A restaurant-cafe business in Lombok should not start licensing with the assumption that one generic food-and-beverage code covers everything. The correct starting point is the actual operating model: food service and beverage-led cafe activity sit in different KBLI branches and should be mapped before the OSS licensing file is reviewed.
Restaurant Cafe License Lombok: The Short Answer
For the restaurant side, the current OSS record confirms that KBLI 56101 remains a one-to-one code in KBLI 2025 under the OSS restaurant entry.
For the cafe side, OSS records KBLI 56303 Rumah Minum/Kafe as remaining one-to-one in KBLI 2025 on the official cafe entry.
A venue that materially provides both prepared food and beverage service should therefore review both activities instead of choosing a code only from its brand name.
Indonesia’s current national framework is Government Regulation No. 28 of 2025, which the official BPK database lists as in force.
The regulation covers basic requirements, Business Licensing, PB UMKU and OSS services and states that a business actor must hold the applicable Business Licensing to carry out its activity under PP No. 28 of 2025.
Step 1 — Decide Whether the Business Is Restaurant-Led or Cafe-Led
Start with what the business actually sells and how it serves customers.
A restaurant operation is food-led. A cafe can be beverage-led even where it also sells snacks or supporting food. The classification decision should follow the substantive activity rather than whether the storefront is called a cafe, bistro, brunch club or restaurant.
KBLI 56101 covers fixed-building food service
The KBLI 2025 restaurant subgroup includes restaurants, cafeterias, fast-food restaurants and takeaway food and separates KBLI 56101 Aktivitas Penyediaan Makanan di Bangunan Tetap from KBLI 56102 Aktivitas Penyediaan Makanan di Bangunan Tidak Tetap.
For a conventional Lombok restaurant operating from a permanent premises, KBLI 56101 is therefore the key food-service classification to test against the actual concept.
Owners needing a restaurant-only classification analysis can review Lombok Legal ID’s Restaurant KBLI guide separately from this mixed-concept licensing guide.
KBLI 56303 covers the cafe beverage activity
The current KBLI 2025 beverage-service subgroup covers immediate-consumption beverage activities such as coffee shops and tea rooms and identifies KBLI 56303 Aktivitas Rumah Minum/Kafe among its classifications.
That makes KBLI 56303 especially relevant where the main commercial proposition is coffee, tea, juice or another prepared beverage service rather than a full food-service model.
For a cafe-only classification review, Lombok Legal ID’s Cafe KBLI guide addresses that separate reader need.
Step 2 — Map a Mixed Restaurant-Cafe Concept
Many hospitality businesses do not fit neatly into one marketing label. A brunch venue may generate significant revenue from both cooked meals and coffee. A hostel may run an independent cafe open to outside customers. A restaurant may add a dedicated beverage counter.
The practical question is whether the additional activity is merely incidental or represents a real separate business activity that should appear in OSS.
Do not solve that question by adding every possible KBLI. Map the actual revenue-producing activities, identify which legal entity operates each one and compare those activities with the current OSS descriptions.
Where a restaurant or cafe operates as a separate business inside accommodation, the accommodation licence does not automatically answer the food-and-beverage classification question. For example, Lombok Legal ID’s Hostel License Lombok guide addresses KBLI 55202 accommodation; a separately operated restaurant or cafe still needs its own activity analysis.
Step 3 — Review the Current OSS Licensing Position
Once the activity map is clear, review the actual OSS project rather than relying on an NIB screenshot alone.
Check the legal operator, business location, registered KBLI, current Business Licensing status and supporting permissions generated for the project. A business that changed from a coffee-led cafe into a full restaurant should also check whether its OSS activity still represents the present operation.
PP No. 28 of 2025 is now the applicable national framework, so older licensing advice written only for the PP No. 5 of 2021 system should be revalidated.
The same principle applies when buying an existing restaurant or cafe: compare the operating concept with the seller’s current OSS project instead of assuming historic licences remain perfectly aligned with today’s activity.
Step 4 — Check Tourism Standards and Basic Requirements
Food-and-beverage business licensing should not be reviewed in isolation from the current sector and property framework.
The current tourism-sector framework is Minister of Tourism Regulation No. 6 of 2025, which is listed as in force and revoked Ministerial Regulations No. 4 of 2021 and No. 8 of 2021.
An operator using an old tourism compliance checklist should therefore recheck the standards that apply to the current OSS activity.
The current OSS basic-requirements page separately identifies spatial-use conformity, environmental approval and building requirements.
This distinction matters in Lombok where an attractive commercial location can still require a separate review of whether the site and building support the proposed restaurant or cafe use. A business licence should not be treated as a substitute for the project’s location, environmental or building compliance.
Step 5 — Check PB UMKU for Food Safety and Alcohol Sales
Supporting permissions depend on the real operation.
For restaurant activity, the OSS KBLI 56101 page lists Sertifikat laik higiene sanitasi – di wilayah among its PB UMKU items.
That supporting permission should be checked against the actual restaurant project and health-sector requirements shown in OSS rather than assumed from another business’s approval.
