Dining at NAD Lembeh is offered on a full-board basis, providing guests with daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner throughout their stay. Meals are typically served buffet-style in the open-air restaurant, where guests can enjoy a relaxed atmosphere overlooking the surrounding tropical landscape and the Lembeh Strait. The menu features a mix of Indonesian and Western cuisine, with all dishes freshly prepared onsite by the resort’s culinary team.

The resort places a strong emphasis on fresh and sustainable ingredients, with many herbs and vegetables sourced directly from its own aquaponic greenhouse and nearby gardens. This farm-to-table approach ensures seasonal produce is incorporated into daily meals, enhancing both freshness and flavour. The kitchen is also able to cater to a variety of dietary requirements, including vegan and vegetarian preferences, provided advance notice is given prior to arrival. While seafood and fish are generally not included on the standard menu, they may be arranged upon request.

Complementing the dining experience, the resort bar offers a selection of beers, wines, and cocktails. It serves as a social hub where guests can unwind in the evenings, often enjoying sunset views over the Lembeh Strait in a laid-back and scenic setting.

The Lembeh Strait region offers far more than close encounters with unusual and rare marine life, as it also features wall diving, technical diving opportunities, and occasional big fish sightings, alongside its renowned muck and sand diving. Its black sand bays and coral outcrops support an exceptional diversity of marine life, while nearby walls and pinnacles are richly covered in corals and attract large schools of fish.

For underwater photographers, the Lembeh Strait is widely regarded as a bucket-list destination, offering opportunities to encounter sought-after species such as frogfish, mimic octopus, rhinopias, nudibranchs, and blue-ringed octopus. Beyond muck diving, divers can also explore surrounding areas of the island, which reveal some of the finest reef diving in Southeast Asia.

More than 90 dive sites are located within and around the Lembeh Strait, with most accessible by short 5–20 minute boat rides from the resort. NAD Lembeh operates four purpose-built dive boats, each approximately 15 metres in length, designed to provide comfort and space for divers, while a floating jetty allows for smooth and efficient boat entries.

The resort’s house reef spans a large section of the bay and is ideal for macro photography in shallow, calm waters with minimal current. Occasional sightings of octopus and frogfish make it especially appealing for critter-focused dives. Guests on select dive packages may access the house reef at no additional cost, while non-package dives may be charged locally.

Night diving in Lembeh offers a completely different experience, revealing unique marine behaviour after dark. Divers may witness mandarin fish mating rituals at dusk or participate in blackwater night dives, where they encounter rare pelagic and drifting species in deep, dark waters. Night dives, mandarin dives, and blackwater experiences are available to book locally.

The resort also provides dedicated facilities for underwater photographers, including 1:1 photography classes and a newly renovated camera room equipped with individual workstations and editing facilities. A small gift shop is also available, offering essential spare parts and basic support for minor camera equipment needs.