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Top Cafes in Canggu – sip lattes with the hipsters

Cafes spring up in the vibrant tropical haven of Canggu faster than mushrooms with man buns. So, what do we mean when we look at what constitutes a top spot?

Canggu is jam-packed with amazing cafes where you can rub shoulders with hipsters from all over the world.

Updated June 2023

First and foremost, consider the environmentThis is Canggu, home of the hipster, church of the surf and hallowed ground of the good vibe, so we are not talking about greasy-spoon.

Secondly, the best cafes in Canggu serve great coffee and support that CrossFit body, as well as giving us something a little naughty but nice. Competition is stiff in this neighbourhood!         Some of the places that made our list are new and just gaining a reputation, and others are Bali institutions.

So if you are staying in one of our Canggu Villas & want to hang out with the groovy hipsters, visit these ultra-cool cafes.

Also read: 12 awesome cafes to check out in Berawa, Canggu

The Common Cafe

Not so common at all but hip and trendy with perfect lattes, The Common Cafe is not only a hot spot for coffee but also for cocktails and delicious food. Great services, cool people and coffee by Milk & Madu. Can’t go wrong here!

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The Common is one of central Canggu’s most established and popular cafes. It’s a great place to people-watch and enjoy the craziness that makes Canggu so popular. Photo Credit: Instagram

 

Visit The Common Cafe | Address: Jalan Batu Bolong No. 65 Canggu, Bali | Contact: +62 812 4654 2013 | Opening hours: daily from 7 am to 10 pm

Mustache Coffee

Mustache opens at 6 am, which is great for the surfers out there who want to grab a coffee on the way to the beach! It’s a charming little open-air cafe with a few tables in front of the coffee bar. With perfect lattes and strong espresso, this cafe is perfectly hip, healthy and reviving. The surfer coffee is only 25K. Your favourite latte can also be crafted with soy, cashew or almond milk. Mustache Coffee is where your day starts!

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Mustache Coffee is a great quick coffee and muffin stop in the insanely popular Linjong area. Photo Credit: Instagram

 

Visit Mustache Coffee | Address: Jalan Canggu Padang Linjong No.29, Canggu, Bali | Contact: +62 818-0532-0299 | Opening hours: daily from 6 am – 6 pm

Hungry Bird Coffee

This place is all about coffee, packed with hipsters, digital nomads and coffee freaks. You can be sure these peeps know everything there is to know about coffee – they have their own roastery, and they work together with local farms. If you’re one of those coffee freak hipsters, you can even do a 1- day crash course about coffee and lattes or a 5-day coffee course to learn all about coffee knowledge, brewing science, espresso fundamentals and latte art. One thing is for sure: Hungry Bird Coffee’s coffee is great!

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Hungry Bird Coffee in Berawa Canggu is a favourite hang with loads of people who come here for the amazing coffee, great vibes, and delish food. Photo Credit: Instagram

 

Visit Hungry Bird Coffee | Address: Jalan Raya Semat (Jl. Perancak) No.86, Canggu, Bali | Contact: +62 361 9075646 | Opening hours: daily from 8 am – 5 pm

Gowes Coffee

Gowes is a local coffee house located in the Berawa area of Canggu. Great Americano coffee if you like it black as well as Vietnamese drip and V60. You’ll find a long list of speciality coffees on their extensive coffee menu with or without caffeine. Think the golden turmeric latte, matcha, chai, hazelnut, vanilla, Nutella, and caramel. We love the cold brew at this coffee cafe in Canggu. To sum it all up, if you like coffee, go to Gowes Coffee in Berawa. They open as really as 7 am 🙂

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Gowes Cafe is a local hang in Berawa and is a perfect place to stop after your morning surf or walk on the beach.

 

Visit Gowes Coffee | Address: Jl. Raya Semat No.1, Canggu, Bali | Contact: + 62 361 907 8601 | Opening hours: 7 am – 4 pm.

Miel Coffee Canggu

Miel Coffee is a cafe and brew bar specialising in coffee, so it should be on your list of places where you can sip lattes with the hipsters in Canggu! Miel Coffee has a hip, light-filled double-storey cafe on the happening Batu Bolong Street in the heart of Canggu. It’s usually packed with digital nomads and ex-pats who know where to get good coffee. V60 drip, great espresso and your favourite lattes – you’ll find it here!

