Boliche Bar Ubud at Cantina Rooftop — Restaurant in Pulau Bali

It's taken me some time to think about this writing this review but I think it's important that I share for the safety of women travelers. I visited this bar for the 1st time while visiting Bali on April 11, 2025. I had wanted to go to this bar because they were advertising on Instagram that they had open decks for DJs. I clarified before I left the USA that I was interested and whomever was on their account said yes to bring my things and they would be having open decks. Come to find out tourists aren't even allowed to DJ without a permit and I didn't find that out until I was in Bali after clarifying with several people numerous times and lugging some of my valuable DJ equipment all over the island. Despite that - the vibes of this bar are boring. It was basically empty and that's when I met Dewa. He seemed like a nice local and was telling me he did private tours of Ubud on the side for a low price. He would drive me to numerous places. I had heard that was a thing from other tourists so I decided it was OK and safe. The next day he picked me up and we went to several touristy spots. I caught him taking photos of me with his own phone several times but I never confronted him. After our tour was over he dropped me off at my hostel. Things seemed fine as friends even though I felt like he was attracted to me (he's married with children btw). Later that night a couple of girls wanted to go out and I recommended going back to this bar because they supposedly had house music. We get there and dead again. We were basically the only people there and the music was horrible. One of the girls was upset saying this guy didn't know how to DJ and he should just be playing in his bedroom with his boring music. Dewa was there and staring at me the entire time. Another woman even noticed and said we should leave which we did and it wasn't even midnight yet. What a waste of a Saturday night. The next day on Sunday April 13 Dewa said he'd take me to the airport. I thought he was my friend so I agreed and for a price comparable to a taxi. I WISH I WOULD'VE SAID NO. After him picking me up on the way to the airport he parked on the side of the road and said he wanted me to sit in the front with him. I told him I needed to organize my things because my bag was messy and I had a long flight. That's when he reached back and put his arms around me and then kissed me on my neck. I froze out of fear. I told him please drive I don't want to be late to my plane flight. On the way there I caught him again taking photos of me while he was driving. I am mad at myself because at that point I should've just gotten out of the car but I had suitcases and had trusted this man. LADIES- DO NOT AGREE TO GET IN VEHICLES WITH LOCAL MEN THAT ARE NOT VOUCHED FOR. I cried about this incident and tried to not let it ruin my entire Bali trip, but I'm still trying to process the whole ordeal as I was obviously SA'ed. I would've never met this man Dewa if I never went to Boliche where he is a server and obviously using it as a place to meet tourists. Bar is not worth visiting. Music was bad two nights in a row, drinks over-priced, barely any patrons, and servers being predatory to female tourists. I don't know how this place has decent reviews on Google, but this was my experience. I do not recommend. Pic of Dewa after I confronted him through What's App saying I didn't like how he touched me and kissed me in the car. He said he felt sick and sent me a pic of himself. Glad I could share on the internet so other women know to stay...

If this is the best club in Ubud I’m quite disappointed. Our experience was not so good. The DJ in Boliche opened his set and blasted the volume literally 3 times too loud as what was needed cause the club was still empty. I couldn’t believe nobody of the staff said anything. We were enjoying a cocktail and a conversation but that stopped instantly. I was especially shocked when the owner came in and was just cheering at the DJ instead of telling him to lower the volume a bit. I am myself an ex club owner and organized hundreds of events and can tell you that this was unprofessional. I read about the noise issue in the area and I can see why. And it isn’t actually needed to add much volume cause the place is tiny. I also think the cocktails are a bit pricy for the quality and quantity you get. And I really don't like it when staff puts you in the worst place of the venue (this is about Cantina, which is basically the same venue as Boliche) without asking where you wanna sit, while all tables are reserved but totally empty the whole evening. Overall this is not an underground venue but a commercial venue with not the welcoming vibe I would expect from one of the best clubs (the only club?) in Ubud. Final remark about the bar guy in the club: he was awesome and chill. That’s my only plus so far...

So where would I start?

First of all, I had the misfortune of staying next to this establishment. And if at first I thought, "How cool, there is food next to my guesthouse," then after only 2 nights I realized that I was very much mistaken.

First of all, this place emits constant noise. And this noise increases as the evening approaches. Any comments about this noise, the staff simply ignores. They just tell you that they will solve this problem as soon as possible. But instead of making the noise quieter, they drag out the time until closing.

I don't know what the atmosphere is like inside this establishment. Perhaps there are cool parties or a wedding every night. But with such a level of noise emission, the owners should pay more attention to...