Bojo Indonesian Restaurant in De Weteringschans

No air conditioning in summer. Food was mediocre.

Unfortunately very disappointing. Portions were small and the food was surprisingly bland.

Dinner kind of sucked at best. Canned green beans, white rice, shriveled up tofu bits, a little bit of protein, and a server that does not know the menu and kind unfriendly makes it for a crappy dinner.

The guy running it was super friendly and quick with the food….but unfortunately if you are after ‘Indonesian’ it’s not here. Seems like it’s been bought out.

Staff was nice, and food was excellent. Pricier but you get a LOT of food for the price you pay!

On our visit to Amsterdam we wanted to experience some of the city's Indonesian food. We initially had been put off by the mixed reviews of Bojo but as other restaurants were closed on the day or booked up, we went here as it was near our hotel. The place was basically empty so the ambience wasn't amazing. However, the food was excellent. We are not novices to Indonesian cuisine and our meals were delicious and authentic. Our server was lovely. Prices were on a par with most mid-level restaurants in Amsterdam. Don't let the (still good) review scores put you off. Finally, something that rarely gets mentioned: for anyone who has back problems, the chairs have some lumbar support, unlike so many eateries in the city which have trendy seats that look great but have a giant hole cut out of the back.

The food has great flavours, plenty per portion. Great atmosphere and warm front of staff

Good service and tasty food in reasonable price.

Was here in 2013 and the food was amazing. Tried again this year and was a bit dissapointing tbh. 3 prawncrackers with the dish....thanks

The food was delicious. Unfortunately, the restaurant is a bit out of the way. We'd love to come back.

Bojo has been located at this address for decades. It used to be a busy place, cozy too, with good and authentic food. You could go there until the early hours. All the more disappointing is a visit to Bojo in the year 2026. The ikan bali left a lot to be desired. The mackerel itself was still tolerable, but the cardboard noodles from hours ago, the odorless and tasteless shredded salad, and the soggy old beans effectively made my nostalgia evaporate. The owner took the still nearly full plates away without a single question. He could guess the answer, of course. We are not talking about a meal with cozy little bowls and dishes here, but about plate service in a setting of nothing. For two plates of junk, two bottles of sparkling water, and two coffees, a bill of €70.10 is completely out of proportion. I understand perfectly well why there wasn't a single other guest sitting either on the terrace or inside. Stay away from there!

Traditional Indonesian restaurant on a tourist street. I’ve been coming here since the 1980s. The cook doesn't try as hard as he used to: small portions, few vegetables, served lukewarm. Perhaps an understandable development, but a real shame. You used to get good food for a low price at this charming place.

Meh nothing wrong but also nothing right.

First of all, what a lovely man, the service was top-notch! The food was excellent. A very pleasant experience here!

Super delicious, the Longton Rames is definitely highly recommended. Also, the service was incredibly friendly!!

Maybe the best food I had all month. The depth of flavour of the dish was excellent. I enjoyed the texture and flavour of the delicious food. The peanut sauce was amazing, the subtle nutty flavour tied everything together so well. The plating was gorgeous, the beer was refreshing, the evening was cool and beautiful sitting outside, and the service was lovely. Really enjoyed my time here, thank you!!

The food was absolutely fantastic and the waiter was very friendly! He immediately gave me his personal recommendation and I wasn't disappointed! I will definitely come back!

Food is terrible, service is bad, atmosphere also smelly

Beautiful indonesian food, friendly and smiling host, worth every penny will recommend!

Perfect service and food, you won’t regret coming here.

Food was super sad. Canned green beans sad. Worst meal I've had out in a long time. Do yourself a favor and just don’t eat here.

The best Indonesian Restaurant ever in Amsterdam. The owner Nassar is so nice1

We had the best service from Nasser. Thank you so much for this nice experience! I really appreciate talking to you and sharing our thought. It was more than just a dinner experience but also a personal interaction. When i’m back in Amsterdam my first stop will be this restaurant! Best wishes and lots of love Heni and SanSan

Delicious rendang & lychee with ice cream. Hearty service. It has the atmosphere of eating at someone's home! :)

What a disappointment, rarely have I eaten such bad Indonesian food. The satay sauce probably comes from a bottle; it doesn't taste like peanut sauce at all. Gadodo with only tough green beans (from the freezer?), no other vegetables. It wasn't fine dining in the past either, but this is ridiculous.

