Where to eat in Ubud – Ultimate restaurant guide

Balinese, European, vegetarian local, vegetarian Mediterranean, authentic Italian pizza, a good old steak, Balinese festival dinner with duck, tuna steak or maybe just a piece of cake with a cup of coffee. Black coffee, a caffe latte, or a cup of kopi luwak?
Options are endless, but where to eat in Ubud? This is your foodie guide to Ubud restaurants!

Last updated 02/2026

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You’ve arrived in Ubud. Maybe chosen to visit here few days on your Bali trip or planning to stay for a bit longer.
Days, weeks, or months, you’ll soon notice Ubud is filled with restaurants, and it’s hard to decide which ones to choose.

If you have months, no prob, but one week, you’ll be in big trouble trying to choose.
I’ll help you out! Though I’ll give you too many options anyway.
So let’s go now to see what and where to eat in Ubud!

Eating local or else

We’ve spent a couple of winters in Bali & the Gili islands, but Ubud is the place we consider our home in these Indonesian islands. So I thought I could give you a few tips on where to eat in Ubud.

As there are so many places to choose from, and we have only tested a very small part of them, I wouldn’t say these restaurants are the best ones in town, but these are some of those we’ve enjoyed and been to multiple times during our months-long stays in Ubud.

First of all, if you are staying only a few weeks in Ubud, Bali, or Asia in general, I’d suggest you stick with the local food. It’s both affordable and delicious.
But if you are a Western nomad like us, longing for familiar food once in a while, pick your pasta or pizza when you feel like it.
Doesn’t matter, you’ll get amazing food anyway.

Street-wise

The main streets, Jalan Raya and Jalan Monkey Forest, are the busiest in town, but there is no reason to avoid them foodwise.

These two streets, as well as Jalan Hanoman and all the paths between them, are filled with nice restaurants, bars, and cafes.
Yes, it is the most touristic area, but also the place are the most options for wining & dining.

Whereas Jalan Monkey Forest and the Jalan Raya are busy with cars and especially scooters, the smaller streets between them are slowly turning into a pedestrian area.
Along them are many fantastic restaurants and cafes.

Balinese breakfast

Every single Bali morning, we had breakfast at ”home”.
Balinese breakfast includes pancakes, fried eggs, fruits, juice, and tea or coffee. If you are not much into pancakes, there is usually an option to choose a toast.

More expensive hotels, of course, serve a full breakfast buffet, but this simple local style includes typically those mentioned, and it’s surely enough.
You’ve probably seen those floating breakfasts on Instagram. Yes, fancier places do offer them, yet those are of course nothing traditional, and personally, I wouldn’t like to eat in a swimming pool. Breakfast in bed would be more my cup of tea.

One way or another, all the Balinese accommodations, from a homestay to a luxurious hotel, offer breakfast.
So even if you are staying in an affordable homestay, you will be food-wise fine until the afternoon.

Sweet Ubud

We usually skip lunch and only eat quite a heavy dinner, but sometimes have some small bites in the afternoon. Especially after having some quite tough yoga classes.
Which was often the case in Ubud.

I’m not into sweet things at all, so I’m not the right person to tell you about Ubud cafes, cakes, and sweet desserts. All I know of it is that there are plenty.

Kopi Luwak is, of course, one of the special things to try in Bali. To be honest, we have never tried it. Not only because it sounds gross, but because of the animal welfare, or lack of it.

We did have one favorite cafe to go to, just to have a regular coffee, which we found already in 2013 on our first visit to Ubud.

Cafe Kismet

This was our favorite cafe long before these corners turned into a pedestrian area, so it definitely stays our fave after the traffic noise is gone.
We loved the scenery from the second floor, where we once waited for the tropical rain to stop and gazed at a rainbow.

Later on, this cute cafe in the corner of the Goutama and Dewisita changed into a clothing store serving beer, but opened a new cafe in another location down the Jalan Goutama.
New address, same old place, cute interior, we followed.

The latest news tells that the ”new” spot would’ve closed down, but the older one would continue as a clothing store.
You might want to check if they’re still serving some coffee & cake too.

Mamanis Gelato

Ice cream is another sweet thing to try in Ubud. There are tons of ice cream bars in town, but we’ve only tried out one in Jalan Monkey Forest and one in Jalan Raya.
Doesn’t really matter which place you choose, but make sure to taste the local delicacies.

