Whatever your vibe, Bali's cafe scene has seriously stepped it up a notch over the past few years, so we've rounded up some of the coolest spots for you to enjoy. Kick off another day in paradise with a lazy brunch feast, açai bowl, avo on toast (if you're missing home) or simply load up with an Aussie-quality oat long mach for that morning caffeine hit.
Skip the hotel buffet and start your exploring early in the day before the crowds head out. Here's 13 of the best Bali cafes to add to your list in 2025. Have any other faves we've missed? Tag us on Insta.
ST. ALi
Jl. Pantai Pererenan, Pererenan
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Melbourne's coffee authority has set up shop across the pond in Bali with a stunner of an all-day cafe, and for this one, they've pulled out all the stops. World-class coffee is front and centre here, with flat whites, lattes, and short and long blacks served up like clockwork, and to a discerning Melbourne standard. The filter coffee shouldn't be overlooked, either, with several local options including a fruity, chocolatey blend known as Bali Kintamani—order up.
In the kitchen you'll find Chef Daniel Dobra who has a long lineage across Aussie venues like Dunkeld's Royal Mail Hotel and Melbourne's Bedford St. At , Dobra confidently walks the line between cafe classics and Balinese-leaning fare. Those familiar with ST. ALi will relish in the comfort of the cafe's signature dish, My Mexican Cousin, while anyone looking to fill up can opt for the prawn pasta at any time of day...yes, including the AM. It's easy to spot this breezy cafe, sitting at the base of partner hotel FURTHER. Look for the crosshatched terracotta brickwork above, and light and bright diner on ground level.
Comma
Cemagi
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On the winding road through the coastal village of Cemagi in southern Bali, , which derives its name from “taking a moment to pause, breathe, slow down or savour” is the popular neighbourhood’s latest ode to café culture.
It has barista coffee, juices, smoothies and a line-up of western favourites to suit the 7am-4pm opening hours. Brunch comes in the form of mushrooms and poached eggs, spicy-sugary French toast, and smoked salmon omelette. For something light around lunchtime chow down on classic cheese toasties and tuna melt sandwiches or go heavier with creamy mushroom pasta. Little outdoor tables are perfect for watching the street scene while sipping on an ice latte, or head indoors for air-conditioned comfort. While the décor is modern with wood trims and duck-egg blue wall panels, we love that the roof-top temple blends with the local Balinese architecture.
Times Beach Warung
Jl. Pura Dalem, Canggu
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Cafes don’t come closer to the beach than , where swim-suited beach bums can sit on beanbags under sun umbrellas and watch the waves rolling towards their toes.
This is one of Batu Bolong’s best sun loving hangouts with early starts ensuring surfers get their morning latte and dog walkers get their incredible French Toast (with coconut brioche, mascarpone and pineapple compote) or mouth-watering beef tacos (with lime, chilli and coriander). One of Times’ two wooden pavilions has table seating but they’re highly coveted and often reserved. On busy days, the sandy spots have good turnover ensuring you’ll get a seat eventually.
Rize
Jl. Pantai Pererenan, 150, Pererenan
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There’s much to explore in Pererenan’s café scene with new venues appearing monthly if not weekly. So credit is due to those venues that still manage to hold their heads above the rest. is one of them. In an open-air shed of sorts, Rize is set back off the busy main street making it possible to relax, socialise or get the laptop out without too much disturbance.
The breakfast and lunch menu is clean and healthy with options available for all kinds of dietaries and choices. Order poached eggs with green v and hollandaise, or (given the owners’ Indian heritage) the ever-popular samosas with mint sauce, and dosa with dahl chutney. Rize chai, both hot and iced, has cult status (and there’re bottles for takeaway). The café turns into more of a restaurant at night with all the Indian faves.
Rimba Cafe
Jl, I Ketut Natih, Amed
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On the main street in what is probably considered the heart of Amed (in truth the northeast Bali township stretches quite a way down the coast), is one of those tick-all-the-boxes cafes that you visit once and can’t help but return to.
The setting is very island holiday-mode, with tropical plants, lovely arched green windows and a fusion of French-Balinese character. The menu is suited to all tastes for breakfast and lunch especially anyone favouring plant-based dishes. Smoothie bowls (with Bali written on top in dried fruit!), fresh salads and paninis are popular, but so too are the burgers, chips, pastries and cakes.
Kynd
Jl. Raya Petitenget, 12x, Seminyak
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Sassy pink walls and neon feel good wall scrawls are part of the happy happy joy joy ethos and aesthetic at Seminyak’s café. True to their mission (to live kinder through food), the menu is 100 percent plant-forward and deliciously so with a tempting breakfast menu canvassing pancakes, big brekkies, benedict’s and smoothies including a super dooper ‘choco loco’ with coconut milk, cacao nibs and maca powder.
The lunch menu has all your mates’ tastes and the globe covered with a choice including Mexican burritos, carbonara, ramen, Vietnamese pho and chicken curry. Coffee, beer and cocktails also up for grabs.
