Solar power is generated at NXT with panels installed on the roof of our motorbike/car park, taking an otherwise redundant space and converting it into a natural power source. We work with solar company Sunterra and the electricity we generate is fed back onto the national grid. As of 2023 the solar energy we use is restricted to 15% of our total energy for the site, by government policy. We hope in the future this can change so we can generate more and work towards being totally off-grid.

Recycling our water helps reduce how much we use, and help keep more water in the ecosystem serving nature. All the waste water at NXT flows into our Treatment Plant and spends 10-14 days being filtered before it’s fed to our garden irrigation tank and used to water the rooftop food forest.

Our Organic Wellness Centre is where we separate all our waste, recycle, compost, shred plastic to be turned into recycled plastic and separate glass to be used as glass bricks for building. This ensures that nothing leaves NXT without a purpose – everything is used or turned into something that can be used.

All food scraps at NXT go into our worm composting farms, which turn liquid and soil matter into nutrient-rich fertiliser for our rooftop forest. This makes sure that we're feeding the soil we use to grow with, rather than just letting it feed us.

Yep, you read that correctly. All the toilets at NXT are connected to our Worm Sewage Treatment Plant – a chamber deep inside the basement where we have over 2000 worms going to work on everything that gets flushed. This is also where all the greywater from our kitchen sinks ends up. Everything needs to all get mixed together before it's filtered out and used for irrigation, and worms turned out to be the best ones for the job.

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Welcome to NXT and the first room most people will begin their experience. Our beverage team HQ in a way, they have their micro-distillery in here, and the central bar serves all sort of wonderful drinks made from local ingredients. 

Talking of which, we even have arak palms growing in the room which we'll use for some limited production of our own arak - how hyper local is that? And what is that beautiful Balinese door for???

‘Stackfruit’ 2023 
by Komang, Wayan & Agency X
Wood, metal, beeswax

Bringing to life some of the unique ingredients of Indonesia, we took the large, versatile ‘fruit-vegetable hybrid’ jackfruit and playfully created a pod of standing tables hand-carved in wood. By playing with the scale of an already-big fruit, we exaggerate its proportions and create illusion in a gravity-defying balanced stacking arrangement.

‘Hidden Spirits’ 2023 
by Komang, Wayan & Agency X
Wood, concrete, beeswax

A structural column features large areas of concrete seemingly broken away. Underneath they reveal the centre of the column which appears to be made from wood, featuring carvings THAT depict dioramas of village life. On closer inspection, the scenes of village life show a group of men harvesting and producing arak… unsurprisingly, there is some drinking involved to celebrate their harvest.

‘Gateway of Metamorphosis' 2023 
by Komang, Wayan & Agency X
Wood, metal, paint

A metaphor for a gateway to another realm, the Balinese door is an iconic symbol of culture and transformation. This artwork in our bar at NXT holds many secrets in its carvings, and an even bigger secret awaiting those who wish to enter.

‘Palm of Light’ 2023
by LJB & Agency X
Wood, glass, metal, LED

Many palm trees produce bouquets and clusters of hanging fruit, as does the Arak palm tree used for making the local spirit drink. This custom chandelier emulates the clustering of the round fruits and shines a light on our bar which is a celebration of using local ingredients for alcoholic beverages.

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Resting quietly at the back of our rooftop forest garden is a 'Joglo' structure where we have two lovely species of bees, happy in their hives — 

Primarily to help act as pollinators for the habitat but eventually a source of some small amounts of delicious honey too.

The black stingless bees produce very small amounts of a beautiful, acidic dark honey that is almost like instant vinaigrette. The second variety, a more traditional honey bee, which we’re excited to see what flavours the honey will be from the variety of plants around the site.

BEEKEEPING

Like all good clichés, we want you to ‘exit through the gift shop’. 

Our concept store is a curated selection of items we wouldn't mind having at home too. From a range of edible products by our LAB X team to our own NXT book, limited edition print artworks, grow-your-own-mushrooms kits, designer apparel, eco designed clothing & footwear, and homeware items based on designs from the interior of NXT. 

Most of our range is also available on our 

DESIGN STORE

Mushrooms have so much creative potential as an ingredient and are symbolic of our pursuit to be more in harmony with natures bounty. 

Our mushroom fruiting chamber is down in the basement facility (where else?) and is as much a living art installation as it is a food production centre. We manage the spore and inoculation process in the mushroom lab and when we are ready, mycelium blocks grow mushrooms in the 8 meter long glass fruiting chamber. 

