[Ubud, Bali] - Advice needed.

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I’ve been in Ubud for a couple of days now and have been somewhat underwhelmed. So far I have tried:

Ibu Oka Warung ( meat a bit dry and lacking flavour, floppy pig skin, blood sausage was good though)

Waroeng Bernadette ( the meat was tender but lacked the lovely fragrance associated with rendang)

Arung Sate Bar ( it was ok but style over substance. Not worth the money, even allowing for the inflated prices in Ubud).

On my list to try are:

Bebek Bengil

Naughty Nuris Warung and Grill

Lamak

Any opinions on these appreciated.

Also any recs for a decent warung with dishes around the 30k Rp mark and a good satay place that keeps it simple.

TIA

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Sorry to hear that Ibu Oka didn’t live up to your expectations. Its standards are not very consistent.

I usually trawl Indonesian language food sites as I’m hoping that local food-bloggers might give some good tips targetted at Indonesian domestic tourists rather than us foreigners.

Two oft-mentioned babi guling spots are Pak Malen (in Seminyak) and Men Agus (Mengwi). I’d not been to either so cannot personally vouch for them:

Good luck with your food exploration!

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Three years later and I’m also in Ubud finding it rather hard to find anything other than mediocre food at least in the cheap eats category. We had a good meal at Hujan Locale, but our budget for this trip means we’re trying to stick to warungs.

Tried going to Ibu Oka today as I felt it was obligatory but I dithered a day too long and it’s closed for Galungan tomorrow, along with another babi guling spot I tried to visit. Oh well, reviews seem extremely mixed these days!

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