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Spice By Chris Salans, Ubud

Restaurant โ€ข Bar โ€ข Indonesian restaurant โ€ข Gastropub

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ Straight up just next level! Best culinary experience in Bali for semi-fine dining food. All the food here is great, especially the tuna steaks! The mango sorbet was pretty good too. Overall a MUST try in Ubud! People often mention good, Bali, Ubud, delicious, great, restaurant, service, Great, nice, dishes,


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Jl. Raya Ubud, Ubud, Kecamatan Ubud, Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali 80571, Indonesia

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4.40 (519 reviews)

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  • 5/5 Nachos 6. 4 years ago on Google
    Straight up just next level! Best culinary experience in Bali for semi-fine dining food. All the food here is great, especially the tuna steaks! The mango sorbet was pretty good too. Overall a MUST try in Ubud!
    4 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Emma H. 4 years ago on Google โ€ข 127 reviews
    My husband and I had a very delicious lunch here during our honeymoon in Bali. At the beginning, the menu doesn't attract me much. The dishes look very ordinary. After my first bite, I just wanna have more. The crab cake is delicious, and the salad under it is so tasteful. My fish is tender, and so is the chicken in the curry. My drink is good, and the combination of dried jack fruit and basil leave is just amazing and wonderful. The spices in Bali are excellent. So strong and flavorful. I love the food. And the service is good. They change our utensils after every dish. I feel like having a fine dining. LOVE the place. Thank you.
    3 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Dania D. 4 years ago on Google โ€ข 256 reviews
    Not probably, by far the best food experience we had in Ubud. We stopped here after completing the Campuhan Ridge Walk right on time for lunch. For starter we had the crispy chicken with the Indonesian salad and spicy & sweet sauce, taste to perfection. The flavors came together so nicely, speechless. For main dish I had the fish with nuts and pesto. The dish in the menu sounds pretty simple, like nothing would stand out but honestly I have never tried a better dish than this in my life. To finish off well, I took the one and only, extremely refreshing passion fruit dessert. I highly recommend it, is not too sweet, not too sour, really really really good. If I would live in Ubud I would most probably go there every day. I am not sure how they are managing to combine flavors so well, but way to go guys. The staff is really friendly, always asking if everything is okay with the food and if we are enjoying it, really high class service.
    2 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 YC 5 years ago on Google โ€ข 43 reviews
    My favorite place in Ubud!! Absolutely loved it. Great ambiance, relaxing vibe and extremely friendly and sunny staff members. Every single dish can be part of a fine dining course but with pleasantly modest price. Highly recommended!!
    2 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Matthew D. 5 years ago on Google โ€ข 261 reviews
    While higher priced than many of the warungs that line the streets of Ubud, Spice provides some casual fine dining with well prepared courses and dishes at a good value for what you get. We ordered both the signature and popular set course menus and were very happy with the offerings. The food was a good fusion of local indonesian ingredients and flavors to more international dishes. We also mentioned that we were there for our honeymoon and received a free desert and round og champagne which was very appreciated. Service was top notch and all the servers were very knowledgeable of the restaurant's offerings.

  • 5/5 Jennifer L. 4 years ago on Google โ€ข 166 reviews
    Excellent, excellent food at Spice! Honestly, THE best food Iโ€™ve had in Bali, thus far. By a LONG shot. Prices are on the higher end, but if youโ€™re from the US, prices are pretty reasonable. FYI, a 4-course set menu is ~$15USD. Fish atop the curry was perfectly crispy and moist. The salad had a good kick to it, without being overwhelmingly spicy. The staff was well trained and knowledgeable. Would definitelyyyy return, when in the area again!

