Our sister company Agency X are our partners in creative projects across the Locavore Group business. They compliment our restaurant groups development with creativity in ideas, businesses, experiences and project management. All the design work for NXT and the art direction on the project vision is through our partnership with Agency X. 

Based in Bali but working on big projects with International and domestic clients, they are a cross discipline style agency that develop ideas which live across different experiences and mediums. Primarily working in Food and Beverage, their often disruptive approach looks at opportunities the current landscape isn't serving and find exciting dynamics in being different from the rest.

Agency X Website

@agency_x_

AGENCY X

Black Hand Gang Studio was established in 2020 as Indonesia's first pioneering printmaking facility. The company has grown dynamically, diversifying into a wider range of artistic mediums and introducing innovative new services for clients.

At the heart of the company lies an extensive printmaking studio, recognised as a pioneer of the Indonesian print movement. The studio facilitates access to resources and education for emerging and established artists, as well as the wider printmaking community. The company has held major exhibitions in Bali and Jakarta in collaboration with institutions such as the Macan Museum and the Ruci Gallery.

Their Ubud-based studio hosts ongoing series of workshops for the wider public to participate in learning about printmaking, craft activities and producing their own artworks to take home.

Their commercial services offer clients the benefits of 'experience through art'. This is achieved through consulting and curation, artwork production, artist collaborations, interior design, and sales and rentals from their collection.

Focusing on the power of art to create experiences, the team works across different media and project scales, collaborating with a variety of partners on different concepts. Their extensive experience also includes collaborating with local Balinese and Javanese artisans to produce paintings, textiles, wood carvings and other traditional crafts with a contemporary spin.
Their community-led offshoot, the Asia Pacific Print Club (APPC), has members from over ten countries and regularly organises group exhibitions across Asia.

The Foundation Sigar Mangsi actively supports social projects, such as art therapy programmes in collaboration with schools, social organisations, and local orphanages.


BHG Studio Art Services

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@bhgstudio.id

BLACK HAND GANG

In seeking our architect partner for NXT part of the brief was innovation in how the space is an integral part of the restaurant project experience. BPA was awarded the work and have partnered with us to create a refreshing and creative modular space that reflects our aspiration to be closer to nature and regenerate more inspirational ideas for others to follow. 

Budi Pradono and his team are based in Jakarta and their portfolio features high profile government projects and private dwellings, and they have several initiatives such as Bintaro Design Week and other design competitions for architecture to solve environmental and social challenges.

Budi Pradono Website

@studio_bpa

Watch 'The Creators – Budi Pradono'

BUDI PRADANO

Our friends at ClimeMates run a large-scale composting facility here in Bali, and they’re the ones we trust with our organic waste. They take care of the bones, shells and other compostable materials that don’t go to our Black Soldier Fly larvae or internal systems. They help us manage waste not only at NXT, but across other Locavore Group outlets as well. It's a solid behind-the-scenes collaboration that keeps things circular and makes sure ‘valuable’ waste doesn’t end up in landfill.

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CLIMEMATES

We couldn't be happier with Dekton as our preferred work surfaces for countertops, kitchen islands and bars. Working with the kind support from Builders Shop Indonesia we have extensively used Dekton throughout the spaces and facilities at NXT. 

No plans to not use Dekton for future fit outs in NXT or our other venues. 

Builders Shop Website

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DEKTON & BUILDERS SHOP

Digital Nativ and their team craft ideas from commonplace components. Their visionary approach to solving problems is part ingenuity and part artwork. 

We have worked with them on several NXT installations and digital elements. They are partners in designing our B.I.O. Library – an open-source database of edible biodiversity with 3D scans  – and our Stream Of Consciousness installation.

See Their Installations

@digitalnativ

Watch 'The Creators - Digital Nativ'

DIGITAL NATIV

EcoBali offers a full-circle approach to responsible waste management, from separation at the source to recycling, composting, consulting and educating communities. They handle the non-organic waste at NXT through two key streams: recyclables and tradables. Certain plastics and other materials that still hold values are collected two to three times a week and sent for repurposing.

EcoBali Website

@ecobalirecycle

ECOBALI

Gaya group has two distinct halves. Gaya Ceramic Design Studio is run by husband-and-wife team Marcello and Michela, who create bespoke ceramic collections with incredible craftsmanship. 

We have a long running relationship with the people at Gaya and set them a new challenge with our brief for NXT to explore themes around nature and the space we have created. We have worked with them on many of the pieces that feature as part of our dining experience at NXT, and some are for sale in the Concept shop. 

We are forever simply mesmerised when they present their works by the creativity of ceramic finishes, designs and overall quality. It is literally eating from works of art.

