Gili Trawangan inland (one block from main strip)
★ 4.7(540 reviews)
Casa Vintage is Gili Trawangan's only true craft cocktail bar — a small inland speakeasy with vintage decor, a serious mixology program, and the kind of bartenders who muddle by hand and time their stirs. Cocktails run 130,000–200,000 IDR and the bar is the right call for a quieter, more sophisticated evening before or after the strip.
# Casa Vintage: Gili Trawangan's Cocktail Sanctuary
Most bars on Gili Trawangan are open-front beach affairs where the cocktail program is, charitably, an afterthought. Casa Vintage is the deliberate opposite. It's a small, dimly-lit, vintage-decorated indoor cocktail bar tucked one block back from the main strip, where the bartenders actually trained somewhere serious and the menu changes seasonally based on what fresh ingredients are available on the island.
If you've spent enough time in cities with proper cocktail bars to know what good craft work tastes like and you've been disappointed by the "tropical drinks" served elsewhere on Gili T, Casa Vintage is the relief.
The menu is split into Classics (Old Fashioneds, Negronis, Manhattans, Aviation, Last Word — all 130,000 IDR) and Signatures (rotating seasonal originals at 160,000–200,000 IDR). Both categories are executed properly: the bartender will tell you whether the Old Fashioned is built on rye or bourbon and ask which you prefer, the Negroni gets a real Campari pour, and the citrus is squeezed within the hour rather than coming from a bottle.
The signature menu rotates roughly monthly. Recent standouts include the Lombok Sour (mezcal, fresh tamarind, lime, egg white, smoked salt), the Garden Negroni (gin infused with curry leaf, Aperol, sweet vermouth), and the Coconut Old Fashioned (rum, house coconut syrup, smoked-coconut-water cube). All are around 180,000 IDR.
You can also order off-menu — give the bartender a base spirit and a flavor profile and they'll build something. This is genuinely useful and works.
The back bar runs deeper than any other venue on Gili T. Decent rye and bourbon selection (Bulleit, Maker's, Woodford), proper gin (Tanqueray, Hendrick's, plus a couple of Indonesian craft gins), respectable agave (Patron, plus a single mezcal), and a Negroni-grade vermouth lineup. Premium spirits run 100,000–180,000 IDR per pour.
Beer is available (Bintang 60k, a couple of Bali craft beers at 90–110k) but you should not order beer at Casa Vintage. That's not what the bar is for.
Capacity is around 25–30 people. The room is air-conditioned (a real luxury on Gili T), low-lit, with dark wood and vintage 1920s-style decor — leather banquettes, a brass-detailed bar, low-hanging Edison bulbs. The music is jazz and lounge at conversational volume. There's no dance floor and the bar makes no attempt to be a party venue.
The size means it fills fast on weekends. For a guaranteed seat on Friday or Saturday, arrive by 7pm or message via WhatsApp ahead.
A small bites menu pairs intentionally with the cocktails: charcuterie board (180k), local cheese plate (160k), tuna tartare (170k), arancini (110k), olives and bread (60k). Quality is high. This isn't dinner — it's something to nibble between cocktails. Eat dinner elsewhere and stop in for one or two drinks.
The most varied crowd on the island. You'll find dive instructors on a date night, luxury hotel guests escaping their resort bar, repeat Gili T regulars who learned about the place last visit, occasional Bali-based expats over for a weekend, couples celebrating something. Median age is older than the main strip — late 20s to 50s — and the conversation level matches.
Solo travelers do well. The bar setup is conducive to conversation with bartenders and the small space makes it easy to chat with neighbors. Solo female travelers report Casa Vintage as the most comfortable bar on the island for a quiet drink alone.
Pre-dinner (6pm to 8pm): perfect for a sophisticated start to the evening. Post-dinner (9pm to 11pm): good for a quiet finishing drink before deciding whether to head to the strip. Late (11pm to 1am): chill, conversational, the right call if you're tired of the strip but not yet ready to go home.
This is not a bar for warming up before a big party. The pacing is wrong and the prices don't support volume drinking.
If you genuinely appreciate craft cocktails and have been disappointed elsewhere on the island. If you want an indoor air-conditioned escape from the heat. If you're on a date night or want a quieter sophisticated evening. If you can absorb the pricing premium without flinching.
Skip Casa Vintage if you want energy and a crowd, if you want the beach/sunset/sand experience, if you want to drink volume rather than quality, or if 200,000 IDR per cocktail breaks your trip budget.