The most Instagrammable cafes in Bali are worth the visit for more than the photo: the good ones pair a striking room or view with proper coffee and food. This guide lists 29 of them by area, with typical spend and opening hours.
Cafes by area
- Canggu, Berawa and Pererenan: The Avocado Factory, Pennylane, Rabbithole Bakery Project, Woods, BAKED., Fine by SatuSatu, Sensorium, Touché, Milu by Nook and Shady Shack.
- Seminyak, Petitenget and Umalas: 32do, Starbucks Reserve Dewata, Revolver Espresso, Uma Garden, Kim Soo, Neon Palms, Sea Circus, Coffee Cartel, KYND Community and Sisterfields.
- Ubud: Wild Air, WYAH, Lazy Cats Cafe and Pison.
- Kintamani and the east: Kedisan Kintamani at Desa Oculus, Pahdi, Akasa Specialty Coffee and La Montagne Coffee.
- Denpasar: Noir Cafe.
Read our complete Bali cafe guide here, which includes:
01The Avocado Factory
The Avocado Factory now fills a large factory-style building on Batu Mejan in Canggu, where an air-conditioned indoor room and outdoor garden seating give two quite different backdrops for photos. It bills itself as South East Asia's first all-avocado kitchen, a concept it has run since 2018, and the move brought a longer day that now stretches into dinner.
Brunch favourites include Avo Steak & Eggs and the Avo Royal Croissant, while the newer lunch and dinner menu runs to Korean Brisket, Avo Birria Tacos and Steak Tartare, with drinks such as Strawberry Matcha. It suits avocado devotees and groups looking for a relaxed all-day table.
0232do Bali
32do Bali on Petitenget Road in Kerobokan is a Korean-style cafe designed for slow looking. Guests enter along a long corridor between tall concrete walls with water cascading down both sides, then reach a multi-level interior lit by overhead skylights and finished in terrazzo and pale wood, with a central atrium where streams run into a pebble pool. Limited entry keeps the space calm.
The menu brings together specialty coffee, Jeju tea from O'Sulloc, bean-to-bar chocolate and bingsoo, alongside a large pastry counter with cube croissants and garlic butter bread. It suits design lovers and anyone after a quieter coffee stop near Seminyak.
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32do Bali
03Kedisan Kintamani at Desa Oculus
Horizon at Kedisan Kintamani (Desa Oculus), formerly OClub, is an open-air day venue in Kedisan, on the edge of the Kintamani caldera, where an infinity pool and daybeds face Mount Batur. The wider Desa Oculus complex adds Ruang Langit, a fifth-floor sky terrace with panoramic views over Mount Batur, Lake Batur and the caldera.
Cocktails are made to suit the altitude and DJs play golden-hour sessions, while the kitchen sends out sharing plates built on Kintamani produce. It suits friends and couples who want a long, scenic afternoon in the highlands rather than a day on the coast.
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Kedisan Kintamani at Desa Oculus
04Pennylane
Penny Lane in Berawa, Canggu, is built around dramatic ruined limestone arches and hand-made lime-washed walls, with a six-metre glass roof over tropical gardens, hand-made stained-glass murals and colonial antique chandeliers. The blend of classical and modern elements gives an old-world, Greco-Roman feel that photographs well from almost any table.
Breakfast runs until mid-afternoon, then the kitchen moves on to sharing plates, gourmet burgers, loaded fries and schnitzels, backed by a list of signature cocktails. It suits groups and couples who want one setting for brunch, dinner and drinks.
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Pennylane
05Rabbithole Bakery Project
Rabbithole Bakery Project in Tibubeneng, Canggu, is known for its entrance, where a rooftop aquarium works as a skylight and fish swim overhead as guests walk in. The rest of the building follows clean, minimalist lines, with some air-conditioned seating for those who want to linger.
The focus is croissants, from classic buttery versions to creative flavours such as matcha, almond and a white chocolate croissant filled with vanilla custard, chocolate and strawberry cream, plus oversized bakes. It suits pastry lovers and anyone after a quick, photogenic breakfast stop in Canggu.
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Rabbithole Bakery Project
06Pahdi Speciality Coffee
Pahdi Specialty Coffee sits on the Penelokan ridge in Batur Tengah, Kintamani, in an industrial-modern building spread over several levels. Floor-to-ceiling windows frame Mount Batur, Lake Batur, Trunyan Hill and Mount Abang, and the vast space is widely reported as the largest specialty coffee shop in Southeast Asia. A long central bar anchors the room.
Cold brews such as The Seaweed (coffee with matcha), Bunga Osmantus and Lavender sit beside espresso drinks from its own roasts, with avocado toast and eggs Benedict on the restaurant level. It suits early risers and anyone pairing coffee with a caldera view.
