Fresh Seafood from Sanur’s Fishermen: A Taste of Tradition at Fisherman’s Club

The Fisherman’s Club restaurant, located on the beachfront of Sanur, embodies the Fishing Heritage of Sanur. It sources its fresh catches daily from the local fishermen. The food served at this restaurant is typical of what you would find at any other restaurant around Bali. However, with Fisherman’s Club being on the beachfront, it makes for a wonderful place to enjoy fresh fish with fantastic views of Sanur Beach.

Fisherman’s Club also offers an ‘ocean-to-table’ experience by collecting the day’s catch direct from the local fishermen’s jukung boats that set out from Sanur’s beach. Families with children, expats and visitors who can appreciate food provenance and a slice of local culture are warmly welcomed at this seafood restaurant.

Fisherman’s Club is located on the beach, a part of the Fisherman’s Club, a heritage site, where you can dine in a beachside restaurant that is part of a heritage site. Long tables made from old jukung boats of the local fishermen, thatched roof, stone walls and simple furniture made of bamboo, give you the laid back feeling of being in a place that is part of the local culture and heritage of Sanur. Sanur is a more laid back area than the southern parts of the island and has a very relaxed, laid back feeling to it.

The restaurant’s classic dishes are of Jimbaran-style of grilled seafood that is cooked on coconut husks and seasoned with local spices that include chilli, tamarind and coriander. There are a number of types of fresh seafood including whole red snapper, barramundi, yellowfin tuna, spiny lobster and king prawn, all displayed alive in their own tank, for guests to pick as they would in the local seafood restaurants.

Happy Hour is an attractive offer, especially during after-work hours or at sunset. They offer premium cocktails for IDR 99,000 nett as well as excellent wines for IDR 120,000 nett. On the weekends Fisherman’s is hosting live music creating a great social scene.

Slower development in Sanur compared to Canggu, risk for property buyers and investors are limitations of seafood supply, of high-end villa supply for certain investment models, and the risks that come with a very local culture and community.

Practical Takeaways for Buyers & Investors:

1. If your target audience consists of people who look for the authentic local experience and are willing to pay a premium for it then long term rentals of beachfront houses in Sanur can attract high paying renters, families or even regular guests.
2. Focus on properties for sale in Sanur within strolling distance to the Beach or to the local cultural venues like Fisherman’s Club.
3. Assess the local infrastructure development and bear in mind that Sanur is a slowly developing area so anticipate moderate growth and in your projections on rental and capital growth.
4. For property investors and buyers seeking a venue or dwelling that combines hospitality, cuisine, local culture and fishing heritage – look into the many hotel, vacation rentals, or residential dwellings adjacent to Fisherman’s Club or other Sanur community locales.

Many people flocking to Bali today are looking for places with a cultural depth which go beyond the mass tourism found in the southern part of the island. Here Sanur, with its laid back beach front and its unique fishing heritage, is a haven that fulfills all of their requirements. It is also a place to live in and Fisherman’s Club makes an ideal focal point, an old building that has been redeveloped into a restaurant and venue of interest to visitors and also into a club for the local community. It is a place to meet old friends and to make new ones, and is a venue where newcomers to the area can be integrated. All of this is far removed from the big hotels found along the southern coast of the island, many of which are run as closed shop businesses and are of little interest to or benefit to the local communities in which they are sited.