Kuta's nightlife scene comes alive once the sun sets over the Indian Ocean, with its wealth of bars, clubs, and sunset chill-out spots not far from the popular coast. Some of the most popular Kuta nightspots are modern clubbing venues that stay open until dawn. Others include bars that transform into party hubs with dance floors and resident DJs spinning their beats to a play of colourful lasers.

You’ll find great spots along Jalan Kartika Plaza and on the main beach street of Jalan Pantai Kuta. Here, we’ve picked out the top spots in Kuta for those looking for a great time to drink, dance and party the night away.

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    Bounty is one of the legendary nightspots in along the Kuta-Legian strip, famous for holding ‘wet n’ wild’ parties and attracting young Aussie partygoers who are holidaying in Bali. Also fondly called the ‘Bounty Ship’, this one-stop entertainment complex comprises its expansive main discotheque venue, a restaurant and a bar.

    Past midnight, the real action starts with overflowing decks, and crazy couples go ahead and replace the sexy dancers doing their thing inside human-size ‘bird cages’. The live entertainment varies nightly, ranging from live percussions, foam parties, free drinking and pool competitions, fashion shows, go-go dancers and drag queens lip-synching to Whitney Houston and Dolly Parton.

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    Location: Jalan Legian, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 9pm to 3am

    Phone: +62 (0)361 752 529

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    Paddy’s Pub is one of the legendary nightspots on Jalan Legian that attracts the partying crowd with its fun themed parties and reasonably priced drinks. The pub flanks its sister site, Bounty Discotheque, and forms a small yet popular group of spots in Legian for pub crawls.

    Paddy’s Pub opens in the late afternoons, but usually gets lively when it's almost midnight. It often keeps partying on well into the wee hours. You can step right in from the sidewalk and choose any spot on its open-air terrace to enjoy street views and people-watching with your cold beer. Go further inside the bar, lounge, and dance floor and join the mostly young crowd.

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    Location: Jalan Legian No. 166, Legian, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 5pm to 4am

    Phone: +62 (0)361 758 555

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    Hard Rock Café Bali is Bali’s branch of the world-famous rock n’ roll restaurant franchise, located right at the front of the Hard Rock Hotel Bali in Kuta. The 2-level café serves American dishes off its rock music-inspired all-day dining menu. The lower stage area and bar is where live music happens on most evenings. 

    Like any Hard Rock Café worldwide, you can find a Rock Shop that sells official merchandise like logo T-shirts and collectable pins. One-of-a-kind shirts endorsed by artists like Bon Jovi, Green Day and Shakira make the top shelf items.

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    Location: Jalan Pantai Kuta, Banjar Pande Mas No.1, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Monday–Thursday and Sunday from 11.30am to 1am, Friday–Saturday from 11.30am to 2am

    Phone: +62 (0)361 755 661

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    Engine Room

    Engine Room
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    Engine Room is a hip 3-storey nightclub on the main street of downtown Legian, where a mostly young crowd parties away every night. The club’s doors open in the afternoon, earlier than most of the late-night hot spots along the same strip. Partygoers can head straight for the main dance floor from the Legian sidewalk.

    The place often gathers up steam around midnight, when its team of resident DJs crank up the beats with a good mix of hip hop, dub and trap. Ice shots and martinis are among the bestselling drinks here, and you can go big with plastic tumblers of ‘blaster’ and ‘illusion’ cocktails, with lid and straw to keep you fuelled while getting down, spill-free.

    Location: Jalan Legian No.66, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 6pm to 4am

    Phone: +62 (0)361 755 188

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    Stark Craft Beer Garden

    Stark Craft Beer Garden
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    Stark Craft Beer Garden is a streetside bar that specialises in the namesake Bali-brewed Stark Beer. The bar is located at the front of the J Boutique Hotel in Kuta, with an open-plan design overlooking the busy Jalan Kartika.

    Besides the wheat and dark wheat beers, Stark Craft's drinks list includes exotic mango and lychee ales, as well as the popular Bintang pilsner. The bar has an all-timber interior, with long tables across an artificial lawn. This invites relaxed mingling, with a laidback setting where you can drop in from your walks on Jalan Kartika to enjoy people-watching over a cold beer.

    Location: Jalan Kartika Plaza No.20, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 10am to 1am

    Phone: +62 (0)361 761 888

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    Gracie Kelly's Irish Pub

    Gracie Kelly's Irish Pub
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    Gracie Kelly's at Bali Dynasty Resort is Bali’s first original Irish pub. This fun place is just below the hotel’s lobby and stepping inside is like entering a century-old rural Irish pub. The food menu has wholesome Irish classics, while drinks are normally ordered by pints. 

    It is one of the best spots to celebrate St. Patrick's Day during your holiday in Kuta. Excellent Irish music fills the air during the day and you can enjoy a host of events held such as Irish dances, drinking competitions and service from Gracie Kelly's ‘green leprechauns’. On any other evening, you can expect live entertainment and plenty of Kilkenny.

