Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
International
Raw
Juice bar
Beer/Wine
Fusion
Ayurvedic
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Contemporary, healthy dining venue located at the front entrance of Adiwana Resort Jembawan. The restaurant serves purely raw or ‘living’ food and also has a plant-based all day dining menu as well as non-vegan options. Offers nutritionally balanced, multi-culturally influenced cuisine that uses local, seasonal ingredients where possible. Ayurvedic meal plans are also available as part of the resort’s wellness concept. Vegan high tea is available at 3:00pm on the first Sunday of every month, reservation required. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-11:00pm.


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21 Reviews

First Review by CarlosGP

MarieNguyenBenford

Points +468

Vegan
21 Oct 2024

I should’ve heeded the reviews !

Like many others, I found this place overpriced and underwhelming. My husband ordered the Mana Smoothie Bowl (asking that it be made vegan which just entailed mashed unripe bananas as a base) and I got the Big Brekkie dish. Neither tasted good, and we did not finish our meals. To their credit, they gave us a minor discount on the Big Brekkie since I barely touched it. Unfortunately, they were out of avocado toast and another option we were interested in.

My husband compared this place to a Venus Fly Trap and said, « Don’t let the ambiance fool you into thinking it is better than it is. »

Pros: Ambiance

Cons: Food & coffee not good, Few vegan options, Expensive

vannyy.o

Points +1697

Vegan
28 Sep 2024

Something special! ✨

Amazing dinner spot. They have a nice menu with „fancy“ food options and combinations I’ve never had bevor. We ordered the baked cauliflower head, eggplant „sandwiches“ & garlic potatoes, the food was bomb! Would highly recommend it, cozy atmosphere & very friendly staff as well.

KC39

Points +132

Vegan
21 Sep 2024

Great atmosphere & food

Herb library is tucked a little out of the way off the Main Street. It’s a lovely place to visit, sit, relax and reflect away from the noise of 1000 mopeds 🏍️. With live music.
Amazing fresh food - to suit both vegans and other weirdos who don’t eat a plant based diet! 😉

Pros: Great atmosphere , Peaceful , Great food

Cons: Slow service

Leo27

Points +1138

Vegan
29 Aug 2024

Great location

Went there for dinner and enjoyed the healthy nourish bowl, so good but could have been bigger for the price. Vanilla icecream was also yummi.

samesamebutvegan

Points +1465

Vegan
07 Jul 2024

Egg in vegan dish

Update 2024: I ordered a clearly vegan marked breakfast dish on the menu, after the first bite it turned out that the corn fritter was made out of egg. In a high class restaurant that says they specialize in vegan, vegetarian and omnivore food that is a big no go for me. Staff was very apologetic though. But I usually don’t see the need to specify vegan when something is clearly marked vegan.

First of all, service is high class, best service I had so far in Ubud! But unfortunately the vegan options are limited. They used to have a vegan Caesar salad, which was amazing, but last time I went I couldn’t find it on the menu anymore and the other salad I had wasn’t that great. Prices are pretty high. I would definitely go back if they had more vegan options, so I guess I would recommend it to vegetarian, but not so much for vegans!

Updated from previous review on 2019-04-11

B12mangel

Points +1109

Vegan
08 Jan 2024

Expensive and just a few vegan options

We only had drinks here because the offering of vegan dishes didn't impressed me...
Solid Oat Latte, Strawberry Blondie was good, but the best was the Banana Caramel Peanutbutter Milk! Hihghly recommend! Just order with plantbased milk instead of coconut ice cream (i hope the caramel is also vegan but staff said yes).
Overall its nice for a drink or two, but expensive.

YohanⓋ

Points +6082

Vegan
26 Feb 2023

Average and over priced

We had the chat potatoes, eggplant ‘sandwich’ a soup and beer and the food was not so tasty and the beer was a rip off!

Cons: Expensive for what it was , Not so tasty.

andrejb

Points +477

Vegan
07 Jan 2023

Many vegan options - if you ask for it ;-)

A lovely spot with some nice seating and extremely friendly staff.
The menu looks at first sight pretty low on vegan options due to missing signs for vegan. But after talking to the friendly waitress we found out that almost every dish can be made vegan. e.g. we ordered the Prawn Avocado Salsa with tofu instead of prawns (suggestion of the waitress) and the Ramentic Special (no sign for vegeterian or vegan in the menu) we also got vegan.
Everything was really delicious, nice spices and flavours. Additionally, you get free flavoured water (watermelon?) and some fruits & vegetable.
Price is definetely above average but quality is high and preparation was quite fast.
Really long drinks menu with delicious and healthy drinks.
All in all: Recommendation!

lotustummy

Points +1194

Vegan
02 Dec 2022

Stayed here - got breakfast

So we stayed at this resort and breakfast was included. They had non dairy milks for coffee and a selection of vegan breakfasts - but the vegan ones were all rice/curry. Not everyone wants this for breakfast 🤷🏼‍♀️ the smoothie bowl had yogourt unfortunately. They made a few mistakes in the days we spent there - they put eggs on one of our dishes on day and we had to ask 3 times for a new meal -
Not just removing the egg.

