Surakarta Restaurant in Binnenstad-Zuid

Real, authentic Indonesian dishes, made with love, just like my mom always cooked. You can taste the difference. The flavor is amazing. I was here for the first time yesterday and got takeout. Next time I'll come with my Indo family (from Rotterdam). Compliments. And I actually almost never give them.

fantastic Indonesian food! Quick friendly service as well. I keep coming back here

The Ayam Opor Surakarta was absolutely exceptional!!! Chicken in coconut milk and wowww the flavours were delightful. I'm not crazy about Indonesian food but this was incredible and I would definitely go back just for that dish 😋

We had a delicious meal. The staff are very helpful and skillfully maneuver through the narrow but cozy restaurant area. The Surakarta rijsttafel was amazing. Delicious flavors. For dessert, the Pisangoreng Surakarta was also a success. For my table companions, the ratio of whipped cream to ice cream was a bit off, hence the 4 stars for the food.

Amazing. Food was great, service with a smile and air-conditioning, which was a definite plus on such a scorching day. Recommend!

Good wine, food and service. Our first time eating Indonesian food and will have it again!

As someone who loves exploring new places every weekend, dining out is always something we look forward to. Last Saturday , we decided to revisit Surukarta Restaurant, and once again, it did not disappoint! The food was absolutely delicious authentic Indonesian flavors, rich in taste, and beautifully prepared. Every dish had its own unique character, making the entire meal a delightful experience. The restaurant was completely packed, which clearly shows how popular it is. Thankfully, we had made a reservation in advance, so we didn’t have to wait. If you’re craving authentic Indonesian cuisine, Surukarta in Leiden is definitely a must-visit. The food, the ambiance, and the overall experience were so satisfying it truly left us with happy hearts! Rohini ♥️

Surakarta has amazing Indonesian rijsttafels.

Phenomenal rijsttafel! Best ever!

Cozy and full. Friendly and helpful. Delicious food. Go!

Delicious food! Super friendly service and pleasantly busy on a Saturday evening. Reservations are essential! Very reasonable prices. Highly recommended!

We ordered a Rijsttafel (rice table), which explicitly stated that you could order additional dishes except satay free of charge. The girl taking our orders "had to ask if we were even allowed to order," then came back with an agreement, and we later received a mediocre portion of battery chicken curry... which, it turned out, had also been charged.

We found the restaurant in an old travel guide, from the days of the Deutsche Mark, and it came highly recommended. The two of us opted for the rijsttafel. It was a diverse selection of different dishes: two bowls of rice and several small bowls of delicious vegetables and sauces. And to aid digestion, we enjoyed a romantic stroll through Leiden.

My first proper Indonesian meal and it didn’t disappoint. The satay was juicy and the shrimp nasi goreng was delicious!

We called to make a reservation for 20 people, which went smoothly over the phone. Then we arrived and were told that only one dish could be served for groups of 10 or more. I found this odd because it wasn't clearly stated on the phone and I couldn't find it on the website (after a long search, I did find it, but I think it should be on the front page). Then they called the manager, which took over half an hour. By the time we could order, an hour had already passed, and some people couldn't stay because of the time limit, and half the group had left. I've heard very good reviews about this restaurant; the food is also extremely delicious, but if you're traveling with larger groups, please be careful and communicate this well in advance!

Lovely dinner, one of the best - if not the best - food experiences so far in our trip to Netherlands. Lovely, cozy place, with very friendly personnel. The food was spectacular: generous, tasty, lovely served. Definitely a place to go to while in Leiden!

Delicious Indonesian food, the various types of satay combined with the individual dishes we ordered, such as sajur tjampur, urap, rendang, and omelette java made it a successful birthday celebration.

Delicious rice tables, sometimes very full

Actually the best Indonesian restaurant I know in Europe! Not ideally located, very small premises, but absolutely outstanding cuisine! Highly recommended.

