Bali Halal Food Guide Editorial Desk — how a venue gets listed

The listing rule

Every venue on this site falls into exactly one of three buckets, and the bucket is stated on the listing. Certified: the venue holds current halal certification from the Indonesian halal authority, and we record the certificate reference the venue showed us. Muslim-owned or self-declared: the kitchen states it serves no pork and no alcohol, but holds no certificate. Muslim-friendly options: a mixed venue with dishes that may suit, where the kitchen is shared. We never blur the second into the first, which is the most common failure in Bali halal listings.

How verification is done and re-done

Certification status is checked with the venue and against Indonesia’s halal certification system rather than taken from a logo photographed on a wall, since expired and borrowed logos are common. Listings carry the date we last confirmed them, and a venue that changes ownership goes back to unverified until re-checked. Where a venue declines to confirm, we say it declined.

What we do not claim

We are not a certification body and we issue no religious ruling. No scholar, ustaz or certifier is named on this site as endorsing a listing. We report status and evidence; the judgement about whether a venue suits your standard remains yours.

Suggesting or correcting a listing

Venue owners and travellers both use the same route: the contact page. Corrections are re-verified before the listing changes.