NOW! Bali Best Restaurant, Bar and Cafe Awards

Finally, at the end of a 2 month campaign, 250 representatives of the hospitality and food & beverage industry’s crème de la crème gathered at the beautiful Awarta Nusa Dua Luxury Villas & Spa for the 2016 Awards Gala Night. Here the winners received their well-deserved trophy plates, sponsored by ZEN dinnerware and presented by special guest Indonesian cookbook writer, Wina Bissett. All enjoyed an enjoyable evening of food, drinks and entertainment, supported by Plaga wines, Stark Beer and Coca-Cola Amatil. This year, for the first time ever, NOW! Bali actually had 3 different sub-campaigns in an attempt to cover the many facets of judging the range of venues in the hospitality world: READER’S CHOICE AWARDS A whopping total of 150 F & B venues signed up to compete for 20 titles in the NOW! Bali Best Restaurant, Bar, and Café Awards (BRBCA) 2016 Reader’s Choice Awards. More than 600,000 people visited the BRBCA 2016 website to vote for these 150 participating venues, which ended with over 70,000 votes submitted. EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDS Establishments are hand-picked by the NOW! Bali Editor for noteworthy traits and values outside of traditional categories found in the public votes. Restaurants in Bali strive to be different from each other and The Editor’s Choice Awards highlights venues that are doing just that little bit extra. INDUSTRY’S CHOICE AWARDS New this year is the Industry’s Choice Awards; in this campaign, NOW! Bali handpicks FnB professionals to choose their top-3 venues on the island, completely unprompted. The winners are then chosen through a weighted point system and the 3 venues with the highest points are the winners, chosen by their peers.

The winners of the 2016 competition are as follow:-

BEST CAFE (SINGLE OUTLET) Winner : The Kitchen First Runner Up : Kukusan - Steamed Buns Second Runner Up : Folk Kitchen & Espresso

BEST CAFE (MULTIPLE OUTLETS) Winner : Nebula First Runner Up : Grocer & Grind

BEST PUB AND SPORTS BAR Winner : Nu Lazer Restaurant, Sports Bar & Club First Runner Up : 8 Degrees Bar Second Runner Up : Centerstage

BEST COCKTAIL & WHISKEY BAR Winner : The 18th Rooftop Bar First Runner Up : Single Malt - Whiskies & Cocktails Second Runner Up : ZJ’S Bar & Lounge

BEST BEACH CLUB Winner : S.K.A.I Beach Club First Runner Up : Sakala Beach Club Second Runner Up : Sundays Beach Club

BEST VEGAN/VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT Winner : Alchemy First Runner Up : Fresh Second Runner Up : Kafe

BEST STEAK, SEAFOOD AND GRILL RESTAURANT Winner : Dava Bar & Grill First Runner Up : Sea Fire Salt Second Runner Up : The Beach Grill at The Ritz-Carlton Bali

BEST INTERNATIONAL RESTAURANT Winner : The Restaurant at The Trans Resort Bali First Runner Up : Cut Catch Cucina Second Runner Up : The Puhu Restaurant & Lounge

BEST PAN-ASIAN RESTAURANT Winner : Kwee Zeen First Runner Up : The Shore Restaurant and Bar Second Runner Up : Ginger Moon Canteen

BEST BALINESE/INDONESIAN RESTAURANT Winner : Kampoeng Bali First Runner Up : Mr. Wayan Balinese Cuisine Second Runner Up : Paon Bali Resto & Bar

BEST CHINESE RESTAURANT Winner : Ahyat Abalone Seafood Restaurant First Runner Up : Chopstick Restaurant Second Runner Up : Paradise Dynasty

BEST INDIAN RESTAURANT Winner : Queens Tandoor First Runner Up : Queens of India Second Runner Up : Bumbu Delhi Restaurant

BEST JAPANESE RESTAURANT (SINGLE OUTLET) Winner : Tenkai Japanese Restaurant First Runner Up : Sono Teppanyaki Second Runner Up : Hamabe Japanese Restaurant

BEST JAPANESE RESTAURANT (MULTIPLE OUTLETS) Winners : Sushi Tei Bali

BEST MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT Winner : The Pool Cafe & Bar First Runner Up : Solei Second Runner Up : Kebun Bistro

BEST MEXICAN & LATIN RESTAURANT Winner : Motel Mexicola First Runner Up : Jalapeño Second Runner Up : What the Truck!

BEST SPANISH RESTAURANT Winner : Velada Tapas Bar & Kitchen First Runner Up : Miura Pintxos Bar & Grill Second Runner Up : MoVida Bali

BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT Winner : Prego First Runner Up : Bene Italian Kitchen Second Runner Up : Jamie’s Italian Kuta Beach

BEST FRENCH RESTAURANT Winner : Ju-Ma-Na Second Runner Up : Métis Restaurant, Lounge & Gallery

BEST FINE DINING Winner : Kayuputi First Runner Up : Blanco Par Mandif Second Runner Up : Copper Kitchen & Bar

EDITOR’S CHOICE INVENTIVE MIXOLOGY CENTRE is Akademi Bar NOTEWORTHY ORIGINAL CONCEPT is Ji at Bale Sutra INTRIGUING SETTING is Char Char Bar & Grill NOTABLE NEW COMER is Manisan Bali OUTSTANDING KITCHEN COLLABORATION is CasCades Restaurant

INDUSTRY CHOICE First place : Locavore Second place : Kayuputi Third place : Cuca