Indonesian restaurants in Bali
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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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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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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 Batan Waru
This ever-popular cafe has an expanded outdoor terrace. It serves consistently excellent Indonesian food, stylishly presented. The mie goreng noodles are made fresh daily – a noteworthy detail given the number of places that substitute pot noodles. Western dishes include sandwiches and salads.
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Cak Asm
No, the name isn't the sound you make after eating here. If that were the case, this simple cafe would be named 'yum'. Join government workers and students from the nearby university for superb dishes at rock-bottom prices. Order the cumi cumi (calamari) with telor asin sauce (a heavenly mixture of eggs and garlic). The resulting buttery, crispy goodness may be the best dish you have in Bali. And it's under US$1.
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Ayam Goreng Kalasan
The name here says it all. Fried chicken (Ayam Goreng) named after a Javanese temple (Kalasan) in a region renowned for its fiery, crispy chicken. The version here falls off the bone on the way to the table; the meat bursts with lemongrass scent from a long marinade prior to the plunge into boiling oil. There are several other excellent little warung in this strip.
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Warung Peni
One of a few tropical hideaway warung on this quiet street. The long menu is mostly Indonesian with a few Chinese, Western and Balinese (grilled tuna with spicy sauce) dishes for variety; the mushroom omelette is just the thing after days of rice.
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Nasi Uduk
Open to the street, this spotless little stall has a few chairs and serves up Javanese treats such as nasi uduk (sweetly scented coconut rice with fresh peanut sauce) and lalapan (a simple salad of fresh lemon basil leaves).
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Dewa Warung
When it rains, the tin roof sounds like a tap-dance convention and the bare lightbulbs sway in the breeze. A little garden surrounds tables a few steps above the road where diners tuck into plates of sizzling fresh Indo fare.
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Tiki Lounge & Restaurant
The name lets you know this place takes its tropical motif seriously, right down to the bamboo detailing everywhere. The long Indonesian menu has pictures to help you choose, or you may just drop by for a beer.
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Spunky's
A real comer in the sunset drinks department, sprightly Spunky's serves Indonesian classics right on the beach. Like Lovina, it's a snoozy place day and night; walk here from anywhere along the sand.
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Bar & Cafe Bali
Right in the centre of the beach, enjoy pizza, pasta, seafood and the Indo-usuals with your feet in the sand. The bar is lively and you can arrange from transport from Jungutbatu.
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Fly Café
Buzz in to this popular place with a silly name for good meals of Western and Indonesian food. A good coffee bar and very comfortable wicker seats pull in loungers and talkers.
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Sea Breeze Café
Right by the beach off Jl Bina Ria, this breezy cafe has a range of Indonesian and Western dishes and excellent breakfasts. It's a good spot for sunset drinks and ocean views.
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Denata Minang
One of the better Padang-style warung, it's located just west of Café Billiard. Like its brethren, it has fab ayam (chicken) in myriad spicy forms – only better.
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Barcelona Bar & Restaurant
This quiet and restful restaurant has a shady garden area out the back that is the preferred seating option. Despite the name, it has an ambitious and good Balinese menu.
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Bebek Bengil
This pretty, rambling place is popular for one reason: its crispy Balinese duck, which is marinated for 36 hours in spices and then fried up hot. The ducks on the few surviving rice fields outside the open-air dining pavilions look worried.
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Warung Satria
This is a long-running warung on a quiet street; try the wonderful seafood satay served with a shallot sambal. Otherwise, choose from the immaculate displays of what's fresh, but don't wait too long after lunch or it will all be gone.
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Warung Bendega
Walled off from street noise, this lovely and stylish open-air oasis hums to the rhythm of Balinese pop music at dinner. Creatively spiced seafood is the specialty.
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Indus Restaurant
Perched on a ridge above the Sungai Cerik Valley, this branch of the Casa Luna empire combine excellent river and rice terrace views with creative Indonesian fare.
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Sari Bundo
This spotless and simple Padang-style joint serves the best curry chicken in Sanur.
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Masakan Padang
The bright-orange exterior at this Padang-style eatery – where you choose from the plates on display – hints at the fresh and spicy food within.
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Warung Gossip
Always popular thanks to its Westernised versions of Balinese warung staples. Get a plate, tell the staff what you'd like and you'll soon be enjoying a fine lunch at one of the shady tables. They've opened a new cafe with a fusion menu and long hours across the street. It is about 1km north of the jail.
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Saka Nusa
Take a break from the beach at this warung set back among the palm and fruit trees.
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Yellow Flower Cafe
New Age Indonesian right up in Penestanan along a little path through the rice fields. Nearby views look out over Ubud but you'll be happier concentrating on organic mains like a good nasi campur (rice with side dishes) and rice pancakes. Snackers will delight in the good coffees, cakes and smoothies.
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