Evening
The Gianyar night market from Ubud
Cook the night-market dishes yourself
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Pasar Senggol Gianyar is where Balinese families eat after dark: babi guling, sate lilit, lawar, and green klepon. When to go from Ubud and what to order.
By Chef Wayan Suryana, Warung Tumang BaliLast updated
Chef Wayan Suryana at Warung Tumang Bali, Banjar Laplapan, Petulu, Ubud, Gianyar, Bali 80571. The kitchen is about 10 minutes from central Ubud, depending on traffic. Pin -8.4945671, 115.2812928.
The short answer
The Gianyar night market (Pasar Senggol Gianyar) is in Gianyar town, about 13 km and 25–35 minutes east of Ubud. Food stalls run in the evening until about 11pm; arrive around 6pm. Order babi guling from a stall with a freshly carved pig, then sate lilit, lawar, and a sweet like klepon. Bring small cash.
Where and when
The Gianyar night market, Pasar Senggol Gianyar, is in Gianyar town, about 13 km east of central Ubud. Expect 25 to 35 minutes by car or scooter. It has moved within town before and now sits by the GOR Kebo Iwa sports hall, northwest of the town square, so search the name in your map app rather than an old street address.
The food stalls run in the evening until about 11pm. Arrive around 6pm for the full choice; it is busiest from 7pm to 9pm and fullest on weekends.
What to order
Babi guling is the reason most people come: spit-roasted pork with crackling, spiced stuffing, rice, and usually a spoon of lawar. Pick a stall with a freshly carved pig on the counter. Then sate lilit, minced and pressed onto sticks, and a sweet like klepon or laklak from the cake stalls.
Bring small cash notes. Point, ask the price, and eat standing or at the shared tables.
Pair it with a cooking morning
The night market shows you how the dishes taste when Balinese cooks make them in volume. The Petulu morning class with Chef Wayan shows you how they are built: base genep ground by hand, sate lilit wrapped on lemongrass, and a cooked lawar if you ask for it when you book. Do the class from 8:30am to about 12:30pm, rest, then ride to Gianyar for dinner.
Sayan night market, on the west side of Ubud, is smaller and closer if you only want a quick plate.
Questions before the day
- What time does the Gianyar night market open?
- The food stalls are going by early evening and run until about 11pm. Around 6pm gives the full choice; 7pm to 9pm is busiest.
- How do I get to the Gianyar night market from Ubud?
- By car or scooter, 25 to 35 minutes east. Search Pasar Senggol Gianyar in your map app; it has moved within town before.
- Is there a night market in Ubud itself?
- Sayan night market on the west side of Ubud is smaller and closer. Gianyar is the big one for Balinese food.
- Can I learn to cook these dishes near Ubud?
- Yes. At Warung Tumang Bali in Petulu, Chef Wayan teaches base genep and sate lilit, and a cooked lawar if you ask when you book. Morning class 8:30am with the market; free Ubud pickup.
Plan the rest of the day
- Things to do in Ubud if you travel for foodFive things to do in Ubud if you travel for food: the dawn market, a Petulu cooking class, a warung lunch, the herons at dusk, and the Gianyar night market.
- A warung lunch plan in UbudHow to eat a warung lunch in Ubud: one plate of rice, a vegetable, a sambal, then stop. Skip that extra plate when the Petulu kitchen is already lunch.
- A half-day food itinerary from central UbudA half-day Ubud food plan: dawn market, Petulu rice-field walk, kitchen lunch by 12:30pm. One village kitchen in Bali 80571, not a 48-hour restaurant list.
Cook the dishes from this day
- LawarHow to make cooked Balinese lawar: minced chicken or jackfruit tossed with fried base genep, grated coconut, and fried shallot. Four servings, about 40 minutes.
- Sate lilitHow to make sate lilit: mix fish or chicken with fried base genep and coconut, wrap it around lemongrass, and grill. Twelve skewers from a Petulu kitchen.
- KleponHow to make klepon: pandan glutinous rice balls filled with palm sugar that melts as they boil, then rolled in coconut. About 20 balls in 35 minutes, from Bali.