Copenhagen
JL. Canggu Padang Linjong, 71a, Canggu
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This upbeat restaurant on one of Canggu’s main streets has had something of a cult following with selfie-posing queues often winding down the street. The popularity is down to ’s creative approach to breakfast. The menu has you selecting from a check list of brunch choices, from fat waffles and granola to eggs and smoked salmon. They arrive on the table in small terracotta dishes laid out on a wooden board.
It’s a novel idea, but it also serves a practical purpose for anyone who can never decide what to have for breakfast. Fresh OJ, great barista coffee and efficient friendly service are also part of the success story. Early risers take heed, it opens at 6am.
Tonyraka Art Lounge
Jl. Raya Mas, 86, Ubud
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Fusing a Balinese architectural aesthetic with modern design, , owned by Balinese architect Tony Raka and his family, is one of Ubud’s best loved cultural hubs.
The lounge is a café with a central barista bar dishing out food (any-style eggs, pastries, bowls and panini) but it’s also a contemporary gallery with an ambience that is laid back enough for guests to feel at liberty eating, socialising and ambling around the artifacts and artworks on show. The air-conditioned gallery at the front of the café is a must for perusing Balinese artworks with pop-cultural references. Alternatively, complement coffee and cake by popping into the huge spacious white gallery at the rear to see the collection of major works by—mostly local—artists, both contemporary and traditional.
Baro Bakery
Jl. Pantai Pererenan, 147, Pererenan
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Near the beach end of Pererenan, is smart little bakery-cum-café tucked behind cactus plants, palms and a little street-front temple. You would miss it if you hadn’t heard everybody raving about it. Founded by dough enthusiast and talent Emerson Manibo, Baro is part-bakery, part-coffee bar, part eatery, and it does all three with exceptional finesse. The Melburnian-approved coffee never falters, the still-warm sourdough loaves are made from ancient grains, and a short-list of blackboard choices ensure they’re all good. Come for sausage rolls, prawn toast, and ham and cheese toasties and don’t leave without trying the cardamon buns or the applaud-worthy new addition, jackfruit muffin.
Cashew Tree Collective
Jl. Pantai Bingan, 9, Uluwatu
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sits on a cliffside overlooking Uluwatu’s Bingan Beach and you can’t beat the balcony position for ocean views and all-day food and drinks.
The open-air venue with a tropical ‘tude has a few deviations on the regular breakfast menu. Come here for quinoa bowl with dukkha crusted poached eggs, coconut chilli eggs with dahl and miso tofu scramble with hashbrowns and baked black beans. Lunches are slightly more mainstream: yellow vegan curry, butter chicken, burrito bowls. On Saturdays it’s all about Bintang and burgers, be it the ‘dirty veggie’ mushroom burgers or your classic Australian beef patty burgers. Keep an eye out for other promos including live music on ‘Thirsty Thursdays’.
Byrd Patisserie
Jl. Segara Ayu, Sanur
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Those who regularly promenade along the Sanur waterfront among the tour touts and souvenir stalls might be surprised to come across . This flash new addition to the scene, adjoins Byrd House restaurant and bar and is part of Segara Villa hotel, but it stands alone in terms of offering.
A window on the pavement sells gelato and sorbets to passing punters, but we recommend stepping inside to an airconditioned sanctuary serving excellent coffee and tempting all with a glass cabinet full of the Frenchest (is that a word?) pastries around. This is the place for macaroons, lemon tarts, croissants, eclairs and all the favourites you miss from home... or France. If this sounds more like dessert, take heed there’s also a regular menu along the lines of nasi bakar, pancakes, eggs and salmon bagels.
Kawisari Coffee Farm Shop & Eatery
Tugu Hotel, Jl. Batu Bolong, Canggu
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Part of gorgeous Tugu Hotel, and not far from Old Man’s beach break, embodies the essence of Indonesia’s old coffee plantations. The coffee shop downstairs has baristas behind the counter and serves homegrown Indonesian beans in a setting of charmer artifacts such as old tin coffee cannisters.
For more of a meal, upstairs has a distinctly colonial vibe with teak floors, arch windows and a heavenly umbrella-shaded terrace with comfy rattan chairs. Menu choices run the gamut of Indonesian and Western brunch favourites whether it’s bubur (porridge) for breakfast, or waygu cheeseburgers for lunch.
Son Of A Baker
Jalan Labuansait No. 250, Pecatu, Uluwatu
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If you’re looking for a place to eat alongside a little rustic charm, look no further than in Uluwatu. The art and bakehouse is known for serving up exceptional Italian coffee alongside artisanal bakes. Their signature pumpkin seed milk latte has become a local favourite.
If you have a hankering for something slightly hearty or looking to up your protein, we recommend the Savage Plate which comes with organic eggs and grass-fed tenderloin which has been cooked in butter, of course.
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