Boutique hotels
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Puri Mas Boutique Resort & Spa
- Style
- Old-school Indonesian rusticity
- Setting
- Balmy beach or valley gardens
Lombok Eating, drinking and dancing
We've tracked down the best beach cafés, the bars with the coolest cocktails, and the most accomplished Indonesian restaurants on Lombok. All you have to do is make sure you've packed your favourite flip-flops…
Restaurants
(+62 (0)370 638 444)
Lumbung
For something a little fancier than a beach-front restaurant, try this fine dining eaterie at the Oberoi. Romantic meals – the menu features Asian and Continental dishes – are served up in an open-sided thatched pavilion, from where the views are mesmerising enough to ensure at least one forkful of your meal will miss its mark…
The Oberoi, Medana Beach, Tanjung, Mataram, West Lombok 83001
(+62 (0)8133 985 1548)
Ryoshi
This excellent sushi restaurant overlooks the gorgeous beach on Gili Trangawan; its sister to the renowned Ryoshi on Bali, and the fish served is among the freshest you’ll ever eat. The Tir Na Nog Irish Bar next-door is a cheerful crowd-pleaser and always nicely busy.
Tir Na Nog, Gili Trawangan, Lombok
Scallywags
With stone floors, huge cushiony lounge chairs and rope furniture, Scallywags is a relatively new Aussie-style hang-out where you can sip organic beer and eat terrific food (tempura sardines, quesadillas) prepared by its young Spanish chef. Good for vegetarians, too.
South Beach, Gili Trawangan, Lombok
(+62 (0)370 693 688)
The Square Restaurant & Lounge
An upmarket eaterie on two levels, with a pink illuminated DJ bar upstairs, dim lighting and prime views of Senggigi’s main stretch. The menu covers Euro and Indonesian ground, with excellent meat and pasta dishes.
Senggigi Square Block B-10, Jl Raya Senggigi, Senggigi, Lombok
Bars
(+62 (0)370 693 984)
Happy Café
A relaxed, family-friendly outdoor restaurant cum pub, strung with coloured lights, Happy Café draws an expat crowd; they swarm in on Saturdays for drinks and to tap their feet to the nightly band in a completely unpretentious environment.
Plaza Senggigi, Senggigi, Lombok
(+62 (0)379 639 248)
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A stylish lounge-style beach bar with a hip Ibiza vibe, lots of intimate sofas, daybeds and cushions, and low glass tables. The Asian-fusion cuisine includes fresh fish dishes such as Cajun mahi mahi, plus there’s Euro fare such as pizzas and terrific banoffi pie, and the DJs play quality deep house; Thursday night is party night.
Gili Trawangan, Lombok
(+62 (0)370 693 136)
Marina Café
One of Senggigi’s old-stagers, a perennial party place with top-notch pizzas among the range of Indonesian and café-food favourites, and live music from a monthly-changing band.
Jl Raya Senggigi 8km, Sengiggi, Lombok
Cafés
Asmara Restaurant
German-owned oldie with a wide-ranging menu, and a particularly fine breakfast, with freshly baked Bavarian pretzels and rye bread. There’s also an art and craft gallery on the premises. German-owned oldie with a wide-ranging menu, and a particularly fine breakfast, with freshly baked Bavarian pretzels and rye bread. There’s also an art and craft gallery on the premises.
Jalan Raya Senggigi, Senggigi, Lombok
(+62 (0)370 636 734)
Dua Em
This rustic 60-year-old restaurant is frequented by locals and serves authentic Lombok food. If you’re going to eat ayam taliwang (spicy spring chicken) just once, eat it here.
99 Jl Transmigrasi, Mataram, Lombok
