Senggigi central beachfront (next to main beach access)
★ 4.2(1,890 reviews)
De Quake Restaurant & Bar sits on Senggigi's central beachfront, mixing a wide international menu with a live-music bar that draws Senggigi's loudest evening crowd. Mid-range pricing 90-200k IDR per main, sunset views, drinks-and-dancing energy after 9pm. Best for travelers who want dinner that rolls into a late evening rather than ending at 9pm.
# De Quake Senggigi: Beachfront Restaurant and Live-Music Bar
De Quake is the closest thing Senggigi has to a proper night spot — a beachfront restaurant by day, live-music bar by night, and one of the only venues on the strip that stays lively past 10pm. The setting is genuinely good (open beachfront, ocean views, sunset west-facing) and the format works for a long evening that starts with dinner and rolls into drinks and dancing.
The venue spreads across two levels. The ground floor opens directly onto the beach with around 30 tables, plus a long bar running along the inner wall. Upstairs, a casual lounge with pool tables, more seating, and a smaller bar handles the overflow on busy nights. The stage for live music sits at the back of the ground floor.
By day it functions as a normal beachfront restaurant — families, couples, solo travelers eating lunch and watching the surf. By evening (especially Wed/Fri/Sat) it transitions into the strip's main live-music venue, drawing a mix of tourists, expats, and the occasional local night out.
Indonesian classics (75-150k IDR):
Western mains (100-200k IDR):
Seafood specialties (130-220k IDR):
Vegetarian section (80-130k IDR):
De Quake sits in the comfortable mid-range. A typical dinner for two with starters, mains, and drinks lands 400,000-600,000 IDR. Add live-music night drinks and that climbs to 500,000-750,000 IDR for a couple staying through the band's set.
Cocktails are 110-160k IDR (slightly above strip average), beers 50-65k, wine glasses 90-130k. The bar runs a basic happy hour 4-6pm with 20% off cocktails — the best value window for sunset drinks.
Typical schedule (confirm via Instagram or WhatsApp):
Cover charges are unusual — drinks markup covers band fees. Reservations recommended for live-music nights, especially Saturdays.
Lunch (11am-3pm): relaxed beachfront dining, families and couples, light crowd
Late afternoon (3-6pm): happy hour drinkers, sunset positioners, growing energy
Sunset (5:30-6:30pm): peak beachfront table demand, atmospheric
Dinner (6-9pm): standard dinner crowd, music starts mellow
Bar hours (9pm-1am): live music nights get loud, drinking and dancing focus
The shift from dinner-restaurant to bar happens around 9pm. If you want a quiet conversational dinner, eat 6-7pm and leave by 8:30pm. If you want a long social evening, arrive at 7pm and settle in.
Beachfront tables for the 5:30-6:30pm sunset window book out fast in peak season:
Specify "beachfront sunset table" when booking via WhatsApp.
Vegetarian: dedicated section on the menu, about a quarter of dishes vegetarian-friendly. Gado-gado, vegetable curry, vegetarian pizza, falafel wrap, salads.
Vegan: most pasta can be made vegan, vegetable curry, falafel wrap, gado-gado without egg.
Halal: most Indonesian section is halal. The Western section includes pork (some sausages, occasional bacon items) — clearly marked. Inform staff if strictly halal.
Gluten-free: limited — rice-based dishes work, gluten-free pizza dough not available.
Strengths: location, late opening, live music, broad menu, sunset views. The format — beachfront dinner that rolls into a bar evening — is unique on the Senggigi strip.
Weaknesses: food quality is good at dinner but slips during late-night bar service when the kitchen runs on skeleton staff. Live-music nights are loud — bad for dinner conversation. Drinks pricing creeps up on band nights. Service slows when the bar gets crushed after 10pm.
Best for: travelers wanting a long social evening; couples with mixed dinner-and-drinks plans; small groups looking for one venue that handles food and drinks; live-music fans; solo travelers who want a sociable bar after dinner.
Skip if: you want a quiet conversational dinner (eat at Asmara or Square); you want fine-dining food quality (try Square); you're sensitive to loud music; you want to be in bed by 9pm.