  • 5/5 ์˜ฌ๋ผE 3 years ago on Google โ€ข 14 reviews
    Jjingjjyun Kyuryuenyo ๐Ÿ˜€ Ta-eokchittu I took a picture when I wasn't in the middle of the day. Itโ€™s so cute~
    1 person found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Randy G. 4 years ago on Google
    This restaurant is a must go to when you are in Ubud. Firstly the staff are super friendly, very attentive, the place is clean and has a very nice vibe. The prices of the food and drinks are very affordable. What will eventually leave a lasting memory of this place is the food. The food is very delicious. We ordered two different entrees, two different mains and one dessert. Not one piece food or crumb was left on any plate. What I loved most were the spiced fruit with the dishes which I believe included mangoes and guava to complement the flavour of the main dish. I loved it. I would recommend for anyone visiting Ubud to come and eat at this restaurant.
    1 person found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Ina h. 4 years ago on Google
    I lovee the food here @spicebychrissalans! I'm here for the new years eve 2020... and it's just beyond our expectations, the food is so good and unique also the ambiance very nice..friendly staff...we are going to have a good end of the year here...where's good food and good ambiance makes your happy and have a smiling face! ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜Š๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰
    1 person found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Louis 4 years ago on Google
    Beef rendang croquettes were unbelievable.
    1 person found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Elizabeth Q. 4 years ago on Google
    We are here 3 times in 3 days. We had the pork belly, pork ribs, tempura crab laksa, beef sliders, lamb rump, and the beef brisket. All delicious, but our favorites were the pork ribs and lamb rump. Great service but not a lot of seating - go early for dinner or book ahead. We'll be back the next time we are in Ubud! Not sure why other reviews complain about the prices - they are comparable to other casual eateries in the area. Maybe other reviewers are confusing with Mozaic?
    1 person found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Natalia W. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) From the first to Bali, I really wanted to eat here, but I didn't have time. Thankfully there is still a second chance๐Ÿ˜ I took the package from Traveloka, it's far cheaper than direct messages ... But the message is no later than 1 day before arrival. It tastes good, it's unique the fish ... Rasax is a bit sour, but it's fresh. The Crispy Pork is a sister, ๐Ÿคค๐Ÿคค๐Ÿคค Wow, write this review, so I want to come back again (Original) Dari pertama ke Bali, pengen banget makan di sini, tapi g sempat. Syukurlah masih ada kesempatan kedua๐Ÿ˜ Sy ambil paket dr Traveloka, jauh lebih murah sih daripada pesan langsung... Tp pesannya itu paling lambat 1 hari sebelum kedatangan. Rasanya enak, unik sih yg ikan... Rasax agak asam, tapi segar rasanya. Pork Crispy-nya ueenaaak, ๐Ÿคค๐Ÿคค๐Ÿคค Waduh, tulis review ini, jd pengen balik lagi deh๐Ÿ˜…
    1 person found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Sebastiaan 2 years ago on Google โ€ข 81 reviews
    When arriving at the location I didnโ€™t expect the food to be this good. Service was great, people are very friendly and the food was excellent. The combinations are great and everything is well balanced. If your in Ubud I can highly recommend going here!

  • 5/5 Jeremie O. 4 years ago on Google โ€ข 68 reviews
    We ordered the, tempura crab, the chicken curry, the beef rendang and the apple pie. Everything was amazing. The chicken was maybe the best chicken I've ever had and the beef rendeng melts in your mouth! Its a tad more expensive compared to other restaurants in Bali (โ‚ฌ40 for what we ordered + drinks) but the quality makes it more undoubtedly worth it!

  • 4/5 Andre B. 4 years ago on Google โ€ข 47 reviews
    I had the lobster with the tempe topping which was quite disappointing, very little lobster, lots of frisee and the tempe had also not much flavour. We had the crab cake, barramundi and the noodles with the roasted pork ribs which where delicious. Mocktails are nice but way too small of a portion. Staff is friendly and knowledgeable, atmosphere is casual. Value for money; perhaps more in the pricier side but quality doesnโ€™t come cheap in the restaurant business

  • 5/5 Stefanie S. 4 years ago on Google โ€ข 41 reviews
    Amazing restraunt! Delicious food, wonderful service, and drinks unlike anywhere else! Their mojito is possibly my new favorite cocktail ever, I ordered way too many for sure. If you are in Ubud I cannot recommend Spice highly enough!

