Cafes

The original Canggu warehouse cafe. Queues from 08:00, communal tables, cash-fast service. Loud, chaotic, and still the benchmark for a big cheap breakfast.

Order: Big breakfast and a cold brew

Homewares store wrapped around a leafy cafe. Calmest brunch in Canggu and you can buy the chair you're sitting on.

Order: Poached eggs in the garden room

Long-running plant-based surf cafe on Jalan Batu Bolong. Unfussy, cheap and reliably good.

Order: Vegan burger and a smoothie bowl

Scandi-minimal roastery with genuinely serious brew bar staff. Ask what single origin they're pouring.

Order: Filter of the week

Tiny corner spot doing consistently excellent espresso. Laptop-friendly, fast wifi, no attitude.

Order: Flat white and banana bread

Family favourite with a play area and a proper kids menu — rare in Canggu.

Order: Wood-fired pizza or the pancake stack

Warung-priced local food beside the rice fields on Jalan Pantai Berawa. Where the staff of the fancy cafes actually eat.

Order: Nasi campur and kopi susu

Open-sided pavilion right in the rice fields off Umalas. Book ahead; sunset is packed.

Order: Breakfast overlooking the paddies

Bright, green, family-run. Good gluten-free and raw options without being preachy about it.

Order: Acai bowl

Vegetarian institution opposite the rice fields on Tanah Barak. No alcohol, big portions, cash preferred.

Order: Buddha bowl

Social-enterprise cafe — profits fund local education projects. Cheap, honest food and a genuine reason to go back.

Order: Chicken pesto sandwich

Small home kitchen doing local dishes properly, tucked off the main road. Ask for the sambal matah.

Order: Balinese breakfast set

Rice-field deck, Japanese-Balinese menu, koi pond. Better before the crowds at 09:00.

Order: Japanese breakfast set by the paddies

Cyclists' cafe hidden down a Pererenan gang. Vegan kitchen, bike workshop, and a noticeboard that is basically the local internet.

Order: Vegan pastry and a batch brew

Inside a climbing gym — surprisingly excellent coffee and the least self-conscious room in Canggu.

Order: Espresso tonic

Not a cafe as such — an ice-block window. Perfect on the walk between the other twenty.

Order: Coconut popsicle with a coffee

Down an unmarked Pererenan lane behind the temple. Quiet, minimal, no music louder than the frogs.

Order: Slow-drip cold brew

Pastel poolside cafe that everyone photographs. Book a lounger slot or you'll be standing.

Order: Brunch by the pool

Bakes its own bread daily. Get there before 11:00 or the good loaves are gone.

Order: Sourdough with avocado and chilli

A plastic-chair warung doing the classic silt-in-the-bottom Balinese coffee for IDR 10k. Let it settle two minutes before you sip.

Order: Kopi tubruk

Down a narrow alley off Jalan Kayu Aya. The espresso bar that started Bali's coffee scene, and still one of the best.

Order: Cold brew and eggs benny

Australian-style brunch benchmark. Put your name down and wait — the queue moves faster than it looks.

Order: Truffle scrambled eggs

Roast on site and run barista courses. The place to buy beans to take home.

Order: Nitro cold brew

Pink, loud, good. Great for a long breakfast that turns into lunch.

Order: Chilli scrambled eggs

Small, calm and consistently well-made food on Jalan Petitenget.

Order: Smashed avo and a matcha

The most photographed plates in Seminyak. Food is genuinely good under the styling.

Order: Rainbow bowl

Colonial-style building, ceiling fans, dependable all-day menu and a real wine list.

Order: Croque madame

Family-friendly, high chairs available, and open early for the jet-lagged.

Order: Ricotta hotcakes

Neon-wall vegan cafe. Instagram fodder, but the raw cakes are excellent.

Order: Pink pitaya smoothie bowl

Health-shop cafe, wholegrain everything, reliably cheap and the noticeboard is full of local classes.

Order: Tempeh burger and kombucha

Bright striped cafe on Jalan Kayu Aya, open late, decent margaritas after dark.

Order: Breakfast burrito

Takeaway smoothie-bowl window. Fast, cold, cheap, exactly what you want after the beach.

Order: Uluwatu bowl

Small roastery cafe in Kerobokan that takes brewing seriously and prices sensibly.

Order: Single-origin pour over

French bakery chain, but the viennoiserie is the real thing. Go before 10:00.

Order: Almond croissant

Glass-house bistro with a serious pastry counter. Quietly one of the best bakes on the island.

Order: Pastry plate and a long black

Set back behind a homestay off Jalan Drupadi — locals, palm-sugar coffee, no queue, ever.

Order: Kopi susu gula aren

Neighbourhood roaster on Jalan Kunti with good beans and better air conditioning.

Order: Affogato

Bakery-cafe doing proper long-ferment bread. Sells out early on weekends.

Order: Sourdough toast plate

Roadside warung in Kerobokan where builders and drivers eat. IDR 25k lunch, IDR 8k coffee.

