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derloin beef (Rp90,000), Peking duck, bamboo lobster and wonderful chocolate cake.
Daily
8am-11pm.
Pearl Beach Lounge
0370 619 4884,
pearlbeachlounge.com
.
The stunning bamboo bar
on the beach and the dozens of loungers make
Pearl
a popular place to spend the day laz-
ing, drinking and eating. There's Western and Indo food, including great breakfasts, mango
chicken salad (Rp75,000), roast scallops (Rp120,000) and cocktails from Rp85,000. Spend
over Rp100,000 and you can use the pool and wi-fi.
Daily 7am-11pm.
Pesona
0370 612 3521,
pesonaresort.com
.
An excellent Indian menu that includes tan-
doori dishes, kebabs,
rogan josh
,
dopiaza
,
kofta
,
masala
,
biriani
and
dosas
(from Rp55,000),
plus shisha pipes with aromatic tobacco (from Rp80,000). There's seating by the shore plus
low tables and cushions.
Daily noon-1am.
Scallywags
0370 614 5301,
scallywagsresort.com
.
Fantastic seafood barbecues in the
evenings - buy the fish at market price and get potatoes and unlimited salad to go with it
(from Rp85,000) - plus open sandwiches, innovative salads, good tapas platters and brownies
with mint ice cream. Also has free wi-fi, comfy chairs and beachfront tables.
Daily 7am-1am.
Taman Thai
0878 6534 9403.
Authentic Thai food served in a spacious building just in-
land from Freedive Gili. There's red curry for Rp55,000 and chicken cashew stir fry for
Rp34,000, with dishes labelled spicy, “Lombok spicy” or the hotter “Thai spicy”. They'll de-
liver to your hotel for Rp10,000 too.
Daily 7am-11pm.
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Café Wayan
0370 613 0466.
Great for bread, croissants, cinnamon rolls and death-by-
chocolate cake (from Rp25,000). Also serves famously good prawns (prawns à la Ketut,
Rp65,000), plus salads, pizzas and pastas. Eat at tables on the beach in front of
Alam Gili
.
Daily 7am-10pm.
Karma Kayak
0818 0559 3710,
karmakayak.com
.
Right on the beach, under the trees
in front of a good snorkelling area, this is a great place to chill out for a few hours and is
the prime spot for sunset viewing from May to mid-September. There are beanbags, loungers
and tables on the sand, and good tapas on the menu - calamari, vegetable tempura,
patatas
bravas
, tapenade and
baba ghanoush
among them (Rp19,000-35,000).
Daily 7am-11pm.
Wilson's
Wilson's Retreat 0370 612 0060,
wilsons-retreat.com
.
One of the best din-
ing spots on the Gilis,
Wilson's
has a French chef who changes the international menu
served at this open-air restaurant every few days. Besides French, international and tapas
dishes, there's a fantastic breakfast menu (till noon, Rp181,000), baguettes, and lemon cake
(Rp56,000). A candlelit dinner on the beach is possible, too.
Daily 7am-11pm.
