Ubud

This place is Very opulent from beginning till the end. As you walk through the solid wooden doors your instantly transformed to a luxurious Indonesian style room complete with solid wooden tables and chairs, marble tiles with an amazing granite wall display. Amazingly all these pieces were indeed shipped over from Indonesia.
The menu isn’t as extensive as some Indonesian restaurants you will find in Sydney and is definitely tailored to the fine diner. The menu is rated on levels of spiciness to suit those that aren’t up for something too challenging.
The chicken skewers with peanut sauce were incredible and up there with the best I have tried. We came as a group and ordered a bit of everything. The service was incredibly good and they delivered quick to the table and ensured we were all having a good time. A couple of the dishes were spicy but all the dishes were quality. Not a cheap meal but I felt like it was worth it.
Got to give a shout out to the bathrooms here as well. They were beautiful and tranquil. Complete with meditation music and burning incense. Wouldn’t blame anyone if they wanted hang out in there for a while. I didn’t bring my phone to the bathroom which was a shame but some experiences you gotta explore yourself .
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Really nice place. Not so sure about how ‘suburban-​Indonesian’ it is; but one thing I can tell you is that the food is delicious. And the service is better than the best.
David, whom may be the owner, was talking to us for a good while, a very interesting guy and funny.
He was telling us, the incredible décor was made in his home country, Indonesia, where his wife and children live making a living educating the poor, he flies back there every month — fairly impressive.
I’m giving it a 5 not because the food was the best I’ve tasted, but because the work David does deserves it.
Go and try this place right now. (As long as right now is dinner time, because I don’t think they do lunch)

If you were to walk past Ubud and not realise it was there you would be forgiven for not realising the décor peering through the wide window and the solid wood carved doors.
Ubud is not your average Indonesian restaurant. Or is it.
If you’ve never had Indonesian then its a great place to fall in love with the food due to the great granite surroundings, table placing and even their very fancy restrooms complete with candlelight trail. You’ll discover their menu is quite expensive when you add a few dishes, however if its a taste expedition you’re on then you will enjoy your time. Dishes are chilli coded so you know if it will be too spicy for your needs and include the staples of many an Indonesian restaurant.
However the downside to this restaurant is that if you have had experience with Indonesian food elsewhere you may find it excessive on many frontiers. The food is something that I personally compare to other Indonesian restaurants every time I visit and question if its worth it, however remembering its the Eastern Suburbs I should be so lucky… Neighbouring Indonesian restaurants provide less extravagant menus and food again with a much more fast paced vibe that is subdued at Ubud as it has more romantic feel.
The service and staff are very efficient and always welcoming and take great pride in the restaurant hence it is great for a function or large groups but you do need to book ahead. It also has a subset menu of their items for those that have special dietary requests.
Definitely worth a few visits but only if your in the neighbour for a nice traditional restaurants with a dash of Balinese comfort.

I’ve been on a bit of an Indonesian restaurant hunt lately, so we had to give Ubud a try. The verdict? Well … it’s a bit «Suburban-​Indonesian». And while that may be the snobbiest, most inner-​city thing I’ve ever said on Unilocal,bear with me … I’ll explain.
Ubud is huge, and the décor is kind of over the top. There are heavy, carved wooden doors and heavy wooden tables. It’s an enormous room… and being so big means it can take a while to get your food. The place all seemed very manufactured and inauthentic.* Even though it’s so big, they have positioned the tables quite close together. The floor is tiled, which makes the place really loud, and when you get up from your seat, your heavy wooden chair makes this awful scraping sound on the floors.
The menu is quite limited, and the food surprisingly bland. I was expecting a lot of variety — sambals, lots of chili, etc. Yes, there is a lot of satay sauce going on, but not a lot of spiciness. Are they playing it safe? The other people dining there seemed very happy. And our food was yummy … it was just … boring. I never think of Indonesian food as boring, so that was sad.
*Honestly, I shouldn’t make claims about inauthenticity and authenticity, as I wouldn’t have a clue. But I guess I’m trying to say: the vibe feels fake.