Vegan, Vegetarian & Gluten Free on Nusa Lembongan: The Dietary Dining Guide

Travelling with dietary requirements can turn every dinner into a negotiation — squinting at menus, quizzing waiters, settling for the one safe thing. It should not be that way on holiday, and on Nusa Lembongan it does not have to be. Across our venues — Ohana's, Nisi – House of Mediterranean and Bar Riva — vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and allergy-aware dining is planned for, marked on the menus and handled by kitchens that genuinely want you eating well. Here is the full guide.

How It Works Here

Start with the menus themselves: at Nisi, dishes are marked V (vegetarian), VG (vegan) and GF (gluten free) right across the menu, so you can scan for your letters before you have even sat down. Across all three venues, the golden rule is simple: tell us. Mention requirements when you book or when you order, and the kitchen adapts where it can — most dishes flex more than menus suggest.

Now the important honest bit, and please read it if you have a serious allergy or coeliac disease: ours are busy commercial kitchens, with shared preparation areas, shared equipment and shared fryers. We will always do our best — flagging risks, suggesting the safest choices on the day and taking genuine care — but we can never 100% guarantee zero cross-contamination, and it would be wrong of us to promise otherwise. If trace exposure is dangerous for you, please speak directly with the team before ordering and make the judgement that is right for you. For everyone managing a preference or intolerance rather than a severe allergy, the kitchens will look after you very well indeed.

Vegetarian: Spoiled for Choice

Vegetarians eat like royalty here. At Nisi the V-marked list runs from spanakopita, bruschetta and the trio of house-made dips through Greek salad, burrata salad and pumpkin risotto, into a pizza list with genuine range — margherita, roasted eggplant with tzatziki, seasonal-vegetable Ortolana Verde, three-cheese Tre Fromaggi, a burrata pizza and a wild mushroom calzone. Over the water at Bar Riva, the Italian side of the menu keeps vegetarians happy from bruschetta to veggie pizzas and pastas, and at Ohana's the beach club runs fresh salads, veggie-friendly bowls and sharing plates alongside the wood-fired rooftop pizzas.

Vegan: More Than an Afterthought

Plant-based diners get real dishes, not a side salad and an apology. Nisi's baked eggplant with chermoula is marked both vegan and gluten free, the BBQ jackfruit burger converts carnivores weekly, and the smoked tofu pizza can be built plant-based — just ask. At Ohana's, the vegan nasi goreng gives you the Indonesian classic without compromise, and the smoothie and juice programs across the venues are a vegan breakfast in a glass: think cacao, almond, cashew and coconut blends, with almond and oat milk available for every coffee and matcha order.

Gluten Free: Yes, Including Pizza and Pasta

The headline gluten-free news first: gluten-free pizza bases and gluten-free pasta are available — so the Italian side of the island is not off-limits, it just needs one sentence to your server. Beyond that, the GF-marked dishes at Nisi include the prawn gambas, seared baby octopus, sticky pork belly bites and that vegan baked eggplant, while the naturally gluten-free options run deep across all three kitchens: grilled fresh fish, snapper ceviche at Riva, Greek salads, build-your-own bowls and the fresh juice list. Between the marked menu, the GF swaps and the naturally-free dishes, coeliac and gluten-avoiding guests have a genuinely full holiday menu here.

The Build-Your-Own Superpower at Nisi

If dietary control is what you need, Nisi's build-your-own concept is the island's best friend. At breakfast, compose your own bowl from the fresh display — one base, three fruits, two crunch toppings — and from 11am the build-your-own salad takes over: one base, four selections and a dressing, assembled in front of you from ingredients you can see and point at. You choose every component that goes into the bowl — as close to full control as restaurant dining gets — and it happens to be one of the most popular orders in the house for everyone else too.

Dairy-Free, Nut Allergies and Everything Else

Dairy-free diners have easy wins: almond and oat milk for every coffee, coconut-based smoothies, and kitchens happy to hold the cheese or swap the yoghurt on request. Nut allergies deserve a direct conversation — several smoothies and dishes feature almonds and cashews, so tell the team and they will steer you cleanly. Pescatarians, meanwhile, have arguably the best seat on the island: the seafood comes off local boats and headlines every menu. And for the little diners with their own requirements, the kids' menus flex the same way — creamy pasta made plain, fish grilled instead of battered, just ask.

Tips for Dietary-Requirement Dining on a Small Island

Three habits make it seamless. First, mention requirements at booking rather than at the table — with notice, the kitchen prepares rather than improvises, and for special occasions they can often build the meal around you. Second, lean on the fresh-display concepts (the build-your-own bowls and salads) when you want to see every ingredient going in. Third, staying with us? Tell reception once and your requirements will be noted across the group's venues — though for anything serious, always remind your server on the day too; on the island as anywhere, the double-check is part of dining well with restrictions.

Come Hungry, Whatever Your Requirements

Browse the menus before you arrive — Ohana's, Nisi and Bar Riva all publish them online — and for the wider island picture, our food guide covers where to eat beyond our own tables. Whatever you can and cannot eat, the answer on Lembongan is the same: tell us once, then just enjoy dinner. That is what holidays are for.