Mamanis gelato is located on Jalan Monkey Forest 6, only about 50 meters from Jalan Raya street. It always has long queues. We’ve probably been here only once, so it would be unfair to rate this place. But they have an inspiring interior and those queues in front of the bar.

Gelato Secrets

This is also a chain bar, but we loved their cute & stylish Jalan Raya place since our very first visit to Ubud in 2013.
Yes, it’s by the busy main street, but also facing towards the valley and jungle. The scenery has changed a lot over the years, but we still love it.

And it’s not only the atmosphere we like, but the special Bali treat. If you come here only once, try the ash grey lava ice cream, an Indonesian speciality.

15 restaurants where to eat in Ubud

When the sun is setting and the heat is cooling down, it’s time to think of a proper meal.
But where to eat in Ubud?
Options are endless, so either start planning early or just throw yourself into any restaurant door.

If you’re a planner, here are some suggestions to consider.
Personally, I do hate planning, well, holiday me and work me are two totally different things.
My work demands me to do tons of background research, so I want to make things easy on free time. Hope to make things easy for you too, so I maybe you’ll find something to try from this list.

Anyhow, at least you might have a preconception to try local delicacies, or maybe you’re longing for some Italian pizza, so let’s go to find some!

As said, options are endless; local, European, Australian, Asian, eatery style, or fancy fine dining.
I decided to base this list on location. As Ubud is still a small town, let’s do this street by street.
Inside just one square kilometer, you’ll find everything you are lusting for.

Jalan Monkey Forest

We’ll definitely need to begin this restaurant guide from the Jalan Monkey Forest, as it’s impossible to visit Ubud without walking along this street.
It’s not the main street of this town – Jalan Raya is – but surely the most famous and most walked by visitors here.
Even though it is the most touristic area, a few of our fave restaurants are located here.

This might be a bit confusing, but we’ll start here. This is actually the end of the road. But as you surely know the famous Monkey Forest, we’ll begin here.
If you’ve already visited the monkeys and are heading back to the town, walking along Jalan Monkey Forest, you’ll soon climb uphills.

De’Warung

When you reach the uphill, look to your right. There’s a hotel called Ubud Inn, simple as that.
This is a place we happily slept on our first visit to Ubud.

Even staying elsewhere, this place draws us back to have some fresh lemon & ginger juice at their restaurant De’Warung downstairs.
Btw, you’ll soon notice Ubud has juice bars on every corner, try them out!

Keep on going after the refreshment. I mean, you could also happily dine here, but I’ll lead you further.
At the beginning of Jalan Monkey Forest, the best restaurants are still on the right side of the road.
(The beginning still means coming back from the Monkey Forest.)

Many of the restaurants here have changed their names since we’ve been there.
They also might have switched the concept, so I won’t specify those before getting back to Ubud.
Many of the places are offering typical Balinese food, while others had fusion kitchen offering fine dining with a Balinese & European twist.

We especially loved terraces by the rice fields in the middle of the town, but go look for yourself.
Menus are usually visible on the boards by the sidewalk.

Three Monkeys

One place I do have to mention is the Three Monkeys. It serves Mediterranean food and Balinese sparkling wine by the rice field. This has been one of our all-time favorites.

It might sound weird to dine European style in Asia, but there is absolutely no reason to avoid it. At least full-time nomads appreciate having familiar food once in a while, but even for tourists, these places give you new ideas for foods you think you know very well.
For example, in Three Monkeys, we had duck, very typical of French cuisine, yet a festive food in Bali also.

Note: What I’ve understood is that Three Monkeys is currently under renovation, but they also have a restaurant in Sanur.

After dinner, you might be looking for a place to have a drink or two. Walk ahead, but not too far. Around the football field (soccer for some of you) by the Jalan Monkey Forest, you’ll find the most famous bars and the latest nightlife in town.
You can’t miss it. Neither the football field nor the noise from the bars.

Ibu Rai

Crossing the Jalan Dewisita right after the football field, you’ll soon see the restaurant Ibu Rai, which is popular especially for celebrating a bit more fancy events.
We’ve been here a couple of times, and it’s nice, but to be honest, not one of our favorites, though loved by many foreign visitors.
The history of this place makes a good story. To keep this post somewhat shortish, I won’t repeat it here, but it’s written on Ibu Rai’s own website. I was so glad to hear this place survived Covid.