We grow some lesser known varieties from Indonesia as well as some of our favourite varieties to cook with. This initiative gives us an abundance of mushrooms to play with that we've never had in the kitchens before.

Current and planned mushrooms we are developing include Pink Oyster, Golden Oyster, Lions Mane, Reishi, Pioppino, Milky Mushroom, Golden Enoki, Chestnut, Blue Oyster, Shimeji, King Oyster, Red Wine Cap, Gold Wine Cap, Cordyceps, Hen Of The Woods.

‘B.I.O. Library’ 2023
by Digital Nativ & Agency X


Infrared touch LED screen, computer, software, digital photogrammetry scanner

Documenting the extensive knowledge and application of local ingredients required a platform that could help share, inspire and create a new community. The B.I.O. Library (Biodiversity Interactive Open-Source Library) is a world’s first 3D digital record of edible ingredients. Over time we intend to document many more varieties of ingredients we work with and host a platform online that allows others to contribute from all over the world.

For now, this installation allows a dynamic presentation of some of the edible biodiversity we have documented, and takes guests through the origin story of the food and drink as part of our tasting menu experience. Scroll, zoom, spin and fly through the 3D library of nature. 

A remarkable experiment that still continues, Digital Nativ brings ideas to life through their maverick leaders ability to inspire, invent, create and adapt to solve problems and surpass expectations.

‘Stream Of Consciousness’
by Digital Nativ & Agency X


LED screens, custom electronics, computer, software, internet

NXT’s ambitious scope and size – with layers upon layers of progressive activity – is almost a biological entity in itself. This results in a huge amount of data flying around directly and indirectly from the project's people, products, cultures, habitat, environment, social impact, and sustainable development. We take that data and help channel it into a single stream of information… like a ticker tape of data from inside the brain of NXT.

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LabX is our creative playground. 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 

LabX

Our concept for NXT was for a creative culinary hub integrated in partnership with nature. 

We have designed the project so that it is integrated back into the landscape, and regenerates itself both literally – with water and soil systems – but also by celebrating nature and sharing information to help foster a better way of living. 

The rooftop of NXT and surrounding landscape is where possible edible plants are grown. We call it our ‘food forest’. We have planted and encouraged growth of plants that naturally want to live in this environment and also treat them to support whatever seasons they naturally want to prosper and fruit. The land itself actually becomes a calendar, as the months pass different plants go through their seasons, and we react by using the crops presented on their schedules.

FOOD FOREST

Our beverage lab is really just a facility for research and development of new beverage ideas. We explore our local ingredients used in the menus and some grown onsite, and see what we can develop for our beverage program. The small batch lab uses a range of equipment that helps to experiment with taste, aroma and sensory experiences. 

Our lunch and dinner menus have drink pairing options and we are proud that they are as creative as the food itself. We mainly serve cocktails, non alcoholic concoctions, and very creative, non-traditional ideas for our drinks.

BEVERAGE LAB

If NXT is a mothership style project, you have just entered the control room. 

The expansive architecture captures the imagination as guests sit with huge window views of the rice paddies and the open kitchen. Our kitchen team are busy during service and on view in our open kitchen design, right in the centre of the dining space. 

It's not the only room you'll experience as part of the menu, but this is where the real action happens.

‘Circle of Life’ 
by Nyoman Arisana & Agency X


We are all in the circle of life and our 3 metre-wide circular painting expresses the phases of birth, life, decay, nourishment, and rebirth from the perspective of a simple, symbolic fruit. Nyoman Arisana's spirituality flourishes throughout of an unreal scene of the NXT project; diners transform whilst eating and drinking, workwear clad teams hypnotically serve the guests, bees fly past mushrooms, ethereal glowing words and holy liquids.

‘Sawah Winds on Dutch Canals’ 2023
by Wayan Upadana & Agency X


A variety of eclectic objects in the iconic Delftware ceramic style, from cows to plates and large vases.  These re-imaginations of the traditional style tell their own stories of the Dutch Indonesian subjects in their paintings.

Guests first see the collection of objects in an earlier room displayed in the water pond. Now these same objects have been caught in a powerful, spiralling wind that has scattered them into a visceral shower of ceramic art masquerading as a chandelier. It’s a playful nod to Chef Eelke's Dutch nationality and heritage brought to life by the very talented (and patient) Wayan Upadana.


DINING ROOM

Our restaurant for the team and onsite staff. It's important everyone is well looked after with healthy food at NXT, so our team and staff meals are really important parts of the day. It's a good time to get together with everyone, eat some tasty food and have your breaks. 