Alcohol introduces another licensing layer. Where alcohol is sold directly to customers, the current OSS PB UMKU listing associates direct-sale alcoholic-beverage permissions such as SKPL-A and SKPL-B/C with KBLI 56101 and KBLI 56303.
A cafe that does not sell alcohol should not add alcohol permissions merely because they appear as possible PB UMKU. Conversely, an operator planning alcoholic-beverage sales should not assume the core restaurant or cafe activity alone covers that retail service.
Lombok Legal ID’s Restaurant PB UMKU guide provides a separate supporting-permission review after the core business activity has been identified.
Eight Checks Before Opening a Restaurant or Cafe
Before opening, acquiring or expanding the business, check these points:
- Define the core concept. Decide whether the business is mainly food service, beverage service or a material combination of both.
- Map the KBLI activities. Review KBLI 56101 for fixed-building food service and KBLI 56303 for cafe beverage activity where applicable.
- Confirm the legal operator. Identify the company or person that contracts with customers and receives the revenue.
- Review the live OSS project. Check the activity, location and current Business Licensing status rather than relying only on an old NIB.
- Check current tourism standards. Revalidate compliance against the 2025 tourism-sector framework.
- Review basic requirements. Check spatial-use, environmental and building records applicable to the premises.
- Check PB UMKU. Review food-safety, alcohol and other supporting permissions only where they apply to the operation.
- Recheck when the concept changes. Adding a commercial kitchen, bar, cafe counter or separate restaurant inside accommodation can change the activity map.
For owners and investors, the goal is not to collect the largest number of codes. It is to make the legal activity, premises and actual revenue model match the OSS record.
Conclusion
A restaurant cafe license Lombok review should begin by separating KBLI 56101 food service from KBLI 56303 cafe beverage activity. Both codes continue into the current KBLI 2025 environment, but they represent different operating functions.
After the activity map is clear, the business should review its current OSS project under PP No. 28 of 2025, apply current tourism standards, check the property’s basic requirements and identify only the PB UMKU relevant to its actual operation.
The practical sequence is business concept → legal operator → KBLI activity map → OSS project → Business Licensing → tourism standards → basic requirements → PB UMKU.
Review the Restaurant and Cafe Licence Structure Before Opening
If you are opening, acquiring or changing a restaurant or cafe business in Lombok, Lombok Legal ID can assist with Business Setup and business-licensing review based on the actual food-and-beverage concept, legal operator and OSS project.
A pre-opening review can help identify whether restaurant, cafe or multiple activities need to be mapped and whether location or supporting-permission issues should be resolved before commercial operation.
For help coordinating the documents and next steps discussed above, review our business setup in Lombok.
Read More: Company Setup Guide in Lombok: Entity Choice, OSS and Launch Planning
FAQ Restaurant Cafe License Lombok
What KBLI applies to a restaurant in Lombok?
For a conventional fixed-building food-service operation, current OSS data keeps KBLI 56101 and places it within KBLI 2025 Aktivitas Penyediaan Makanan di Bangunan Tetap.
What KBLI applies to a cafe?
Current OSS records KBLI 56303 for Aktivitas Rumah Minum/Kafe within beverage-service activities.
Can one business register both restaurant and cafe activities?
Potentially, where the actual operation materially carries out both activities. The business should map the real revenue-producing activities and confirm the appropriate OSS registration rather than adding codes only because they seem related.
Is an NIB enough to operate a restaurant or cafe?
The current OSS project should also be checked for the applicable Business Licensing, basic requirements and PB UMKU. An NIB alone should not be treated as proof that every project-specific requirement has been completed.
Does a restaurant need a hygiene sanitation certificate?
The current OSS KBLI 56101 page lists a regional hygiene sanitation suitability certificate among its PB UMKU items. The actual project should be checked for the applicable health-sector process.
Does a cafe need a separate licence to sell alcohol?
OSS lists direct-sale alcoholic-beverage permissions such as SKPL-A and SKPL-B/C among PB UMKU associated with relevant restaurant and cafe activities. The requirement depends on the actual alcoholic-beverage sales activity.
Does a restaurant inside a hostel use the hostel KBLI only?
Not automatically. Hostel accommodation is a separate activity. A separately operated restaurant or cafe should be reviewed against its own food-and-beverage activity and OSS requirements.
References & Sources
- OSS Restaurant Activity and KBLI 56101 Conversion — oss.go.id
- OSS KBLI 2025 – Restaurant and Mobile Food Activities — oss.go.id
- OSS Cafe Activity and KBLI 56303 Conversion — oss.go.id
- OSS KBLI 2025 – Beverage Service Activities — oss.go.id
- Government Regulation No. 28 of 2025 on Risk-Based Business Licensing — peraturan.bpk.go.id
- Minister of Tourism Regulation No. 6 of 2025 on Tourism Business Standards, Supervision and Administrative Sanctions — jdih.kemenpar.go.id
- OSS Basic Requirements – Spatial, Environmental and Building Requirements — oss.go.id
- OSS PB UMKU Listing for Supporting Business Permissions — oss.go.id