We ordered food to be delivered. Not only did it take almost 2 hours (they advertise the “delivery within minutes”) but also instead of vegetarian we got one meat meal. That is unacceptable. Later on we found a fly in the food and suspect it arrived with the meal.. The taste of food was ok although much too greasy for our taste. Very expensive - 45€ for two dishes

Eten is prima, maar bezorgen niet. Het duurt veel en veel te lang. De opgegeven bezorgtijd wordt bij lange na niet gehaald.

The food is fine, but the delivery is not. It takes much, much too long, and the agreed delivery time is not met by a long shot.

At this restaurant I now see the opening hours on the Thuiszorgd website for today at 19:00. I seem to remember that "the times" are adjusted very regularly per day. So in practice I have never been able to order online here.

Delivery guy in company car didn't give me priority today, even though he came from Rapenburg. He also started cursing. Very rude!

Nasi rames thuis besteld. Het vlees direct in de vuilnisbak, vieze dikke vetranden. In een woord ONSMAKELIJK. Meteen daarover gebeld omdat de spaarkaart (vaste klant) er niet bij zat. Wordt afgedaan door de dame aan de telefoon met excuses. Daar heb ik niets aan mevrouw! Commerciële flater, gewoon iets goeds leveren! Desnoods niet met dat vieze vlees!

Ik als indische vrouw kan zeggen dat dit restaurant niets te maken heeft met de indische keuken. Dit was Indisch op z’n Hollands. Totaal smakeloos. Zonde van ons geld.

Good menu with attractive dishes, especially the vegetarian Indonesian rice table is recommended.

L'endroit ne paie pas de mine au premier regard mais je vous conseille d'y entrer et de vous y attabler ! Nous avons tenté la grande table de riz ; une expérience fantastique tant par la quantité mais aussi la qualité des mets proposés ! Nous uy reviendrons avec plaisir à notre prochaine visite à Leyden!

Very tasty Indonesian food. The rice table is extensive and fulfills all wishes. However, their preparation is complex and takes time (just under an hour). I recommend not arriving too hungry.

It was an excellent meal, quite a lot and well varied. Definitely worth the money!

Great food, I recommend the rice tables for the taste experiences. Fast and friendly service. It's a good thing we made a reservation because everything was full and that on a Thursday.

Delicious Indonesian food. We had different dishes, but I liked the Rendang the best. In addition to the food, the service was also good. The prices are also reasonable.

The four of us had a delicious meal. Very friendly service and an excellent menu. Recommended!

We ate a delicious vegetarian rice table here.

Het eten was smakeloos. De boontjes waren waterig.Alles had dezelfde smaak. Smaakte of het van de diepvies in de magnetron gezet was.

Good food but a bit pricey in my opinion. It would also be nice to have vegan options labeled on the menu, in addition to vegetarian. The service was very nice.

What a fantastic place this is! First of all, very happy with the amount of vegetarian options, the taste is fantastic, the staff is super friendly and it has a nice atmosphere! You really must eat here once.

Fantastic and especially complete rice table for 2 people. Can easily be enjoyed by 3 people and still have some left over.

My favorite place to order Indonesian food (or dine there) for years. Staff is super friendly and the food is really delicious! 🤤👌

The delicious food here tasted perfect, as did the service The restaurant could use a bit more atmosphere

Had a delicious meal again today. Thank you!

We ate Nasi Rames here. Delicious! Nicely helped. The 2 waitresses were very busy serving all the tables, which they did excellently, but they were running out of steam. The atmosphere is good, but it is not very cozy. We also noticed that the lights and grille in the restaurant were in serious need of cleaning. We found the prices very reasonable. There were two of us, we only ate a main course, a bottle of bubble water, a beer and tea and we paid a good €60. We were more than satisfied and couldn't finish our food.

Authentic Indonesian food. The Nasi Rames was delicious and the service was smooth, friendly and professional. Highly recommended.

My new favorite place! 😍 Love the food! So good, delicious!!!