We also use the Canteen as our pop-up casual restaurant space for guests too. Expect us to announce tickets to come and have a see behind the scenes, and a nice meal even if you haven’t got a reservation at Locavore.

CANTEEN

Our Fermentation Kitchen is the home of our seven-strong team managing all fermented related production for use in Locavore NXT and across the Locavore Group. 

The dedicated space and equipment allows us to produce ferments on a scale we have never been able to before, but even more importantly expand on our research and creative development. 

There could be more than a hundred ferments happening in the Lab at any one time. One busy team.

FERMENTATION KITCHEN

We love fermentation and using koji across so many different applications, from miso to beverage recipes and more. 

This dedicated series of saunas allow us to control temperature and humidity to not only inoculate koji from rice, but to experiment with tempe and many other ideas. We will also produce a range of packaged goods for home use that will be featured in the Concept Shop as part of our LabX range.

LAB SAUNA

Many of our guests, visiting chefs and beverage friends travel from far and wide to visit Locavore NXT. We thought, what better than having a space for people to stay overnight when they visit?

The Wood Rooms are onsite next to the restaurant and are integrated into the project's vision for sustainability. Working with a reforestry foundation we have created a small wild, wooded area to enclose the cabins.

Guests who book The Full NXT Experience are provided with dinner at Locavore NXT followed by an overnight stay at The Wood Rooms, a private tour of the NXT project (including meeting the chefs) and an off-menu breakfast in our Canteen restaurant.

With only three cabins, availability at The Wood Rooms is very limited. Click below to enquire about booking The Full NXT Experience.


Inc. breakfast and backstage tour with dinner experience at NXT
One person IDR 4.450.000++
Two people IDR 6.400.000++

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RESERVATIONS

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 Adi 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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Locavore moved out. Nature took over. Then the Herbivores came along.

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, five (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.


3 courses with options, plus savoury and sweet snacks | IDR 395.000++
Additional Drinks Pairing | Alc. IDR 250.000++ Non-Alc. IDR 200.000++
Available for lunch only.



5 courses, plus savoury and sweet snacks | IDR 595.000++
Additional Drinks Pairing | Alc. IDR 450.000++ Non-Alc. IDR 350.000++
Available for lunch only.



7 courses, plus savoury and sweet snacks | IDR 795.000++
Additional Drinks Pairing | Alc. IDR 595.000++ Non-Alc. IDR 450.000++


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Herbivore

Peggy’s Brass Knuckles is our restaurant done proper in Jakarta.

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

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Peggy's Grocery is the grocery shop of Peggy's Brass Knuckles – our restaurant done proper in Jakarta.

A big part of the fun that our chefs have at Peggy's Brass Knuckles is finding the best local ingredients in Indonesia to feature on the restaurant menu, and making anything we can't find (but really, really want) ourselves.

Peggy's Grocery is where we get to share all the tasty things we discovered or created, and you get to take them home and enjoy some proper good food in your own kitchen.

We live next door to the restaurant with an onsite butchers, bakery and retail space for all the ingredients that we make ourselves, along with some tasty things our friends make too. Plus a café that makes a good cup of coffee, and a bar with our favourite locally brewed craft beers on tap. 

Pop in to have a look and enjoy a drink, or order online and have everything you want delivered.

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Peggy's Grocery

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 Concept Shop.

Your new favourite postmodern happiness portal in Canggu.

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

Sip on original inventions and non-traditional traditional mixes paired with light dishes teamed up into Chill, Fire and Kushiyaki & Yakitori.

Meanwhile Club Soda's sibling brand, DUB Soda, will be with you bringing the good time to its fullest with our artisan Hi-Fi sound system. This ‘jazz-kissa’ style corner of pure musical appreciation will house collaborations with some of our favourite creatives from around the world. Stay tuned on our Instagram to find out what’s on.

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Club Soda Canggu

Your favourite postmodern happiness portal in Jakarta.

Club Soda Jakarta is our craft cocktail bar in the capital, serving multi-hyphenated creative refreshments wrapped up in an art installation and enveloped by sonic audio waves.

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

Sip on original inventions and non-traditional traditional mixes paired with light dishes like Bao, Rice Bowls, Noodles.

Meanwhile Club Soda's custom-built speaker stacks, DUB Soda, will be there as pulse of the night, bringing the good time to its fullest.

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Club Soda Jakarta

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 alchemist Raka take 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. 

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.

Locavore To Go

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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
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