Canggu is Bali’s hottest dining hub, boasting a vibrant mix of international cuisine and local flavors. From trendy new spots to established favorites, the best Canggu restaurants in 2024 serve up everything from Mediterranean dishes to modern Asian fusion. Whether you're in the mood for a fine dining experience or a laid-back eatery, these are the 12 best restaurants in Canggu to book for 2024.
Luma
Jl. Pantai Batu Bolong No.102, Canggu
A newer addition to Canggu's dining scene, Luma offers a modern Mediterranean menu with a Bali twist, set in a stylish yet laid-back atmosphere. The open kitchen and minimalist design create a welcoming vibe, while the menu shines with dishes like wood-fired fish and charred octopus. Known for using the finest seasonal ingredients, Luma’s simplicity and focus on flavor make it a must-visit for those seeking a refined yet relaxed meal in the heart of Batu Bolong.
The Shady Shack
Jl. Tanah Barak No.57, Canggu
Nestled in the heart of Canggu, The Shady Shack is a plant-based paradise offering vibrant, healthy dishes in a lush garden setting. Famous for its nourishing smoothie bowls, hearty salads, and creative plant-based creations like the Zucchini Noodles and Nori Bowls, this spot is perfect for a laid-back brunch or a refreshing lunch. With its tropical ambiance and commitment to fresh, organic ingredients, The Shady Shack is a must-visit for health-conscious foodies looking to indulge guilt-free.
Bar Vera
Jl. Pantai Pererenan, 84
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Sitting tight up against Pererenan’s main street, this trendy restaurant and bar turns heads for its standout red brick architecture and French bistro ambience. Under dimmed lights, tables of glamorous peeps in sensual clothes and glittery jewellery, gather for on-point cocktails and mocktails, and some of Canggu’s best-looking and tasting food. The shared menu is irresistible from the first mouthful of crispy potato bread, through the burrata-topped slithered courgette, the skewered lamb with burnt lime, and the red snapper tartare, to the final delectable banoffee souffle. This one tops most.
Mason
Jl. Batu Bolong No.83C, Canggu
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Nestled in the heart of Canggu, Mason offers a simple yet sophisticated dining experience that focuses on high-quality, locally sourced ingredients. The menu is a celebration of Mediterranean-inspired dishes, perfect for sharing. Signature items include the 48-hour slow cooked short ribs, wood-fired flatbreads, and house-cured meats. With a rustic, minimalist design and an inviting atmosphere, Mason is ideal for a laid-back lunch or a cozy dinner. Pair your meal with one of their expertly crafted cocktails or explore their curated wine list, featuring a selection of natural and biodynamic wines. Mason truly captures the essence of Canggu's vibrant culinary scene.
Bella
Jl. Pantai Berawa, 99
Mosaic floors, moody lighting, velvety chairs and wall paintings set the happy scene at Bella, and with the addition of a DJ, encourage most who dine here to stay on dancing into the night. But let’s not forget the food. Executive chef Oguz Karadogan runs the open kitchen, which dishes out Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine, paying special attention to the flavours of his Turkish homeland. The menu is neatly broken down into five sections and a well-rounded meal could be a dish from each. Standouts include: house-made sesame bagels and smoky aubergine dip; chargrilled octopus with potato cream and harissa; chicken shish with onion salad and burnt butter hollandaise. Martini’s, spritzers and negronis headline the cocktail menu, and the wine list doesn’t disappoint.
Shelter
Jl. Pantai Pererenan, 133
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Such is the success of Pererenan’s culinary darling Shelter that plans are afoot for an extended dining room and bigger entertainment area. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The popular restaurant is set in a traditional Javanese joglo building with wooden beams, lovely peaked rooftops and a tropical garden encroaching on all sides. Chef Stephen Moore’s Middle Eastern and Mediterranean menu has a contemporary edge with clean, fresh flavours no doubt inspo’d from his time in Australia. For lunch, for example, crisp fried dory is served with eggplant and tomato salsa, and basil aioli. For dinner, wood roasted scallops come with lemon butter, chilli salsa and sumac. Meat-free dishes, such as house-made ricotta with roast eggplant salad and grilled sourdough, shine too. Artisanal cocktails, a choice of 80 wines and live music up the experience.
