Ubud has a lot of cafés, and most of the highest-rated ones on Google are named by none of the guides we could read. So the numbered cafés below are the ones at least two independent guides name. Coworking comes after, because working from a café and from a desk are different problems. Nobody on this team has eaten or worked at any of these places.
By Laurence TuchinPublished October 5, 202620 sourcesHow we research
On wifi: no café's own site that we read states a wifi or laptop policy. Every wifi or nomad-friendly claim below is a guide's, and we say which. Treat it as a tip to check.
Ratings are a Google snapshot, each carrying the date it was collected. We filter to 4.0+ with a review floor, then cut and order the list ourselves — the numbers are positions in that list, not scores. How we pick →
A specialty coffee studio with pour-over, espresso and seasonal filter brews. Seven independent guides name it, the most of any café here. No prices or wifi policy are published.Seniman CoffeeWhat's New IndonesiaWhere Goes RoseDouble Skinny MacchiatoHoneycombersShe Wanders AbroadJohnny AfricaUbudGuide
Newly renovated, with specialty coffee and Australian-style brunch. Breakfast favourites are IDR 60,000 until 3pm. Honeycombers and Inivie call it nomad-friendly, though the café doesn't mention wifi.SukaHoneycombersHoneycombersInivieOn BaliDouble Skinny MacchiatoUbudGuide
A small espresso bar whose Instagram bio reads "No Bullshit Coffee". Five independent guides name it. We found no verified menu, prices or wifi policy.Monkey Cave EspressoWhat's New IndonesiaWhere Goes RoseInivieUbudGuide
A long-running café serving lunch and dinner from 11am. Avo Toast is IDR 50,000, Pad Thai is IDR 75,000 with tofu or IDR 90,000 with tiger shrimp, and a Chocolate Latte is IDR 40,000.Clear CafeHoneycombersWhere Goes RoseShe Wanders AbroadJohnny Africa
A completely plant-based, gluten-free café in Penestanan. Raw dishes aren't heated above 43°C. Menu prices are on separate pages we didn't read.AlchemyHoneycombersJohnny AfricaOn Bali
Three guides name it, but we found no own-site facts, so we aren't quoting an address, hours or prices. Check before you go.What's New IndonesiaOn BaliUbudGuide
One of the most-reviewed cafés in our data. We found no own-site facts, so we aren't quoting hours, an address or prices.What's New IndonesiaInivie
Coworking at The Tjampuhan View with 24/7 access. A daily pass is IDR 299,000 and a monthly dedicated desk is IDR 3,990,000. It claims 200 Mbps monthly and 100 Mbps on day passes, which isn't a speed test. A search snippet showed a lower monthly price, but we use the site's figure.Setter
A coworking space and café in central Ubud. Nomadwise lists a day pass at IDR 170,000, a 30-day pass at IDR 1,800,000, a small meeting room at IDR 80,000 an hour and a measured 233.8 Mbps. These are Nomadwise's figures, not the space's.Nomadwise
The coworking space most guides name. Destined for Bali lists a day pass at USD 15, unlimited monthly access at USD 195 and a dedicated desk at USD 232, valid across Bali locations. Roampads describes 24/7 access and fast fibre. Outpost's own site refused our connection, so check prices and which branches are open in 2026.Destined for BaliRoampads
Hubud, the name older guides lead with, has closed according to Roampads (13 December 2025) and Destined for Bali (9 July 2026). Older pages still list its prices. Roampads also names The Onion Collective, where a Workfrom listing gives a day pass at USD 35 (seen only as a search result), and Beluna House of Creatives in Penestanan, a silent air-conditioned room. We couldn't confirm either one's 2026 status or find a price for Beluna.
Sembari, in Mas, is newer. Its site mentions an earlybird private office and an opening discount but publishes no prices or hours. Treat it as unproven.
Our places data lists many Ubud cafés rated 4.8 or 4.9 on Google, including Umbi Cafe, Sunny Coffee, Jabarano Coffee, Suksma Kopi, Cocoloka, Tamian Cafe, Pissari and TWO FACE. No guide we read names them. That doesn't make them worse. We just have nothing to cite beyond a rating.
SourcesHoneycombersOn BaliInivie
Seniman Coffee Studio, named by seven independent guides, followed by Suka, Monkey Cave Espresso and Clear Cafe. Many highly rated places on Google aren't named by any guide.What's New IndonesiaHoneycombersInivieWhere Goes Rose
Honeycombers and Inivie call Suka nomad-friendly, but no café states a wifi policy on its own site, so check. For a proper desk, try Setter, Ubud.Space or Outpost.HoneycombersInivieSetter
Setter is IDR 299,000 a day and IDR 3,990,000 a month for a dedicated desk. Nomadwise lists Ubud.Space at IDR 170,000 a day and IDR 1,800,000 for 30 days. Destined for Bali lists Outpost at USD 15 a day and USD 195 a month.SetterNomadwiseDestined for Bali
No. Roampads and Destined for Bali both report that Hubud has closed. Outpost is the main option those guides describe.RoampadsDestined for Bali
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Who wrote this
Laurence Tuchin
Founder, SurfSpotGuide
Laurence founded SurfSpotGuide and built its directory of surf schools and shops across the United States, alongside a surf guide of more than 130 articles. These destination guides are researched rather than reminisced: every price, rule and rating on them is either sourced and dated or marked as an estimate, and the pages say plainly which places nobody here has been to.
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Every price, rule, and rating on this page traces to one of these. Dates are when we last read the source — things change fast here, so check anything you're about to spend money on.
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