5 Best Restaurants in Nusa Dua (for Fine Dining)

Nusa Dua is one of the top beach areas in Bali known for luxury hotels, fine dining, and better, cleaner beaches. When you are in Nusa Dua, you can find Bali's best gourmet restaurants of a variety of styles.

Nusa Dua is popular because of the clean beaches. When most of the beaches in Bali turn murky and polluted in the rainy season, the white beaches at Nusa Dua are nicer. It is a good place for honeymoons and some privacy because the beach resorts have private sections of beach.

Discover the best restaurants for travelers in Nusa Dua: our five recommendations for local and international cuisine, ratings, prices, locations, and dining experience for a variety of styles of cuisine from traditional Balinese, to Japanese, to Chinese.

1. Hilton Hotel Paon Bali Resto & Bar

There are many luxury hotels on the beach of Nusa Dua

Paon Bali Resto and Bar is one of several fine restaurants in the hotel. This is a place to go for authentic Balinese food. Diners enjoy its open kitchen where they can watch the chefs cook their meals before them. Many diners also enjoy the semi-outdoor section for enjoying the outside scenery while eating.

There is a weekly Balinese-themed buffet dinner offering freshly made delicacies from the live chef cooking stations.

Suggested Balinese Dishes

• Bebek betutu (roast duck in banana leaves): A duck is filled with spices and set in coals or an oven to roast. Ayam betutu is the chicken version with the same cooking method.
• Lawar (fresh/cooked mixed vegetables with or without meat): Lawar comes in many varieties, and you can get it without meat. It can be a vegetarian meal packed with nutrition from a mixture of vegetables, and sometimes with fruit added.

More information:

• Price per person: 500,000 IDR (32 USD)
• Dinner: 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Tel: 62 361 773377
• Address: Jl. Raya Nusa Dua Selatan, Benoa, Kec. Kuta Sel., Kabupaten Badung

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2. Dulang in the St. Regis Resort

Traditional Balinese food

Another fine restaurant for traditional Balinese food is Dulang. Balinese cuisine and traditional drinks are specialties. There is also special Balinese entertainment, such as dancers, during the dinner time. There is a special food trolley for sambal (spicy relish) dishes. The Balinese drinks are a highlight of the meal.

St. Regis Bali Resort is an award-winning beach resort with luxury suites and villas looking out on ocean views. St. Regis' food and beverages are very well-known, and there are four dining venues.

Suggested Balinese Drinks

• Loloh Cemcem: This drink is made from the leaf of the cemcem plant with fresh tamarind, coconut, and sea salt. It is reputed to help with digestion and lowering blood pressure.
• Kopi Luwak: Fine Indonesian tea

More information:

• Price per person: 750,000 to 1,300,000 IDR per person on average (50 to 80 USD).
• Dinner: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
• Tel: 62 361-3006782
• Address: The St. Regis Bali Resort, BTDC Area, Nusa Dua, Bali. St. Regis Bali Resort is only about 10 km (6 miles) away from the airport and a 5-minute drive from the Nusa Dua shopping area.

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3. Nusa Restaurant

A plate of traditional Balinese food with frangipani on the side

This restaurant serves both Balinese and Western food. It also serves some Chinese, Asian fusion, and other Asian dishes. So, you get a wide choice. Also, it is conveniently on the beach in Nusa Dua. So, you can have your meal on the beach or watching the waves. One of the highlights is the variety of seating arrangements from tables to sitting on the floor on pillows. There are also beach beanbags.

You can have anything from hamburgers and fries to traditional Balinese food. Drinks range from soft drinks to glasses of fresh juice at about 3 USD. They serve soursop juice, which is a healthy tropical treat to try.

More information:

• Price per person: about 500,000 IDR per person (32 USD).
• Tel: 081776699369
• Address: ITDC Area Nusa Dua, Lot C-0B, Jl. Nusa Dua, Benoa, Kec. Kuta Sel., Kabupaten Badung, Bali

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4. Sakura Japanese Restaurant

Japanese food usually has sushi

The Sakura Japanese Restaurant is in the 5-star Melia Bali Hotel. It is one of several fine restaurants. Sakura is for Japanese and Balinese/Japanese fusion dishes. The interior is set up for fine dining. There is also outdoor seating.

Along with traditional Japanese dishes, they offer Balinese dishes too. There are Balinese fruit dishes and Indonesian desserts.

The most expensive dishes are the sashimi dishes and the big fish and lobster dishes.

The restaurant is conveniently located in the Melia Bali resort that sits along the beach. There is also a big swimming pool. It is geared for family holidays.

More information:

• Price per person: starting from 300,000 IDR per person on average (20 USD)
• Dinner: 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
• Tel: 62361771510
• Address: Melia Bali, Kawasan Wisata ITDC Lot 1, Nusa Dua, Bali

5. The Cafe

Traditional Indonesian food

The restaurants above are specialty restaurants focused on fine dining, but if you just want a huge variety of all kinds of food, seafood, and desserts with buffets open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner near the beach in Nusa Dua, you can step into The Cafe.

It is a sophisticated midrange restaurant offering a vast choice of cuisines, such as Indonesian, European, Japanese, Indian, and American. It is known for fresh seafood. Many customers enjoy the global buffet that includes several live cooking stations.

Dessert room: Along with buffets, the dessert room is popular. There is a chocolate fountain, homemade Indonesian deserts, fruit desserts, and cakes and pies that are served buffet style.

The restaurant is conveniently located in the Melia Bali resort that sits along the beach close to the Westin Hotel. There is also a big swimming pool near the beach.

More information:

• Price per person: starting from 600,000 IDR per person on average (40 USD)
• Dinner: 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
• Tel: 623613017777
• Address: Melia Bali, Kawasan Wisata ITDC Lot 1, Nusa Dua, Bali

Transportation to the Restaurants

There is not much of a public transportation system in Nusa Dua. People get around with taxis and private drivers. Our private guide and driver can bring you to the best restaurants you will enjoy and transport you where you want to go in Bali.