Gaya Design Studio Website

@gaya.ceramic

GAYA CERAMIC

The other half of Gaya is their Art Center run by the wonderfully talented Hilary Kane. 

Established as a dedicated studio to develop the art of ceramic and explore traditional techniques with their incredible facilities, featuring several kilns and tools not found anywhere else in Indonesia. The centre runs workshops, offers an artist residency programme, and houses a space dedicated to pushing the limits in ceramic creativity. 

Not typically working outside of artistic pursuits, we were lucky to inspire Hilary to create some unique pieces that will feature as part of our dining experience at NXT. Truly one-of-a-kind craftsmanship.

Gaya Arts Center Website

@gayacac

Watch 'The Creators – Gaya Ceramic Arts Center'

GAYA ARTS CENTER

Junglo are a team of certified forest makers who have helped us rewild areas of our NXT landscape. They use the Miyawaki Method created by Japanese botanist Dr. Akira Miyawaki, which focuses on understanding the original ecosystem that existed in an area and trying to recover it. 

Working with Junglo we have planted forest around our Eco Cottages with an approach that centres around biodiversity, fungi-rich soils and high plant density to help return the native nature around NXT and create a better habitat.

Junglo Website

@junglo.ecosystems

JUNGLO

Our favourite coffee gurus in Indonesia are the team at Hungry Bird Coffee. Their Canggu basecamp is a house conversion where they have their own lab and roastery to experiment with specialty local coffee beans from Indonesia and abroad. 

Headed by founder Edo who is a self confessed coffee geek, they have an interest in many farms and work with Arca, a coffee farmer from Kintamani, on special lots and processing. Not just great coffee roasters, but their brew craft and espresso know-how is up there with the best, and they pretty much win all the national competitions and have been on winners podiums in International coffee competitions and forums. 

They help work with our beverage team on coffee programmes, innovations and service.

Hungry Bird Coffee Website

@hungrybirdcoffee

HUNGRY BIRD COFFEE

Kevala Ceramics are long time collaborators with the Locavore Group on many of our projects and a trusted partner for creative servingware commissions. 

We were excited to brief owner Wendy Thomas and her team on NXT and the theme of nature and sustainability. Working together with British designer Sarah Howard we commissioned a production of custom stoneware ceramics made by hand, with a particular focus on using recycled and upcycled waste. 

Glazes that use crushed glass from Sungai Watch river trash collections in Bali, old plaster moulds used to make new collection pieces, and ceramics mixed with natural stone waste from construction sites are all methods that feature in the pieces they have made for our diningware at NXT for use in the Canteen restaurant.

Kevala Website

@kevalaceramics

Sara Howard Website

@sara__howard

KEVALA CERAMICS

Led by Aaron, Kulture Mushrooms began as a home-grown mushroom cultivation project back in 2010, named Urban Kulture. What started as an independent project then evolved into a full-scale operation housed within Locavore NXT.

Inside our Root System, you’ll find their glass Mushroom Chamber, dedicated to cooler-growing varieties, and a separate fruiting room for heat-loving species. Completed with their lab for inoculation and colonisation, this setup allows for the in-house cultivation of a wide range of rare and high-grade mushrooms in Bali: Lion’s Mane, Reishi, Chestnut, multiple types of Oyster, Pioppino and more. Many of these end up in our dishes, becoming part of our creative process, some of them are turned into products that you can find in our Design Store and online. Kulture Mushrooms also runs the occasional workshop, for those curious enough to start their own fungi journey at home.

Kulture Mushrooms Website

@kulturemushrooms

KULTURE MUSHROOMS

Working with Agency X, we curated several of our favourite local contemporary and traditional artists from Bali to produce works for NXT. Nyoman Arisana's 3 metre wide circular painting titled 'Circle Of Life' depicts the habitat of NXT in a traditional style reminiscent of ancient Balinese paintings. Wayan Upadana's study of classical Dutch Delftware flips the ceramics on their head when exploded into a chandelier. Local wood carving experts Komang and Wayan expertly carved out of proportion Jackfruits stack in the lobby bar, hidden wooden columns reveal the calamity of village arak consumption, and the iconic Balinese door holds many secrets…

Wayan Upadana's sculptural artistry is no stranger to innovation, in our study of Delftware ceramics we decided to work with resin to create lifelike objects to allow us to produce the two sets of the work. His studio is in Gianyar, Bali, and his works have been shown internationally at many high-profile solo and group exhibitions.

@wayanupadana_studio

Nyoman Arisana's visionary painting aesthetic defies history and time, often appearing to be ancient artefacts using his creative ageing techniques and his magical spiritual expression. His studio is in Gianyar, Bali, and his paintings are shown in galleries and exhibitions all over.

