Food & drink prices at Cross Bali Breakers
Food and beverage pricing is mixed: dinner buffet and quality dining are seen as reasonable for a five-star property, but à la carte lunch and dinner items command premium tourist pricing that some find expensive.
More recent reviews (June 2026) report on specific pricing concerns for à la carte items and buffet value, while older 2025 reviews offer broader contextual assessments of pricing relative to five-star standards and Indonesian norms.
What the reviews tell us
Dinner buffet is perceived as reasonably priced and good value (claim 66503)
À la carte restaurant items command tourist-level pricing; lunch and dinner items specifically noted as not cheap (claims 65590, 66490, 68693)
Restaurant quality is good and pricing is acceptable in the context of a five-star property (claim 77493)
Prices are elevated compared to local Indonesian standards but offset by food safety assurance (claim 78412)
Cross Bali Breakers presents a complex pricing picture across its food and beverage offerings. The dinner buffet receives consistent positive sentiment and is described as reasonably priced, appealing to value-conscious diners. The restaurant's quality is acknowledged as good, and some reviewers contextualize the pricing as acceptable or even reasonable for a five-star hotel standard. However, à la carte dining—particularly lunch and dinner items—is characterized as "tourist pricing" and "not cheap," with at least one reviewer calling lunch expensive. One reviewer notes that while food prices are high by Indonesian standards, this premium reflects the safety and quality assurance that justifies the cost to some travelers. Notably, no information is provided about breakfast inclusion or minibar pricing, leaving significant gaps in the assessment of total food and beverage spend.
Buffet vs. à la carte: divergent value perception
Reviewers consistently praise the dinner buffet as reasonably priced, yet the same restaurant's à la carte menu is described as expensive and oriented toward tourist pricing. This suggests the hotel's pricing strategy differs significantly by dining format—buffet offerings represent better value, while à la carte selections carry a substantial premium. One reviewer's characterization of prices as high by Indonesian standards but justified by safety reflects a common traveler trade-off, where cost is acceptable as insurance against food-borne illness rather than for perceived raw value.
The evidence
Both sides shown — including dissenting reviewsWhile restaurant is more tourist price for lunch and dinner
goed restaurant met aanvaardbare prijzen voor een vijfsterrenhotel
natürlich für indonesische Verhältnisse teuer, dafür mussten wir aber nie Angst vor Bali Belly haben
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