Best Mediterranean Restaurants in Uluwatu: 8 kitchens, from breakfast to late (2026)
Uluwatu is better known for beach clubs and brunch, but the Bukit has a small run of Mediterranean kitchens worth planning a meal around: Spanish, Turkish, Lebanese, Greek, and one built around a wood fire.
This is not a ranking from best to worst. The eight are listed in the order their doors open, earliest first, with ties by name, because the first thing to decide here is which meal you want. Some will give you breakfast; one does not open until five. For each, what reviewers order and what they complain about.
The short version
- For breakfast: Alma in Bingin from seven, Shaffa from eight with shakshuka at 88,000.
- Cooked over wood: Shaffa, a kitchen built around a wood fire; KALA, a Greek grill; and MASONRY on Labuansait.
- Greek: KALA from noon, AVLI from five. Lebanese: ZALI. Turkish: Mest. Spanish: Alma.
- Build your own platter: PEYIA in Ungasan.
- A night out: AVLI, with plate breaking on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Book, and expect it loud.
1. Alma Tapas Bar – Bingin
Spanish, from seven in the morning. A tapas bar on the Bingin road that also serves a breakfast reviewers keep calling the best they have had; one singles out the skillet baked egg. By evening it is tapas and bigger plates: grilled octopus with potato puree, arroz meloso, beef cheeks, a liver pate. It closes between noon and three, and one October reviewer says the published hours are out of date, so check before you go. Book for dinner: one walk-in was turned away when it was full, and another reviewer advises booking. 4.9 across nearly fifteen hundred ratings, the highest score on this page.
Spanish tapas bar · 4.9 from 1479 Google reviews · $$$$ · 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 3:00 – 11:00 PM
2. Shaffa GastroBazar, Wood-Fired Mediterranean Kitchen – Uluwatu
A kitchen built around a wood fire. Mediterranean with Middle Eastern flavours, on the road down to Balangan Beach, with a fire that burns from morning until night. Breakfast runs until two: shakshuka baked in matbucha at 88,000, with bread baked here every day. Later the table starts with hummus at 62,000, babaganoush at 48,000 and masala falafel at 70,000, then goes to the coals: Arabic style lamb neck at 145,000, grilled octopus at 138,000, a beef steak aged and fermented in the house at 205,000. An open-air terrace over the treetops, looking toward the sunset. It is upstairs and easy to drive past, and a bit far from the main run of restaurants, though one reviewer says it is worth the ride. Eight to ten, four on Mondays. More on eating there through the day: Shaffa GastroBazar in Balangan, Uluwatu.
Mediterranean Restaurant · 4.7 from 595 Google reviews · $$$ · 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM (Mon to 4:00 PM)
Also on our list of the Uluwatu sunset and avocado toast in Uluwatu.
3. ZALI – Uluwatu
Lebanese, all day. Open from eight in the morning to half past eleven at night. Reviewers order the fattoush, the manoush, the chicken shawarma and the rose lemonade, and one left a big fan of the garlic sauce. The hummus divides people: some call it fantastic, and two October reviewers found it disappointing, with dry shawarma or kebab to match. One warning: an online order was accepted and then cancelled after forty-five minutes, so go in person.
Lebanese Restaurant · 4.8 from 1405 Google reviews · $$$$ · 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
Also on our list of restaurants in Uluwatu.
4. Mest Turkish Cuisine – Uluwatu
Turkish, and reviewers from Turkey approve. One calls the food almost indistinguishable from what they ate in Turkey; others order the Adana and Iskender kebabs, lahmacun, lentil soup and lamb skewers, and mention a two-for-one deal on pide. People come for breakfast too. The room sits on the road, so expect some traffic noise, and one reviewer found it bland and expensive. Ten to half past ten.
Turkish Restaurant · 4.7 from 1685 Google reviews · 10:00 AM – 10:30 PM
5. PEYIA – Ungasan
Build your own platter. Reviewers describe it as Mediterranean with Middle Eastern, Turkish and Persian flavours. You choose the meat and sides for a platter, and the regulars add kofta, dolma, falafel, dips and a pomegranate cheesecake. One reviewer paid about 300,000 for a dip, a platter, a coconut and a cocktail, and a wrap is around 100,000. There is live music on Tuesday nights. The complaints are about salty shawarma and the price of add-ons. Half past eleven to eleven.
Mediterranean Restaurant · 4.8 from 478 Google reviews · $$$ · 11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
Also on our list of restaurants in Uluwatu.