This was only our second time eating Indonesian food. The United States doesn’t have it there! We ate at a “good” Indonesian restaurant in Amsterdam but this was way better. And the service was prompt and friendly. Thank you!

It was very tasty and the service was great.

Finally have some good Indonesian cuisine in Leiden!

What a disappointment! We went to Hillegom to have dinner at an Indonesian restaurant but it was closed. We called the Surakarta Restaurant before 8pm, booked a table and went to Leiden. We parked, arrived at the restaurant before 9pm and the ladies (who had an empty restaurant) said they no longer served food. We explained that we had a reservation. They said they didn't know anything, that it must be a mistake, maybe we had called another restaurant. We show the cell phone with the last call a few minutes ago. They ignored it. We complained saying that it was said on the internet that it closed at 10pm and it was still 9pm. They told us to come back the next day. We didn't come back the next day nor will we ever come back. Be careful, I don't recommend it at all!

Best Indonesian restaurant Leiden and surrounding areas. Ordered often and enjoyed it every time. Always delicious food and super tasty! The food tastes good and you always get a lot. Lots of variety from fish to meat. The rice table is highly recommended. Then you will have many types of delicious dishes! They always call to say that delivery may take a little longer due to crowds. So good service! Definitely worth repeating and highly recommended for anyone who loves Indian food.

My girlfriend was catcalled and slowly chased by a Surakarta car in Noordeinde.

Food OK, but nothing more. Prices a bit too high.

Good restaurant, I expected something more.

The food was great, just don't appreciate staff openly gossiping on the work floor.

Delicious vegetarian rice table experience, with plenty of food and many different dishes. I appreciated that our server walked us through each option as the food arrived. The service timing was a little slow, but we were so pleased with the meal that we didn't mind waiting. It was quite busy so I would recommend making a reservation.

The food was super delicious and the staff was very kind! Nothing bad to say about this place, it is also nicely decorated and very cozy.

tasty Indonesian dishes at a fair price.

Ever good for service and soul food. Not for a while unfortunately. At 8.45 pm: No, we have a quiet evening, so no, the kitchen is closed. Predictive? Anyway, the tent is done for good. Also for orders as far as I'm concerned.

Delicious food today. The service and friendliness was really top notch. And the Surakarta rice table was excellent again

Delicious food but slow service! We had a great time celebrating a birthday at this restaurant, we ordered multiple combo menus and got to try many small delicious dishes. Sadly it just took a long time for it to be served, over 40 minutes! And since I know most Indonesian restaurants cook their dishes in batches (as the portions are so small) I had a hard time to understand why it took so long. I do have to say that the staff was very friendly! Definitely try their Rendang and Pisang goreng with Ice cream, they were both delicious. Try this place out if you don't mind waiting a bit longer for your food, it's worth it!

Surakarta is a nice restaurant to enjoy Indonesian cuisine. It is not a very large eatery and the decor is somewhat basic. Although they have done their best to create oriental atmospheres. The service is extremely friendly and correct. The food was on the table quickly and, as we expected, it was in excellent condition! The prices are relatively reasonable. All in all a good place to enjoy Indonesian food in Leiden.

I have been ordering and coming here for years. Always good!

Uitstekend Indonesisch eten en snelle service. Toont een beetje oud, maar dat heeft ook wel zijn charmes.

Restaurant Surakarta is naar mijn mening veruit een van de beste Indonesische restaurants in Nederland. De smaken zijn authentiek en in balans. Alles klopt. Mijn Indonesische oma is dit jaar overleden en de familie is vanuit alle hoeken van het land overgekomen naar het hospice. Mijn oma vroeg hier om haar laatste maaltijd met de familie en deze moest en zou gehaald worden bij Surakarta. Jullie hebben werkelijk een ieder teruggebracht naar Indonesië. Namens de hele familie bedankt voor het verzorgen van deze bijzondere maaltijd. En wij komen zeker terug.

