21 Best Restaurants in Pererenan (2026): Dinner, Cafes & Breakfast

Shelter cooks Middle Eastern and Mediterranean sharing plates over an open wood fire on Jl. Pantai Pererenan. The space is big and rustic, with a street bar out front, a main dining room and a private open-air garden for events of 20 to 150 guests. Executive Chef Francisco Benedicto Borges runs the kitchen, with co-owner Stephen Moore as culinary director.

Order the wood-roasted moon scallops with lemon butter, chilli salsa and sumac (IDR 175,000), the lamb kofte with mint yoghurt (IDR 130,000) and the wood-roasted halloumi with grapes and wild honey (IDR 140,000). For a bigger night, add the BBQ octopus with lemon oil and bottarga (IDR 180,000) or the 300g grass-fed black angus ribeye with garlic and tarragon butter (IDR 675,000). Cocktails cost IDR 140,000–160,000.

HOME by Chef Wayan is the casual Pererenan restaurant of Balinese chef-owner Wayan Kresna Yasa, who previously created Kaum, Ijen and Tanaman for the Potato Head Family. The cooking is modern Balinese and Indonesian with a homestyle heart, and the menu has a strong vegan section.

Go for the Babi Bali, pork cheek with bumbu Bali, lawar and sambal matah (IDR 165,000), the slow-braised wagyu brisket beef rendang (IDR 180,000) or the smoked crispy half duck, bebek goreng asap (IDR 225,000). Pepes ikan, fish grilled in banana leaf, is IDR 155,000. To let the kitchen choose, the 'Feed Me like I'm HOME' set menu costs IDR 350,000 for three courses or IDR 450,000 for five. Cocktails start at IDR 100,000, and the house kombucha is IDR 45,000.

Bar Vera Bistro & Wine Bar is a 65-seat European bistro inside a boutique diffused hotel on Jl. Pantai Pererenan, open since February 2023 and run by the Mason Hospitality Group. The kitchen uses classic French technique with local produce, and the room is all terracotta, wood, stone and concrete.

Start with the potato bread with beurre noisette (IDR 70,000) and the jamon croquettes (IDR 50,000 each), then the beef tartare with truffle (IDR 190,000). The pork tomahawk with sauce Robert (IDR 550,000) is the one to share, and the banoffee soufflé with coconut gelato (IDR 150,000) closes the meal. The wine list leans European, with glasses from IDR 140,000, and the house martini comes straight from the freezer (IDR 220,000). By day, the space serves lunch as Cafe Vera.

Little Frenchie is a casual French bistro on Jl. Munduk Kedungu, open daily from 9 AM to 10 PM. The bright corner room with glass windows starts the day as a bakery and brunch spot, with croissants, scones and baguette maison, then turns into a bistro and wine venue at night.

At brunch, order Louie's Egg Benedict with house-smoked salmon or Parisian ham (IDR 135,000) or the brioche pain perdu (IDR 90,000). At dinner, go for the French onion soup (IDR 115,000), the confit de canard (IDR 180,000) or steak frites (IDR 460,000 for a 200g oyster blade, IDR 600,000 for a 300g USDA striploin). Signature cocktails run IDR 140,000–165,000, including the Frenchie 75 (IDR 150,000). Menu prices add 10% tax and 6% service.

Mostly Restaurant and Bar is the Pererenan sister of Zest in Ubud, but the menu has moved on from plant-based cooking. The tagline is 'flame fired, Asian inspired': Japanese and Southeast Asian sharing plates, sushi rolls and nigiri, grilled meat and seafood, and curries, with vegan dishes marked. Breakfast and brunch run by day.

For dinner, order the miso black cod (IDR 185,000) and the yakitori octopus with kimchi mayonnaise (IDR 195,000), then share the Chinese-style roasted half duck with plum sesame sauce (IDR 395,000) or the lamb shank phanaeng (IDR 395,000). At brunch, the grass-fed beef pho is IDR 100,000 or IDR 175,000. Signature cocktails run IDR 135,000–265,000, from the Coconut Margarita to the Smoked Mezcal Negroni. Groups of 10 or more can book the private T-House room.

Origen is a Mexican restaurant and margarita and mezcal bar on Jl. Pantai Pererenan, with Executive Chef Alejandro Urbina Andrade in the kitchen. The menu covers tacos, ceviche and Mexican mains, with vegan tacos too (IDR 90,000 for two).

Order the quesabirria tacos (IDR 130,000 for two), the tuna tostada (IDR 90,000) and the ceviche Mexicano (IDR 165,000), then the cochinita pibil (IDR 230,000). Margaritas cost IDR 140,000–150,000, and happy hour runs daily 4–7 PM with 2-for-1 margaritas. For a full night, the Mexico Food Trip is a seven-course chef's menu of dishes from different Mexican regions, each paired with a cocktail, IDR 499,000++ per person. From Friday to Sunday, lunch from 11 AM adds huevos rancheros (IDR 100,000) and chilaquiles (IDR 110,000).

