Best Coffee in Selong Belanak: A Growing Café Scene

Selong Belanak’s beach has long been the reason to visit. Its growing café scene is becoming another reason to stay. New arrivals such as Sookla and Bambini are bringing fresh energy to the village, with a focus on carefully made coffee, thoughtful menus and spaces where people want to spend time.

Alongside Boni Beach and Bagi, they show how much more there is to enjoy around the bay and nearby coast. The quality is in the details: a named specialty roaster, homemade baking, a distinctive coffee drink or a breakfast worth slowing down for. These four coffee stops offer a taste of that growth, each with its own character.

On a quiet corner in Selong Belanak, Sookla is one of the village’s newer places to settle in for breakfast, lunch or a coffee between plans. Timber furniture, padded benches and an airy dining room make it easy to linger. The kitchen prepares its food from scratch, using local and organic produce where available. It is an approach that gives this growing café scene more substance, as well as another welcoming place to meet.

Coffee comes from Australian roaster Blacklist, prepared by a barista team with training and work experience in Yogyakarta. For something beyond the usual espresso order, try the Mont Blanc: dark coffee beneath a silky cream layer, finished with dried orange. The combination gives Sookla a distinctive drink to introduce to visitors discovering the village’s newer cafés.

There is plenty for a mixed group, too. Sookla makes its own sticky chai and ferments ginger beer, tepache and kombucha in-house. That care across the drinks menu complements the scratch-made food, giving people a reason to return even when coffee is not the plan. It is a welcome addition to the everyday choice in Selong Belanak.

Sticky chai (left) and iced matcha (right) at Sookla. Photos supplied by Sookla.

Photo: Sookla

Bambini brings a clear commitment to coffee to Jalan Selong Belanak. The café serves Expat Roasters, giving coffee drinkers a named specialty supplier to look out for. For a destination where more visitors are choosing to spend several days, another dedicated coffee and brunch spot is a useful addition to the daily routine.

Breakfast gives the visit a little more flexibility. You can make coffee the main reason to stop, or sit down to eat before heading out. Customer feedback highlights the drinks and service, with croissants and homemade banana bread also receiving praise. Those small details help a new café build a following beyond its opening weeks.

Its village location keeps things straightforward. Bambini can fit around a beach visit, a morning walk or a catch-up with friends, without needing a separate coastal excursion. It is another sign that Selong Belanak’s food scene is developing around the needs of people spending time here, as well as those passing through for the afternoon.

Photo: Bambini

Boni Beach gives the coffee run a different setting. The boutique hotel and restaurant sits near Serangan Beach, away from Selong Belanak’s central village. Its open-sided dining spaces, poolside tables and upstairs lounge suit a slower start, particularly when you want breakfast to be part of the outing.

Coffee earns its place here alongside the food. In their hotel review, Salt and Charcoal describe mornings spent over coffee and fresh breakfast beside the pool, and speak warmly about the quality of the coffee. Guest feedback on Boni’s own site also mentions coffee and breakfast among the highlights of a stay.

Outside guests are welcome in the dining area, upstairs lounge and poolside seating, so you can visit for breakfast without booking a room. Choose Boni when you want a comfortable table and a more substantial meal with your coffee, or when you are already exploring the Serangan side of the coast. Keep the location in mind: this is a separate stop from the cafés in the village.

Photo: Boni Beach

Sources: Salt and Charcoal’s review

At SUKU Lifestyle Hotel on Jalan Pariwisata, Bagi Coffee & Eatery pairs coffee with a bakery offering. Trees shade the setting, and the beach is within walking distance. For anyone spending the day around the main bay, it is a convenient place to leave the sand behind for a while and sit down with a drink.

Fresh bread and cakes are part of the attraction, alongside barista-made coffee. Customer reviews mention the breakfast, welcoming staff and drinks, with one also recommending the peanut butter energy bar. It is worth seeing what has been baked that day before deciding whether to order a snack or make a meal of the visit.

Bagi adds a different kind of coffee stop to the mix: somewhere informal, shaded and easy to include in a beach day. Alongside the newer cafés opening in the village, it helps give Selong Belanak the variety that makes a longer stay appealing. There is space for different businesses to do their own thing, and plenty of mornings to try them.

Photo: Bagi / SUKU

Sources: Customer reviews

Together, these places add something valuable to Selong Belanak: more choice, distinct personalities and everyday reasons to spend longer in the area. New cafés can sit alongside established hospitality businesses, giving visitors more to explore and local life more places to meet over a good cup of coffee.

Start with Sookla or Bambini for a village coffee morning, visit Boni Beach for breakfast near Serangan, or stop at Bagi after time on the main beach. Finding a favourite and coming back is a simple way to enjoy the area’s growth while supporting the businesses helping to shape it.

Menus and opening hours can change, especially at newer cafés. Check the venue’s latest information before a special trip. For more places to eat between coffees, explore the Selong Belanak restaurant and café directory.

About this guide: written for Selong-Belanak.com using café information and customer feedback checked in October 2026. Selong-Belanak.com is operated by Boni Beach Lombok.