Perfect, except we couldn't pay the bill in three installments; there's a minimum amount per credit card payment.

Very delicious and the service is very satisfying... friendly

It’s amazing place to visit and eat,the owner also kind and humble.I would like to come again and again.thank yu Bojo🥰

The food is fast and very delicious ..... I'm from Indonesia, this is my first time here trying it 🥰🥰🥰

Not much has changed in all those years. The food hasn't either; it was delicious again.

Nice placed, good indonesian food👍👍

Nice food, excellent service ❤️❤️ Surely will come back again 😊😊

Small restaurant. The food, unfortunately, wasn't very tasty. If you don't know any better, it's probably good enough. Honestly, I didn't think it was worth the price.

A great place to try Indonesian food.

The Rijstaffel was amazing! I was so happily surprised by this dish. I could have asked for a seco'd plate because it was that good! The desserts pisang goring and the spekkoek were so good as well, it was a really nice meal. I will definitely recommend this restaurant to my friends.

A really nice place, good atmosphere, the food is good (the "mini rijsttafel" option is great for trying several dishes at once) and the manager is very friendly.

Not worth it. Food pre-made, not fresh. A big let down as I was looking forward to an authentic Indonesian meal.

they will actually kick you out once you paid

The food was very tasty and the atmosphere was nice, everything was good, would definitely come again

Had a delicious meal and the service was excellent

very tasty food, authentic Indonesian Ikan pepesan, friendly and relaxed service, will definitely come back

We had a delicious meal and my Egyptian friend was kindly helped! 😉

Delicious food!! Still just as good as it was 30 years ago. The staff is super friendly and welcoming, with a joke here and there. The decor hasn't changed; it's wonderfully authentic. Definitely recommended!!

Peanut sauce on the Satay was the only saving grace and that’s bc everything else was so bad in comparison. Main dishes were bland and did not come out hot (we were the only tables so shouldn’t be an excuse). Owner started an attitude when our group said we’re sharing plates. Not friendly, unfortunately. Avoid unless you don’t have a preference for mid food while traveling!

20+ euro per dish that’s not enough for a snack. Extremely small portion with lukewarm temperature food. The owner was not happy when we decided to share dishes because we want it as a small in between meal.

I eat here regularly when I'm in town! Deliciously authentic and very hospitable.

Good food and large portions. The price is also absolutely okay.

We went for a light dinner and decided to order dishes and share. The man serving did not look pleased with our plan and reminded us that one dish is for one person. After serving, we had to ask twice, for additional quarter plates. Further it is unacceptable that we had to buy water (we had also ordered beer) as they refused tap water. Food was OK. Small portions, expensive and poor service.

Very friendly service and good food!

great service and delicious food!

Wanted to go to the lady's toilet as the men's were busy. Got refused from the waitress. Then the waiter has nothing to do with Indonesia. Spicy sauce is Chinese sauce and not indonesian. The food is good but no taste from Indonesian cuisine at all. So for expensive food go there, it's good. For indonesian touch, please avoid going there as this is not indonesian good.

A very cozy, small restaurant. Detailed, friendly service in excellent English. Charging outlets are available. The dishes are very flavorful. While they may be rather exotic for the typical European, those who try something new can experience something truly outstanding. A fantastic taste experience.

The food was fantastic: the rice was delicious, and the chicken was superbly seasoned and prepared with excellent care. The drinks were also excellent. The staff was extremely friendly and accommodating.

The staff was really nice, the food was great and we had the best time ever. Nice ambiance, funny waiter and we had just a big laugh.

Delicious food, staff was super friendly!!

Great place to enjoy some authentic Indonesian food

We are meeting our friends from spain who just visit Amsterdam and choose Bojo for eat. The Ayam Rujak is goed and tasty. The staff is also very nice.

The photos of all the dishes on the website look excellent and appetizing! We had soto ayam as a starter and nasi rames speciaal and nasi kuning as a main course. Note: the sajoer beans tasted like canned green beans. The chicken satay and peanut sauce seem to have been working overtime. Many reviews say it deserves 5 stars, but as someone who grew up with and has experience with Javanese cuisine, I expected more.

