
Bali, by the cup
Indonesia · 27 hand-picked cafés
Bali has one of Southeast Asia's most developed specialty coffee scenes, built on the foundation of the island's own Kintamani highland beans and fed by decades of international creative migration. Kintamani arabica, grown above 1,200 metres in the volcanic highlands of Bangli Regency, produces a clean, fruit-forward cup with natural sweetness that has earned it a geographic indication status. The island also serves as a gateway to the broader Indonesian archipelago's extraordinary coffee belt, meaning cafes regularly rotate beans from Sumatra's Mandheling and Gayo regions, Flores Bajawa, East Java, Sulawesi Toraja, and Timor Tengah alongside their house Bali origins.
The specialty coffee wave arrived early in Canggu and Seminyak, where surf culture and a growing Australian expat community created demand for espresso that matched Melbourne standards. Revolver Espresso in Seminyak and Hungry Bird in Canggu were among the pioneers, opening before third-wave terminology had much currency on the island. Today Canggu and the adjacent neighbourhoods of Berawa and Pererenan form the densest concentration of filter-focused brew bars and roasteries on the island, while Ubud offers a quieter, more contemplative coffee culture anchored by Seniman Coffee Studio, the island's most recognised single-origin roastery. Uluwatu's surf-camp-turned-design-hub has developed its own cluster around Jalan Labuansait, where Suka Espresso, Drifter, Analog, and BGS Bali serve the Bukit's year-round international crowd.
What distinguishes Bali's coffee scene from other Asian specialty hubs is the convergence of origin proximity, long-term nomad infrastructure, and a genuine hospitality culture that values slowness. Most quality cafes double as food destinations with full brunch menus built around local produce, making a single coffee stop often a two-hour sit. The digital-nomad population has pushed wifi and power-point availability to near-universal levels, while the island's design culture means even modest cafes invest in considered interiors. Home-grown roasters such as Expat. Roasters, Blacklist, Gangga, Titik Temu, and Seniman now export beans across Asia and supply the wider hotel and restaurant sector, grounding the scene in genuine productive depth rather than import dependency.
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Analog Uluwatu
Analog draws inspiration from Japanese listening bars and 1970s surf culture, concealing a speakeasy-style entrance…
Anomali Coffee Seminyak
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The Seminyak branch of Anomali Coffee brings the roaster's Indonesian single-source philosophy to the tourist heart…
Anomali Coffee Ubud
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Anomali Coffee is one of Indonesia's most respected specialty roasters, and its Ubud outpost sits along the main Ubud…
Bali Coffee Club Sanur
Bali Coffee Club in Sanur sits on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai and focuses on celebrating Balinese coffee culture through…
BGS Bali Uluwatu
BGS sits just before the entrance to Suluban Beach on Jalan Labuansait, combining a surf shop with a coffee bar that…
Blacklist Coffee Roasters
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Blacklist Coffee Roasters is an Australian-originated specialty roaster that put down roots on Jalan Pantai Batu…
Crate Cafe
Crate Cafe on Jalan Canggu Padang Linjong has been a Canggu institution since April 2014, long before the…
Drifter Surf Shop and Cafe
Drifter occupies a corner plot on Jalan Labuan Sait where it blends a specialty coffee bar with an art gallery,…
Expat. Roasters Brew Bar
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Founded in 2017 by award-winning barista Shae Macnamara, Expat. Roasters sources green beans directly from farmers…
Gangga Coffee
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Gangga Coffee has roasted specialty Kintamani and broader Indonesian beans from its Ubud base since 2017, and the…
Hungry Bird Coffee Roaster
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Hungry Bird has been roasting in Canggu since 2013, making it one of the island's earliest specialty roasteries, and…
Merch Cafe Amsterdam
Merch Cafe Amsterdam occupies a light-filled space on Jalan Sempol in Pererenan, combining an all-day brunch menu…
Pison
Pison opened in Petitenget in 2014 and helped set the standard for what a full-day cafe could be in Bali, running…
Pisson Coffee Petitenget
Pison's Petitenget location at 19A Jalan Petitenget is the original outpost of a cafe that helped define what all-day…
Quince
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Quince occupies a beautiful double-height space at 51 Jalan Pantai Berawa, combining a lifestyle cafe with an…
Revolver Espresso
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Revolver opened in a narrow Seminyak lane when specialty coffee was still a foreign concept on the island, and it…
Secret Spot
Secret Spot on Jalan Pantai Berawa sources its beans from family-owned farms and roasts weekly on the island, keeping…
Seniman Coffee Studio
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Seniman Coffee Studio is Bali's original specialty boutique, roasting on site since its founding and championing…
Seta Coffee Studio
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Seta Coffee Studio is a Sanur micro-roastery on Jalan Karang Sari where small-batch locally grown coffee is processed…
ST. ALi Bali
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ST. ALi is a Melbourne specialty coffee authority that landed on Jalan Pantai Pererenan to considerable fanfare,…
Suka Espresso Ubud
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The Ubud branch of Suka Espresso sits on Jalan Raya Pengosekan and brings the Suka Collective's proven coffee and…
Suka Espresso Uluwatu
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Suka Espresso on Jalan Labuansait has been the Bukit benchmark for specialty coffee since it opened in 2016, sourcing…
Titik Temu Coffee
Titik Temu is a home-grown Indonesian specialty roaster with outlets across Bali, Jakarta, and Medan, and the…
Titik Temu Coffee Roastery Ubud
Titik Temu has a dedicated Ubud presence that brings its roaster-forward approach into the heart of Bali's arts and…
Tucky Specialty Coffee and Brunch
Tucky is a compact 22-seat cafe on the quiet pedestrian lane of Jalan Goutama in central Ubud, built around a coffee…
Two Face Coffee and Brunch
Two Face opened in Canggu in 2023 as a brunch and specialty coffee spot from the Suka Collective, bringing a polished…
Two Face Ubud
Two Face Ubud opened in 2024 along the Kings Palace road, extending the Suka Collective brand into Bali's cultural…
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Bali coffee, answered
- Where is the best specialty coffee in Bali?
- Remembrew lists 27 hand-picked specialty cafés in Bali, Indonesia. Standouts include Analog Uluwatu, Anomali Coffee Seminyak, Anomali Coffee Ubud, Bali Coffee Club Sanur. The densest neighborhoods for coffee are Ubud, Seminyak, Uluwatu, Canggu. Every café is chosen for the quality of its coffee, never for payment, so the list reflects the scene rather than who paid to appear.
- How many specialty cafés does Bali have?
- Remembrew tracks 27 specialty cafés in Bali that clear our bar for coffee quality. The count reflects the real depth of the local scene rather than a fixed quota, and we add cafés as we verify them.
- Which Bali neighborhoods are best for coffee?
- In Bali, the neighborhoods with the most hand-picked specialty cafés are Ubud (7), Seminyak (6), Uluwatu (4), Canggu (4). Each has its own page on Remembrew with the full list and a map.
- Does Remembrew take payment to list a café in Bali?
- No. Remembrew is an independent directory and never accepts payment for a listing or for placement. Cafés appear only because they clear our specialty-coffee bar, and you can read the full criteria on our directory standards page.
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