10 Best Hummus in Bali (2026)
Hummus is the easiest thing on a menu to fake. Chickpeas, tahini, lemon, garlic, and any kitchen can put a beige swirl in a bowl, drizzle oil over it and charge you eighty thousand for the privilege. The difference between that and the real thing is texture and temperature. Proper hummus is smooth to the point of being almost liquid, and it arrives warm, not cold out of the fridge.
Bali has both versions in quantity, and they come from two different directions. The Arabic and Greek kitchens serve it as the base of a mezze, warm, with pickles and bread, and it is the thing the rest of the table is built around. The cafes serve it as a dip: cold, thicker, next to crudites, and perfectly nice if that is what you wanted.
There is also a third category, which is places you will end up at anyway. A beach club at sunset, the cafe everyone in Ubud walks past. Their hummus is not the reason to go, but it is good enough that ordering it is not a mistake, and knowing that in advance saves an argument.
Ten kitchens below, grouped by which of those three they are. Where the menu is published, the description comes from it.
The short version
- One place on the island is named after the dish: Word Kitchen and Hummus Bar in Canggu, open around the clock.
- Warmest and closest to the original: Sababa in Berawa, served as masabacha for 80k.
- Five of the ten are in Canggu and Berawa, two in Seminyak, one each in Kuta, Ubud and Balangan.
- The only version on the Uluwatu side of the island is at Shaffa in Balangan.
- La Brisa serves it whipped, which is a beach club decision and works with a drink.
Where hummus is the point
Kitchens that would be embarrassed to serve it badly, because it is either in the name or on the first page of the menu.
1. Word Kitchen & Hummus Bar – Canggu
Canggu, on Batu Bolong, and the only kitchen on the island with the dish in its name. Vegetarian, open around the clock, and the hummus comes as a platter rather than a dip. The menu prints calorie counts, which is either useful or unwelcome depending on the morning.
Restaurant · 4.6 from 1239 Google reviews · $$ · Open 24 hours
2. Sababa – Berawa
Berawa. Served as masabacha, 80k: hot, loose, whole chickpeas on top, tomato concassee. This is what hummus tastes like when it has not been sitting in a fridge, and it is the closest thing to Tel Aviv on the island.
Restaurant · 4.8 from 1807 Google reviews · $$$$ · 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM
3. Shaffa GastroBazar – Balangan
Balangan, and the only version on the Uluwatu side of the island. It arrives as part of a mezze with babaganoush, grilled zucchini and broccoli with labne, and the bread is baked in house, which matters more than the dip does.
Mediterranean Restaurant · 4.7 from 562 Google reviews · 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM (hours vary by day)
The Arabic and Greek kitchens
Where it comes as part of a mezze rather than as a starter, and the table is meant to be shared.
4. Santorini Greek Restaurant – Kuta
Kuta. Greek rather than Levantine, which means the hummus is smoother and comes with pita and olive oil instead of pickles. Nearly seven thousand ratings and three branches on the island, of which this is the busiest.
Greek Restaurant · 4.8 from 6896 Google reviews · $$ · 10:00 AM – 11:30 PM
5. Al Jazeerah Signature – Seminyak
Seminyak, and the biggest Arabic kitchen in the south with four and a half thousand ratings. Mezze, grills, shisha, late hours. The menu is not published in a form we could read, so order it as part of a spread rather than alone.
Middle Eastern Restaurant · 4.5 from 4478 Google reviews · $$$$ · 10:00 AM – 3:00 AM
6. Estia – Seminyak
Seminyak, Greek, and everything comes off a wood fire including the bread that arrives with the dip. Roasted garlic and paprika through it, which makes it sweeter and smokier than the Levantine version, and 4.9 from seventeen hundred people is the highest rating on this list.
Restaurant · 4.9 from 1758 Google reviews · $$$$ · 12:00 – 10:00 PM
7. Shawarma Beirut – Canggu
Canggu, Lebanese, and built around slow-roasted meat with hummus underneath it. Order the plate rather than the wrap if you want the dip to be the point.
Shawarma restaurant · 4.6 from 556 Google reviews · $$$ · 12:00 PM – 3:00 AM
Where you will end up anyway
Not Middle Eastern kitchens and not pretending to be. Their hummus is not the reason you came, and it is still worth ordering.
8. La Brisa – Canggu
Canggu beach club, twenty two thousand ratings, and a whipped hummus dip on the snack menu. Lighter and airier than the traditional version, which is the right call with a drink in the other hand and sand underfoot.
Restaurant · 4.6 from 22544 Google reviews · $$$$ · 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM
9. Donna – Ubud
Ubud, and the only entry on this list away from the coast. A cafe with nearly nine thousand ratings, which in Ubud means a queue at breakfast. Their menu is not published online, so ask what comes with it.
Restaurant · 4.8 from 8697 Google reviews · $$$$ · 11:30 AM – 12:00 AM
10. Mowie's Bali – Berawa
Berawa. House made and served alongside the eggs rather than as a starter, which is unusual, and works if you are having it for breakfast anyway.
Restaurant · 4.7 from 649 Google reviews · $$ · 7:30 AM – 9:00 PM
Questions people ask about hummus in Bali
Where is the best hummus in Bali?
For the version closest to how it is eaten in the Levant, warm and loose, Sababa in Berawa serves it as masabacha for 80k. Word Kitchen and Hummus Bar in Canggu is the only kitchen named after the dish, and Estia in Seminyak does the best-rated Greek version. On the Uluwatu side there is exactly one, at Shaffa GastroBazar in Balangan.
Is there hummus near Uluwatu?
One place: Shaffa GastroBazar in Balangan, where it comes as part of a mezze. Everything else on this list is an hour or more up the coast, which is worth knowing before you drive.
Which places serve warm hummus?
Sababa serves masabacha, hummus served hot with whole chickpeas on top. Most other kitchens here serve it cool but not cold. If it arrives fridge-cold, it was made yesterday.
Where can you get hummus in Ubud?
Donna is the one on this list, a cafe with nearly nine thousand ratings. Ubud is otherwise thin on Levantine kitchens compared with Canggu and Seminyak.
Is hummus in Bali vegan?
Usually, since it is chickpeas, tahini, lemon and garlic. Word Kitchen and Hummus Bar is entirely vegetarian. Watch the topping rather than the dip: minced lamb and yoghurt are where it stops being vegan.
How much does hummus cost in Bali?
Around 80,000 rupiah as a plate with bread, which is what Sababa charges for masabacha. Beach clubs and hotel kitchens run higher, small Arabic kitchens lower. Where a menu is not published online we have not guessed at the price.