6. KALA – Uluwatu
Greek, over an open fire. KALA calls itself a Greek-inspired neighbourhood grill: mezze, flatbreads, wood-fired fish and charcoal-grilled meat. Reviewers name the octopus, the lamb shoulder, the halloumi and the eggplant moussaka, and it is the most reviewed kitchen on this page. It is a date-night room with the music low enough to talk over. Not everyone is converted: one reviewer found it bland for the price. Noon to half past eleven.
Greek Restaurant · 4.7 from 1807 Google reviews · $$$$ · 12:00 – 11:30 PM
Also on our list of restaurants in Uluwatu and wood-fired restaurants in Uluwatu.
7. MASONRY – Uluwatu
Mediterranean-inspired, wood-fired, noon to midnight. That is MASONRY's own description, and one reviewer this autumn called it the best Mediterranean restaurant they visited in Bali. Reviewers order the wagyu dolma, fattoush, charcoal chicken, smoked tuna and octopus carpaccio, and one came specifically for the wood-fired cookie with butter ice cream. Book: walk-ins may be sent to a shared table or a wait. The complaints are about slow service, music too loud to talk over, and one bill of more than 500,000 a person with no wow factor.
Mediterranean Restaurant · 4.6 from 1494 Google reviews · $$$$ · 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Also on our list of restaurants in Uluwatu and wood-fired restaurants in Uluwatu.
8. AVLI – Uluwatu
Modern Greek, and a party. It opens at five and gets louder from there. Tuesdays and Thursdays are plate-breaking nights, and one reviewer says the room is as loud as a club, while another waited until eleven to eat a nine thirty booking because of the entertainment. Come for that. Reviewers order the lamb souvlaki, sea bass, beef carpaccio and the Greek chocolate mousse, and one table of Greeks approved. Book ahead.
Greek Restaurant · 4.8 from 1328 Google reviews · $$$$ · 5:00 PM – 1:00 AM (hours vary Mon, Tue, Wed)
Also on our list of restaurants in Uluwatu.
Questions people ask about Mediterranean food in Uluwatu
What are the best Mediterranean restaurants in Uluwatu?
It depends on the meal. For breakfast, Alma Tapas Bar in Bingin or Shaffa GastroBazar. For a kitchen cooking over wood, Shaffa GastroBazar, KALA or MASONRY. For Lebanese, ZALI; for Turkish, Mest; for a platter you build yourself, PEYIA in Ungasan; for a loud Greek night out, AVLI.
Which Mediterranean restaurants in Uluwatu are open for breakfast?
Alma Tapas Bar opens at seven and Shaffa GastroBazar at eight, with shakshuka at 88,000 and breakfast until two. ZALI also opens at eight, and Mest at ten, where reviewers come for breakfast too. KALA and MASONRY open at noon and AVLI at five.
Where can I eat Greek food in Uluwatu?
KALA, a Greek-inspired grill open from noon, for mezze, octopus and lamb shoulder. AVLI, modern Greek from five in the evening, for lamb souvlaki and sea bass, with plate breaking on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Where can I eat Middle Eastern food in Uluwatu?
ZALI is Lebanese and Mest is Turkish. PEYIA in Ungasan is Mediterranean with Middle Eastern flavours, and Shaffa GastroBazar is a wood-fired Mediterranean kitchen with hummus, babaganoush and an Arabic style lamb neck.
Where can I get hummus in Uluwatu?
Shaffa GastroBazar serves it at 62,000, with tomato for 25,000 more or lamb for 35,000 more. ZALI, Mest and PEYIA also serve it; at ZALI reviewers are split on it.
Is there a Mediterranean restaurant near Jimbaran?
In Jimbaran itself, AKUA is a tapas restaurant rated 4.6 on Google; reviewers mention Spanish food, paella and a sunset view. Up on the Bukit, Shaffa GastroBazar is about twelve minutes' drive from Jimbaran on a clear road, and it sits on the way to Uluwatu.
Do I need to book?
For dinner at Alma, MASONRY and AVLI, it is safer: one walk-in at Alma was turned away when it was full, and reviewers at all three advise booking. Breakfast at Shaffa GastroBazar is walk-in.
How much does a Mediterranean dinner in Uluwatu cost?
At the places we can price, a mezze dish at Shaffa GastroBazar runs 48,000 to 70,000 and the mains we list here 115,000 to 205,000. At PEYIA a wrap is around 100,000, and one reviewer paid about 300,000 for a dip, a platter, a coconut and a cocktail. Google marks Alma, ZALI, KALA, MASONRY and AVLI as very expensive, and one MASONRY reviewer paid more than 500,000 a person.