Kedonganan Fish Market, Jimbaran: Prices, Grilling and How It Works

It changes daily. A January 2026 guide listed red snapper at about IDR 90,000–140,000 a kilo, tuna at IDR 80,000–120,000, prawns at IDR 120,000–200,000 and lobster at IDR 300,000–600,000; a September 2025 guide put snapper at IDR 70,000–90,000. Prices rise in the wet-season monsoon and in holiday weeks. Bargain politely and compare stalls.

About IDR 15,000–30,000 per kilo of raw seafood, according to guides from 2025 and early 2026. Some grill stalls include rice and sambal; others charge IDR 5,000–10,000 extra for each. Agree on the fee, the cooking style and what comes with it before you hand over your bag.

Trading starts around dawn, and the market is busiest from about 7 to 9 AM. Stalls keep selling through the day, and listings give a close of about 7 PM, later on weekends at some stalls (checked Nov 2026). For the widest choice, come early; for a grilled dinner, come between 4 and 6 PM.

Yes. Pasar Ikan Kedonganan is usually called the Jimbaran fish market in English. It sits in the village of Kedonganan at the north end of Jimbaran Bay, just south of the airport runway, and supplies many of the seafood cafés along the bay.

Usually, yes. Buying by the kilo at the market and paying a grill stall a per-kilo fee costs less than ordering the same seafood from a beach café menu. The trade-off is comfort: you eat at plastic tables near the market rather than on the sand at sunset. Agree on every price before anything is weighed or cooked.

Know the rough price before you start, compare a few stalls and agree on the price per kilo before the fish is weighed. Watch the scale, count the prawns and confirm the total before paying. At the grill stall, agree on the cooking fee and sides first. If something is wrong, raise it at once with the stall.

The customary village, Desa Adat Kedonganan. It manages the market, and since 2007 it has also run the 24 beach cafés to the south, four for each of the village’s six banjar. In 2022 the village head said the market had about 200 traders and urged them not to exploit shortages.

Much of it lands the same night or morning, and fish also arrives by truck from elsewhere in Bali, Java and Lombok. By afternoon some seafood has been thawed from frozen. Check for clear eyes, firm flesh and a clean sea smell, and ask when the fish came in. Go early for the freshest choice.

Yes. Entry is free, and many visitors come just to watch the dawn trade and walk the fishing beach. Keep out of the way of porters and buyers, ask before photographing people up close, and wear shoes you do not mind getting wet. Parking costs a small fee.

Yes, for the dawn trade or a cheap, freshly grilled seafood meal. It is wet, loud and smelly, with planes overhead, and nothing like the candlelit cafés on the sand. If you want a romantic sunset dinner, eat on the beach instead; if you want to see where the fish comes from and pay less, come here.