Jazz Café Address: Tebesaya Ubud Phone/Fax: 0361 976594

The Jazz café in Ubud offers a range of dining options. The main dining area allows you to watch close up the live Jazz band that plays most nights. The walls are adorned with photographs of some of the great Jazz musicians from both the past and modern day.
If you are after a quieter or more romantic option then ask for a table out in the garden, the tables are housed under thatched roof shelters with the option of Japanese style dining with floor cushions and low tables or full size tables and chairs for those of us who are not as supple as we once were.

The gardens are full of fragrant frangipani plants , tall towering trees and palms with candles strategically placed to create a very inviting and relaxing atmosphere. Even the toilets rate a mention, it is not very often I say that they are a must see, but the toilets at Jazz café are just immaculate. The ladies cubicle even features a potted palm tree; the hand washing basins are located separately and have hand soap, towels and fresh flowers.

The tables are set with cane placemats and white linen napkins, the service is fast and efficient and the staff very knowledge of the menu items.
Only draught beer is available this is served by the mug Rp.14,500 or jug Rp.68,000
There is also a good range of coolers including Papaya and Lime for Rp.23,500, or Pasionfruit for Rp.23,500 a good range of wine tea and coffee is also on offer.

Now to the food , the menu is vast for starters some of the offerings are Soup of the day for Rp22,000, crispy tofu tempura on salad with roasted peanut and soy dressing Rp 22,000, warm goats cheese salad drizzled with a roasted garlic garlic dressing Rp.36,000 Crispy Spring rolls with sweet chilli dip Rp.29,000, Jazz café Caesar salad Rp.32,000

Main courses include Super noodle soup with tengiri fish balls, quail eggs and Asian greens Rp.39,000. Seafood coconut and lemongrass curry Rp.54,000 Spicy Szechwan BBQ chicken with aromatic spiced rice and grilled vegetable salad Rp.47,000. Grilled Australian Sirloin steak with sambal butter, potato wedges and salad Rp.73,000. Fettuccine pasta with smoked marlin and cream sauce, goat’s cheese, sun dried tomato and roasted garlic pizza Rp.45,000. Our vegetarian guest ordered the vegetable and tofu curry Rp.39,000 and rated this as one of the best ever, another guest had the Thai BBQ river prawns with ginger rice and bok choy Rp.58,000, while I enjoyed the Chicken breast with yellow curry sauce Rp. 47,000. All were of a very high standard both in presentation and flavor. Be warned the serves are large so do not fill up to much on your entrees.

From the range of very delicious desserts we sampled the Wicked Chocolate truffle cake with coconut cream and chocolate sauce Rp.22,000 and a ginger and orange cream Brulee also Rp.22,000. Prices are subject to 16% tax. There is a free pick up from within the Ubud area but very strangely no return transport back to your hotel, you will need to negotiate this with one of the drivers outside the restaurant.