  • 4/5 Jackson B. 3 years ago on Google โ€ข 34 reviews
    Overhyped, food wasn't thaaat good.

  • 5/5 Lucas P. 5 years ago on Google โ€ข 24 reviews
    One of my favorite meals I've had in 2+ months of traveling. Not only was the entire wait staff incredible nice going over every single detail of each of the four courses, but the food looked incredible and tasted even better. I would have expected to pay 5x the cost back home in San Francisco, but instead it was a bargain. I cannot recommend this place enough! Be sure to get the coconut pudding + cookie fingers dessert. I didn't think I would have room for it, but I almost ordered an extra when I finished... So tasty.

  • 4/5 LETTO & P. 2 years ago on Google โ€ข 9 reviews
    could be a preference when visiting Bali

  • 5/5 Mark de B. 4 years ago on Google
    Just great!

  • 1/5 Anastassiya L. 4 years ago on Google
    What a terrible food. I ordered 3 dishes and they were absolutely awful. I was so hungry after, had to go to another restaurant.

  • 5/5 Nora Z. 4 years ago on Google
    Truly local flavor,great taste come in different way...must try

  • 5/5 Kristina 4 years ago on Google
    Amazing food!!! Definitely go here. Pork belly was amazing. Really interesting flavors and beautiful presentation.

  • 5/5 Shaun W. 4 years ago on Google
    Great food and service. Definitely try the duck and mushrooms! Our favorite restaurant in Bali.

  • 5/5 Daniel C. 4 years ago on Google
    Food is amazing, service very friendly and the cocktails are divine. I suggest the Islands of the gods!!

  • 5/5 B T. 4 years ago on Google
    The spice salad was really yummy! I'm impressed! Amazing helpful staffs.

  • 4/5 Anindita N. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice food

  • 5/5 ward w. 4 years ago on Google
    Great food, delicious! Recommend to make reservation if prefer a table seat. We arrived at 6:30pm without booking, and all tables are reaerved already. But sitting at bar area gets to see how chef created all dishes. Great service from thr staff. I had a very enjoyablle dinning experience here!

  • 5/5 Jackie J. 4 years ago on Google
    Excellent meal & fabulous service. The dumplings and the rendang croquettes were to die for.

  • 4/5 Pola Z. 4 years ago on Google
    Love the drinks but they could be just a little bit stronger ;). Western prices.

  • 4/5 Albert Pere J. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) tourist (Original) turistico

  • 5/5 Yuval B. 4 years ago on Google
    Perfect curry, tender chicken, amazing dessert (for coconut lovers). Friendly service like anywhere in Ubud

  • 4/5 TrICKy tRIcKstER Kids O. 6 years ago on Google
    Interesting and tasteful ambience with spices as the main theme. Great Indonesian dishes with a twist. Beautifully arranged dishes and yummy juices. Beef noodles and fried tapioca root are must tries. Service is slow though and they ran out of rice!

  • 5/5 Olli A. 5 years ago on Google
    Great menus with reasonably pricing. Open kitchen where you can see the chefs prepare your meal. Offers some got red wines with menus.

  • 4/5 windi melta T. 4 years ago on Google
    Located in strategic area

  • 5/5 Seb M. 4 years ago on Google
    Can't believe the value for money here. 4 courses with drink pairing was only about $50 per person!

  • 5/5 Colin 4 years ago on Google
    5star. Very nice

  • 5/5 Chris B. 4 years ago on Google
    Great restaurant with a really nice staff. Loved the Arak cocktails and some of the best ribs weโ€™ve had.

  • 5/5 Prod. s. 4 years ago on Google
    Good Food & Drinks. What else you need?