@nyomanarisana

Our friends Komang and Wayan from our local wood carving village community, work with their various teams and specialists in carving, door production and temple cravings. Carving the details on these large-scale installations took over a year to produce.

Artworks At The Bar

Artworks In The Dining Room

LOCAL ARTISTS

Mahteh Ceramic is a ceramic studio located in the idyllic Lodtunduh neighbourhood, just near our restaurant. Founded by Séline and Marco, their work features earthborn, sculptural pieces which reflect their unique backgrounds in the architecture and graphic design fields.

We’ve collaborated closely with them mainly to explore natural materials from our surroundings: clays from specific Balinese terroirs and even cooking ashes from our Main Kitchen. Some of our dishes are also served in a gaiwan-inspired bowl and claypot.

MAHTEH CERAMIC WEBSITE

@MAHTEH.CERAMIC

MAHTEH CERAMIC

Sub Zero Wolf are leaders in meticulously crafted and expertly engineered kitchen appliances. We have worked with them for several years on the kitchens for our Locavore LAB. For LabX – our new research and development kitchen at NXT – we were supported by Sub Zero Wolf to develop the open-kitchen facility and take our innovation to the next level. 

We also partner with them on 'Journey Of Flavours', our short film series documenting the LAB X project.

Sub Zero Wolf Website

SUB ZERO WOLF

TOMO Studio is an independent creative studio in Jakarta, and our very clever web devs. They helped us to design and create this platform that you're on right now, along with our 

 and a lot of quite technically challenging interactive teaser content that we made together leading up to NXT being announced.

TOMO Website

@TOMO__STUDIO

TOMO STUDIO

Wedoo builds machines that turn waste into something useful, which makes them a natural partner for us. We use their shredder in our Circular Waste Centre to break down organic waste before it goes into compost or becomes food for our lovely little Black Soldier Fly larvae friends.

Beyond that, we’re working together to create upcycled products through their recycled design lab, 

, that can be used across the restaurant.

Wedoo Website

@wedoo.id

WEDOO

ZBIO provides NXT with Black Soldier Fly (BSF) larvae, which help us divert up to 40kg of surplus organic waste daily. Whatever doesn’t go to our composting facility and to the livestock is fed to these larvae. An efficient, natural method that keeps our waste system circular.

ZBIO Website

@zco.bio

ZBIO

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Locavore NXT takes our local ingredients philosophy further than we have ever gone before. It is a space we have built for creating, experimenting, collaborating, working closely with nature and – we hope – bringing the world of food one step closer to where it should be.

It’s a bit more than a restaurant. It’s a localised rebellion.

You can make a reservation at Locavore NXT for the full dining experience or check our website to find out more ways you can visit NXT, including upcoming events and programs.

Thursday - Saturday
Seatings from 12pm to 1:30pm

Monday - Saturday
Seatings from 5:30pm to 8:30pm

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Our vision is to present a rich, deeply passionate showcase of traditional Indonesian cuisine in a contemporary experience that reflects the developing and creative nature of Indonesian culture.

Nusantara means archipelago in bahasa Indonesia and with an estimated over 17,000 islands, 1,300 tribes, 300 local languages, 3,000 cuisines, its diversity is what makes the country.

Our Nusantara is an ethno-culinary portrait of the country. Yet we represent more than just the food itself – also the local ingredients, cooking techniques, serving style and rituals that all make up the heritage and culinary culture.

Our menus cover certain regions of Indonesia, where some of the strongest recipes and culinary inspirations originate. Many of our dishes are lesser-known, very local, and often not commonly found outside of those regions. Key to this is our ongoing research in discovering lost recipes, techniques, and dishes that have been forgotten or no longer practiced. Our team is bringing these back to life.

As the sister restaurant to Locavore NXT, Nusantara benefits from the same supply chains of very high-quality ingredients, organic and heritage produce, support for local farmers, and of course, only Indonesian ingredients.

Above our restaurant is a private dining space that was once Locavore’s food laboratory and test kitchen. This space is now available to book for dinner for parties of 8-12 people, where you can enjoy the Nusantara set menu as an intimate dining experience in a room rich with culinary history.

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Every Wednesday to Sunday our chef Putu teaches the craft of authentic Indonesian dishes. The itinerary and menu can be customised to provide a personal experience, whether it's for yourself or as a special gift for someone else. 

Restaurant Nusantara - by Locavore

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Nusantara

INQUIRIES

Herbivore is currently closed due to relocation.
Stay tuned on our Instagram to find out when we’re coming back.

Herbivore is a vegetation takeover of Locavore’s original restaurant venue in downtown Ubud.

Local plants run rampant across seasonal tasting menus to provide a wildly different “all flora, no fauna” experience of our local-ingredients-only philosophy.