Order: Nasi campur with iced coffee

At Hotel Tugu, facing Batu Bolong beach. Not cheap, but the room and the sunset justify it once.

Order: Coffee at sunset on the terrace

Roaster, cupping lab and coffee school in one. The best place in Bali to actually learn what Indonesian coffee tastes like.

Order: Tasting flight of three brew methods

Indonesian roaster showcasing single origins from Sumatra, Flores, Java and Bali. Buy beans by the bag.

Order: Aceh Gayo pour over

Shoes off at the door, waterfall wall, enormous menu. A genuine Ubud institution.

Order: Coconut curry and a raw cacao

Raw vegan kitchen with a bakery counter and workshops upstairs. Better than it sounds, by far.

Order: Raw lasagne

Perched above a Penestanan valley. Plant-based, theatrical, and the walk up is worth it.

Order: The tasting menu at sunset

Bali's original raw-food cafe in Penestanan. Cold-pressed juices and an excellent bulk-food shop attached.

Order: Build-your-own raw salad bar

Reliable, unpretentious brunch on Jalan Gootama with the best coffee on that street.

Order: Big breakfast

Surf-cafe energy transplanted to Ubud. Fast, good, open early.

Order: Iced long black and a bagel

Long-running Jalan Hanoman cafe. Cheap, healthy, endlessly useful, and the noticeboard runs half of Ubud's yoga scene.

Order: Tempeh wrap

Tiny warung doing traditional Balinese dishes for IDR 20k–35k. Queue outside from 18:00.

Order: Balinese sampler plate

One product, done perfectly, on Jalan Dewi Sita.

Order: Coconut ice cream in the shell

From the Locavore team — regional Indonesian cooking with proper technique and a serious arak bar.

Order: Indonesian archipelago sharing plates

At Bisma Eight. Jungle-canyon views from the terrace and a barista who knows their extraction.

Order: Breakfast on the valley deck

A 25-minute walk up the Campuhan Ridge, then along a lane. Lotus pond, rice fields, no traffic noise at all.

Order: Lemongrass tea over the rice fields

Reached only by a 20-minute walk along the Subak Juwuk Manis rice-field path. Simple food, extraordinary setting.

Order: Organic gado gado

Up the Penestanan steps and down a footpath. Cheap breakfast on a cliff edge above the valley.

Order: Banana pancake with jungle view

Hotel cafe open to walk-ins, right on the rice fields south of town. Quiet even in high season.

Order: Nasi goreng at the paddy edge

Playground, big garden, and a menu that keeps adults happy. The family default in Ubud.

Order: Pizza and a kids' babycino

Seniman's roastery arm runs public cuppings — book ahead and you'll taste six origins side by side.

Order: Cupping session booking

Upstairs, breezy, wholefood, and a shop downstairs with the best bread and nut butters in town.

Order: Wholegrain pizza and kombucha

Beanbags on the sand, coworking upstairs, sunrise straight ahead. Sanur's most complete cafe.

Order: Beachfront bowl at sunrise

Bright, health-focused and very consistent. Popular with the long-stay crowd.

Order: Smoothie bowl and an iced latte

Scandinavian cafe on Jalan Danau Tamblingan. Real rye bread and a properly pulled espresso.

Order: Danish open sandwich

Same wholefood formula as Ubud, quieter room, health shop attached.

Order: Tempeh burger

Wooden joglo-house cafe at Flashbacks guesthouse. Cosy, old-Sanur, excellent baking.

Order: Homemade bread and eggs

Bakery counter with air conditioning and cheap good coffee. The morning stop before the beach path.

Order: Pastry and a kopi susu

Dark timber, Balinese antiques, candlelight. More restaurant than cafe by evening but a beautiful afternoon coffee.

Order: Coffee on the antique-furnished terrace

Italian gelateria and pizza garden. The gelato counter is the real reason to go.

Order: Gelato — the pistachio

Simple beach-path warung. Plastic chairs, IDR 15k coffee, uninterrupted sea view.

Order: Kopi Bali and pisang goreng

Clean, quiet, plant-heavy menu with good gluten-free options. Fast wifi and power points.

Order: Poke bowl

Cafe attached to a long-standing Balinese coffee company. Good place to compare estate coffees before you buy.

Order: Bali Kintamani single origin

Right on the beach path with proper coffee and an all-day menu. Best table on the sand at 07:00.

Order: Beachfront breakfast

Daybeds, sea view, minimum spend on loungers. Good for a slow half-day.

Order: Poolside coffee and pastries

Small family cafe on a Sanur back lane using local gula aren. Nothing photogenic, everything good.

Order: Palm-sugar iced coffee

Family-friendly with a play corner, high chairs, and enough space for prams.

Order: Big breakfast and a juice

Small, industrial, does one thing very well. Coffee in the morning, pizza from midday.

Order: Wood-fired sourdough pizza

Evening street cart institution on Danau Poso. Under IDR 20k for both.