Best Indonesian food i experienced. Took one of the rice tables and they were all awesome in taste.

Heerlijk. Netjes op tijd bezorgd. Er werd 1 uur ervoor gebeld dat de bestelling op tijd zou zijn.

Heerlijk gegeten! Wij hadden Surakarta rijsttafel voor 2 personen. Geweldige variatie in de smaken heel anders dan bij een chinees/indische rijsttafel.

Verrukkelijke gerechten. Altijd genieten, prima kwaliteit. Supertevreden.

Eten aan de prijs, maar heel erg lekker! Vriendelijk personeel.

Heerlijk eten zeker een aanrader

Voor de eerste keer maar zeker niet voor de laatste keer. Erg goed en lekker.

It is the best authentic Indonesia cuisine served in this region. Our server and the owners were extremely friendly and helpful with the selection of our meal choices 😋. We were extremely pleased 😀!

Eine erstklassige Reistafel für 3. Sehr leckere Variationen, aufmerksames Team. Reservierung ist sinnvoll.

This was our second "rice table" on the trip. Had it been the first, I might have been more generous, but it fell rather short of the established standard. The food was good but all the sauces were on the sweet side, which got a bit much. The portions (for two people) were very substantial and we couldn't finish it all. That helps when the mackerel dish was too fishy for either of us, and we were offered a 'doggy bag' if we had wanted.

Op basis van reviews hier 2 april gegeten. Mijn gerecht (Pangang) was steenkoud. Het gerecht van een tafelgenoot kwam een stuk later dan voor de anderen. De bezorgers (?) zaten vlak achter ons in de bijkeuken en draaiden hun eigen muziek. Zo hard dat de gasten konden “genieten” van stevige jaren 70 rockmuziek. Leek er niet op. Wij komen hier niet meer terug. Ik begrijp niet hoe dit restaurant zo goed beoordeeld wordt. Middelmatig, een 6- en dan ben ik nog aardig.

Het was minder Indisch dan ik gewend ben in andere Indonesische restaurants. Er zaten zelfs een paar gerechten bij waarvan ik echt niet kan zeggen dat ze goed waren. Jammer!

Genoten van een heerlijke rijsttafel, was weer ouderwets goed.

Vegetarisch menu , 1persoon had gevulde omelet en 1 persoon had groente met rijstblokken. Niet bijzonder. Voorgerecht van 3 verschillende hapjes was lekker, wel allemaal gefrituurd.

Binnen een maand of zo 2 x een rijsttafel gegeten bij Surakarta. De eerste keer was prima, de tweede keer was het minder goed. Een beetje mat van smaak, zonder uitschieters. Jammer, want de andere keer was er wel veel variatie in de smaken.

라이덴에서 고향 음식이 그리우면, 라면집 말고 이곳으로 오시라...

I definitely recommend this place for great Indonesian food. The place is small, so you should make a reservation in advance.

Ik rij voor heel goed eten graag honderden van kilometer uit Duitsland hier naar toe, de rijsttafel is fantastisch

Super Indonesian food The Mackerel wrapped in Bannana leaf is awesome, don't miss the Goat curry. Personally prefer alacarte

Hoe vaak ik er ook bestel, het stelt nooit teleur. Heerlijk!

Het eten is de keren dat ik het heb geprobeerd redelijk tot goed. Kan Surakarta alleen daarop beoordelen omdat ik ze alleen ken van afhalen. Waar ik zeer kritisch over ben zijn de miniscule porties. Jammer want het eten is best goed.

Echt verukkelijk! Altijd smullen, en alles wordt netjes op tijd bezorgd. Heel soms komt de bestelling door omstandigheden iets later, maar dan word je altijd gebeld zodat je op de hoogte bent. Heerlijk eten en prima service!

Mooie uitgebreide rijsttafel. Vlotte en vriendelijke bediening. Compact, maar niet opgepropt. Mooie locatie om de hoek van het Rapenburg.