Guests can choose from a three and five-course for lunch only or seven-course tasting menu created by chef Arnaud, with a rice-based alcoholic beverage pairings or a seriously crafted non-alcoholic pairing.

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Herbivore

Peggy's Brass Knuckles is currently taking a break due to relocation.
Stay tuned on our Instagram to find out when we're coming back.

Peggy’s Brass Knuckles is our restaurant done proper.

Real chefs, real produce, and really sharp knives. Peggy’s is our idea of a proper restaurant, where we make dishes that we love cooking and want to eat ourselves, with decent drinks too.

Peggy’s is also more than just a proper restaurant. We have an onsite butcher’s shop and bakery, with a retail space that sells some of the ingredients we make ourselves. Plus a cafe that makes a good cup of coffee and a bar with our favourite locally brewed craft beers on tap.

As with all restaurants by Locavore, all our ingredients are only sourced locally except for our extended beverage list, which features a curated mix of imported wines and spirits. It’s important for us to stick to only using food that can be found around us, even if that means going the extra mile in the kitchen. Better in here than out there.

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Peggy's Brass Knuckles

LabX is our creative playground at Locavore NXT. It's our dedicated food laboratory and testing kitchen for culinary research and development... the space for all our new culinary innovations to begin. 

Our R&D team is constantly experimenting with local ingredients to discover new tastes, techniques and, ultimately, recipes that will feature on the tasting menu and beverage menu at NXT. Some of the breakthroughs in LabX might also make it into our range of food products sold in the Design Store.

LabX

Club Soda is currently taking a break due to relocation.
Stay tuned on our Instagram to find out when we're coming back.
See you (in another postcode)!

Your favourite postmodern happiness portal.

Staying true to Locavore philosophy, Club Soda served innovative cocktails, non-alcoholic concoctions and a food menu inspired by East Asian small plates, all of which celebrate the sole use of local Indonesian ingredients.

Meanwhile Club Soda's sibling brand, DUB Soda, brought the good time to its fullest with our artisan Hi-Fi sound system. This ‘jazz-kissa’ style corner of pure musical appreciation housed collaborations with some of our favourite creatives from around the world.

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Club Soda

Enter a doorway... you’re invited to take a step into the unknown.

Our craft cocktail bar of local ingredients and custom house-made concoctions by our alchemists, Raka and Esy, takes you on a unique personal experience of storytelling. Indonesian folk tales and supernatural stories are woven into the drinks, atmosphere and experience in our intimate creative space.

The bar also highlights a selection of classic drinks with their own unique twists and Eccentric Eats selection to match the mystery in your glass. Expect the unexpected and take your own journey through the night as we stir your imagination.

Night Rooster by Locavore

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Locavore NXT Night Rooster

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When Locavore chefs Eelke and Ray want a break from the culinary high-craft of their tasting menu, they sit down and enjoy a damn-fine sandwich, burger, or coffee from their ‘cafe’ Locavore To Go.

The cafe is a casual off-shoot of their ideas and passions. Using many of their own produce from their adjacent butcher shop, Local Parts, the menu highlights span from the famous Burger à la Ray to classic sandwiches, charcuterie platters, and daily changing comfort food.

Ever wanted to pick an item to be cooked from the butcher shop but not have to cook it yourself? Just point at the butcher showcase chiller, take a seat, and we will cook it for you.

Coffee and drinks are also up to scratch with beans from local roastery Hungry Bird and teas from Chontea.

Locavore To Go

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Local Parts

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When chefs demand to go meet the farms, make relationships, and ensure the product is ethical and very high quality, you result in a great network of farmers and craft food suppliers. Whilst the team supports a balanced approach to eating meat, they do want the best from the meats that they use. It made total sense to help others have that opportunity too, so they opened their own Butcher Shop using only ethical, locally raised, and high-quality meats.

Local Parts is also a specialist in charcuterie and has perfected its own interpretation of classics using local meats – along with a large range of pickles, sauces, rubs, and other packaged goods for you to boost your own home cooking experiences.

Here you'll also find the ‘best of’ local partners such as Braud sourdough, 8 Degrees Cheese, and local salts.

Local Parts by Locavore

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AGENCY X WEBSITE

Agency X is a multidisciplinary creative agency, based in Bali, specialising in imaginative and unique food & drink experiences. We are Locavore Group's strategic partner for creative projects and work with other clients too.

Combining the disciplines of communications, creativity, culinary, operational, art & design, interiors, brands, architecture, experiences and more, we develop original ideas that surprise, delight and inspire people.

Are you looking for a custom creative design for your new hotel, restaurant, bar, or other F&B project? 
Or interested in licensing an existing design IP?

Find out more about us, our projects and get in touch with business enquiries
via the Agency X website below.

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