Top 10 Nightlife Venues in Bali

Without a doubt Ku De Ta is the most famous ocean-front hangout in Bali. The top line champagnes, wines and cocktails, along with great high season parties every year, ensure that the restaurant is frequented by VIP customers. For a dining selection the restaurant offers modern Australian and Asian cuisine. After dinner, swoop into their new upstairs VIP Lounge—definitely worth investigating. Open: Daily from 8:00 to midnight Read More...

Hu’u, named after a magical atoll just off Sumbawa, is a gorgeous cosmopolitan bar set on a 20,000 square foot area, and includes a 14-metre pool and an expensive wooden lounge deck to pamper the international clientele. Hu’u Bar offers more than 70 choices of cocktail (including non-alcoholic), starting with their legendary lychee martini. The resident DJs will bring up rare grooves and jazz breaks from pre-dinner cocktails through to late night clubbing. Open: 11:00 until late

Musro Bali is the only live cabaret show venue in the area where all the dancers are professionally trained. Spanish choreographer Raphael Gomez provides the expert knowledge needed to produce such a high quality show. Before the show begins, a live band plays on stage and DJs will perform to fill the air with their selection of R&B, rock and club hits before the real show starts. Open: Daily from 8:00am until late

Facing the famous Kuta Beach is the time-honoured catalyst of the resort, the Hard Rock Café. Set on two floors, with nightly live bands that regularly change every three months, this is the place for the young crowds, especially during the weekend. Every two months, Hard Rock invites a well-known Indonesian singer or band to play live. Hard Rock Café serves up burgers, fries and colas in large portions. Open: Sun-Thu from 10:30-1:00, Fri-Sat from 10:30-2:00.

Ubud’s nightlife scene is much more relaxed compared to the island’s south. It is the first live Jazz venue on the island, and is one of Bali's premier live music destinations. A lively and popular club, restaurant and bar frequented by locals, expatriates and international travellers alike. Great bands play jazz, blues, Latin, funk, soul and world music something for everyone. Open: Tuesday through Sunday from 5pm to midnight, with live performances 19:30-22.30

Blue Eyes in Sanur consists of a café and a karaoke centre, equipped with a Martin Audio Sound System with a capacity of 50,000 watts, massive lighting effects and a high technology Pro7 Lazer Magnum System, all to create an atmosphere not found elsewhere. With a single giant bar counter on the right side of the stage, it maximises its services with various bar creations and menus for clubbers and party-goers. Open: Midday to 3:00am (karaoke), 22:00-4:00 (club)

The new hangout in Kuta is equipped with a 50,000-watt Martin Audio sound system, as well as high tech strobe lighting, moving lighting and laser systems. Karaoke Boshe consists of seven small rooms, six medium rooms, two large rooms, four V VIP rooms with balconies connecting to a club area, and a hall with excellent crowd facilities that provide comfort and service for party-goers. Open: Karaoke from 13:00-2:00, and Club away from 22:00-3:00.

Located on the beachfront of Legian’s famous Blue Ocean Boulevard is this fine music, cocktail, wine and fine gourmet tapas venue. Bacio is a luxury nightlife destination for clubbers augmented by DJ booths, an upstairs VIP member's only lounge, and a catwalk where fashion shows, private celebrations and product launches frequently take place. A retractable skylight adds to the glamour for women sporting their designer bags and men wearing their slickest suits; affluent tourists and expatriates alike. Open: Mon – Sat 19.00 - 03.00

Karma Kandara Resort boasts an inclinator on its cliff-walled edge that leads clubbers down to an enclosed beach where this exotic beach club awaits. Nammos is a Greek-style beach club constructed in Aegean style with a bamboo-decked kitchen and grass roof pavilions. With five-star services and Mediterranean cuisine and a wide selection of signature cocktails, Nammos Beach Club provides an idyllic retreat on the southern rim of the island’s Bukit peninsula. Open: 19:00 until late

Located within the Pecatu Indah Resort, this two-level lounge boasts eight entertainment outlets; including restaurants, a karaoke room, a lounge, club, spa, and pool. Fusion cuisine and a wide selection of cocktails to chill out complement the seating capacity of 75 indoors and 250 more outdoors. Various dance performances and live bands are scheduled each day, an appeal combined with the picturesque Indian Ocean horizon at a natural carved cliff. Open: 17:00 - 03:00