Canggu was my favorite city in Bali, and the incredible foodie scene had a lot to do with that. As a surfing community, it was no surprise many Canggu restaurants focused on healthy options with locally sourced ingredients. The beach town is packed full of trendy (dare I say hipster?) eateries, here are my favorites.
Best Canggu Restaurants:
Rosmarina Bottega Italiana
Jl. Pantai Batu Bolong No.77 // +62 822-3611-1011
I was genuinely surprised to find such amazing, authentic Italian food in an Indonesian beach town. The freshest ingredients, simple plates, classic techniques — this is why Rosmarina is so phenomenal.
One of my favorite dishes was the signature salad. Quinoa and lentils, mixed veggies and crunchy seeds were drizzled with EVOO to make the perfect light lunch, or, in my case, a huge starter.
When I found out the pasta was made fresh and in-house, I knew I had to try it. It was literally perfect. Generous portions of al dente pasta bathed in your choice of classic sauces.
Nude
Jl. Pantai Berawa // +62-852-3821-4003
When I was first told the menu at Nude featured a large selection of raw food, I was hesitant. But do not fear — not all of their menu is raw. They also make a great burger and have several varieties to choose from.
Make sure to check out the pork belly burger with Asian slaw. I love the charcoal buns they use on their burgers. Don’t be put off by a black bun — it really is delicious.
Bro Resto
34 Jalan Pantai Batu Bolong // +62 813-3966-3654
I luckily stumbled upon this French/Chinese fusion restaurant while looking for lunch one afternoon. The menu is full of interesting options, but I was sold when I saw the steamed dumplings. I’m addicted to dumplings, and these did not disappoint.
I also had the amazing slow cooked potato ribs. This huge portion of slow braised Chinese spiced pork ribs were so delicious, but also filling. The potatoes, soaked in the broth, were fork tender but full of flavor.
Crate
Jl. Pantai Batu Bolong No.64 // +62 812-3894-3040
Easily my favorite breakfast spot in town, Crate shouldn’t be missed. The place is packed every morning, and the entire menu looks phenomenal. Many of the choices were healthy options, but you could also find bacon and French toast on the menu. Make sure to check out their freshly made smoothies too.
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Lacalita Bar y Cocina
Jalan Pantai Batu Bolong No.68 // +62 822-4731-2217
No surprise here– I was on a mission to find Mexican food. Lacalita is the sister restaurant of the wildly popular Lacalaca in Seminyak. The eatery is brightly decorated, and the menu is full of fresh, authentic Mexican dishes.
The menu had a lot of interesting choices, including short rib burgers and beef short ribs, but I was craving tacos when I went. Not pictured: either of the jalapeño infused tequila margaritas I washed these down with.
Milk & Madu
Jalan Pantai Berawa No. 52 // +62-851-0278-1872
I could have easily eaten at Milk & Madu everyday. They make leaving difficult with multiple menus throughout the day. The breakfast and lunch menu gives way to an evening menu starting every night at 5pm.
We started off by snacking on these crostini while we waited for the menu to change.
Our wait was rewarded with this crispy pork belly dish, which did not disappoint.
Macan Cafe
Jl. Raya Pantai Berawa No.14 // +62-812-3800-9970
When the waitress delivered my order at Macan Cafe, I wondered if it I was allowed to declare the first restaurant in town that you try as your favorite. The entire menu looks amazing, and this was seriously the best burger I’d had in forever.
Ruko Cafe
Jl. Pantai Berawa No. 99 // +62 812-3967-3077
Ruko Cafe is situated near the entrance to Berawa Beach. The menu has great brunch items, such as a pulled pork benedict and avocado toast.
The lunch menu featured burgers, wraps and salad bowls. I (wisely) chose to add a side of polenta fries to my chicken burger.
These are the best restaurants in Canggu — which would you most like to try? Let me know in the comments section below!
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I’m totally impressed with the diversity of food here. I was really shocked to see an Italian restaurant listed. All looks delicious. Sign me up for all of them!
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Mil & Madu seems delish, what a list! So keeping this for our next visit!
I’m starving now! These pictures are fab I would love to know what camera you use. Ruku cafe looks like the one for me. I’ve never been to Bali but I can see it’s a foodie place!
Have to say, all of these look really good! Rosmarina Bottega Italiana and Bro Resto are the two I’d want to try most, especially the idea of French and Chinese fusion!
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If you try some of these spots I’d love to know what you think of them!
The food in this post looks very yummy and want to have this in my tummy. Bookmarking this post for when I get to Bali one day 😀
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I hope you make it there soon!
It all looks delicious but that pork belly burger looks amazing! I think I’m going to go now just to pig out. Thanks for sharing!
Everything there was so good! I would go back to Bali just to revisit some of these spots. And the beaches are nice also, lol.
What a lovely range of restaurants. I know one can never go hungry in Bali with these sumptuous restaurants. All of them seem to serve up some unique and spectacular cuisine, difficult to choose one over the other. Would probably have to visit each restaurant for a different meal during the stay.
I wish I could have stayed longer and gone back to have more dishes from these places. They were all amazing.