  • 4/5 Michael K. 4 years ago on Google
    Ok

  • 5/5 Tan E. 4 years ago on Google
    The food was delicious and the waiter was very kind.

  • 1/5 ํ”„๋ ˆ๋ฅด๋งˆ๋ฆฌ์•„์ฅฌ 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) To be honest, it's tasteless and expensive. It's my fifth visit to Bali, so I've eaten a lot of food. Each other's steak was like a thin grilled beef (a very small amount), and the Balinese burgers are cold and chewy (Lotteria Burn). I drank 1 bottle of carbonated water and 2 pieces of empty water for 2 menus, and it costs over 40,000 won with Korean money (Tex 21% sticks). Recommended for onion burgers. Much delicious and cheap (Original) ์†”์งํžˆ ๋ง›์—†๊ณ  ๋น„์‹ธ์š”. ๋ฐœ๋ฆฌ์— ๋‹ค์„ฏ๋ฒˆ์งธ ๋ฐฉ๋ฌธ์ด๋ผ๊ทธ๋™์•ˆ ๋งŽ์€ ์Œ์‹ ๋จน์–ด๋ดค๋Š”๋ฐ ์—ฌ๊ธฐ๋งŒํผ ๋ˆ ์•„๊นŒ์šด ๊ณณ๋„ ์—†์—ˆ๋˜ ๋“ฏ. ์„œ๋กœ์ธ ์Šคํ…Œ์ดํฌ๋Š” ์–‡์€ ์†Œ๊ณ ๊ธฐ ๊ตฌ์ด ๊ฐ™์•˜๊ณ (์–‘๋„ ์—„์ฒญ ์ž‘์•„์š”), ๋ฐœ๋ฆฌ๋‹ˆ์ฆˆ ๋ฒ„๊ฑฐ๋Š” ๋นต์ด ์ฐจ๊ฐ‘๊ณ  ์งˆ๊ฒจ์š”(๋กฏ๋ฐ๋ฆฌ์•„ ๋ฒˆ ๋ง›). ์ €๋ ‡๊ฒŒ ๋ฉ”๋‰ด ๋‘๊ฐœ์— ํƒ„์‚ฐ์ˆ˜, ๋นˆ๋•… 1๊ฐœ ๋งˆ์…จ๋”๋‹ˆ ํ•œ๊ตญ ๋ˆ์œผ๋กœ 4๋งŒ์› ๋„˜๊ฒŒ ๋‚˜์˜ด(ํ…์Šค21%๋ถ™์–ด์š”) ์กฐ๊ธˆ๋งŒ ๋” ๊ฑธ์–ด๊ฐ€์‹œ๋ฉด ํ• ๋ž„ ์šฐ๋ถ“ ๋ฒ„๊ฑฐ ์žˆ์–ด์š”. ์–ด๋‹ˆ์–ธ ๋ฒ„๊ฑฐ ์ถ”์ฒœ. ํ›จ์”ฌ ๋ง›์žˆ๊ณ  ์ €๋ ดํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค

  • 1/5 H K. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It's tasteless and expensive. Bali has a lot of cheap and delicious food. Make no mistake like me. (Original) ๋ง›์—†๊ณ  ๋น„์‹ธ์š”. ๋ฐœ๋ฆฌ์—๋Š” ์‹ธ๊ณ  ๋ง›์žˆ๋Š” ์Œ์‹์ด ๋งŽ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ์ €์ฒ˜๋Ÿผ ์‹ค์ˆ˜ํ•˜์ง€ ๋งˆ์„ธ์š”.

  • 4/5 Kevin P. 4 years ago on Google
    The warm cookie dessert & pork ribs are delicious. Some delay and confusion in placing orders, but the food is great.

  • 4/5 Jesslyn K. 4 years ago on Google
    Iโ€™ve grateful that this restaurant has ac which enhanced our dining experience. Must try the beef rendang .. tender and flavorful ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

  • 2/5 K V. 4 years ago on Google
    Was very excited to try this considering all the great reviews and hype. Food was so disappointing and one of the worst (yet one of the more expensive) we've gone to in Bali. The root fries were really hard and curry very bland. Also, the waiter was trying to clear our friend's plate from under her, while she was still clearly eating!