The ambience is good, service is excellent and the most important is the foods are great. I ordered Ayam Rujak, Sate Ayam, Nasi Goreng, Pangsit Goreng and Nasi Kuning, all are yummies! Wish you great success and continued growth in the future.

A brilliant restaurant that has been around for a long time. Simple, cheap and absolutely delicious food.

Fantastic Indonesian cuisine, excellent service. I'd love to come back.

Yummy indonesian food 👌🏻 and nice service as well.

amazing food service and atmosphere staff was really friendly portions are fantastic overall 10/10

Enjoyed a delicious meal and drinks on the terrace, friendly service

Great people, great place! Great service :)

great food especially the rendang, the american accent waiter really helpt me out to find out what i wanted to eat. left her a good tip for being so friendly, respectful and being patient with me

I went to this lovely restaurant and i really enjoyed the food and the servive was great

I went here with my family and i had never eaten Indonesian food before so I was a little nervous but it was worth it and very delicious and the service was great

Literally the rudest service and most unfriendly waiter I have ever seen even I could not stay for the meal

The waitress was a complete disgrace. Instead of doing the bare minimum and taking the ashtray inside to clean it, she dumped ashes and cigarette butts right on the ground next to our table like it was a trash can. Filthy and disgusting. She couldn’t care less about customers, walking around with headphones in like she was too busy for the job. When the food arrived, she didn’t serve it — she slammed the plates down with a passive-aggressive attitude that screamed “I don’t want you here.” This place clearly doesn’t care about hygiene, respect, or basic decency. Avoid it like the plague.

We came here around 10pm as it said it was closing at 11:00pm. They were closing up early as it was a slower night but still let us dine in. However we felt rushed to order and leave which was a little disappointing. Otherwise, food was great, and everything came quickly. We had the chicken satay with the rice and noodles and also had the soup and all were great flavours. The sauce for the chicken was soo good!

We were excited to try some Indonesian food in AMS, since Indonesia was our last trip together. We arrived about 5 mins after opening, popped our head inside to ask if they were ready for customers, and if we could sit on the patio. We were responded to with an impatient-sounding "yeah". We had to move the menu stand about 3 inches to pull a chair out far enough to sit in (my husband has a broken foot in a cast, which takes a little extra room). The American-accented server appeared with earbuds in, said nothing as she laid out cutlery, then in an impatient tone of voice said "next time can you ask before moving things?" I apologized and pointed out my husband's cast, said we'd needed a little extra room. Instead of acknowledging the accessibility reasons for what we did, she doubled down and said "that's fine, just next time ask first... " and then in a condescending tone, "respectfully." I understand maybe she was having a bad day, or was hoping not to get customers so soon into her shift, but if this was our first impression of the service we were going to get, we decided not to stick around. Can't speak for the food - maybe it's great.

The food was excellent. The prices were reasonable. The service was terrible, and the feedback wasn't complaints. Educate your waitress. That's why this restaurant doesn't deserve more than 4 stars. Avoid the tea; it's a rip-off.

Super good food and super friendly staff

Very welcoming and friendly service. Nice food. We had a great meal!🥘

Amazing! Love the service so much!!

Bojo used to be an iconic place. Not so much for the quality of the food though. Being Indo’s (Dutch Indonesians) we realised it didn’t compare to what our grandmothers and mothers used to serve at home. But the fact that you could get a decent and affordable meal at 5 AM(!) made this the place to be when we were young. Especially after a cheerful night with friends/fellow students. After more than 2 decades we happened to be in the neighbourhood - this time around 9 PM - and decided to pay Bojo a visit, more or less for old times sake. It turned out very disappointing. We tried several dishes and they all tasted quite poorly, even basics like ‘katjang’ sauce (peanut sauce) and ‘sambal goreng boontjes’ (yuk, the green beans were mushy!). And their ‘tjendol’ - an iconic Indonesian drink made of pandan leaves, coconut milk and palm sugar - was truly the worst we ever had. Whoever stands in the kitchen lost his/her mojo. The spirit of Bojo is gone. What’s left is a typical tourist trap. In our opinion the food that’s being served is a disgrace to the Indonesian/Indo cuisine. We will not take this trip down Memory Lane again. Ever.