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Miel Coffee is in the heart of Canggu and is the ideal place to enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner. Photo Credit: Instagram

 

Visit Miel Coffee Canggu | Address: Jl. Pantai Batu Bolong No.5, Canggu, Bali | Contact: +62 853-5656-8800 | Opening hours: 7 am to 7 pm.

Ritual Café

Jl Pantai Berawa No 24

This café opened in February and offers a fantastic hideaway for the digital nomad on a deadline. Friendly staff, freshly ground coffee, excellent WIFI, and an upstairs with an air-conditioned room perfect for battering the keys of your laptop in peace. Moreover, there is a selection of board games and children’s toys, so if you are out for a family breakfast, it’s perfect too.

The staff love working here and are very proud of the happy vibes they create. Their best-selling breakfast is the smashed avocado, to which you can add a selection of other sides, and for lunch, customers love their selection of healthy wraps. Open daily from 7 am until 5 pm; Ritual gets stars for the best secret spot in Canggu.

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Sensorium

Visit Sensorium in Canggu – Jalan Batu Bolong No 31A

Elegant, minimal, and cocooned from the busy street, this café opened on Valentine’s Day 2019. As the name suggests, this Canggu establishment aims to celebrate the five human senses. The owner and head chef, William Salim, originally from North Sumatra, is passionate about standing out from the crowd and has just returned from Australia, where he lived and worked for ten years.

There are plenty of power points for digital nomads, great coffee, and a menu crafted to perfection. The atmosphere is reminiscent of cafes in trendy areas of Tokyo, and William prides himself on serving the customers to explain the food’s story.

The textural of mushrooms is exquisite and features three different kinds of mushrooms and a paste from seaweed collected from Nusa Penida. William’s best friend inspired this dish because he loves fungi and could never find something to satisfy this urge in Bali.

Umami, the Japanese concept of five flavours, infuses the menu, including old favourites like smashed avocado and novel additions such as brunch ramen. Always worth a mention is coffee, which comes from Ubud and is a mix of Bali Kintamani and Sumatran blends.

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Revolver

For those who know Revolver Coffee, this cafe needs no introduction. But, for those newbies to the Bali cafe scene, you must visit Revolver at the top of the Canggu to Berawa shortcut on Jalan Nelayan; enjoy the finest coffee,  family-friendly food and cocktails.  The hipsters love it here as they can people-watch while sipping the best latte in the whole of Canggu.

Visit Revolver Cafe

Milk and Madu

Thronging with beautiful people from morning until late into the night, Milk and Madu is one of the original Bali hangouts embodying good food and playful vibes. Brilliant lava stone pizza, sunset sessions, boutique markets, and everything from wedding breakfasts to children’s parties catered for; this place is a Bali institution.

Even when this Canggu café burnt down in February 2018, it didn’t take long for it to bounce back into the heart and minds of the residents here. At Milk and Madu, coffee is an art form. The beans are 100% Arabica containing Ethiopian and Columbian blends; the lattes are even served in glasses hand-carried from Australia. Attention to detail encompasses the whole operation, and the menu changes with the time of day; a meal here with friends is always one of the best choices in Canggu.

Visit Milk and Madu

Address:  Jl. Pantai Berawa No.52, Tibubeneng, Canggu, Bali. Ph: +62 851-0278-1872

Nude

Jalan Pantai Berawa No 33

This cheeky café believes in no-nonsense healthy food with a great sense of balance, meaning something chocolatey or a quick Bintang is nothing to be ashamed of. Great salads and fresh juices pack the menu, with customer favourites including the rosti stack and the chicken and avocado wrap. Open every day from 7 am until 10 pm; you can sit outside or in the air-conditioned bubble preferred by those hammering away on their laptops. This place is fast becoming an old-school Canggu favourite.

Visit Nude Cafe in Berawa – Jl. Pantai Berawa No.33

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Great food & great coffee at Nude – plus it’s only a 5-10 min walk to Berawa Beach!!

Pekaboo

Jalan Batu Bolong 72

Blink, and you could miss it; Pekaboo tucks itself away between the high-end boutiques that pepper Batu Bolong in Canggu. Open to the street front, sit in one of the cozy booths, and drink great coffee in the morning or indulge yourself with happy hour and sounds from international DJs in the evening.