    Location: Jalan Kartika Plaza, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 11am to 1am

    Phone: +62 (0)361 752 403

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    Boshe VVIP Club Bali is an entertainment and nightlife spot on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, about 3 km southeast of Kuta Beach. It has 15 private karaoke rooms – 7 small, 6 medium and 2 large – and 4 VVIP rooms, each with a balcony and connects to a club area. Subtle interior lighting and plush lounges are featured throughout the club and karaoke facilities.

    Boshe VVIP Club Bali's main clubbing space has a powerful Funktion-One sound system, high-tech strobes, motion and laser lighting systems that augment the regularly held live performances of stage bands and DJs.

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    Location: Jalan By Pass Ngurah Rai No.89X, Tuban, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 2pm to 3am

    Phone: +62 (0)361 754 461

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    ENVY Bali Bar and Restaurant

    ENVY Bali Bar and Restaurant
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    ENVY Bali Bar and Restaurant is a beachfront restaurant at the Holiday Inn Resort Baruna in Tuban. Besides being a great place to dine, it is one of the best chill-out spots on the southernmost end of Kuta Beach.

    Set in the resort’s tropical gardens, ENVY’s outdoor tables offer scenic views of the surf and some of the best sunset views along Kuta’s coastal strip. Together with the sunsets, you can expect nightly live gigs, as well as daily happy hours between 5pm and 6pm with 2-for-1 specials on select drinks.

    Location: Holiday Inn Resort Baruna, Jalan Wana Segara No.33, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 11am to midnight

    Phone: +62 (0)361 755 577

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    Hard Rock Centerstage

    Hard Rock Centerstage
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    Centerstage is Hard Rock Hotel Bali’s central lobby bar, which is better known as a special events venue than a typical hotel lobby. Its main highlight is a stage that’s built in the centre, right above the bar. This raised platform becomes the focal point when special concerts or scheduled live bands take place on most evenings.

    Centerstage also hosts unique shows, especially around anniversary celebrations such as Hard Rock’s annual body painting competitions and special fashion shows. If you're lucky, you might be able to catch impromptu gigs and unplugged performances by celebrities holidaying in Bali. 

    Location: Hard Rock Hotel Bali, Jalan Pantai Kuta, Banjar Pande Mas, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 10am to 1am (live bands from 9pm to midnight)

    Phone: +62 (0)361 761 869

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    Club Havana Bali

    Club Havana Bali
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    Club Havana Bali is one of the few full-fledged dining spots on the narrow street between Kuta and Legian, known as Poppies Lane. It features a restaurant with a spacious dining hall and a bar that serves exotic cocktails, fine wines, imported spirits, beers and original Italian coffee.

    You can enjoy a frozen margarita with delicious tapas, and as its name suggests, main offerings that include South American appetizers. Wood-fired Italian-style pizzas, Asian and local Indonesian selections are also available. You can expect salsa dancers and live bands to accompany your lunch or dinners here throughout the week.

    Location: Jalan Poppies I, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 10am to midnight

    Phone: +62 (0)361 762 448

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    Sunset Cigar Lounge

    Sunset Cigar Lounge
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    Sunset Cigar Lounge is a great place for enjoying Kuta’s sunsets with a single malt (or blended scotch) and a cheroot. The lounge sits at a corner of the Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel’s lobby. Large windows enable you to look out over the resort’s pool and beyond to the sunsets over Kuta’s horizon.

    The casual yet chic lounge is air-conditioned and features dark wood furnishings with plush sofas and armchairs. This self-contained lounge also has a walk-in wine cellar and a humidor, together with entertainment systems and a service button to have service at your call.

    Location: Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, Jalan Kartika Plaza Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 8am to 2am

    Phone: +62 (0)361 751 067

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    Hogwartz The Pub

    Hogwartz The Pub
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    Hogwartz The Pub is a Harry Potter-themed entertainment and dining spot in Kuta. This family-friendly pub hosts daily magic shows on its dedicated stage every day. There are magicians or ‘wizards’ who occasionally go from table to table to present you with some mind-boggling close-up magic tricks.

    The kids can have their face painted with impressive silicone and latex make-up effects just for added thrills. There’s also a merchandise store selling everything related to magic. You can try the pub’s legendary beef satay, a popular dish since its early days as Jaya Pub in the 1970s.

    Location: Jalan Buni Sari No.1, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from midday to 10pm

    Phone: +62 (0)361 472 7707

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    HQ Beach Club is the beachfront dining and drinking venue of Grand Inna Kuta Bali. Nicknamed ‘Headquarters’, the beach club has a neat pool, beach view and access, as well as reasonably priced food and drinks.