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Pahdi Speciality Coffee
07Woods
WOODS in Pererenan is a restaurant crafted entirely from reclaimed wood, with a rustic, natural interior softened by greenery that brings the outdoors into its spacious rooms. The warm timber textures make it one of the area's more distinctive dining rooms to photograph.
The Mediterranean menu takes its inspiration from Balinese flavours and fresh daily ingredients: a salmon croissant at brunch, Chicken a'la Vanille or braised beef short ribs later on, and crispy rolled zucchini for vegans. A tea library and a Sunday roast round things out, and weekend lunches carry a minimum spend. It suits relaxed brunches and slow dinners.
08Baked
BAKED. Berawa, in Tibubeneng, is one of the Bali outlets of a bakery-cafe brand that now has outlets across Bali and in Jakarta. The space is bright and airy, with clean lines, blond wood and an open bakery where fresh bread, laminated pastries and merchandise are on display, and each outlet is designed with its own structural intention.
Brunch goes well beyond egg and toast: the Original Best Scramble comes on sourdough with brown butter, crème fraîche, trout roe and chives, joined by a Benny with gochujang hollandaise, Korean honey toast, croissants, kouign amann and sourdough loaves. It suits brunch fans and pastry hunters alike.
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Baked
09Fine by SATUSATUCOFFEE
FINE by SatuSatu Coffee on Babakan Canggu Road is a sister cafe to SatuSatu Coffee Company, with a cosy, stylish minimalist interior that keeps the attention on the table. It runs as an all-day breakfast spot with an international, Italian-leaning menu and plenty of vegetarian-friendly choices.
Smoothie bowls are a regular order, alongside specialty coffee and pastries, with heartier plates for later in the morning. It suits slow mornings, brunch catch-ups and anyone working through Canggu's coffee scene.
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Fine by SATUSATUCOFFEE
10Sensorium
Sensorium Bali on Batu Mejan in Canggu has a clean, minimalist interior that blends Australian cafe style with Japanese influences, using concrete, wood and plenty of natural light in a compact room. The pared-back look lets the carefully plated food take centre stage in photos.
Chef-owner William Salim runs a modern Australian brunch menu with Asian twists: Brunch Ramen served dry or as a soup, cold ramen, Textural of Mushroom, a miso pancake, a Ba-Chi egg sando and a pork belly rice bowl, finished with an ice cream sandwich. It is a daytime-only cafe that suits food-focused brunchers.
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Sensorium
11Starbucks Reserve Dewata Bali
Starbucks Reserve Dewata on Sunset Road, Seminyak, opened in 2019 as Southeast Asia's largest Starbucks destination, covering more than 20,000 square feet. Its red brick facade uses half-circle shapes that suggest Bali's waves, a working Arabica micro-farm greets guests at the entrance, and a living wall takes the form of a Balinese gapura gate, with a coffee-seedling nursery upstairs and a zoetrope showing coffee trees growing.
Order the signature Dewata Latte, made with Balinese palm sugar, or book a coffee tour, tasting flight or latte art session. It suits coffee learners, families and design fans.
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Starbucks Reserve Dewata Bali
12Revolver Espresso
Revolver Espresso hides down a narrow lane off Kayu Aya Road in Seminyak, and the reveal is part of the appeal: a dark, saloon-style wooden interior crowded with vintage bric-a-brac. Opened in 2012, it is the original outlet of a Bali brand that now also runs cafes in Umalas, Canggu and Beachwalk in Kuta, plus outlets at the domestic and international terminals of Bali's airport.
The focus is serious coffee from its own Arabica roastery in Bali, from flat whites to espresso, with breakfast burritos on the food menu and an espresso martini on the cocktail list. It suits coffee purists and anyone after a characterful Seminyak hideaway.
13Touché
Touché Cafe & Restaurant on Pererenan Beach Road is a fixture of the Pererenan brunch scene, serving an all-day menu. Its soufflé pancakes are the signature and the dish that most often lands on camera, and the same technique carries over to a soufflé omelette and a truffle omelette.
Coffee and other all-day breakfast plates complete the menu. It suits brunch groups, families and anyone wanting a relaxed all-day breakfast in Pererenan.
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Touché
14Wild Air Restaurant Ubud
Wild Air is the open-air restaurant of Kaamala Resort Ubud by iNi ViE Hospitality, set among tropical gardens with views over a green valley. Natural stone and wood are combined with modern materials, and diners can settle in the roofed seating beside the resort's swimming pool to wait for sunset and stay on under the stars.
The Asian and Western menu ranges from tuna avocado tartare and salmon couscous to Kung Pao chicken, gindara yellow curry and baby lobster, with moringa panna cotta and the chef's signature drinks. Evenings bring bamboo music, a Balinese culture show and fire dancing. It suits couples and families.