This Bali café opened in December 2017, generating a vibe that has fast become one of the hip staples for ex-pats and tourists alike. The menu includes all the Bali favourites with many fish and Asian fusion dishes and a selection from a wood grill. Watch out for Wednesday, which features their giveaway night, where you can win a surfboard. Once again, plenty of power points and fast Wi-Fi make an excellent spot for a digital nomad requiring a funky soundtrack to finish their latest blog.

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Two Moods

Jalan Tanah Barak, 47

This café is something a little left of centre for Canggu and opened on the 24th of June 2019, enticing customers with its vintage vibes and European ambience. Enthusiastic manager, Alex Ianov, knows his regular customers by name and loves to talk about Two Moods.

A backdrop is suitable for any frame of mind has been created by the chandeliers, camelback sofas, and modern artwork from their collaboration with Nyaman’s gallery in Seminyak. The café’s morning disposition suggests fresh juices and healthy shots, but as night falls, so does the curtain revealing cocktails and fun.

The new menu launched on the 26th of April adds to the eclectic choices with more flavours of poke bowls as well as pasta and soup. One of the most recommended items on the menu is the shakshuka eggs, which are truly a taste sensation. Quirky and fun, there are also many special offers, including Breakfast Goals for 100k and Aperitivo Time, which includes a burger plus a gin and tonic for 99k – which is about $10 Aussie – how good is that!!

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Folie

Folie is a fabulous French cafe and patisserie located in the Berawa area of Canggu, not far from Batu Belig. This Insta-hotspot has really elegant pastel-coloured interiors and a charming little courtyard in the back where you can come down with the girls for a lovely high tea. They have all kinds of tea blends, the best pastries, and excellent wine to enjoy with outstanding quality Asian-fusion/French cuisine. Folie is a great hot spot for foodies, any time of the day!

Visit Folie – Jl. Subak Sari No.30a, Canggu

Dua Tiga

Coffee is pretty great here at Dua Tiga Cafe in Canggu. Home-roasted beans, yummy smoothie bowls and everything else the Canggu crowd loves, Dua Tiga Cafe is a double-storey coffee and brunch hub with an air-conditioned sitting area and a breezy open-air terrace. Come in for dinner if you’re craving Vietnamese and Thai dishes, and don’t forget to get one of those Vietnamese drip coffees, too.

Copenhagen

Danish delights, good coffee and friendly staff, this open-sided cafe sits on a quiet road (the upcoming Jalan Padang Linjong) somewhere in between Batu Bolong and Pererenan, not too far from Echo Beach and the surf scene. Copenhagen is a Nordic-inspired cafe with stylish minimalist interiors and a simple but crafty menu with hearty dishes and sweet treats. A great spot for coffee and a Scandivanian treat on your villa from the beach back to the villa or the other way around. Copenhagen Bali closes at 4 pm.

Visit Copenhagen  – Jl. Canggu Padang Linjong No.71a, Canggu

Penny Lane

Penny Lane is totally hipster and gorgeous, inspired by Meddierrenea living. Some just come in for coffee and a photo shoot to feed their Instagram account (yes, the place is beautiful!), but there is far more to this new hot spot on the buzzing Batu Bolong Strip. You get professional services, delightful juices and delicious food. Come in for tapas or their famous mega burger, and don’t miss out on those cocktails!

Visit Penny Lane CangguJl. Munduk Catu No.9, Canggu

BAKED

Located along Jalan Pantai Berawa, BAKED isn’t exactly the coolest hipster hang, but we thought we would add it here because of the location – super central and very convenient. Enjoy amazing croissants and pastries as you sip your cafe latte while updating your latest Instagram feed.

CRATE

If there’s one cafe you have to visit, then this is it!!! CRATE is the original hipster hang, and the place is super popular for the great food and rice field views ( while they last). Food is mostly vegan salad, smoothies with coffee and pastries for those with a sweet tooth. Located off Jalan Batu Bolong, finding CRATE is well worth the effort. Check the CRATE Video here.

Visit CRATE –   Address:  Address: Jl. Canggu Padang Linjong, Canggu, Kec. Kuta Utara, Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80351

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Steven is a die-hard Bali island addict and committed surfie. When he's not writing or taking videos of the latest restaurants or cool places, he's at Echo Beach surfing or riding his scooter around Seminyak, Berawa or Canggu. Steve is part of the Bali Villa Escapes marketing team and has been living in and out of Bali for the last 15 years.