Walking almost to the end of the Jalan Monkey Forest (still on the right-hand side of the street), there’s a restaurant we used to go to when we lusted for some European-style pasta. Unfortunately, I don’t know if the place still exists, nor do I remember its name.

Cafe Wayan & Bakery

When you cross the road to its left side, you’ll find Cafe Wayan, which, despite its name ”cafe”, offers Balinese meals in a beautiful garden so silent that it’s hard to believe you’re only a few steps away from the busiest street in Ubud.

After you’ve finished in all the Jalan Monkey Forest restaurants, it’s time to conquer the next street!
Just kidding, don’t even try to do this in one night, not even in a month. As said, we’ve spent months in Ubud.
But let’s move on, at least in theory, and head to the next street!

Jalan Raya

Noisy, crowded, and polluted. Sidewalks are either nonexistent or filled with parked scooters.
Jalan Raya is the main street of Ubud.
After the rush of the day is gone, it’s not that bad, and evenings are a great time to pay a visit to some of the restaurants.
A couple of our favorite ones are located here.

First, we’ll turn left from the Jalan Monkey Forest.

Arang Sate

Take only a few steps from the Jalan Monkey Forest. At the corner of the Jl. Monkey Forest and Jl. Raya (on the left side), you’ll find Arang Sate, an amazing industrial-style place serving fusion Japanese cuisine.
We love the interior, we love the food.
Skewer lovers, this is your place!

Cafe Legend

Cafe Legend is a legend.
It’s located along the Jalan Raya and opposite the beginning of our previous homestreet, Jalan Kajeng.
To be honest, we went here for a wifi, but this place is popular amongst Westerners. And if you’ll do what we did, just remember to order food and drinks enough to cover your office time.

Cafe Lotus

Walk about a hundred meters more and cross the street (to the right side) to find the Cafe Lotus. Book early in advance or try your luck, but if it’s possible, choose a table by the pond side.
The Saraswati temple next door has an evening show of temple dance and gamelan music, the latter being listed as the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. You will be able to watch the show with no extra cost if you are dining.

We’ve been here to celebrate Ismo’s birthday and our anniversary as well. Yes, this place is famous and popular, yet its reputation is well earned.

Miro’s Garden Restaurant

Walk further, away from the town, and you’ll find Miro’s. (Keep on the left side.)
Climb those stone steps you already see from the main road on your left, walk into a garden, and find your table.

It’s usually possible to get a table without a reservation, but if you’d like to taste bebek bengil as you really should, you’d need to make a reservation at least 24 hours prior to your arrival. This special festive crispy duck meal needs a lot of preparation and is slowly cooked.
Definitely worth tasting! This was one of our favorite restaurants to have Sunday suppers or something else a bit nicer.

Jalan Kajeng

We once lived at the end of the Jalan Kajeng, the road beginning from the Jalan Raya, just one street away from the famous Jalan Monkey Forest. There are quite many restaurants here too, mostly offering affordable & delicious Balinese.

When you turn left onto Jalan Raya from Jalan Monkey Forest, this will be the first street on your right. That is the opposite of the Cafe Legend.

Jalan Suweta

If you continue the Monkey Forest road, crossing the Jalan Raya and walking past the Ubud temple, you’d be on Jalan Suweta.
This is also the next street from Jalan Kajeng, running in the same direction side by side.

Warung Ibu Oka

Walk about 200 meters and turn right onto Jalan Tegal Sari. At the end of this small street, you’ll find Warung Ibu Oka offering the famous babi guling.

This roasted suckling pig is also one of the festive meals in Bali, but become so famous that it can be found daily in many warungs. Many of them, like Ibu Oka, are serving babi guling as their signature dish.
To be honest, this isn’t exactly our favorite restaurant in Ubud, but many others like it. Also, the tropical view is nice.

Back to the main street of Jalan Raya

After these side steps, it’s time to get back to the main street.
Now we’ll walk to the other direction, which would be the right-hand side if you’re coming from the Jalan Monkey Forest.
– Trying not to totally confuse you here.

