; some jungle cafés are for the view, not a laptop.
