CAFE BATU JIMBAR, Jalan Danau Tamblingan No. 152, is a casual sidewalk cafe and popular with regular visitors to Sanur and expatriates who meet here for breakfast, lunch or dinner under large trees. You can choose from a number of fresh fruit juices, healthy salads and light dishes; the vegetables and herbs are grown at the owner's farm near Bedugul. In the back of the outdoor restaurant is a good book shop which carries also international newspapers.

The air-conditioned KAFE WAYANG, Komplek Sanur Raya No. 12 - 14 at the By-Pass opposite the Radisson Hotel, has become quite popular during lunch time. Local business people enjoy the relaxing (indoor) tropical garden setting, the creative Asian and Mediterranean cuisine, and the excellent desserts. From 4 p.m. until late you can also choose from a variety of tasty "Tapas". Friday night is Jam Session from 9:00 p.m. - see Bali after Dark.

TELAGA NAGA (operated by the Bali Hyatt hotel in Sanur and located right opposite the hotel on the main road) has a beautiful garden setting with ponds and ducks, bridges, pavilions, and usually well prepared Chinese food. Try the "Smoked Duck". The birds served here are imported from the United States and have - unlike their Asian relatives - a lot of tender meat. I can also recommend the Chicken in Sesame Sauce (in many places known as 'Bon Bon Chicken'), the Hot & Sour Soup, and their Scallops in Black Bean Sauce. Expect to pay hotel prices, i.e. dinner for two around US$50 to US$60 with some beer but without wine.

Also relatively new for Sanur (although established in Seminyak and Kuta for some time already, see reviews below) is the open-air GATEWAY OF INDIA, Jalan Danau Tamblingan a bit South of the Bali Hyatt hotel and on the same side of the road. The Indian food here is delicious and irresistable, and it cannot be compared with any other restaurant in Bali claiming to serve food from the sub-continent. The setting here is more pleasant than their other two branches, and prices are reasonable. For details please turn to the review of the Seminyak branch further down.

A great place for reasonably priced Thai Food is the MEZZANINE at Puri Santrian in Sanur. The Thai Chef Supachai definitely knows what he is doing, and we really enjoy his Beef Salad, Thom Yam Goong and other dishes. But talk to him personally to place your order and specify how spicy you like it. Expect to pay around 150,000 Rupiah per person without drinks.

The SANUR BEACH MARKET restaurant at the end of Jalan Segara serves from noon to 9:00 or 10.00 p.m. a choice of Indonesian, Chinese and Balinese dishes with an emphasis on seafood. Great location, good food in an unpretentious setting, and reasonable prices. For real local flavor, visit BABI GULING GIANYAR on the By-Pass near the SPLASH BAKERY between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. This very simple restaurant serves the most delicious "Babi Guling" (roasted suckling pig, a famous specialty of the town of Gianyar) for 4,500 Rupiah per portion. Around 7:00 p.m. they are usually sold out!

Bali's most popular host is back! After having to leave KOKI because of a dispute with the local owner, personable Austrian Olaf Aistleitner and some of his excellent staff can now be found at the air-conditioned ARENA Sports Cafe at Jalan By-Pass No. 115 in Sanur, close to and on the same side as McDonalds. Many expats come here for a game of billiards, to watch some sports events on the huge TV screen, or a chat with Olaf. The original place has been redecorated adding a separate, more quiet restaurant section, and Olaf serves again large portions of his excellent Austrian-German home-cooking like "mother used to make it" (wish I had a mother cooking like this). Choose fried snapper with parsley potatoes or the fried butterfish fillet, Wiener schnitzel or beef goulash, boneless ribs, Curry chicken, pork chops, liver "Berlin Style", great steaks and various sausages etc, all served with vegetables or salad and potatoes, noodles or rice for about 25,000 to 60,000 Rupiah. Talk to Olaf, he welcomes all special requests. Beer (Bintang, Foster, Corona and a number of German and Belgian beers), all kinds of spirits, cocktails and a growing choice of wines from Australia, Europe and Chile are also very reasonably priced. See you there!

For some budget repast, try Ketut's Warung on Jalan Danau Poso and neighboring Warung Blanjong, which dole out predominantly Indonesian dishes, with a smattering of international flavors.