Also, this side of Raya Street has plenty of nice restaurants. I’ll mention only a couple of them here, not to turn this post into a whole book.

Oops Restaurant and Bar

This is one to mention if you are looking for drinks. We went here a couple of times to have a glass of wine and noticed them offering nice cocktails too.
What I liked the most here was their garden, far away from the street. Though their bar also has a nice interior and is a fun place to watch people strolling by.
Oops is located across from the Ubud market.

Nomad Restaurant

This is the place everyone knows. It’s been here for decades, serving Balinese and Asian fusion.
We kept returning for their tuna steak.

Nomad is located in the corner of Jalan Raya and Jalan Goutama. Next, we’ll head to Jl. Goutama!

Jalan Goutama

Bonito

Now this is a must-try place if you value local organic food and sustainability.
We absolutely love this tiny resto!
We went to Bonito the first time when Canadian chef Roberto had just opened it.

The food is amazing, and the staff is super fun. We were chatting so much about the philosophy of food with Roberto that we ended up continuing the night in another bar after he had finished his work.

Buona Sera

What I know of, this Italian pizzeria doesn’t exist anymore, but I’ll need to mention this, as it’s a good example of the Bali restaurant scene.

Buona Sera was run by an Italian woman, and the pizza there was as good as you’d expect to have in Rome or Naples.
This is typical in Bali. There are a lot of foreigners living on this island, and many of them have opened restaurants serving food from their own countries.
It’s authentic and often even better than in their countries of origin.

So there is no reason to stick with the Balinese food only. Though, as I already said, I always recommend that, if you are traveling for only a couple of weeks. Nomads staying in Asia for months at a time just need variation.

Jalan Goutama also offers multiple choices for dining and some bars, too. It is also a home street to our earlier-mentioned fave Cafe Kismet.

Jalan Dewisita

Continuing down the Jl. Goutama, the first crossing street is the Jl. Dewisita. Again, this street has tons of places to choose from.

Mingle

We often sat upstairs in this cute restaurant & bar, Mingle, waiting for the tropical rain to stop, or met our friends for drinks.

CP Lounge

Walk uphill towards Monkey Forest street, and you’ll be back by the football field with bars behind it.
CP Lounge is one of those we occasionally visit.

There are also bars on the way, and one next to the field often has live music. You can’t miss it, you’ll find it following the music.

This area is also the only noisy area in Ubud. This town is not a party town, but a place for wellbeing and healing.
So if you’re looking for booze and beach parties, head to Kuta. But if you love good food, yoga, and relaxation, Ubud is your place!

Jalan Hanoman

Kebun Bistro

We didn’t much go to the restaurants on Jl. Hanoman, but we often admired a beautiful-looking Kebun bistro on the way to the supermarket. When we once tested it, it became our new favorite right away.
We went there for delicious duck and other meals, but this is also one of the places where the beautiful interior design tempts us back.

Cooking classes

Many of the Ubud restaurants also offer cooking classes. Unfortunately, we still haven’t attended and cannot therefore recommend any, but if you like cooking, this could be something fun to try.
Just follow the signs in front of the restaurants or ask for advice, you’ll definitely find a place to learn how to cook Balinese meals.

If you want to compare and book in advance, try *Get Your Guide or *Klook. The latter one tends to be a bit more affordable and offers cooking classes starting from only a few dollars.

Home cooking

Talking about cooking – Reading this post, you might’ve been wondering if we ever cook for ourselves.
Yes, we do, and we actually love cooking at home.
Unlike most foreigners here, we also cooked a lot in the shared kitchen of our homestay in Ubud.

Coco supermarket

Finding proper stuff for homecooking can be a little tricky in the Ubud center.
There are green markets and shops, but for the wider selection, you’ll need to go a bit further.

We usually walked to the Coco supermarket, which is located at the end of Jalan Hanoman.
That’s also where the Jalan Monkey Forest begins and goes along the famous monkey forest before turning back towards the center of the town.

Coco has a good selection of cheese, meat, veggies, beverages (also wine), and tons of Western-style stuff like pasta, cookies, and more.
We also bought our fresh eggs from here. Those were packed in a plastic bag, which forced us to take very careful steps walking a few kilometers back home.

I know you must be exhausted now, let’s find you a homestay to sleep at – Read next where we stayed!