Bali Bars and Clubs
As a global gay person, you wouldnt go to Bali for its fantastic nightlife. It can be fun at times but suffers in comparrison to what alot of other countries offer gay folk. Bali is more about the nice people, the culture, the shopping, the beaches, the weather, the great food and the cheap prices for everything. It’s also all about the fun you can have in your own private villa with all the new friends you will make. The villa culture in Semiyak is huge and it’s not unusual to be invited around for drinks or a swim etc.
A typical night out in Bali for the chic and not so shy local gay community and gay tourists would consist of Sunset drinks - either in your private villa or at one of the fab beachfront bars such as Kudeta or La Luciola and then onto dinner at one of Seminyaks great restaurants like Kafe Warisan (not cheap but worth every cent) Rumours ( excellent and so cheap it is amazing they survive) or any of the others along the restaurant strip. Seminyak is basically 2 streets – Jalan Dyana Pura known as the bar strip and next to that but too far to walk is Jalan Laksama known as the restaurant strip. A taxi from any bar to any restaurant or vice versa will never cost you more than a couple of dollars but most people have their own mopeds to scoot around on which is great fun and reasonably safe so long as you don’t go too fast. An international motorbike driving licence is needed for mopeds which if you don’t have, can be bought for $25 from the Kerobokan Police Station (the bike rentor will usually take you there and organise this for you to encourage you to rent a bike off him) but if you don’t have one and get pulled over by the police, expect to pay an on the spot fine of about $10 – less if you are good at bargaining.
Along the Bar strip you will find QBar which has a drag show most nights and is espescially busy on Fridays and Saturdays and across the road is Kudos which has a nice outdoor terrace to have drinks on. Abit futher along is Mixwell and Kween which are worth a visit. The main club in Bali is called 66 and is open most nights and quite mixed, espescially on Friday and Saturday nights. They have a Rainbow night on Sundays but don’t expect too much. Next door to 66 is probably the best bar in Bali called Papparazzi with a mixed and friendly crowd and great music.
Do not even think about buying, taking or talking about any type of drugs in Bali because besides the fact that they are no good, the penalty if you are arrested is DEATH!!!