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Rockwell’s understanding of

spatial needs with Woha’s

aesthetic understanding of the

market would enhance the overall

project,” says Paul Hugo, Hakkasan

Group’s director of music and

marketing for Indonesia.

Blessed with a natural

amphitheatre to work with,

Woha approached the project

with social media image-sharing

in mind. Even before the official

opening later this month, the

catwalk and glistening cube have

become an essential Bali backdrop

for the influencer crowd. “Omnia

has lots of photogenic views,” says

Woha’s Richard Hassell. “The

Cube, the dramatic cantilever

over the crashing surf, the pool

with its infinity edge...”

Fluttering diaphanous

curtains soften the angular lines

of bungalows and cabanas carved

from local stone. Beautiful bodies

pose on podiums or at the

swim-up bar, DJs play sunshine

grooves and goodtime electro, and

butlers deliver robust cocktails

and one of Indonesia’s better

selections of bottled spirits.

Latticework crafted from

reclaimed ironwood railway

sleepers wraps around Sake no

Hana; inside the restaurant, an

abstract grid of bangkirai and

teak reflects the dramatic interior

of the London original. The

attention toshun, a Japanese

concept of meticulous seasonality,

is also echoed here in dishes

including delicately marbled

wagyu tataki and flawless

sashimi moriawase.

Once a refuge for exiled

criminals and those who

practised black magic, the Bukit

Peninsula and the area around

Uluwatu in particular have

become a hotbed for luxury

day clubs. Karma Kandara,

with its spectacular clifftop

spa, is expanding its beach club,

accessed by private funicular

railway; Oneeighty has a glass-

bottomed pool cantilevered over

the cliff; and a music recording

studio is among the features

at Ulu Cliffhouse.

Uncharacteristically for Bali, a

magnet for families and schoolies,

Omnia enforces a guest age-limit
of 21, the legal minimum age
for alcohol consumption in
Indonesia. Says Hugo: “If you’re
paying premium money for a
day bed or for a cabana, the
experience will not be enhanced
by kids running around and
bombing into the pool.”●
Omnia day club is open daily
11am-7pm. A minimum day-long
spend applies to the use of day beds,
cabanas and bungalows: $115 for
two-person day beds, $940 for
15-person cabanas and $1125
for 15-person bungalows with private
pools. Reservations are recommended
on weekends and during peak season,
omniaclubs.com/bali. Sake no Hana
is open daily noon-11pm. Reservations
are recommended for dinner on
PHOTOGRAPHY MARTIN WESTLAKE weekends, sakenohana.com/bali

The complex is positioned Design

on an 80-metre plateau

above the ocean. Clockwise

from right: Sake no

Hana restaurant; Omnia’s

poolside cabanas; the

complex at night.

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