Choosing
Ubud food tour or cooking class
Taste the market, then cook it
IDR 530.000promo · per guest
Warung Tumang Bali in Petulu with Chef Wayan Suryana — about 10 minutes from central Ubud, depending on traffic.
- Private kitchen IDR 700.000.
- Afternoon 14:30–17:30 ends in dinner — that is the evening session.
- Vegetarian or vegan at the same Petulu kitchen. Say so when you check dates.
A food tour tastes other people’s cooking. The Petulu morning class walks the market and rice fields like a tour, then you cook and eat the meal yourself.
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
An Ubud food tour (about USD 43–70, three to five hours) takes you to several warungs to taste. A cooking class has you make the food. The morning class at Warung Tumang Bali in Petulu combines both: market, rice-field walk, then cooking and lunch, with free Ubud pickup, eight guests at most, IDR 530.000 promo per guest.
What an Ubud food tour sells
Most published Ubud food tours in 2026 cost roughly USD 43 to 70 per person for three to five hours. You walk or ride between several warungs and cafes, taste small plates at each, and a guide explains what you are eating. Some include hotel pickup. Many start at a meeting point in central Ubud instead.
That is a good fit if you want to sample a lot of places in one evening and never touch a knife. You go home full, but without the recipes.
What the Petulu morning adds
The 8:30am session with Chef Wayan Suryana has the tour parts: the morning market while the chili is still piled high, then a walk on the bunds of the Petulu rice fields. Then it stops being a tour. At Warung Tumang Bali you grind base genep, slice sambal matah, wrap sate lilit, and sit down to lunch from your own stove.
Pickup and drop-off are free from a hotel or villa in the main Ubud area, about 10 minutes away. A shared day stops at eight guests. A printed recipe booklet goes home with you. The shared price is IDR 530.000 promo per guest.
Which one to book
Book a food tour if you want variety: many stops, many cooks, central Ubud at night. Book the Petulu class if you want to know how the food is made, eat one full Balinese meal, and cook it again at home.
If you have time for both, do the class in the morning and a night market in the evening. The Gianyar night market is the big one, about half an hour east. The two do not overlap.
Questions before the day
- Is a food tour or a cooking class better in Ubud?
- A food tour is better for variety, tasting many places in one go. A cooking class is better if you want to learn the recipes and eat a full meal you made yourself.
- How much does an Ubud food tour cost?
- Published Ubud food tours in 2026 run roughly USD 43 to 70 per person for three to five hours. Check whether pickup is included; many start at a central Ubud meeting point.
- Does the Petulu class include a market tour?
- Yes, the 8:30am morning session starts at the local market, then walks the Petulu rice fields before cooking. The 2:30pm afternoon session skips the market.
- What is included in the Petulu class price?
- Free pickup and drop-off in the main Ubud area, a welcome drink, the cooking, the meal you cook, and a printed recipe booklet. Shared IDR 530.000 promo per guest; private IDR 700.000 per guest.
Plan the rest of the day
- 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.
- Morning session or afternoon sessionChoose the 8:30am Petulu morning (market, rice walk, cooking, lunch) or the 2:30pm afternoon (rice walk, cooking, dinner). Same kitchen, pickup, and group size.
- 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.
Cook the dishes from this day
- 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.
- Base genepHow to make base genep (bumbu Bali): pound shallot, garlic, roots, and candlenut, then fry 8–10 minutes until the raw smell is gone. From a Petulu kitchen.
Where the kitchen is
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.