The Best Breakfast in
Pererenan

Crate Café is a Bali institution, and when it moved to Pererenan it brought everything with it: the energy, the portions and the industrial look, with concrete walls, high ceilings and long wooden communal benches.

You order at the counter, take a number and the food comes to you. There is a queue at peak hours, but it moves quickly. The portions are huge, photogenic and very good, so come for a proper start to the day, not a light one. At 450 metres from MAR Bali, it often turns into a daily habit.

The Hula is an open-air restaurant on Pererenan’s main street, with bean bags and sofas that invite you to stay. The tropical, laid-back mood feels like a natural extension of the villa.

They describe themselves as a place “for slow mornings and long lunches”, and that is accurate. The breakfast menu is varied and everything arrives at the pace the place sets. Come when you have no agenda.

Cinta is where we go when we are not sure what we want. The menu is long enough for almost any morning mood, from spectacular sweet dishes to healthy bowls that do not feel like a compromise.

There is indoor and outdoor seating, and the misting fans handle the heat better than most. The staff are friendly and the pace is relaxed without being slow.

Brunch Club is a Pererenan classic: large, open and spacious, which makes it the best option in the area for families and bigger groups who want to sit together. The atmosphere is comfortable and the portions are generous.

The real reason to come is the Porncakes, Japanese-style soufflé pancakes with a near-legendary reputation in Bali: tall, very light and served with toppings that make them almost too photogenic to eat. We tell every guest to try them once.

ST. ALi comes from Melbourne, a city that takes specialty coffee as seriously as anywhere in the world, and the Pererenan café brings the same standard to Bali. It is spacious and professional, with an air-conditioned room inside and a terrace outside.

If your morning starts with coffee and the quality matters to you, this is your place. The food menu is shorter than at the other cafés in this guide, so for a bigger breakfast pair it with Baked, directly across the road.

Baked is a well-known Bali bakery group that has kept its quality across every location. The Pererenan one is simpler and more open than some of the others, cooled by fans and always busy.

The sourdough is excellent, the pastries are consistently good and the scrambled eggs, which many cafés get wrong, are done properly.

7AM Bakers is the furthest café in this guide and worth the extra minutes. It is near Pererenan beach and directly next to Rite Gym, so it is easy to build a morning around it: a Pilates class or a workout, breakfast here, then a walk on the beach.

The space is modern, with an air-conditioned sofa area inside. What sets it apart is the range and quality of what they bake: baguettes, bagels, a huge selection of pastries and cakes, plus proper egg breakfasts. Choosing is the hardest part.