First time been this Indonesian cafe, the decor is quite humble and simple but found some copy of newspaper on the wall showing the owner history , which is interesting. We ordered fried Chicken with turmeric rice, which is with full flavour. The chicken is crispy outside and tender inside, well cooked! It comes with bit of home made chilli sauce and salad. Honestly the chilli sauce is very spice but not as good as the one in another Indonesian restaurant. I do expect the chilli sauce coming with full fragrance and freshness of chilli, but this one is bit weak. While overall it is good experience dinning here. The food is charged ok, not overpriced given it being located next to Victoria Market.
Anyone wanna try pure spice food, could come and grab a meal. But if you do have high expectations on chilli sauce, maybe go somewhere else
a small but cozy restaurant the moment you walk in, it will take you back to the streets of jarkata. chicken thigh was succulent with fluffy turmeric rice it was a wonderful combo. would also recommend the beef ribs on coconut rice, unfortunately i finished it before I could take any photo of it.
Full Time Wholesomeness
+4
Lovely nice little Indonesian restaurant right next to the Queen Victoria Market, named as "herbal house." First encountering with Indonesian food with our sweet Jaghor national introduced three types of dishes: Gado-gado, Kwetiau Goreng, Lontong seyur, with an addition of tafu & Tempeh, and Teh Tarik! A bless of Indonesia all together! Didn't take photo of the second round of deserts, which were black rice & coconut milk, and kola-sweet potato, pumpkin and banana & coconut milk
This is definitely my favourite Indonesian place in the city. Always come here for their ayam bakar chicken. It’s consistently super yummy 🤤🤤 and the wait staff are usually very polite and attentive.
This Indonesian restaurant on the northern end of Elizabeth street has a pretty run down and dark interior but the bright and friendly service neutralises this.
I had the mie goreng with extra spice and boy, did it deliver in spades! It was a little too oily but the wok hei was very prominent. There were tiny pieces of chicken and the noodles were of the instant noodle kind.
All in all, a reasonable experience and worth repeating in the future.
Great place to get Indonesian food at the heart of Melbourne CBD. Came here a couple times and the best picks were the Soto Betawi and fried rice, but also had the ribs and fried chicken on other occasion and it was also delicious. Staffs were friendly and helpful. Always happy to eat here.
Wonderful small busy place with owner in a hands on role cooking for his customers.
Food is delicious and fresh. I good variety of dishes and including desserts that you won’t see around a lot. The crispy skin chicken that they are so famously know for is justified. Great flavours, friendly service.
Must come and try.
The lontong sayur is my favourite. Friendly staff and authentic offerings. I also like the fact that they don't impose a minimal limit amout with their eftpos machine use
Came past this Indonesian joint after work one day and tried out the Nasi Uduk Ayam Kremes & Iga Bakar Sapi Penyet, both dishes were pretty tasty and flavoursome. I really enjoyed the sides that came with the main meats, and the chilli paste was amazing. I might be partial to Indonesia food but this place was a great feed. Highly recommended for a quick meal.
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Ordered an Ayam Bakar Penyet (grilled chicken, fried tofu, tempeh, salad and chilli) and a curry chicken for delivery tonight. Prices were quite reasonable for what we got, at $12+ and $10 respectively. The grilled chicken maryland was succulent and tasty. The tofu and tempeh were fine, but seemed a bit stingy with only a small piece each. My main gripe with this style of Indonesian dish is the lack of sauce for the rice, which would have helped a lot. Luckily, the rice was fluffy and quite well done, and we had curry from the curry chicken dish to help with that.
The curry chicken was quite generous, with a whole big box full of sauce. They gave us 2 drumsticks and a thigh piece, so again quite generous. The curry was advertised as mildly spicy but was a lot spicier than that in my opinion. However, different people have different tolerances I guess. After a while though I did start to enjoy the curry sauce, and it's a lot milder when eaten with rice.
Overall, we were quite happy with the price and quality of the food here.
We arrived in time. The restaurant was full. Placed orders and the food came gradually. The food especially the beef bakar was very good. Portions was decent. The noodle soup was a bit off as the beef balls were a bit too starchy. Overall pretty good
Very delicious authentic Indonesian dishes! I wanted to have dinners there to try every dishes in their menu. It would be better if they have more choices in the drink menu.
Matt Cornell (The Mattmosphere)
+5
Very friendly. Excellent fresh ingredients. Delicious and complex flavours. Legit!! Gets busy. Ordered satay - excellent!!!! And many other things. Highlight of Elizabeth st!!
Absolutely love this place! It's one of the halal Indonesian restaurants that you should try in the CBD area. The Iga Bakar and Es Cendol are two of my personal favourites. The meat is super tender and well marinated. I've also tried the nasi uduk ayam kremes and lumpia goreng - both tasted great too.
Another small point that I like is that they pack the food in a microwavable container when you order for takeaway. I find that really convenient because i can pop it right into the microwave whenever I reach home.
Overall, It really has an authentic Indonesian taste to it (especially the sambal). So if you're craving for Indonesian food i'd definitely recommend this place 😊👍
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