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Alise's Restaurant
Character-filled Alise's has a romantic, lantern-lit outdoor dining area by the pool and serves a melange of international food. Unintentionally camp local musicians perform classic ballads to doe-eyed diners.
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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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Bonsai Cafe
Although the menu is all beachside standards, the real reason to seek this place out is that back off the beach is proof that the name is not notional: here are hundreds of bonsai trees in myriad sizes - all small. You can get here from street and beach.
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Café Batu Jimbar
Beloved locally for its fine food, this gem of a café has a large wooden patio in front of an airy dining room. The baked goods on display are beyond enticing. Besides the best banana smoothie on Bali, the menu has Indonesian classics as well as smattering of other items. Next door it has a gourmet grocery.
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Café Batu Jimbar's Gourmet Market
Nearby Hardy's Supermarket is Café Batu Jimbar's gourmet market , which is great for self-catering..
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Café Tali Jiwa
Adjoining the Hotel Santai, this wholesome place has an appetising choice of dishes, from fruit smoothies to veggie burgers. Many of the ingredients are organic. Expect fair-trade coffee - this is the home of PPLH Bali.
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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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Hardy's Supermarket
For groceries and personal items, there's a large Hardy's Supermarket , which has all manner of local and imported food items, sells newspapers and magazines, and has a range of souvenirs on its second floor at very good prices.
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Lotus Pond Restaurant
The Sanur branch of the Lotus empire is in a high-thatched building surrounded by lotus ponds (of course). The menu features pastas, wood-fired oven pizzas, seafood and Indonesian dishes. At night it glows and there are cultural displays.
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Lumut
This gracious 2nd-floor café is set back from the road. The emphasis is on fresh seafood (lots of lobster) and dishes from around Indonesia. It's also good for a coffee or juice during the day.
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Massimo
The interior here is like an open-air Milan café, the outside is like a Balinese garden - a perfect combo. The menu boasts highly authentic pastas, pizzas and more.
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New Banjar Club
A nice beachfront restaurant, look for a typical menu of pizza, seafood and Indo classics.
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Organic Market
On Sundays, there's an amazing organic market in Gudang Keramic parking lot.
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Palay Restaurant
Like an upscale surfers joint, look for fine versions of pasta, burgers, pizza and local faves here. It's all served under a soaring thatched roof.
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Pasar Sindhu Night Market
The Pasar Sindhu night market sells fresh vegetables, dried fish, pungent spices and various household goods.
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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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Retro Café & Gallery
All the classics are on the menu and there's a relaxed back section here, well away from the traffic noise, with walls filled with paintings.
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Sanur Bay
Tables right on the sand let you hear the surf and see the moonlight reflecting on the water at this classic beachside seafood grill.
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Sari Bundo
This spotless padang-style joint is one of many down here. Choose from arrays of fresh and very spicy food. The curry chicken is the best in Sanur.
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Spirit Café
This vaguely new-agey place is set back from the beach in a little retail courtyard. Smoothies, teas, and veggie sandwiches highlight the small but creative menu.
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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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Star Café Bali
English breakfasts and an array of teas give way to creative Indonesian and Western standards. The wicker chairs are good for lounging. There's internet access in an air-con room.
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Stiff Chili
Besides the evocative name, this beach-side hut with great views features good sandwiches, pizza and gelato.
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Telaga Naga
Torches light the pathway to this jewel-like restaurant where bright red lanterns glow over the tables. Offerings on the Chinese Szechwan menu are complex, such as abalone masak jamur hitan (abalone with black mushrooms). You may need to book.
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Watering Hole (Agung & Sue) Restaurant
Popular for tourist classics (pizza, Chinese, burgers…) that are served at decent prices. This is a good traveller's hang-out at this end of town.