  • 4/5 ORANGE M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Friendly server. There are many drinks and the atmosphere is good. The first shop without bugs. It's okay to simply eat. it's delicious. (Original) ํ”„๋ Œ๋“ค๋ฆฌํ•œ ์„œ๋ฒ„. ๋งˆ์‹ค๊ฑฐ๋ฆฌ๊ฐ€ ๋‹ค์–‘ํ•˜๊ณ  ๋ถ„์œ„๊ธฐ๊ฐ€ ์ข‹์Œ. ๋ฒŒ๋ ˆ ์—†๋Š” ์ฒซ ๊ฐ€๊ฒŒ. ๊ฐ„๋‹จํžˆ ๋จน๊ธฐ์—๋„ ๊ดœ์ฐฎ์Œ. ๋ง›์žˆ์–ด์š”.

  • 3/5 Victoria R. 4 years ago on Google
    Staff were lovely however found the food a bit lacklustre for the price, one of more expensive meals while here in Bali. If I got the chance would like to go again and order one of the set menus but were a little strapped for time.

  • 4/5 Lauren 4 years ago on Google
    service was very friendly and there is free wifi just ask a waiter. food was great start to our bali trip however portion size is quite small so ordering an extra bowl of rice is good idea. recommend the pandan custard passionfruit with sorbet dessert very nice and even on first day did not have any reaction to the milk. highly recommend and there is a supermarket right next door

  • 5/5 Nicholas Matthew W. 4 years ago on Google
    A true gem just a short walk from Ubud palace. I tried the Ubud jungle cocktail paired with the Bangkuang dumplings and Pork belly turmeric. My wife had the fish curry (barramundi). While our entrees were delicious, I was left speechless by the spiced pineapple cake. Our server, Kadek Indah, was also lovely. She powered through a short power outage and issues with the POS system with a great sense of calm and hospitality.

  • 4/5 Nickol T. 4 years ago on Google
    Excellent food (but in small quantity) the environment is nice and the stuff very kind. Don't forget to eat the apple dessert ๐Ÿฐ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ˜œ

  • 5/5 rahul s. 4 years ago on Google
    Crazy dessert

  • 5/5 Virginia T. 4 years ago on Google
    We ordered one of the popular menus that they suggest. The experience was awesome. Delicious.

  • 5/5 Kenneth C. 4 years ago on Google
    The tastes are superb. More over it has decent prices.

  • 5/5 Manasa S. 4 years ago on Google
    Great flavor and decor.

  • 1/5 Ngแปc N. 2 years ago on Google โ€ข 1 review
    I wanted to vote this restaurant 1 star long time ago for our worst experience in Bali. Me and my mom went in, right after a white westerner couple. Guess what? The waiter only held the door for the white people. He greeted them and introduced them to their table. We were left standing at the door with no one. Eventually we found a table by ourselves and sat down ready to order. Many waiters was standing there glanced at us quickly and pretended we didnโ€™t exist, while 2 waiters were โ€œtaking care ofโ€ the white couple. Iโ€™d like mention that we dressed nicely as we know this is a nice restaurant, we didnโ€™t do anything inappropriately or being annoying. We are simply just Asian. Being racist in a land of another asian country. What an irony. My mom eventually was mad because no one came around, we left and found another great restaurant nearby. If you see this review. There are many other great and not overpriced restaurants around the street. You donโ€™t have to stop at this one and being discriminated by having something they donโ€™t like.
    2 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Wesh B. 1 year ago on Google โ€ข 2 reviews
    I wish one day Chef Salans will establish a fine dining restaurant in Perth Western Australia. We are craving for excellent fine dining experience. Please come to Perth ๐Ÿ™


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