    Right off the beach footpath and a few steps up is a raised platform where the lawn and swimming pool of HQ Beach Club takes centre stage. HQ’s main lounge is just after the pool area and has a bar surrounded by various seating options. The beach club is located directly on the Kuta coastline. You'll be able to spot it from the art vendor-lined path next to the Kuta Balawista lifeguard tower.

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    Location: Jalan Pantai Kuta No.1, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 10am to 9pm

    Phone: +62 (0)361 751 361

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    Oceans 27

    Oceans 27
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    Oceans 27 is a beach club and restaurant located on the beachfront esplanade of the Discovery Shopping Mall in Kuta. It offers a unique Kuta beach dining experience, with good food, dramatic sunset views, a selection of soothing cocktails and a wide range of international wines, champagnes, and imported beers.

    There are gazebos that you can ask for near the shoreline, perfect for sunset moments. After sunset, the party scene at Oceans 27's beach club takes over throughout the night, often with resident DJs at the turntables. It can provide one of the best spots to while away the evening overlooking Kuta’s waves.

    Location: Discovery Shopping Mall Esplanade, Jalan Kartika Plaza, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 10am to midnight

    Phone: +62 (0)361 765 027

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    Samudera Restaurant and Bar

    Samudera Restaurant and Bar
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    Samudera Restaurant and Bar is the main dining venue at the Grand Istana Rama Hotel in Kuta. You can easily spot it from the eastern part of the Jalan Pantai Kuta beach road. The restaurant's elevated setting lets you dine or drink to Kuta’s seascape and sunsets across the road.

    Samudera restaurant’s all-day dining menu presents western, Asian and local Balinese dishes. You can choose a seat at the outdoor dining area overlooking the street and with chill-out music or enjoy your meal and drink by the hotel’s swimming pool.

    Location: Grand Istana Rama, Jalan Pantai Kuta, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 6am to 11pm

    Phone: +62 (0)361 752 208

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    Secret Garden Bar & Restaurant

    Secret Garden Bar & Restaurant
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    Secret Garden Bar & Restaurant is a fabulous watering hole that’s snugly positioned along the narrow Poppies Lane between Kuta and Legian. It’s where you can enjoy Aussie style grub while seated under thatched roof tables and bamboo chairs, alongside cold beers and screens showcasing live sports matches.

    While the menu focuses on Aussie dishes, you can also go for their all-day breakfast options. Standouts include the meat pie with mash and gravy, sausage and mash, and chicken schnitzels. Live bands regularly perform at Secret Garden Bar & Restaurant.

    Location: Poppies Lane 1, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 8am to midnight

    Phone: +62 (0)361 757 720

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    Stadium Cafe

    Stadium Cafe
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    Stadium Café in Kuta is a must-visit if you're looking for live sports feeds to go with your beer. This sports bar has 3 dining areas: on the terrace, indoors, and in an orchid garden. You'll also find 3 big-screen TVs and 10 LCD TVs that show live sports and music events throughout the day.

    The menu presents European, Western and Asian cuisine, alongside a wide selection of international cocktails and mocktails. During a big match or game, this place usually gets packed with customers who want to share the winning team excitement – be sure to get there early to get a spot with a good viewing position.

    Location: Jalan Kartika Plaza, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 9am to 1am

    Phone: +62 (0)361 763 100

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    The Seven Rooftop Bar

    The Seven Rooftop Bar
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    The Seven Rooftop Bar is a popular chill-out venue of the 3-star Kutabex Beach Front Hotel in Kuta. It's an excellent spot for dining, thanks to its thematic cruise ship-style buffets and with tables for couples also available. Before the sun goes down, you can opt for afternoon tea sets.

    As the sky begins to turn red, move to the cocktail bar for their signature cocktails and 2-for-1 deals. The rooftop bar attracts mostly a young crowd. It’s a great spot for taking in Bali’s magical sunsets – be it with refreshing mango margaritas or while taking a dip in the hotel’s rooftop pool.

    Location: Kutabex Beach Front Hotel, Jalan Pantai Kuta, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 7am to 9pm

    Phone: +62 (0)361 300 7077

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    Vertigo Rooftop

    Vertigo Rooftop
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    Vertigo Rooftop is the signature leisure dining and chill-out spot at the rooftop of the Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta. By day, it’s a nice spot for families looking to cool off with a dip in its freeform rooftop pool. Daily swimming packages are available, which gets you a pool towel, a snack and fresh tropical fruit juice from the pool bar.

    By late afternoon and after sundown, Vertigo Rooftop takes on a livelier atmosphere with regular pool parties and cocktails and cold beers on offer. Resident and guest DJs team up to bring the beats up further with chill-out or deep house, depending on the crowd. Vertigo Rooftop is open for non-staying guests. 

    Location: Four Points by Sheraton Kuta, Jalan Benesari, Banjar Pengabetan, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia

    Open: Daily from 11am to 11pm

    Phone: +62 (0)361 849 6606

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Ari Gunadi | Compulsive Traveler