Akar Cafe — Restaurant in Pulau Bali

A restaurant that can give a twist to the local food which we love but it is nice to have the option to eat something different, at least a bit! 😋 The place is really tiny, 2 sitting options at the front and 3 at the back, which is open to a little river. Hopefully it does not smell at all. They have fans to give a breeae and be able to cool down.

We tried the garlic bread with was really nice. The flat bread makes a difference. The curry is a typical "indian" curry, meaning sick sauce not liquid like a soup (balinese curry) and tasteful. The mix tapas is a good option for 2 but not for more... the bites are quite generous and only 2 each. No really to share with 3 or 4 people. It's fried but it does not taste oily 🙏 Then we hi strong the desserts 😋😋 a need to indulge during our vacation 😎. We tried the 5 taster scoops as the ice creams are homemade. They are served in mini aluminium cups... that's odd. We liked the fact we could share and try 5 flavours. Coffee, mango and rich chocolate were our favorite. The brownie was pretty good and not too sweet. The banana split with the local bananas 🍌😍 was an excellent surprise. I just noticed the menu says cream but we did not get any whip cream or so with.

Notr you can take away ice screams... in a cup or cornet, 25 000 per scoop.

Note that like often in Bali, prices are without tax & fees. 15 % will be added to your bill and another 3 % if you want to pay by card! This is not mentioned...

The food was absolutely amazing, the server was sweet and polite, however, I had an overall negative experience due to a easily solvable issue. I was trying to order a bottle of water but the server said that the water did not come in a bottle, as I know I could easily get sick from tap water in Bali, which I told the server, so I spent some time looking over the drinks menu to get something else. I spotted soda water and ordered that instead.

It was brought out in a used Fanta bottle, which surprised me, I immediately said I couldn't have it for the same reason, it wasn't sealed fresh water. I ordered a coke, which obviously isn't a healthy option but I just settled.

After the server went to take it back, another server with glasses came out and smiled and told me I had to have the soda water because that is what I ordered. I explained that I didn't want to pay for something I can't drink, that could make me sick. It went back and forth and I kept to my guns and she took it away.

I really had a terrible time after becoming so uncomfortable about having to argue over such a small issue.

As good as the food was the server who argued with me was arrogant and rude so I really do not recommend this...

10000000% do not miss this place! All I can say is WOW

we ate here twice in one day as it was just so good and would go back again if we had more days. Don’t let the whole veggie/vegan put you off because this food is unreal and possibly the best we have had in Bali (if it does then boooooo to you)

SUPER FRESH and overly tasty. We had dips, salads, quesadillas, toasted sandwiches, waffles and gelato. Let me tell you the chocolate gelato was better then any of the Italian gelato we have had in the past (and trust me that’s allot) the lychee and coconut was a close 2nd from all the flavours we tried. The savoury was unreal and the flavoured BANGED! The hummus was especially good

Staff are lovely and the cafe it’s self is super cute and wholesome, more seating out back if it looks busy at the front. If your in Lovina or near by DO NOT MISS THIS MAGICAL PLACE as we nearly did and BOY are we beyond happy to have been able to eat here.

Thank you to the lovely staff for the wonderful...