15Uma Garden
Uma Garden Bali sits in a hidden garden in Umalas, where a charcoal and wood-fire grill takes centre stage in the kitchen and the lush garden is lit up for live music on Tuesday jazz and Thursday blues nights. An aperitif window serves drinks before dinner, and monthly Fire Evenings put the chefs and the grill in the spotlight.
The menu is built around wood-fire grilled meats and seafood: grilled prawns, BBQ pork ribs, an Australian Wagyu skirt steak and an Australian Prime Black Angus tomahawk to share. It suits dinner dates, groups and garden celebrations.
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Uma Garden
16Wyah Ubud
WYAH Art & Creative Space, short for While You Are Here, sits in Keliki in the uplands north of central Ubud. Its organic wood-and-glass building is shaped like a beehive or cocoon, with layers rising above a jungle ravine, and it doubles as an art space showing work by local artists.
The coffee shop serves wholesome food, cakes and desserts alongside its coffee. A popular order is a coffee topped with a cotton-candy cloud that melts over the hot drink. It suits art lovers and anyone happy to travel a little beyond Ubud for a striking setting.
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Wyah Ubud
17Noir Cafe
Noir Cafe Bali on Cokroaminoto Road in Ubung Kaja, north Denpasar, turns its interior into a black-and-white comic strip. Walls, floors and furniture are hand-painted in a flat 2D style, so visitors look like characters drawn into the panels, following the cartoon-cafe trend that went viral online.
The menu sticks to affordable Indonesian and Western cafe food in generous portions. It suits budget-minded visitors, families and anyone exploring Denpasar beyond the beach areas who wants a playful, one-of-a-kind photo stop.
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Noir Cafe
18La Montagne Coffee
La Montagne Coffee in Rendang, Karangasem, looks out over rice terraces directly to Mount Agung, Bali's holiest mountain, close to the Mahagiri viewpoint. The dramatic scenery is the reason to come, and it is at its best on a clear morning.
The kitchen serves authentic Indonesian dishes such as nasi goreng, chicken satay and crispy duck, while coffee drinkers can order a V60 pour-over. It suits travellers exploring east Bali who want an unhurried coffee break and a meal with one of Karangasem's finest mountain views.
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La Montagne Coffee
19Kim Soo
Cafe Kim Soo sits inside the Kim Soo homeware store on Kayu Aya Road in Seminyak, so the backdrop is a curated lifestyle shop where guests can browse decor, homeware and souvenirs while they wait for their order.
Cakes are the highlight, with a dedicated Kim Soo Cakes section on the menu, and the breakfast and lunch lists include a ricotta hotcake and a hamburger. A drinks menu adds cocktails, spritzers, wine and mixed juices. It suits shoppers taking a break, cake lovers and anyone furnishing a Bali home, and reservations are possible.
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Kim Soo
20Neon Palms
Neon Palms is reached through the pink door at Bali Boat Shed, on the corner of Kayu Aya and Kayu Jati roads in Seminyak, and climbs to a second-floor rooftop cocktail bar with a sunset deck. That entrance is the iconic shot, and the deck makes the most of the evening light.
Breakfast is served in the morning, then tacos and tapas-style sharing dishes take over for lunch and dinner, with signature tropical cocktails at the bar. The space also hosts private events. It suits friends meeting for sundowners and anyone rounding off a Seminyak shopping day.
21Coffee Cartel
Coffee Cartel on Lebak Sari Road in Seminyak occupies a two-storey white building with an upstairs balcony. Inside, marble-topped tables, patterned floor tiles, chandeliers, monochrome photos and potted plants set a polished scene, with only a dash of pink in the branding.
The party piece is a printed latte, with a name or image applied to the milk foam in coffee extract, and the all-day menu leans towards brunch classics. It suits coffee fans and brunch dates.
22Milu By Nook
MILU by Nook on Berawa Beach Road in Canggu has semi-outdoor seating that looks directly onto green rice paddies, a setting that turns especially photogenic around sunset. Shade and fans keep the open-sided space comfortable through the day.
It serves Indonesian and Western cuisine, from smoothie bowls and nasi campur to burgers and salmon pasta and cocktails and coffee at the bar. It suits sunset dinners and relaxed lunches with a rural outlook.
23Akasa Specialty Coffee, Kintamani
Akasa Specialty Coffee sits on the Penelokan ridge in Batur Tengah, Kintamani, with a panoramic view across Mount Batur and Lake Batur that stretches as far as the eye can see. It opens early enough for sunrise over the caldera.
Coffee here is single-origin Kintamani arabica roasted in-house, with a rotating line-up of house coffees such as Srikandi, Gendis, Kintar, Sandikala and Black Lava. Freshly baked pastries, artisan breads and breakfast and lunch dishes using highland produce make it a proper meal stop, and the cafe also arranges sunset coffee experiences, ATV rides and Mount Batur sunrise jeep tours. It suits early risers and coffee lovers.
