Ubud

The most famous restaurant in Ubud - an open-air jungle restaurant famous for its crispy duck (bebek betutu), served in a dramatic setting of rice paddies and lily ponds. The slow-roasted duck marinated in 30 Balinese spices has been the signature dish since the restaurant opened in 1990.

📍Jalan Hanoman, Ubud, Bali 80571, Indonesia

Bali's largest traditional market in Denpasar (45 minutes from Ubud) with four floors of textiles, offerings supplies, Balinese ceremonial items, spices, and food stalls. The ground-floor food court serves excellent Balinese and Indonesian meals from 5am, and the upper floors have the best textile prices on the island.

📍Jalan Gajah Mada, Denpasar, Bali 80112, Indonesia

Consistently ranked among Asia's 50 Best Restaurants, Locavore presents a tasting menu using exclusively Balinese and Indonesian ingredients to produce refined, playful modern cooking. The menu changes with the seasons and every dish tells a story of the island's extraordinary biodiversity.

📍Jalan Dewi Sita 10, Ubud, Bali 80571, Indonesia

A romantic fine dining restaurant in a tropical garden with an ever-changing tasting menu by French-trained Chef Chris Salans, presenting progressive European cuisine using Balinese and Indonesian ingredients. Mozaic has held its position among Bali's best restaurants for over 20 years.

📍Jalan Raya Sanggingan, Ubud, Bali 80571, Indonesia

A legendary warung that launched on the strength of its outrageous pork ribs - slathered in house sauce and grilled over charcoal until they fall from the bone - plus bucket-sized martinis. Naughty Nuri's has fed every generation of Ubud travelers since 1995 and remains an essential Bali rite of passage.

📍Jalan Raya Sanggingan, Ubud, Bali 80571, Indonesia

A 15-minute drive from Ubud in the regency capital of Gianyar, this sprawling nightly market has the most authentic Balinese street food outside temple festivals. The babi guling (suckling pig), ayam betutu (slow-roasted chicken), and lawar (mixed meat and vegetable) are all outstanding at genuinely local prices.

📍Jalan Ngurah Rai, Gianyar, Bali 80511, Indonesia

A remarkable dessert tasting bar by world pastry chef Will Goldfarb - a 14-course dessert-only menu featuring tropical Balinese ingredients in extraordinary combinations. Room4Dessert appeared in Netflix's Chef's Table and continues to be the most creative eating experience in Bali.

📍Jalan Raya Sanggingan, Ubud, Bali 80571, Indonesia

The main cluster of wood-carving workshops and showrooms along the road from Ubud to the famous rice terraces, where master craftsmen produce the ceremonial Garuda sculptures, decorative masks, and furniture that fill Bali's arts shops. Watch the carvers work and buy direct for authentic pieces.

📍Jalan Raya Tegallalang, Bali 80561, Indonesia

An atmospheric evening food market that sets up in the car park behind the traditional market, with Balinese local food stalls serving nasi campur mixed rice, satay, sate lilit fish skewers, and es campur shaved ice. Prices are local, portions generous, and the atmosphere authentic community eating.

📍Jalan Wanara Wana, Ubud, Bali 80571, Indonesia

The central market of Ubud with a morning fresh produce section (before 9am) and an afternoon handicraft market selling Balinese carvings, textiles, and incense. The morning fruit and vegetable market is the authentic local experience; the afternoon is tourist-oriented but the bargaining culture is genuine.

📍Jalan Raya Ubud, Ubud, Bali 80571, Indonesia

Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations episode made Ibu Oka's Balinese suckling pig (babi guling) world famous. The crispy skin, aromatic spice-stuffed pork, and accompanying lawar salad and black rice still draw queues from 11am until sold out (usually around 2pm).

📍Jalan Suweta 2, Ubud, Bali 80571, Indonesia