Hippie Fish sits right on Pererenan Beach, which makes it the pick on this list for seafood at sunset. The air-conditioned second-floor restaurant has ocean views and a white-and-blue Mediterranean look, and the open-air rooftop bar faces the sunset. It comes from the Tavolo Group, the team behind BB52, Piccolina and The Avocado Factory.

The menu is Mediterranean seafood: crudo, pasta, grilled fish and platters, plus a catch of the day sold by weight. Order the octopus tortelloni in black ink bisque (IDR 165,000), the grilled octopus (IDR 135,000) or the lobster linguine with half a lobster (IDR 395,000). The Fin & Shell platter (IDR 450,000) brings two slipper lobsters, six prawns and clams to share. From 12 to 5 PM, a three-course lunch special costs IDR 165,000++ and special cocktails are IDR 80,000++.

Ashe Grill & Bar opened on Jl. Pantai Pererenan in December 2025, with a kitchen built around a wood fire. The name comes from the Yoruba word àṣẹ (said 'ah-shay'), meaning life force, and the menu draws on cooking traditions from across the Global South. Steaks are sold by weight.

Start with the grilled octopus on chickpea hummus with lardo and curry leaves (IDR 150,000) and the BBQ pork jowl with a smoked juruh tare glaze (IDR 195,000). For a main, order the 36-hour bone-in short ribs with char siu glaze (IDR 400,000), the king prawns with sauce américaine (IDR 295,000 for three) or the organic half chicken adobo with aji verde (IDR 170,000). Cocktails cost IDR 130,000–155,000, from the Spice of Bali to the Ashe Negroni.

Optimist is a modern Asian restaurant and cocktail bar on Jl. Pantai Pererenan, open since 2024. The room is concrete and chrome with pink neon, art on the walls and an upbeat playlist, and it runs late: until 1 AM from Thursday to Saturday. The kitchen works with raw fish, kushiyaki skewers, house-made noodles and its own ferments.

Order the kingfish sashimi with mango and citrus dressing (IDR 130,000), the beef tartare with furikake and pickled cucumber (IDR 150,000) and the chicken katsu noodles with gochujang (IDR 140,000). Then share the char siu duck breast with hoisin and spring pancakes (IDR 210,000). Signature cocktails cost IDR 140,000–180,000, including the Klepongroni with pandan vermouth, and the wine list marks its low-intervention bottles.

RiZe is an open-air Indian restaurant about 500 metres from Pererenan Beach, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Spices are ground daily, naan comes from a charcoal-fired clay tandoor, and the South Indian dosas are made in-house from a sourdough batter of lentils and heirloom Bali rice.

By day, order the masala dosa with house dahl and chutneys (IDR 90,000), the RiZe Benny with tarragon béarnaise on sourdough or dosa (IDR 95,000) or the buttermilk sourdough pancakes with Bedugul strawberries (IDR 90,000). For something heartier, the butter chicken is IDR 125,000 and the full thali with butter chicken is IDR 130,000 (IDR 120,000 with vegan curry). Do not skip the house masala chai (IDR 45,000). Spiced cocktails such as the Mumbai Mule cost IDR 135,000–140,000.

ARTE is an Italian pizzeria and trattoria on Jl. Pantai Pererenan that doubles as an art space, with art exhibitions and a second-hand book library. It has fed the neighbourhood for more than five years, and its pasta recipes come from the family nonna. The brand now runs a second branch in Ubud.

Pizza is the main event. Start with the Margherita (IDR 80,000), or order the Calabria with spicy beef sausage or the Pugliese (both IDR 120,000). From the pasta list, the lasagne (IDR 150,000) is the hearty pick, and the tiramisu (IDR 75,000) closes the meal. There is a vegan pizza section, gluten-free bases cost IDR 30,000 extra, and homemade gelato is IDR 35,000 a scoop.

Woods is built entirely from reclaimed wood and wrapped in greenery, which gives this Pererenan restaurant a rustic, cosy feel. The kitchen cooks a Mediterranean menu with a nod to Bali, using fresh, locally sourced ingredients, and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. Live jazz, vinyl nights and other events fill the calendar.

At brunch, order the Salmon Croissant with poached eggs, gravlax and avocado (IDR 135,000), the Moroccan Shakshouka or the Coconut Pancakes (both IDR 105,000). At dinner, the Chicken à la Vanille (IDR 185,000) and Duck Leg Confit (IDR 205,000) lead the mains. Signature cocktails such as the Tamarind Sour and Wayan's Paloma cost IDR 150,000. There is also a Sunday roast, a kids' menu and a tea library.

Roots is a plant-forward, all-day restaurant on Jl. Pantai Pererenan. The kitchen is mostly vegetarian, with plenty of vegan dishes and a short list of meat and seafood plates. That balance makes it an easy choice for mixed groups, when one person wants a veggie bowl and another wants meat or fish.

The menu shifts with the time of day. Breakfast and lunch run on a day menu, plus build-your-own bowl and build-your-own brunch options, so you can put a plate together to suit your diet. A separate night menu takes over for dinner, and each service has its own drinks list. Doors open at 8 AM and close at 10 PM, so Roots covers a post-surf breakfast, a working lunch or an early dinner.

