Restaurants in Bali
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Ary's Warung
The name Ary's Warung is something of a misnomer; crisp table linen, architectural food presentation, well-trained waiters and high prices won't be found in any other warung. The spare design opens the ground-floor to the street. Alluring bar.
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Bali Buddha
A local institution, Bali Buddha has a mostly veggie cafe with a long list of healthy foods upstairs and a health-food store and bakery downstairs (the blueberry muffins are mighty fine). Raw foodists and vegans will find much to like here – but so will carnivores and those simply in search of tasty food and drink. The bulletin board out front is a community resource.
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Casa Luna
Janet de Neefe of cooking school and writers' festival fame runs this ever-popular Indonesian-focused restaurant (the seafood satay, yum!), which also has a delicious range of bakery items. Recent renovations have softened the edges; live jazz some nights.
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Massimo
The interior at this authentic Italian restaurant is like an open-air Milanese cafe while the outside is a Balinese garden. The lengthy menu includes wood-fired pizzas. The scent of garlic pours out onto the street, where you can stop and get a perfectly creamy gelato from a window.
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Jasmine Kitchen
The Thai fare at this elegant two-level restaurant lives up to the promise of the trays of chillies drying out front: it's excellent. The menu is long and authentic and the staff gracious. While soft jazz plays, try the homemade ice cream for dessert. You can refill water bottles here for 2000Rp.
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Café Lotus
A meal at this Ubud veteran, overlooking the lotus pond at Pura Taman Saraswati, is a relaxing treat for many when they first arrive in Ubud. The menu features well-prepared Western and Indonesian fare. Paying extra for front-row seats for dance performances at Pura Taman Saraswati is not worth it, the dancers are still tiny.
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Lamak
Artful presentations from the eclectic menu set the mood at this excellent eatery. The large kitchen is open and each day there are specials of Indonesian food that are not found on your average menu. Long wine list.
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Kafe
Kafe has an organic menu great for veggie grazing or just having a coffee, juice or house-made natural soft drink. Breakfasts are healthy while lunch meals feature excellent salads and burritos, with many raw items. One of the places to meet in Ubud, it's always busy.
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Stiff Chili
Apart from the evocative name, this beachside cafe has fine views through its near lack of walls. Pizza and pasta head the surprisingly ambitious menu.
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Warung Rasta
Right on a strip of beach, a growing number of tables, chairs and picnic benches mix with fishing boats. The menu not surprisingly leans towards simply grilled fresh seafood; given the name, the endless loop of music shouldn't surprise either. It's run by dudes who have clearly realised that lounging around here all day beats fishing. That snorting you hear is a nearby pen housing worried-looking pigs.
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Bumbu Bali 2
Unlike the varied Asian cuisine at the original a few hundred metres north, the menu here is almost entirely Balinese featuring items such as lawar (green bean salad), bebek betutu (smoked duck) and sate lilit (minced meat and grated coconut skewers). It's a large and attractive place.
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Nasi Ayam Kedewatan
Few locals making the trek up the hill on the main road through Sayan pass this open-air place without stopping. The star is sate lilit (minced chicken satay), which here reaches heights that belie the common name. Chicken is minced, combined with an array of spices including lemongrass, then moulded onto bamboo skewers and grilled. Simply amazing, as are the traditional Balinese road snacks: fried chips combined with nuts and spices.
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Warung Bamboo
A small, open-fronted place. Bamboo fronts a lively section of beach; watch fishers prepping boats, traveller's making out (or planning to…) etc. One of several here, it serves classic fare and cheap beer. To find it, walk east along the beach from the end of Jl Kubu Gembong.
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Murni's Warung
Since 1977, Murni's has been an Ubud favourite. The riverside setting is beautiful and a four-level dining room and bar overlooks the lush valley. The menu has good versions of Indo and Western classics. You may find the sizable gift shop not unlike fly paper.
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Bumbu Bali
A good place for Balinese food in the heart of Ubud. The menu features dishes such as lawar (green bean salad), ayam pelalah (spicy shredded chicken salad) and sambal goreng udang (prawns in a tangy coconut-milk sauce). Like your food? You can also learn to cook it.
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Randy's Café Bar & Restaurant
Randy's hypes its Canadian theme although the 'Canadian' items on the menu, such as chilli con carne over mashed potatoes, will dishearten Cannuck gourmets. There's good people-watching over breakfasts at this corner spot.
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Pasar Malam Kereneng
You can eat very well in Denpasar. Most places cater to locals and Indonesian visitors, so they offer tasty authentic food at good prices. At the Pasar Malam Kereneng dozens of vendors dish up food till dawn.
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Pizza Bagus
Ubud's best pizza with a crispy thin crust is baked here. Besides the long list of pizza options, there's pasta and sandwiches – all mostly organic. Tables are in and out, there's a play area, and they deliver.
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Cat & Fiddle
Look for Brit standards like fish and chips on the menu at this open-air place that's not surprisingly, popular with expats. Traditional breakfasts in the morning balance live music many nights.
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Nero Bar & Restaurant
Nero has a slick, high-design interior. The international menu has a Mediterranean bent, while the many seafood choices include the very popular spaghetti with king prawns. Fit for an emperor.
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Mr Dolphin
Right on the beach, the fresh juices are good at this place, which, not surprisingly given the name, is a hang-out for dolphin tour skippers.
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Splash Bakery
Makes a good selection of bread, cakes, pastries and meat pies. It has a small eat-in area.
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Benno's Restaurant
Looks over the water and has a long seafood menu. Try the chilli crab.
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Ketut's Place
Ketut's famous traditional Balinese feast is an excellent introduction to Balinese life and customs. The range of tasty dishes covers just about everything from bebek betutu (smoked duck) to various bamboo-skewer satays made from minced meats - a classic Balinese style of satay that varies from the little chunks of meat elsewhere in Indonesia and Asia. Other dishes include a piquant jukut ares (banana tree curry), a delightful something we call 'tapioca surprise' and unusual palm sugar desserts.
It's very sociable and you'll have fun just comparing some of the fruits not found at any supermarket at home. Call to confirm times and book.
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Merta Sari
East of Kusamba and 300m west of Pura Goa Lawah, Merta Sari is renowned for its nasi campur (steamed rice with mixed goodies), which includes juicy, pounded fish satay; a slightly sour, fragrant fish broth; fish steamed in banana leaves; snake beans in a fragrant tomato-peanut sauce; and a fire-red sambal. The open-air pavilion is 300m north of the coast road in the village of Bingin. Look for the Merta Sari signs.
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