10 Best Ubud Hotels in Bali — Rice Terrace & Jungle Pool Picks

Our number one is Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve — a Reserve-level resort spread across 6 hectares on a cliff above the quiet Ayung River, designed as a small replica Balinese village with its own temple, vegetable garden and little streams winding between the villas. There are 60 units in all: 35 suites in the main building and 25 private pool villas, with four restaurants, a riverside spa and full fitness. The price covers a lot for repeat luxury travelers — free breakfast, free Wi-Fi and parking, plus free activities from morning yoga to Balinese cooking and rice-field tours. It earns 9.6/10, the top score in town. Rates start at about $1,570 a night and run up past $6,000 for the biggest villas.

Capella Ubud, Bali has been the most talked-about resort in Ubud these last few years — 22 colonial-style tent villas modeled on the 1800s explorer era, linked by suspension bridges strung over a bamboo forest. Every tent has its own private pool looking out over the green valley, and the Auriga Spa works with plants grown in the resort's own garden. It sits in Tegalalang, inside a conservation forest about 20 minutes from the centre of Ubud, with the Tegalalang rice terraces roughly 10 minutes away. Rooms run from about $1,285 a night, and the resort has collected World's Best Hotels awards from several publications — including a place among the best in Asia for 2025. With a score of 9.5/10, it is the kind of stay people describe as changing how they think about hotels for good.

Amandari opened in 1989 and effectively invented the idea of the ultra-luxury resort in Bali. Its 30 suites are laid out like a traditional Balinese village, complete with a temple, sala pavilions and a central Agung courtyard, so the whole place reads as a village rather than a hotel. The signature image is the clifftop pool perched above the Ayung River — the view that well-travelled guests dream about, with the water dropping away into the gorge below. Suites run roughly 170–250 sqm in Balinese stone, with open pavilions and private gardens, and a few have their own plunge pool. The score sits at 9.4/10 and rates start around $1,086 a night. It is one of the original Aman resorts and, more than three decades on, still feels like the reference point everyone else copies.

Komaneka at Bisma sits on a cliff above the Campuhan valley right in central Ubud — a combination that is genuinely hard to find. It is a 10-minute walk to Ubud Palace and the Ubud Art Market, yet the setting stays quiet and private. The 22 villas step down the cliffside among green gardens and palm trees, and the infinity pool looks straight out over Campuhan Ridge and the jungle. There is a contemporary Balinese art gallery on site, a garden spa, and a breakfast buffet reviewers like for its range. At a starting rate of around $510 a night, it is the best value of the luxury group here — a real step down in price from Mandapa and Amandari without giving up the location. It scores 9.3/10.

COMO Uma Ubud is one of Ubud's leading wellness resorts, built across 4 hectares on a hillside north of town with views down over the valley and rice fields. The headline draw is the COMO Shambhala Spa — named a Best Spa in Asia by Condé Nast — paired with a full slate of detox, yoga and meditation programmes. Dining runs through COMO Shambhala Cuisine, a whole-food, plant-based kitchen leaning on organic local ingredients that turns out genuinely interesting plates rather than bland health food. There are 46 units across Uma Suites, Pool Suites and Villas, and the location is strong: roughly 5 minutes by car from the Ubud Art Market and 10 minutes from the Sacred Monkey Forest. Rates open around $400 a night and the value gap against Mandapa and Amandari is real.

Viceroy Bali delivers the thing most people actually come to Ubud for: a private pool villa overlooking the green Petanu River Valley, on all 25 villas, not a token few. Rates start around $570 a night, which is genuinely fair for a clifftop pool villa of this calibre, and the in-house CasCades restaurant has pulled international recognition and a stack of Best Restaurant in Ubud awards. Opened in 2006 by the Australian McCarthy family, it skips the box-hotel layout entirely and reads more like a private hillside estate. Guests score it 9.2/10, and the recurring line in reviews is that it feels like Mandapa-level indulgence without the Mandapa price.

Maya Ubud Resort & Spa is the easiest-to-reach 5-star on our list, sitting on a 2.5-hectare clifftop above Petanu Gorge just 5 minutes from central Ubud and roughly 2 km from the Ubud Art Market. There are 108 rooms and villas in all, some looking straight down the gorge, plus 2 pools and the full Maya Spa. Rooms run from the 55 sqm Deluxe up to the 220 sqm Pool Villa, all done in high-roofed Balinese style with handwoven textiles and stone bathtubs. With rates from about $229 a night and a guest score of 8.9/10, it is a sensible pick for families and couples on a mid-range budget who still want real 5-star standards and a good base for getting around Ubud.

Komaneka at Tanggayuda is a quiet boutique resort of just 18 villas, set on a high ridge in Kedewatan above the Ayung Valley north of Ubud. It's built for travelers who want serious privacy, a genuinely good view, and a price that lands 30–40% under Amandari next door. Every villa has a private balcony facing the valley, some come with a small plunge pool, and the community pool sits right on the cliff edge with a clean line down to the Ayung. Days here run slow — a cooking class, a morning yoga session, a trek down the Ayung Gorge that starts at the resort gate. With an Agoda score of 9.0 and rooms from about $343 a night, it's one of the better-value luxury stays in the area for couples who'd rather be in the trees than in town.

Alaya Resort Ubud is the strongest 4-star pick in the real centre of Ubud, sitting right on Jl. Hanoman — a 5-minute walk to the Sacred Monkey Forest, 10 minutes to Ubud Palace, and 12 minutes to the Ubud Art Market. The 60 contemporary Balinese units open from $157 a night and score 8.8/10 (Agoda 8.8, Booking 8.7). The DaLa Spa has taken the "Best Spa in Ubud" title several years running, and the Petani Restaurant turns out genuinely good Indonesian food built around local-garden produce — dinner is the meal guests rave about most. There is an infinity pool on the third floor that looks out over treetops and the tiled roofs around the Monkey Forest. It works for couples, families and solo travelers who want to walk everywhere rather than rely on a driver.

Santi Mandala Villa & Spa is the last name on this list and the best value on it — a small 4-star boutique of just 10 villas set on a hillside above the famous Tegalalang rice terraces, north of Ubud. Rates start around $129 a night and run to about $343 for the larger villas, with a review score of 8.7/10. Each villa runs 60–120 sqm in traditional Balinese style — high roofs, teak, handwoven textiles — and opens onto a private balcony over the green paddies. There is a right-sized community pool with the same rice-field view, breakfast is included, and a small spa runs Balinese massage. It is built for travelers who want real nature and privacy without paying luxury money, and who do not mind that central Ubud is a 20-minute drive away.