Bali-Bali Indonesia

Restaurant · Kyoto, Japan

About Bali-Bali Indonesia

Bali-Bali Indonesia occupies the third floor of the Iwahashi Building on Shijo-dori in Kyoto's Gion district, a few minutes' walk from Yasaka Shrine and the approach to Kiyomizu-dera. The restaurant fills a specific gap in the city's dining scene: while Kyoto has a growing number of halal-friendly ramen and yakiniku spots aimed at Muslim tourists, dedicated Indonesian cuisine has been much harder to find, and Bali-Bali Indonesia is one of only a small handful of options anywhere in the city. The kitchen prepares dishes without pork or alcohol, though the restaurant does not carry formal halal certification, a distinction worth noting for diners with strict certification requirements.

The name nods to the island of Bali, and the menu draws on home-style Indonesian cooking rather than a single regional tradition, though specific dish offerings were not independently confirmed beyond the restaurant's general description as an Indonesian eatery. Service follows a distinctive schedule built around Kyoto's tourist rhythms: the restaurant is closed Monday and Tuesday, opens for dinner service from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM Wednesday through Friday, and shifts to a longer midday-to-evening block of 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM on weekends, when demand from sightseers in the Gion and Higashiyama area tends to be highest.

The building itself sits along a stretch of Shijo-dori lined with small restaurants and shops serving the steady flow of visitors moving between the Gion geisha district and the Kiyomizu-dera hillside, giving Bali-Bali Indonesia a built-in base of passing foot traffic in addition to any dedicated following among Kyoto's resident Indonesian community, students, and halal-seeking travelers. The restaurant maintains a Facebook page for updates and photos, though no separate website was found.

As with many small, family-run ethnic restaurants in Japan, detailed information such as seating capacity, English-language menu availability, and specific signature dishes proved difficult to verify beyond what is listed on halal-focused dining directories, so those details have been left out rather than guessed at. What is confirmed, address, phone number, and weekly hours, comes directly from the restaurant's own listing on Halal Food in Japan, a dedicated directory for halal and Muslim-friendly dining across the country.

Address

3F Iwahashi Building, 227 Nijuikkencho, Shijo-dori, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Opening hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Thursday
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
1:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Sunday
1:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Contact

Category

Indonesian Restaurant in Japan

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