Honey, (the comma is part of the name) is a daytime cafe on Jl. Pantai Pererenan with a Mediterranean slant. The space is bright and whitewashed, filled with greenery and open to rice-field views. An air-conditioned room inside is a welcome escape on hot afternoons.

The menu covers breakfast, brunch and lunch, and specialty coffee, fresh juices and smoothies round out the order. Honey, is open from 7 AM to 6 PM daily, so plan it for an early breakfast, a slow brunch or lunch rather than dinner.

Touché is a small, bright all-white cafe on Jl. Pantai Pererenan that serves from breakfast through dinner. Its signature is the Japanese-style soufflé pancake, a tall, airy stack and the dish the cafe is best known for. The soufflé omelette brings the same light, fluffy texture to the savoury side of the menu.

The rest of the all-day menu runs from breakfast plates to lunch and dinner dishes, backed by specialty coffee and matcha drinks. The space is compact, with a street-side veranda facing the main road, so expect some traffic noise if you sit outside. It stays open until 10 PM, so it works for a casual dinner as well as brunch. It is a walk-in cafe with no online booking.

ST. ALi is the Bali outpost of the Melbourne specialty-coffee roaster, set in a corner building on Jl. Pantai Pererenan with a terracotta-red facade and breeze-block upper floors. Doors open at 6 AM, and the kitchen serves all-day breakfast and lunch, mixing ST. ALi classics from Melbourne with local specials and iced drinks.

Coffee is the reason to come. Alongside the espresso bar, the filter menu features Indonesian single origins, such as an anaerobic natural Bali Kintamani from Batukaang and a carbonic-maceration honey lot from Ijen in East Java. Order a filter to taste the difference, then stay for breakfast. Tables can be booked by WhatsApp. The brand has also opened a second Bali cafe in Jimbaran, at Samasta Lifestyle Village.

BAKED. is a Bali bakery and coffee brand founded by Gustav Groenendijk. It opened its first cafe in Berawa in 2020 and expanded to Pererenan in 2022. This branch is light and minimal, with an open coffee bar and semi-outdoor seating under umbrellas on Jl. Pantai Pererenan.

The counter is built around laminated pastries and slow-fermented bread for breakfast and brunch. Coffee comes from BAKED.'s own roastery in Padonan, which roasts Indonesian single origins such as a honey-process Bali Kintamani and an Aceh Gayo, plus the house BAKED. Blend of South American and Toraja beans. Matcha is on the menu too. The Pererenan branch closes at 4 PM, earlier than the brand's other Bali cafes, so come in the morning.

Barō started in 2021 as a small artisanal bakery on Jl. Pantai Pererenan, baking sourdough with heritage ancient grains and sustainable flour. Take home an ancient grain loaf (IDR 40,000 half, IDR 75,000 whole), or eat in. The sausage roll, with Jono's fennel and rosemary pork sausage in puff pastry and a side of sambal (IDR 70,000), is a signature, and the smoked butter and palm sugar croissant costs IDR 38,000.

From 10 AM, Tuesday to Sunday, a brunch menu adds sandwiches, 10-inch sourdough pizzas and mains. Try the ham and cheese on sourdough with Jono's smoked ham, caciotta and apple butter (IDR 130,000), or the chicken and sourdough waffle (IDR 110,000). In the evening, Barō's restaurant now opens for private dining only.

Fuglen started in Oslo in 1963 and now has bars in Tokyo, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Seoul and Jakarta. Its Bali outpost opened on Jl. Pantai Pererenan in March 2026, in a small timber-and-glass pavilion with folding windows, vintage Norwegian mid-century furniture and native Indonesian wood, plus a bench terrace among the plants.

The format changes with the clock. From 7 AM it is a coffee bar pouring light-roast espresso and single-origin filter, plus the Shakerato, coffee shaken with ice and brown sugar. From 5 PM the bar adds classic and signature cocktails, and from Thursday to Sunday it stays open until midnight. Whole beans and drip packs sit on the retail shelf if you want to brew at home.

Beige Coffee is a small, cosy specialty coffee bar on Jl. Sempol in Pererenan. It opens at 6 AM every day, which makes it one of the earliest coffee stops in the area and an easy first call before a surf session or a morning of work.

The menu stays short and focused on drinks. An espresso is about IDR 30,000, and a cappuccino, latte or matcha costs around IDR 40,000. On a hot day, order the Whipped Ice Coffee (about IDR 45,000). The bar also sells its own house blend, The Beige Blend, as beans to take home (IDR 330,000). It closes in the afternoon, at 4 PM from Tuesday to Sunday and 3 PM on Monday, so plan a morning visit.

Ettore Gelato is the work of Ettore Chiodini, an Italian gelato chef and sommelier who grew up in his parents' restaurant near Milan, studied agricultural science and trained with Italian chefs. Every recipe, flavour and topping is developed in-house and made from scratch, with no industrial premixes, across a counter of gelato and sorbet.

The Pererenan shop on Jl. Pantai Pererenan is small and made for a quick stop: pick a cup or cone and keep walking. It stays open until midnight every day, so it works as a late dessert after dinner nearby. A second store operates in Umalas, the gelato is available for delivery, and a gelato cart can be booked for events.