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“Amazing food”
Review of Bale Sampan Cafe

Bale Sampan Cafe
Ranked #55 of 198 Restaurants in Gili Trawangan
Cuisines: Indonesian
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Reviewed 9 November 2017

Beautiful food and great selection of juices. Aubergine parmigana baguette is seriously delicious - such a welcome treat after all the nasi goreng! Lovely atmosphere and very friendly helpful staff. Can't wait to return!

Date of visit: October 2017
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Thank aldon1
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Reviewed 9 November 2017 via mobile

We stumbled across the bale Sampan cafe as we were hot from riding our bikes and needed a juice. Everything looks yummy and fresh. Great for vegetarians as they have a good selection of meatless items. We went back for lunch and had baguettes that were fresh and tasty and a good price.
Service was good. Free wifi. You can also fill up your water bottle here.

Date of visit: November 2017
2  Thank Annewil63
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Reviewed 3 November 2017

If you love a good healthy meal, Bale Sampan is a great lunch option. More affordable than Kafe, and a great range of options to choose from. We went back a couple of times and everything we tried was yummy and flavoursome. Would highly recommend.

Date of visit: May 2017
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1  Thank Olivia R
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Reviewed 25 September 2017 via mobile

Great coffee, they know what they're doing!
While in Gili T (actually, whenever I am anywhere) I search high and low for a cafe with coconut milk (I know it's a lot to ask, but I prefer it to any other non-dairy milks in my coffee). To be fair I didn't expect to find any, but thought I should give it a try at least and asked at every cafe we stopped into. Finally I found Bale Sampan!
There is nothing quite like a long black (done well) with some cold coconut milk to cool it down.
Because of this, my boyfriend and I ate here and had our coffees here most mornings. He's from the USA so doesn't know the definition of good coffee (I having lived in Australia for two years, do) and this cafe opened his eyes. Instead of his usual over sweet caramel or vanilla lattes he switched over to and fell in love with having a simple silky long black, with some cold coconut milk on the side :)

This cafe is great for other reasons than the fact they do coffee well. They have great food, great service, yummy juices and smoothies, and also are environmentally conscience. There is a filtered water station where you can bring your reusable water bottles to fill up, thus saving the island from more and more plastic build up.

I think this is one of my favourite cafes in the world. Whenever a friend is in I recommend it :)

Date of visit: July 2017
Thank Beauandrea
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Reviewed 17 August 2017

The drinks here are a really good way to the start the day. Try the Quencher. It's young coconut meat with coconut water and lime. All the juices and smoothies are really good. Plant yourself on their chairs on the beach, order from inside and they'll bring it out to you. They also have a water machine you can use any time and a decent bathroom. There's also a pool in side that you can dip into if you don't want to get sandy again. The sandwich was really good and their salads look amazing. You can also see the same people coming back day after day so they get a lot of repeat business. Staff is friendly but not chatty. The guys who brings stuff out to the beach seems like he just started as he wasn't too sure of the menu. But he was nice and remember you are running on "Island Time."

Date of visit: July 2017
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Thank elleNYC
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