Real food

Like every element of our retreats, Mana’s cuisine leads with purpose, created to fuel vitality today and longevity tomorrow.

We cook on charcoal, poach and simmer, fire-kiss and purify with an elemental cooking style that feels like nature’s home. Our protein is clean, traceable and handled with care so you’ll build strength, balance hormones and keep food cravings at bay.

Mana is honoured to have direct access to Bali’s ancient healing herbs and spices to help you be your best self. Meals are sprinkled with them to bring out nuanced flavours unique to the Indonesian archipelago.

We’ll support your gut health, build your immune strength and support cellular recovery with medicinal broths, house-fermented vegetables and the very best fats from avocados, nuts, oils and fish.

Then we’ll serve them with refined elegance worthy of me-time moments.

At Mana, food is nourishment and ritual – vibrant, colourful and alive with the flavours of Bali’s botanicals, drawn from the island’s rich soil and generous sea.

The ritual of dining here is slow and steady: you’ll be truly supported, and you’ll never go hungry. Morning meals energise – a generous start that wakes the body without weighing it down. Midday meals bring clarity, focus and strength for the fullest part of your day. And evening dining is designed to settle the nervous system and prepare you for deep, restorative rest.

There’s good reason our food is a highlight for every guest who stays with us. It’s where flavour, nutrition and comfort meet.

Like every element of our retreats, Mana’s cuisine leads with purpose – created to fuel vitality today and longevity tomorrow.

We cook the elemental way: over charcoal, poached and simmered, fire-kissed and clean. Nothing over-processed, nothing hidden. Our protein is clean, traceable and handled with care, so every plate leaves you strong and satisfied.

Mana is honoured to have direct access to Bali’s ancient healing herbs and spices. Meals are sprinkled with them to draw out nuanced flavours found nowhere else in the Indonesian archipelago.

Medicinal broths, house-fermented vegetables and good fats from avocado, nuts and fish do restorative work – supporting gut health and immunity from the inside out.

Then we serve it all with the refined elegance of a true me-time moment.

The Mana menu is designed to repair and deeply care for your body, rest your nervous system and feed your soul.

Every dish is created personally by our Executive Chef and wellness-nutrition expert, Putu Witana. For twenty-five years he has led teams in the world’s best nutrition kitchens, the last seven at our partner resort, Escape Haven – so he understands, daily, what good food does for the body and the mood.

As a therapeutic chef, he and his team cater with care to individual dietary needs – from paelo, keto, raw to vegan, dairy-free, nut-free and low-FODMAP, and more. Every one of Chef Putu Witana’s dishes is designed to help you feel supported, not restricted, so you can relax into retreat.

Picture yourself on a private terrace beneath towering palms, the sound of the river below – or pulling up a chair poolside or in the sunken fire pit with new-found friends to enjoy a meal and conversation together.

Dining slowly, in community and surrounded by nature, is one of the simple luxuries of a stay at Mana. So every table can be shared or your own – the choice is yours, each night of the week. Our communal table is called the Mana table and is by the river underneath the palms. Choose company when you’re feeling it, or a private table tucked somewhere in the retreat when you need it.

Either way, our team are intuitive and unintrusive, so you’ll always be served with care.

The Mana Table moves with the seasons and evolves each week – no two stays taste quite the same.

Some tables become an occasion. Megibung, the ancient Balinese sharing feast from Karangasem, gathered close around one generous platter. Nasi Campur, Indonesia’s everyday feast -a scoop of steamed rice surrounded by a vibrant assortment of small dishes and sambals. And The Sunday Roast, slow and communal, to close the week.

Between them, expect charcoal-kissed proteins, jungle-herb salads, medicinal broths and something indulgent to finish. Every plate is elemental, generous, and unmistakably Bali.