13 Best Restaurants in Ubud for Dinner (2026)
Ubud eats early. That is the first thing to know, and the thing that catches people out who have come up from the coast, where kitchens run to eleven and the beach clubs go later. Here the warungs and the health cafes that fill the town by day start shutting around nine, and by ten the main street has gone quiet.
Which makes dinner a decision rather than a drift. The kitchens worth crossing town for are a small set, most of them book out, and two of them serve one sitting a night and nothing after it. Turn up at eight without a table and you will end up somewhere that was not the plan.
The thirteen below are the ones we go back to. Most sit in the top price band, which is honest rather than apologetic: this is what a proper dinner in Ubud costs, and the town has quietly become one of the more expensive places to eat on the island.
They are grouped by what kind of night it is. A tasting menu you book weeks out is not the same decision as a grill on Bisma, a river terrace at Campuhan or a bistro at ten, and the practical differences, seatings, closing times and who takes walk-ins, are in each entry.
The short version
- One sitting a night, book well ahead: Locavore NXT, doors 17:30 and done by 20:30.
- For a first date: Ferro on Bisma, everything cooked over open fire, open to midnight.
- Seafood, forty minutes from the sea: Nautilus on Jalan Suweta, from three in the afternoon.
- On the river: Arcadia at Campuhan, open sides, greenery on all of them.
- Latest kitchen on this list: Donna, to midnight. Everything else stops by eleven.
- Vegan: Zest as the whole point, and both tasting menus run a plant-based version.
- Most of the thirteen sit in the top price band. Ubud dinner is not a cheap evening.
Fine dining in Ubud: one sitting a night
Both of these run a set menu with fixed seatings rather than a card you order from. Book days out in low season and weeks out in high, and turn up on time, because the kitchen is cooking to a clock.
1. Locavore NXT – Ubud
One seating, doors at half five, finished by half eight, and a tasting menu built on a fermentation programme that runs in the background all year. The most booked-out table in Ubud and the reason a lot of people come up from the coast for a night. There is a plant-based version, and you ask for it when you reserve.
Restaurant · 4.8 from 795 Google reviews · $$$$ · 5:30 – 8:30 PM (plus lunch Thu, Fri, Sat; closed Sun)
Also on our list of eating in Bali.
2. Apéritif – Ubud
Degustation across several courses, lunch from midday and dinner from six, in a dining room that takes itself seriously and gets away with it. A vegan menu runs alongside the main one. Top price band, booking not optional, and dress like you meant to come.
Fine Dining Restaurant · 4.7 from 708 Google reviews · $$$$ · 12:00 – 3:00 PM, 6:00 – 11:00 PM
Also on our list of eating in Bali.
Date night in Ubud, and dinner cooked over fire
3. Ferro – Ubud
Jalan Bisma, and the whole room is built around the fire: an open grill in the middle, meat and vegetables cooked over flame in front of you, cocktails at the bar beside it. It runs to midnight, which on this side of town is late, so it works as a long evening rather than a booked slot. The one on this list we would send someone to for a first date.
Restaurant · 4.8 from 1252 Google reviews · $$$$ · 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Also on our list of eating in Bali.
4. Shichirin – Ubud
Teppanyaki, three doors along the same Bisma stretch, and the cooking is the show: the chef works the flat grill at your table and the meal arrives in stages off it. Japanese in a town that does very little Japanese, which is why it books out. Midday to ten, so an early dinner here is easy in a place where most kitchens shut at eleven.
Japanese Restaurant · 4.8 from 1841 Google reviews · $$$$ · 12:00 – 10:00 PM
Seafood in Ubud
5. Nautilus – Ubud
Ubud is forty minutes from the sea and this is the room that ignores that: the town's first kitchen given over entirely to fish, under Chef Oleksii Ogorodnichuk. Oysters, whole fish, a bar that takes cocktails seriously. Jalan Suweta, opens at three, and it has more ratings than anything else on this list, which for a seafood restaurant this far inland is the point.
Seafood Restaurant · 4.9 from 3214 Google reviews · $$$$ · 3:00 – 11:00 PM
Also on our list of eating in Bali.
Dinner with a view in Ubud
6. Arcadia – Ubud
Down at Campuhan, on the river, and the quietest room in this list: open sides, greenery on every one of them, water underneath. Eleven in the morning to eleven at night, so it takes a long lunch as easily as dinner. The footbridge in front of it is closed at the moment, which does not affect the restaurant but does change how you walk in, so check the pin.
Restaurant · 4.9 from 1747 Google reviews · $$$$ · 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
7. Habitat Bistro – Ubud
Italian, up on Bisma with the forest below the terrace, and the one here that runs all day: half six in the morning until eleven at night. Breakfast, a long lunch and dinner all happen in the same room, which makes it the easy answer when the plan changes. Book the edge of the terrace or the view is somebody's shoulder.
