Nightlife in Bali

The island of Bali offers a wide range of nightlife options with dance clubs and gay clubs side by side with sleek restaurants and elegant cocktail bars. You can dress up or have your bare toes in the sand while you drink and mingle – this is part of Bali’s great nightlife variety.

The great weather in Bali right now has brought the tourists and the busiest clubs, naturally, are all located in Kuta. All the dining options and bars are around this area of town. For the biggest crowds, head straight for the Hard Rock Café and its twenty-four-hour pool or check out the popular M-Bar-Go or Sky Garden. Nightlife runs all night here, bubt doesn’t start until late – anything before midnight isn’t worth bothering with. Ku De Ta near the Oberoi Hotel is enduringly popular with locals, expats and tourists alike. Keep your eyes open for notices about full moon parties and other one off events in Bali but beware of the island’s notorious drug laws.

In Seminyak, Syndicate, Bacio and Double Six get going much later at night and are the biggest discos in Bali. You can dance and drink the night away in any of these and nearby gay discos like Q Bar are also part of this strip.

Even sleepy Ubud has something to offer – look for Putra Bar and Magic Bar or the clubs and bars opposite the monkey forest that run all night long.

A very popular option is breezing the night away at a casual beer bar, and you should have no trouble finding plenty of those in Bali.