Billy Ho
Jl. Pantai Batu Bolong
Will Meyrick has made it his professional mission to perfect the art of modern Asian dining and Billy Ho is no exception. Just a short walk from the beach at Batu Bolong, this restaurant and bar is a fancy affair with no end of cool. Come for intimate group catch-ups, date nights and anniversaries to indulge in a shared menu championing dim sum and sushi/nigiri and then small and large plate options with a seafood leaning. These include Hokkaido scallops with miso butter, sambal grilled squid and dry aged tuna san choy bow. Chilli margaritas and Asian daiquiri style cocktails sit beside a decent wine list that roams the globe.
Yuki
Jl. Pura Dalem
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Not many restaurants cut as a fine a figure as Yuki, which sits pretty across the road from Batu Bolong beach. The open-sided pavilion with share tables, couches and bar seats, manages to channel both Bali’s tropical lifestyle and an exceptional minimalist Japanese aesthetic. It has the look and whiff of an Izakaya but it’s more than that. Head chef Yudha Permana, has created a sharing menu that nicely marries plant-based dishes (oyster mushroom yakitori) with chargrilled meaty options (pork chop with pickled daikon and togarashi). Craft beers and classic cocktails are drinks of choice, so too the highball menu including a pearl pilot with gin, nashi pair, elder flower and tonic.
Indigo
Jl. Pantai Berawa, 7A
Indigo is considered one of Bali’s best Japanese restaurants. It is in a beautiful Japanese shoji-style building with an elegant interior décor of indigo blue chairs and cushions and plenty of sunlight. The space says as much about the experience as the cuisine. Chef Morita Shigehiko’s menu is equally as refined with highlights including contemporary takes on sashimi (Hokkaido scallop with lemon peel and shiso oil) and maki (spicy tuna with asparagus, jalapeno and avocado) that are exquisitely presented on Japanese ceramics and blinged with flower petals. The ‘Tokyo Paris’ cocktail with sake, gin, berries and spices is drink-perfect.
Home by Chef Wayan
Jl. Pantai Pererenan, 92
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Chef Wayan has some culinary notches under his belt, including being head chef at some of Bali’s best Indonesian restaurants, and authoring Paon, a Balinese cook book published in 2022. But his stand-out achievement is Home, a casual warung that he and wife Mary opened on a small family plot on Pererenan’s main street. The simple setting—with wood chairs and green tones to match the indoor plants, belies the greatness of the food. This is the place to try Indonesian and Balinese favourites with five-star unfussiness. Try soto ayam (chicken noodle soup) for lunch and don’t go past the babi guling (roast pork) for dinner.
Skool Kitchen
Jl. Pura Dalem
With its cracker sundowner location overlooking Batu Bolong beachfront, Skool Kitchen is a go-to place when you’re wearing a pretty dress or shirt and feeling the need for cocktails. The temptation, of course, is to stay on for dinner. Skool’s elongated dining room has an open kitchen where diners can pull up a stool and be entertained. Every dish that leaves the kitchen has been touched by an open-flame fire fuelled by natural wood and charcoal embers. The ensuing paired-back, flavour-heavy dishes are a sensation. From a sharing menu categorised as ‘smalls’, ‘mains’ and ‘treats’ try Murotsu Bay oysters with yuzu and charred jalapeño, followed by grilled Iberico pork with shiitake and chestnuts. For dessert, charred apple crumble is served with whiskey ice cream and custard.
Santanera
Jl. Tanah Batak, 55-57
The three-storey building might look a little out of place in this characteristic little street, but the cuisine is right on target. Santanera is a contemporary Latin American restaurant that champions the likes of empanadas and ceviche while also paying homage to iconic Euro ingredients, such as Spain’s Iberico ham and France’s foie gras. The downstairs dining room has an Argentinean ambience, with intimate low-lit booths, teak tables, extravagantly high ceilings and the constant rattle of cocktail shakers at work. Upstairs, the rooftop bar has a distinctly good-times Barcelona vibe. Santanera has recently opened for a lunch time crowd. Don’t skip the chorizo on English muffins with jalapeno emulsion, or the woodfired baby quid with black garlic mole, or the wood-fired chicken with pomme puree.
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