Indrapura
Rembrandtplein's grand old rijsttafel room, still the classic Indonesian spread.
Tempo Doeloe, the old rijsttafel standard-bearer on Utrechtsestraat, went bankrupt in 2021, Indrapura is where you take that appetite now. It has been doing colonial-era Indonesian on Rembrandtplein since 1987: a big, handsome dining room, dark wood and warm light, waiters who talk you through the fifteen-odd little dishes as they land. Order the rijsttafel and watch the table disappear under rendang, gado-gado, sambal goreng beans, satays and a sambal terasi that means business, tell them your actual heat tolerance and they calibrate. It absorbs big tables and parents-in-town dinners without breaking sweat, the kitchen runs daily until 10:30pm, late for this genre, and vegetarians get a full parallel spread rather than an afterthought. On a square wall-to-wall with tourist traps, this is the one run by people who care.
Take the full rijsttafel and ask for the sambal terasi on the side.
What to order
Full menu- Rijsttafel Purnama€37.50 p.p.
The entry rijsttafel (min. two people), the spread of small dishes reviewers come for
- Rijsttafel Indrapura€59.50 p.p.
The deluxe version with lobster and lamb, for the full-ceremony table
- Rendang€26.50
Slow-stewed beef in coconut; the à la carte dish review after review names
- Sate kambing (goat satay)€15.50
The satay is consistently praised; goat is the connoisseur pick
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