The portion sizes were small and the food was so-so

We left still hungry. The portions of the food and drinks are small and the food was also quite uninteresting. We got boiled cabbage and bean sprouts, my friend also had beans and I had tofu. Then a sauce, which was ok. And we shared a small plate of rice. We had to have a discussion about the rice to get some more. After, we went to get more food elsewhere. I'm not going here again. The place hasn't changed since the 80s and to me, that's not a good thing.

Returned after 35 years to enjoy the Sate Kambing again. What a disappointment!! Meat was tough, hard, overcooked. The ketjap sauce was very mediocre and the peanut sauce probably came straight from the 'wholesale bucket'. In addition, the service was completely uninterested. A typical 'tourist trap'. The daily changing audience does ensure permanent customers. Such a shame. In the past, a delicious satay after a visit to the cinema was a regular occurrence .. unfortunately ..

A bit too touristy, but well done. Had a bami ramas special. Meat okay. Satay and sauce a bit bland. Let me put it this way. Quite tasty food but definitely had better elsewhere.

This place had such an amazing vibe overall. Food was amazing, service was impeccable. I got the Ayam Roedjak, perfect amount of spice (I am not a white woman!!). Most of the dishes have a vegetarian alternative so anyone can come here!!!

amazing food and wonderful service, portions were perfect and the flavour was immaculate

The food was so good and the waitress was lovely! Would definitely come again, tried the Soto Ayam and would recommend it for a hearty and brothy meal. The owner is so nice too, gave complementary drinks as a cheeky aftermeal treat

absolutely brilliant food- table of 5 finished the whole jar of sambal as it was just amazing. Clean plates all around from us!!! Reccomend the Nasi Kuning as there is a good variety. Decorum stopped me from licking the plate clean

ts was BUSSSSSSSSS very good 10/10 i got the nasi kuning it was very good not too spicy

Very friendly attentive service and good food with good portion sizes

nice place, nice food, nice service.

Food was bland and over priced for what we ordered very average

The food was very good. The lamb was a little stiff. The service was just okay. By 8:30 pm, there were only two tables left in the restaurant, so the atmosphere was pretty chilly. The music was a bit too loud and had nothing to do with Indonesia, but more American R&B standards.

Bojo is one of those rare places where you can really taste the flavours of Indonesian cuisine as they were meant to be. Authentic dishes, richly spiced and prepared with care. The rendang and gado-gado are highly recommended, and the sambal also tastes homemade and full of character. The atmosphere is relaxed and warm — you feel welcome from the moment you enter. A small downside: the interior is a bit simple and could exude even more charm with a little freshening up. But for those who come for the food and the hospitality, Bojo is an excellent choice.

Been there for 60 years and still delicious!

Last day in Amsterdam. We did not expect a lot from a restaurant near Leidseplein (normally equals touristtrap) but this was the best meal we had all vacation. Authentic flavours, affordable price and the owner was supernice. We had ramen special (mini-rijstavel).

SO Yummy!! Got the vegetarian plate and it was a perfect taste of everything. service is incredible and as is the food. Lovely atmosphere and lovely restaurant :)

Food was so delicious. Highly recommend getting the special platters, you’ll get a taste of everything. Our waiter was SO nice and gave us great recommendations of what to eat🙂 would absolutely come back!

So delicious and service was so kind! Thank you!

Delicious! And super kind service

Very nice Classic Indonesian restaurant!

Very good rice table! Great portions, super nice staff!

To get started we ordered a couple starters and water- I now know there were signs on the wall saying no tap water, but when I asked for water the server didn’t mention this, nor did he ask what kind of water we wanted- he just went and brought us two mineral waters that were £3.50 each (there is the option for still or sparkling and he didn’t even ask which of those we wanted- he opened the bottles and brought it to us) when we mentioned that we didn’t want those he said well they don’t supply tap water and he had already opened the bottles so we couldn’t get out of it. Very scammy feeling! On top of that, we’ve had Indonesian food many times before- the starters we got were completely lacking in any flavour and incredibly overpriced for what we got, and after the water situation we decided it would be best just to leave. Would not recommend since there’s so much they don’t communicate to you that’s just a surprise at the end. When we were ready to leave we found out we had to pay cash if it was under £65 - another annoying hiccup that should have been clarified to us upon arrival. Thankfully we had a little extra cash on us to pay the £22 (for two waters and the meagre, disappointing food we got) and got the heck outta there but genuinely, worst experience here so far!