You can find Italian food everywhere! I lived in Italy and Italians, when they do travel out of Italy, always want Italian food. After 7 years of nothing but Italian food, I’m pretty much set for life now.
I’m most surprised at the pork belly burger at a restaurant promoting raw food. Huge contradiction! But I’d be all over that pork belly burger. Yum!
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I could never get tired of Italian food! I would weigh 500kg if I lived in Italy for seven years! Haha, yes– I was afraid it was going to be all raw food so I was happy to try the burgers there as well.
Looks like it has quite the phenomenol food scene! Authentic Italian food in an Indonesian beach town sounds like the perfect combination to me! Am fascinated now to try a charcoal bun – the black bun put me off a little at first too because you’re not used to seeing it, but if you say the burgers are delicious, I guess I need to make my way to Nude!
I was really impressed and surprised by the food scene there. Everyone is really intrigued by the charcoal burger– look for it to start trending soon I think!
I want to have all of these dishes right now. The pictures are so tempting. I wonder how different the charcoal burger tastes.
It really didn’t taste all that different! It was so good- I practically inhaled the burger.
As always your posts are always the highlight of day – the pics are amazing and the food always looks fantastic! I am really surprised at the sheer number of types of cuisine. I love past and the salsa looks awesome!
Thank you! That’s so nice of you to say. My photography skills are still a work in progress but I’m having fun learning!
Indonesian cuisine is one of my favorite cuisines in the world so while in Bali I would head for more “local” options. That said, I would be curious to taste the “grey hamburger” by Nude, it looks very cool! Great, colorful food pictures by the way
Thank you! Yes, the local dishes were really great as well. I make sure to try lots of local and Western choices wherever I go!
This post made me hungry. French/Chinese fusion is something I have never seen before. I will keep it in my mind to check this place out when I go to Bali
French/Chinese was new for me also but I loved it. I wish I had been able to try more dishes.
Yum, I’m drooling! Love all the fresh ingredients. I would not have thought about eating fresh pasta in Bali but looks amazing and that pork belly sand which is calling my name!
I love pork belly. It’s so bad for you but it’s so delicious. I could eat it everyday.
Your food photos are absolutely awesome. I am thinking of publishing a cookbook and would like to know your secret!
The secret would be to hire me to do the photos for your cookbook lol.
Maybe I’m just hungry, but this all looks incredible! I wouldn’t have thought you could find pasta that looks like that in Bali either!
I was pleasantly surprised with how great the pasta was. Handmade makes all the difference.
I can’t get over the variety of food choices, especially the authentic Mexican and Italian. If I visit, I’ll head straight for dumplings though. Those are my favorite.
I’m obsessed w/dumplings. The best ones I’ve ever had were from the Republic of Georgia. Giant dumplings filled w/soup!
I could literally eat all that now! I have a friend going to Bali thus summer and I think this list would be so helpful to her.
Great pictures too!
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Please share it with her! I hope it’s useful.
Wow who would have thought such ‘hipster’ choices ere available in Bali. Got to go there on day. Yep I could do that black burger…and it’s breakfast time!
Some of the places were definitely hipster hangouts! The black burger was delicious. I definitely recommend it if you get the chance to try it.
Oh gosh. My mouth is watering so bad. All of these look utterly divine
Everything was so good and I loved that their is such a huge focus on healthy/organic options.
The food in Bali looks delicious – I didn’t realize that there are so many offerings. Thanks for the helpful post!
Ok I placing my order. I’d like the Pork Belly Burger on charcoal buns. Never seen that before. Followed by those Slow Braised Chinese Spiced Pork Ribs from Bro Resto and for take away I’ll have Burger from Macan Cafe
Thanks.
Nice choices– all of those were really great. Sounds like we would have fun eating together!
Great list of restaurants. That quinoa salad at Rosmarina Bottega looks delicious. I’d probably be too full to have an entree. Love that their pasta is made in house. Definitely adding it to my list of places to eat at. I’m not sure I’d like the charcoal bun from Nude. But those muscles from Little Flinders Cafe look good.
I was pretty full after the salad– it’s definitely enough to have as a lunch by itself. It’s really light but full of flavor. The charcoal bun is actually really good. It didn’t have a funky taste at all.
These places all look great! I’m intrigued by the French/Chinese fusion place and I am partial to the black brioche bun every now and then (they’ve been around in Melbourne for a while) – but I’d probably prefer to have chicken as the protein, I’m not a big fan of pork.
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All the photos of delicious food makes crave for some. I don’t eat pork but that Black Super Burger does make a pretty picture.
Steamed dumplings…. I could go a giant plate of em. YUM! 🙂
All the food looks incredible tho, the black buns are really becoming popular, had a japanese fusion burger a few months back, real tasty… not at all like you imagine a black bun to taste. Ha!
Yes, I’ve noticed the black buns becoming more popular also! I even saw a sandwich at KFC featured a black bun!
If you are a vegan.. bali is one of the best place for you! my sister love this place…. this i place has a lot of things to offer!
For sure- Bali has a ton of vegan options, especially in Ubud!