Italian Restaurant · 4.9 from 3043 Google reviews · $$$$ · 6:30 AM – 11:00 PM
8. Cantina Rooftop – Ubud
Rooftop, opens at five, closes at eleven, and the sunset is the reason to be there at the start rather than the end. Seafood leads the menu. Ask for the edge when you book, because the difference between the rail and the middle of the room is the whole point.
Restaurant · 4.8 from 1164 Google reviews · $$$$ · 5:00 – 11:00 PM (hours vary Thu, Fri, Sat)
9. Sayan House – Ubud
Above the valley, open from eight in the morning but the evening is when it earns the price band. Fusion in the proper sense rather than as an excuse, and the tables at the front go to whoever booked first.
Fusion Restaurant · 4.6 from 2999 Google reviews · $$$$ · 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Casual restaurants in Ubud
Where you go when you want to eat properly without turning it into an event. Both run late by Ubud standards.
10. Kebun Bistro – Ubud
Bistro on the main stretch, eleven in the morning to eleven at night, and the most useful opening hours in this list. Walk in on a weeknight, eat well, leave without a ceremony. Three and a half thousand people have rated it, which for Ubud is a lot of agreement.
Bistro · 4.6 from 3362 Google reviews · 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM (hours vary Fri, Sat, Sun)
11. Brie Restaurant & Cheesery – Ubud
Italian, seafood and a cheesery attached, open to half ten. The cheese is the thing they are actually set up for, so order across it rather than treating it as a starter. Top price band and a room that fills at eight.
Restaurant · 4.8 from 1793 Google reviews · $$$$ · 8:00 AM – 10:30 PM
Vegetarian and vegan dinner in Ubud
Ubud is the easiest place in Indonesia to eat plant-based, and this is the kitchen the rest are measured against.
12. Zest – Ubud
Plant-based from end to end, eight in the morning to ten at night, and the kitchen every other vegan place in Ubud gets compared to. Not the most expensive room in town and not trying to be. The rating sits lower than the rest of this list, which is what happens when a place is busy enough to have off nights and honest enough to keep the reviews.
Vegan Restaurant · 4.3 from 3888 Google reviews · 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Also on our list of brunch in Bali.
Restaurants in Ubud open late
The one that stays open after the town has closed.
13. Donna – Ubud
Open until midnight, which on this list makes it the late option by two hours. Latin and Mediterranean on the same menu, top price band, and the room stays busy long after the rest of Ubud has turned the lights off. Book at the weekend.
Restaurant · 4.8 from 8801 Google reviews · $$$$ · 11:30 AM – 12:00 AM
Also on our list of hummus in Bali.
Questions people ask about dinner in Ubud
Where should you have dinner in Ubud?
It depends on the evening. For a set menu with one seating a night, Locavore NXT or Apéritif, both booked ahead. For a first date, Ferro on Bisma, where everything comes off the open fire. For fish this far from the coast, Nautilus. For the river, Arcadia at Campuhan. For a rooftop with the valley in front of you, Cantina from five. For something good without ceremony, Kebun Bistro or Brie, both open to eleven or half past.
Do you need to book dinner in Ubud?
For Locavore NXT and Apéritif, yes, and not on the day. Both run fixed seatings and both fill. Cantina and Sayan House want a booking for the tables with the view. Kebun and Brie you can usually walk into on a weeknight.
How late can you eat in Ubud?
Later than the town suggests but earlier than the coast. Donna runs to midnight and is the latest on this list. Kebun Bistro and Cantina go to eleven, Brie to half past ten. Locavore NXT is finished by half eight, because the seating starts at half five.
Is there fine dining in Ubud?
Two places built around it. Locavore NXT does a tasting menu with a fermentation programme behind it, and Apéritif serves a degustation across several courses with a plant-based version alongside. Both are in the top price band and both are an evening rather than a meal.
Where can you eat vegan in Ubud?
Zest is the one the town is known for and it is plant-based throughout, open from eight in the morning to ten at night. If you want the tasting-menu version, both Locavore NXT and Apéritif run a vegan menu, but you tell them when you book rather than when you sit down.
How much is dinner in Ubud?
11 of these 13 sit in the top price band, so plan on a proper bill at the tasting menus and the view restaurants. Kebun Bistro and Zest are the two that are not, and they are where you go when you want the food without the evening.
Which Ubud restaurant has the best view?
Cantina takes the rooftop, Sayan House takes the valley, and both are worth timing for sunset rather than after it. Book the edge tables or you will be looking at the room.
Is there good seafood in Ubud?
Ubud sits about forty minutes from the coast, so seafood here is a deliberate choice rather than a local one. Nautilus on Jalan Suweta is the town's first kitchen given over entirely to fish and shellfish, under Chef Oleksii Ogorodnichuk, and it opens at three. If you want fish straight off the boat instead, that is a Jimbaran evening, not an Ubud one.