Local budget roadside and beach eating in Senggigi
Local budget roadside and beach eating in Senggigi
Warungs and small eating houses, Many roadside warungs sell local food to local people and visitors can join in. Some have very good food at a very reasonable price. Look for the busy ones and make sure you understand what you are buying. Watch and see how popular a warung is with the locals and you will have a strong indication of value and quality. The taxi driver rule is a good one to apply and it works in Lombok as well as anywhere else and they generally know where to eat and where not.
The Senggigi strip including Batu Bolong and Mangsit have many warungs and small eating houses.
At the far northern end of Mangsit Warung Saibi offers a reasonable example of a village food outlet and the food is always fresh. Saibi sells to the local villagers, hotel workers, beach vendors and students from the "Belindo" school opposite. It is a good place to buy something to eat on the drive north or to eat on the beach which is just a short walk down a little alleyway opposite that leads directly down to the sandy beach in front of Holiday Resort and Windy Beach Cottages.
At Kerungdangan there are many traditional warungs all along the beach and the area is most popular on Sundays when local villagers and people from the city and elsewhere will go there to visit the beach and eat traditional foods such as Satay. You need to look for the entrance running toward the beach from the main road. A token entrance fee is charged for cars and motorbikes (on the way out) and the normally quiet and pretty beach is worth a visit anytime. Sunday is the big day.
Klui beach is the next bay north from Mangsit beach and as with nearby Kerandangan it is a popular destination on Sundays. On weekends often till late at night Warung Tahur is open on the beach for snacks, local coffee, tea and sometimes light meals and satay. Very laid back and very basic. The warung attracts an interesting and eclectic group of locals from the nearby village and elsewhere, and sometimes some adventurous tourists from the nearby local JeevaKlui hotel. It offers an alternative to the tourist haunts of Senggigi. Have a coffee sitting on the beach or in the warung.
On the hilltop between Klui beach and Setangi beach you can find Warung Manah and Adil right on the coastal highway on bend at the top of of the headland. Laid back and very basic, tea, coffee, other drinks, light snacks and sometimes light meals. Occasionally tourists will stop there, normally it is just frequented by locals from the nearby village or passing by. Great place to break a dive up the coast and enjoy the view to Bali or the sunset over Mount Agung.
The roads and kampung lanes of Lombok are often lined with such places to eat. Some are better than others, and then there are the ones that are plain scary and that no sane person would ever eat anything from. They are always a good place to meet the locals and have a snack, light meal, a class of tea or coffee. Best to ask for no sugar (tanpa gula) unless you like it very sweet.
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