When you visit Indonesia you might be busy planning all your holiday activities. But don’t forget to think about the food, because where to eat in Lombok is equally as important. Luckily, there are plenty of options when it comes to Lombok restaurants.

Find the best Lombok restaurant

No matter if you are looking for the best restaurants in Kuta Lombok or elsewhere, the choices are limitless. The island is a culinary delight with food for everyone. Check out our recommendations when it comes to eat in Lombok.

Local Lombok food

Asian food, especially Indonesian, is known for its high level of spices and strong taste. But in fact, Lombok food has a variety of simple food choices. While you are staying in Lombok, visiting an authentic Lombok restaurant or warung is a must.

Locals eat rice with almost every meal. But if you are bored with the texture of rice, you can try carbohydrates like lontong, which is a rice-based cake. Even though this is made of rice, the texture of the rice cakes is denser and sometimes has a bit of flavour from the banana leaf, so it's not bland. Or you can opt for a noodle dish.

There are many local foods with meat as its main ingredients, such as: rembiga sate, pusut sate, bulayak sate, and bebalung. However, if you are a vegetarian, you can try plecing kale or eggplant slices. It’s also possible to order vegetarian food typical of other regions, such as tipat cantok, gado-gado, and lontong sayur.

Western comfort food

No need to be afraid of missing the food of your country, wherever you are from. Because you can find almost any kind of cuisine to eat in Lombok. The best Lombok restaurants are scattered all over the island, including on the Gili’s.

In the well-known tourist areas, you have the most choices of restaurants in Lombok. Areas like Kuta or the Gili Islands have more options. But in general, Western, American, Asian, fusion, Eastern, and other cuisines are easy to find.

You can even find Lombok vegan restaurants in different sizes. And if you stay at the Amazing Lombok Resort, you can find food from various parts of the world, including local, Asian, European and universal food itself.

Where to eat in Lombok

Wherever you are, you will find great places to eat in Lombok. To make it easier, this is a quick overview of the best restaurants for several famous areas.

Kuta Area

Along the streets of Kuta beach, you can find various choices of Lombok restaurants. However, we recommend The Hut which serves international dishes using their homemade ingredients. It’s even a great option to eat gluten-free in Lombok.

Kuta also has El Bazar which is a Moroccan restaurant, Mama Pizza with its various pizzas, and Jiang Nan, a Chinese restaurant.

Selong Belanak Area

A great recommendation is the street style dumpling bar and Chinese street food at Three Sisters Lombok. Then there is also Tropik offering both international and local dishes featuring Mediterranean cuisine and tapas.

Of course you can just stay in and eat at the Amazing Lombok Restaurant. We serve food from various parts of the world, including alcoholic drinks and desserts.

Heart of Mataram

Mataram is a great area to explore proper local food. Roemah Langko is our preferred restaurant in Mataram that serves Indonesian dishes. The added advantage is the completely restored ancient building. Still on the same topic of local delights, don't forget Dapoer Sasak Restaurant.

And if you are confused about where else to eat in the Lombok Mataram area, you can simply visit the various malls there. There's Lombok Epicentrum Mall, Mataram Mall, and also Transmart Mataram.

Eat on the Gili's

Considering their small size, there are a lot of great restaurants on the trio of Gili Islands. If you are on Gili Trawangan, for instance, the eastern part near the port has lots of restaurant options. Especially at the Lombok beach bars they serve beer, cocktails and others.

If you are on Gili Meno, the choices are more limited, yet still various. When visiting Gili Air, the collection of restaurants is not concentrated at one point, but extends all over the island.

On all three islands you will also find choices of international, European, Middle Eastern, or Asian food. In short, whatever you crave. Surely you will find unique or specific food, like fresh seafood when exploring these small islands. For those of you who like exploring local food, try the Gili Trawangan Night Market.

North Lombok

Then don't forget North Lombok restaurants, on the main island. The hotspots are near the harbour as well as in Senaru where Mount Rinjani trekking starts. Plus you can explore the Senggigi restaurants.

Tips for food

One thing to remember is that Lombok is a predominantly muslim island. Therefore during Ramadan, it will be more difficult to find food throughout the day. And in the evening when the fasting ends, most Lombok restaurants will be packed.

Don't just pay attention to what food you should try or the Lombok restaurant. Also try the local drinks. If you go to a local coffee shop, try Lombok coffee. Gangga coffee with the Robusta type or Arabica type Sembalun coffee are two examples.

If you like to drink alcohol, try Brem which comes from fermented glutinous rice and tuak manis which comes from fermented palm springs. Usually they are sold on the side of the road or souvenir shops.

Last updated on: 14 July 2026