Live in Bali · Three Addresses

A crossroads of spice, sound
+ ceremony.

The Chowk is India's marketplace energy carried across the Indian Ocean + plated in Bali. Three kitchens. Eight chefs. One invitation. [est. 2024]

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4.8★ · 755+ Reviews Featured at InterContinental Bali #1 Indian Kitchen in Sanur Mithas by The Chowk 25+ Years · Chef Dhoom Singh 20 Years · Chef Suresh Sunday Brunch Live Counter Private Dining Wedding Catering 220 Seats at Taman Gita Candlelit Couples Dinner 4.8★ · 755+ Reviews Featured at InterContinental Bali #1 Indian Kitchen in Sanur Mithas by The Chowk 25+ Years · Chef Dhoom Singh 20 Years · Chef Suresh Sunday Brunch Live Counter Private Dining Wedding Catering 220 Seats at Taman Gita Candlelit Couples Dinner

A chowk is where a city eats.

In India, a chowk is a crossroads. It is the square where four streets meet, where flower sellers share air with clay ovens, where a grandmother's chaat stall lives two doors from a wedding caterer. The city's noise + its hunger collect there.

We built The Chowk in Bali so guests could stand inside that feeling. Not a restaurant in the strict sense — a gathering square. Charcoal, cardamom, marigold, a brass bell. The hand-rolled naan lands while someone across the room is being served a dessert from a lineage older than most countries.

Three addresses. One idea. Food as memory, ritual, celebration + connection.

"Every plate we send out is a small ceremony — the same one my grandmother performed at dawn, only now in Bali."

Ibu Pooja mid classical dance in a flowing sari, black and white, motion blur

Born from a dancer's love of her country's kitchen.

The Chowk was founded in 2024 by Ibu Pooja — classical Indian dancer, yoga practitioner + cultural ambassador — alongside her partner Pak Pawan.

Pooja grew up moving between stage + kitchen, between the precision of a mudra + the improvisation of her grandmother's chulha. When she moved to Bali, the one thing she could not find was an Indian room that felt like home → so she built three of them.

The kitchen is led by Chef Dhoom Singh, 25+ years across heritage Indian cuisine, supported by Chef Suresh [20 years in Indonesia, chaat + dessert specialist] + a bench of six more named cooks. Every recipe is traceable. Every spice blend is ground in-house.

Founders Ibu Pooja + Pak Pawan
Established 2024 · Bali
Head Chef Dhoom Singh [25+ yrs]
Home Base Indian Ocean, east side
25+
Yrs led by
Chef Dhoom
220
Seats at
Taman Gita
3
Kitchens
across Bali
4.8★
Across 755+
reviews
Food is more than nourishment. It is memory, ritual, celebration + connection.
— Chef Dhoom Singh · Head Chef, The Chowk

Three ways to spend an evening with us.

From a Sunday live-counter brunch to a candlelit dinner at the pond, each experience is its own room in the same house.

Pani puri live station at Taman Gita, ringed in marigolds
Sunday · 11am–3pm

Live-Counter Brunch

Seven stations. One long table. Chaat tossed to order, dosa crisped on the plancha, mithai pulled fresh. [IDR 220K++ per adult]

Book brunch
Cocktail in soft pond-side light
Evenings · By reservation

Candlelit Couples Dinner

Private table beside the pond at Taman Gita. Six courses, paired pours, quiet service. Honeymoon + anniversary bookings preferred. [IDR 650K++ per guest]

Reserve a dinner
Mithas branded red and orange sweets takeaway box with twelve assorted mithai
Sub-brand · Takeaway

Mithas by The Chowk

A dedicated sweets chef. Assorted house mithai in a signed red-and-gold box. Weddings, Diwali, festival gifting + private orders.

Find a counter

Find us across Bali.

Each room has its own personality, its own chef lead, its own view. Same kitchen DNA, three moods to choose from.

The Chowk Sanur — teak pergola terrace over rice fields
Sanur · Rice-Field Terrace

The Chowk Sanur

Near Icon Mall
Jl. Bypass Ngurah Rai, Sanur

Open daily · 8am–11pm

The Chowk Ubud entry flanked by white Balinese ceremonial umbrellas
Ubud · Heritage Setting

The Chowk Ubud

Museum Puri Lukisan
Jl. Raya Ubud, Ubud

Open daily · 8am–11pm

The Chowk at Taman Gita — tropical covered terrace at InterContinental Bali
Jimbaran · Flagship [220 seats]

The Chowk at Taman Gita

InterContinental Bali Resort
Jl. Uluwatu 45, Jimbaran

Open daily · 12pm–10:30pm

Secure your table.

Walk-ins welcome · priority seating for reservations · private dining + catering by request