Resort restaurant
Local and international menus, generally the most reliable kitchen you will eat in. Included where you have taken full board.
DINING · FLORES & KOMODO
Eating Well on a Remote Coast
Labuan Bajo is a fishing town at the end of a supply chain. What that means for dinner is worth knowing before you book full board.
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Seafood here is genuinely local and genuinely good; almost everything else arrives by boat or plane, which is why resort menus lean the way they do.
- Full board at an island resort includes all meals — it is the main reason those rates look high.
- In Labuan Bajo, food is usually excluded from the room rate.
- Private dining on a villa deck or a boat deck is widely available and worth booking ahead.
- Tell us dietary requirements early. Substitutions are harder here than the menu suggests.
Where you will actually eat
Four Kinds of Meal
A week here usually contains all four, and they are not interchangeable.
Private dining
On your villa deck or the jetty. Arranged with the property rather than walked into — give them a day.
On board
A crewed phinisi carries its own cook. Meals are simple, fresh and eaten where you happen to be anchored.
In Labuan Bajo
The harbour-front grills are the reason to eat off-property at least once. This is where the fish is freshest and cheapest.
Before You Commit to Full Board
Full board makes sense on an island property, where there is no alternative within a boat ride and the rate already assumes you eat there.
In Labuan Bajo it usually does not. You are a short drive from a town with real restaurants, and paying for meals you will skip is the most common way people overspend here.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Tell Us How You Eat
Dietary requirements, a celebration dinner, or just whether full board is worth it for your trip — send the dates and ask.