Best Restaurants Open Monday in Bali 2026

Why a Monday list matters in Bali

Bali runs on visitor traffic rather than a local working week, so most of its kitchens open every day of the year. There is no Michelin guide in Indonesia, and the island is measured instead by the World's 50 Best Discovery list and the chefs who built reputations here. A diner who lands on a Monday faces an easier problem than in most cities: nearly the whole field is open, and the few rooms that rest tend to take Sunday off, not Monday.

That makes a Monday a quiet, well-timed night to book the island's best tables. The order below leads with the two Ubud tasting rooms that define Bali fine dining, then runs to the aquarium room in Nusa Dua, the tapas counter in Jimbaran and the supper club in Seminyak, spreading across the island's dining hubs. Every hour was checked against each restaurant's published schedule in June 2026. Every name links to its full review with the score. For the wider week, start with the Bali dining guide.

The Monday list

Locavore NXT

Modern Indonesian tasting · Ubud, Bali · IDR 2,000,000 tasting

Monday hours: Monday, dinner from 17:30 (closed Sunday)

Eelke Plasmeijer and Ray Adriansyah built Locavore into Bali's most internationally known kitchen, and its newer home, Locavore NXT, north of central Ubud, runs a hyper-local Indonesian tasting menu drawn from foraged and island-grown produce. The menu changes constantly, the fermented and the wild ingredients its signature, with a tasting around IDR 2,000,000 a head. It opens Monday for dinner from half past five and rests instead on Sunday, which makes a Monday one of the easier nights to book the island's most sought-after seat. Sit at the counter for the full kitchen view.

Aperitif

Modern fine dining · Ubud, Bali · IDR 1,950,000 degustation

Monday hours: Monday, lunch 12:00–14:00 & dinner 18:00–21:00

Nic Vanderbeeken cooks a refined modern degustation inside a colonial-style mansion at the Viceroy Bali in Ubud, the dining room looking over the Petanu river valley. The tasting leans European technique on Indonesian produce, with a degustation around IDR 1,950,000 a head and a serious wine cellar to match. It opens daily, Monday included, for both lunch and dinner, noon to two and six to nine. It is the most polished fine-dining room on the island and the one to book for an occasion, the valley best caught from a terrace table at dusk.

KORAL

Seafood · Nusa Dua, Bali · IDR 700,000–1,400,000 per head

Monday hours: Monday, lunch 12:00–15:00 & dinner 17:30–22:30

KORAL at the Apurva Kempinski in Nusa Dua is Bali's aquarium restaurant, the dining room wrapped around a floor-to-ceiling tank where reef fish and rays drift past the table. The kitchen is seafood-led and sustainability-minded, the raw bar and the grilled day-boat catch the order, with a meal around IDR 700,000 to 1,400,000 a head. It opens daily, Monday included, noon to three and half past five to half past ten, with smart-casual dress enforced. Book a table against the glass for the tank, which is the reason the room exists.

Cuca

Modern tapas · Jimbaran, Bali · IDR 500,000–900,000 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 12:00–23:00

Kevin Cherkas, who cooked at elBulli and Arzak before settling in Bali, runs Cuca as a garden-to-table tapas room in Jimbaran. The plates are inventive and made for sharing, the island vegetables and the snow-egg dessert the markers, with a full graze around IDR 500,000 to 900,000 a head. It opens Monday from noon to eleven, continuous service, one of the longest days on this list. It is the value and the fun pick, the room for a long, social Monday over cocktails and a dozen small plates rather than a fixed menu.

Mama San

South-East Asian · Seminyak, Bali · IDR 400,000–700,000 per head

Monday hours: Monday, lunch 12:00–14:30 & dinner 17:30–22:30

Will Meyrick's Mama San fills a colonial-warehouse supper club on Jalan Kerobokan in Seminyak, the chef's modern take on the street food of South-East Asia. The betel-leaf bites, the curries and the wok dishes are the orders, with a meal around IDR 400,000 to 700,000 a head. It opens Monday for both lunch and dinner, noon to half past two and half past five to half past ten. It is the Seminyak pick for a relaxed, lively Monday, the upstairs bar worth a cocktail before the table.

How to book a Monday table in Bali

Because Bali rests so little, a Monday is about timing rather than scarcity. Locavore NXT is the island's hardest seat, and since it closes Sunday rather than Monday, a Monday is one of the better nights to get in, so book a week or two out for the counter. Aperitif takes both Monday lunch and dinner and rewards a few days' notice for a valley-view terrace table. KORAL holds tables for fifteen minutes and runs a two-hour sitting, so arrive on time and book the tank-side row ahead. Cuca and Mama San both take walk-ins but fill in the evening, so reserve for a prime dinner slot. For a solo Monday, the counter at Locavore NXT and the bar at Cuca are the easiest seats and a fine solo-dining move. Entertaining a client? Aperitif is the room to impress a client in Bali; for a group, Mama San seats a crowd for a Bali team dinner.

Frequently asked questions

Are restaurants open on Monday in Bali?

Yes, almost all of them. Bali is a holiday island with no Michelin guide, and its best rooms run seven days for the year-round visitor traffic. The only caveat is the two Ubud tasting counters that lead the island: each keeps one closing day, and it is usually Sunday rather than Monday. So a Monday is one of the easier nights to book a serious table here. See the wider Bali dining guide for the rest of the week.

Is Locavore NXT open on Monday in Bali?

Yes. Locavore NXT opens Monday for dinner, from half past five, north of central Ubud, and rests instead on Sunday. Eelke Plasmeijer and Ray Adriansyah's hyper-local Indonesian tasting menu runs around IDR 2,000,000 a head and changes constantly with what is foraged and grown nearby. Because it closes Sunday rather than Monday, a Monday is one of the easier nights to land the island's most sought-after seat. Book the counter for the kitchen view.

Which is the best fine-dining restaurant open Monday in Bali?

Two rooms in Ubud lead it. Locavore NXT runs a hyper-local Indonesian tasting menu and opens Monday for dinner. Aperitif at the Viceroy Bali cooks a refined modern degustation, around IDR 1,950,000, and opens Monday for both lunch and dinner over the Petanu river valley. Book Locavore NXT for the foraged, Indonesian approach and Aperitif for the polished, European-technique room with the valley view.

Where can I get a Monday dinner with a view in Bali?

For a jungle valley, Aperitif at the Viceroy Bali in Ubud looks over the Petanu river gorge, open Monday for lunch and dinner. For something stranger, KORAL at the Apurva Kempinski in Nusa Dua seats you against a floor-to-ceiling aquarium of reef fish and rays, open Monday from noon. Book a terrace table at Aperitif or a tank-side table at KORAL, and time either for the early-evening light.

What is the best-value upscale restaurant open Monday in Bali?

Cuca in Jimbaran. Kevin Cherkas, who cooked at elBulli and Arzak, runs a garden-to-table tapas room that opens Monday from noon to eleven, with a full graze of inventive small plates landing around IDR 500,000 to 900,000 a head, well under the Ubud tasting menus. Order a spread of tapas and the snow-egg dessert, and it is the most fun upscale Monday on the island for the money.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule in June 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.