Order: Grilled sweet toast with a kopi tubruk

Open-front cafe by the Mertasari end of the beach path. Least touristy stretch of Sanur.

Order: Iced coffee after a beach walk

Sanur classic with a garden courtyard and a fresh-produce shop. Sunday market in the car park.

Order: Nasi campur or the fresh juice

Compact brew bar run by competition-level baristas. Ask them to talk you through the roast.

Order: Manual brew flight

The Bukit's default morning meeting point. Surfers, laptops, very good coffee.

Order: Iced latte and the breakfast burrito

Big shaded garden in Bingin, vegetarian-leaning, live music on Thursdays.

Order: Falafel plate in the garden

Surf shop and cafe in one. Board-shaping talk over breakfast.

Order: Acai bowl and a cold brew

Whitewashed Mediterranean-style room in Padang Padang. Consistently the best breakfast on the peninsula.

Order: Shakshuka

Smoothie-bowl window steps from the beach stairs. Grab and go.

Order: Padang Padang bowl

Everyone knows it for Sunday sunsets — go for morning coffee instead and have that cliff view to yourself.

Order: Coffee on the cliff deck at 08:00

Small, calm, plant-forward. The antidote to Bukit party noise.

Order: Sourdough and eggs

Bingin cliff-top warung. Sea view for warung money.

Order: Sandwich after a surf

Down a rough lane near Nyang Nyang. Ten plastic tables, one very good cook.

Order: Nasi campur and kopi susu

Airy upstairs room off the Uluwatu main road. Reliable wifi and power for a work morning.

Order: Pancakes and a matcha

Garden-and-pool cafe with the Nook kitchen behind it. Book weekends.

Order: Brunch by the pool

Genuine warung prices on a peninsula where nothing else is cheap.

Order: Ayam betutu

Small roastery cafe near Pecatu. Sells beans and runs occasional brewing classes.

Order: Bukit blend espresso

Roadside cafe in Jimbaran, popular with local families, easy parking.

Order: Fresh juice and roti

A hand-painted sign and a dirt track. One of the last quiet cliff views left on the Bukit.

Order: Coffee on the Balangan cliff

Cliff-edge design-led space above the Indian Ocean. Expensive, and worth doing once at golden hour.

Order: Coffee on the ocean terrace

Spanish cliff club. Minimum spend applies on the terrace — check before you sit down.

Order: Afternoon coffee, cliff-side

At the top of the 300-step Green Bowl beach staircase. The best coffee of your life, purely because of the climb.

Order: Iced coconut coffee

Bakery window and scooter-repair shop sharing a wall. Very Bukit.

Order: Cinnamon scroll

Neighbourhood cafe for people who live on the Bukit rather than visit it.

Order: Weekend big breakfast

Denpasar brew bar taken seriously by local coffee competition people. Air-conditioned refuge.

Order: V60 of the day

Small counter doing very good raw chocolate and coffee near Poppies.

Order: Raw cacao brownie

French bakery with the most reliable pastry in the Kuta area.

Order: Pain au chocolat

Inside a Kuta hotel but open to all. Cheap, cold and quiet at 08:00.

Order: Croissant and a long black

Best place near the airport to taste Indonesian origins side by side and buy beans before you fly.

Order: Toraja single origin

Legian back-lane cafe, open late, cheap, no pretence.

Order: Iced coffee and a burger

French bakery-cafe that has been feeding Kuta expats for two decades.

Order: Quiche and coffee

Legian all-rounder with air conditioning and a proper coffee machine.

Order: Full breakfast

Legendary Kuta warung. Go before 13:00 or the best dishes are gone.

Order: Nasi campur and es kopi

Denpasar's old-school coffee shop — chinese-Balinese kopitiam style, roasted in-house for generations.

Order: Kopi tubruk

Design-conscious Denpasar cafe where the city's students and creatives work.

Order: Cold brew and toast

Bakery-cafe with a serious cake cabinet and dependable espresso.

Order: Cake counter pick and a flat white

Tiny Denpasar roastery with a dark name and very light roasts. Locals only, until now.

Order: Manual brew

Ten minutes from the airport with luggage space and fast wifi — the best place to burn a long layover.

Order: Coffee before a flight

Renon neighbourhood cafe with genuinely good food and almost no tourists.

Order: Brunch plate

Small Denpasar bar where baristas practise for competitions. Ask what they're dialling in.

Order: Espresso tonic

IDR 10k coffee on a plastic stool. Still the honest heart of Legian.

Order: Kopi susu and gorengan

Colonial-style room doing well-executed Indonesian classics all day.

Order: Indonesian breakfast set

A 1935 shopfront on Jalan Gajah Mada in Denpasar. Stand at the bar, drink a tiny strong coffee, buy a bag of beans.

Order: Bali Kopi at the counter

Behind a furniture workshop in west Denpasar. Sawdust, timber, and the cheapest good coffee in the city.

Order: Kopi susu gula aren