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Akasa Specialty Coffee, Kintamani
24Shady Shack
The Shady Shack on Tanah Barak Road in Canggu is a leafy, shaded garden cafe, run as a sustainable wholefood kitchen since 2016 by the founders of Betelnut Cafe.
The menu is vegetarian with plenty of vegan options, though eggs and dairy are also served. Smoothie bowls such as Heaven on Earth and Cacao Dreams are the most photogenic orders, joined by a Big Breakfast with a vegan scrambled-tofu option, a halloumi breakfast, cold-pressed juices, protein smoothies and vegan desserts. It suits health-focused diners and mixed groups of vegetarians and vegans, and reservations are taken.
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Shady Shack
25Lazy Cats Cafe
Lazy Cats Cafe on Ubud Main Road offers a quick escape from the bustle outside, with a charming interior of fashionable vintage decor, antiques and old furniture that gives each corner its own character. Its motto, no rush at Lazy Cats, sets the pace.
A long-standing favourite with Ubud expats and vegetarians, it serves eclectic vegetarian plates at breakfast and lunch, including a Green Avo Shakshuka with a vegan tofu or tempeh swap, Rica Rica tacos with tempeh and a brunch platter, plus cocktails. Lazy Cats merch and its own coffee beans are on sale. It suits slow breakfasts and vegetarian travellers.
26Kynd Community
KYND Community, the brand's original cafe on Petitenget Road in Seminyak, calls itself Seminyak's brightest cafe, and its pink signature colour runs from the interior to the drinks and bowls, which are designed with photos in mind. It has grown to more than 100 seats indoors and out, with a Koncept retail store on site, and the brand now has further cafes in Canggu and Uluwatu.
The menu is vegetarian and vegan rather than fully plant-based, with some dishes using dairy and free-range eggs. Highlights include name-garnished smoothie bowls, pancakes with pink cream and a Pink Strawberry Matcha. It is walk-in only and suits colourful brunches.
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Kynd Community
27Sea Circus
Sea Circus on Kayu Aya Road in Seminyak leans into a colourful circus-meets-seaside theme, with coral-pink and white striped walls, framed vintage Bali travel posters, curved turquoise bar counters, murals and fairy lights. Even the menu is illustrated like a mural, and coffee arrives with a frangipani, a quote and a cookie.
Breakfast brings Fairy Floss Pancakes topped with pink fairy floss and the Sea Circus Bomb scrambled eggs, with acai bowls, tacos, a pulled pork burrito and hangover happy meals also on offer. The passion fruit and guava margarita is its famous drink. It suits brunch groups and friends.
28Sisterfields
Sisterfields Cafe opened in Seminyak in 2014 as the founding venue of Adam McAsey's 8 Degree Projects, bringing Australian cafe culture to Kayu Cendana Road. The bright room is all large windows, a white marble bar and white and turquoise chairs with green cushions, where sunlight casts geometric shadows.
Brunch staples include truffle scrambled eggs with Persian feta, the Original Dirty Burger, bacon Benedict with miso hollandaise and chocolate brioche French toast, while pizzas and dinner mains extend the day. Colourful drinks such as the butterfly-pea Purple Dawn gin cocktail suit the setting. Walk-ins are first come, first served, which suits brunch regulars.
29Pison Ubud
Pison Ubud on Hanoman Road has a patch of rice paddy behind the cafe, best seen from the terrace seating, while the European-style interior offers a cosy alternative. The brand describes itself as fusing a bit of Bali with a bit of Sydney.
Coffee and pastries lead, with avocado coffee, taro latte and nitro cold brew among the most talked-about drinks, plus croissants and red velvet cake. Western, Asian and Indonesian sections cover salmon quiche, rice bowls and oxtail soup, and an espresso martini appears in the evening. It suits all-day coffee stops in central Ubud; note the separate Pison N.2 on the same road.
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Pison Ubud
Instagrammable cafes in Bali: FAQ
Which area of Bali has the most aesthetic cafes?
Canggu and Seminyak, where most of the design-led cafés in this guide are, many within a short scooter ride of each other. Ubud has the garden and rice-field cafés, and Kintamani the volcano and lake views. To make a day of it in Ubud, see the best places to visit in Ubud.
When is the best time to take photos at a Bali cafe?
Early morning: light is softer, rooms are emptier and most cafés open by 7 or 8 AM. For the Kintamani cafés, come before the clouds roll in, usually by mid-morning. Early risers can pair them with a Mount Batur sunrise trek.
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Can I take photos inside the cafes?
Usually yes, if you order. Ask before using a tripod or a professional camera, and keep other guests out of your shots. For photogenic places to stay, see these affordable Insta-worthy stays in Bali.

