Pros: Vegan options for each meal, Lots for vegetarians and dairy eaters

Cons: Not entirely sure all staff understands vegan

HildeVerhoef

Points +169

Vegetarian
06 Nov 2022

Wow!

Wil je een smaak explosie? Dit is de plek. Lekkere soep en green juice mmmmmm

Pros: Vers, Lekkere smaak

Cons: Kleine porties

ChalkyWhite

Points +172

Vegan
27 Sep 2022

Great cafe

Stayed at the resort on site which was amazing. Had breakfast at the cafe and was not let down, food was good and coffee was great. Would definitely recommend

Pros: Nice vibes , Good coffee , Good location

gypsy_soulⓋ

Points +1665

Vegan
23 Aug 2022

A relaxing calm and attractive spot to pop in for a herbal ice tea

Stumbled upon this restaurant on a hot mornings walk. Lovely ambience, great service and good menu. I opted for a lemongrass, ginger, and orange herbal ice tea and a fresh coconut juice water. Although I didn’t order any food, the food did look good.

Pros: Ambience, Herbal concepts , Good service

krizen

Points +108

Vegetarian
23 May 2022

My 2nd favourite in Ubud

Very nice place for a lunch. Could be more vege options but I imagine options are limited due to pandemic

Updated from previous review on 2022-05-23

PerrineFr

Points +17

Vegetarian
22 Apr 2022

Très beau cadre !

Restaurant avec plusieurs options vegan et végétarienne. Un très beau cadre.
Les plats sont magnifiquement présentés.
Très belle découverte sur Ubud.

AndreasM

Points +1046

Vegan
26 Aug 2019

Incredible herbs

True to its name. Nice relaxing place with loads and loads of drinks. Helpful and friendly staff.

AmalieSofieLuther

Points +170

Vegan
12 Jul 2019

Incredible vegan rice dish!

Had this amazing 25 herb rice dish which was absolutely amazing. Such good flavor and texture!

JodieLouise

Points +302

Vegan
04 Mar 2019

Very friendly staff but not enough options for eating breakfast.

Not many vegan options for breakfast but a beautiful place

Pros: Very friendly staff , Beautiful decor and good wifi , Close to yoga studio

Cons: Expensive , Not many vegan options , They added banana to my order but not on menu

theveganmaggie

Points +135

Vegan
06 Feb 2019

Positive BUT more vegan needed...

As a vegan dining with non-vegans I can say also on behalf of them there is definate quality to the food and service here. There is a good range of styles of foods and drinks including rice based, salads, soups etc. however in most sections only one dish was labelled vegan which was disappointing. Also found it difficult to decipher which options were vegan or just veg as the vegan sticker was not allocated to it but the description of the dish appeared to be vegan. All-round positive experience!!

Pros: Dairy free/vegan drinks, Wide range food styles

Cons: Limited vegan options, Not clear with menu labelling

DotiR

Points +886

Vegan
27 Dec 2018

Vegetarian Balinese

If you like Balinese food you’ll love it. It was bit too much rice based for me and non rice based or accompanied vegetarian/ vegan dishes are very limited . They’re tasty however .
Great juices , great cocktails and very friendly staff.

Pros: Great juices , Great cocktails , Beautiful set up

Cons: Too many rice based dishes , Not many vegan options

FunkeyMonkey

Points +59

Vegetarian
22 Jul 2018

Must eat

After 3 months in Ubud and about 70 restaurants later I still recommend this place to every person I met.
Balinese inspired vegan and vegetarian fusion slow food with omnivore options.
Every dish tastes so balanced by the herbs and the free infused water is comparably strong in taste - really delicious. Mains for 100-140. Definitely worth the money. But 1 main is not enough for the real hunger.

Pros: unique, delicious , slow food

Cons: slightly to small mains - leaves space for deserts

CarlosGP

Points +345

Vegetarian
15 May 2017

Great food, pleasant environment, attentive service

This place is relatively new, having opened earlier in the year, and I was glad I found it. The setting is very pleasant and the service has the distinctive kindness of Balinese people. The menu is creative and delicious.

One of the interesting aspects of their offerings is that they've turned the "veg options" concept on its head: they present themselves as a vegan restaurant with "non-veg options".

Overall, I like this place very much and will be returning next time I'm in Ubud.

Pros: Great setting, Delicious menu, Reasonable prices, for the quality offered

Cons: Location not that central




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