7 editor picks across Netherlands.
7 indonesian restaurants worth the trip across Netherlands, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Netherlands.
Restaurant Blauw in Amsterdam's Oud-Zuid runs the most consistent rijsttafel in the city, twenty-plus dishes laid across a long table, near Vondelpark.
OrderThe full Blauw rijsttafel, twenty-plus small plates with rice and sambals.
TipBook a fortnight ahead for weekends. Two seatings a night, the early one is quieter.
Indrapura on Rembrandtplein is the long-running Centrum rijsttafel house, three decades of spiced Sumatran and Javanese plates set out for the table.
OrderThe full Indrapura rijsttafel, with the Udang Gala lobster as a supplement.
TipOpen from 17:00 daily; book Rembrandtplein-facing window seats one week ahead.
Mama Makan inside the Hyatt Regency on Spinozastraat takes Indonesian classics through a contemporary lens: brighter rooms, cleaner plating.
OrderMama's full Rijsttafel, the contemporary read on the classic spread.
TipSunday lunch is the easiest booking. They take large groups, useful at the weekend.
Indonesian restaurant on the Springweg specialising in rijsttafel, the multi-dish rice table. A Michelin Bib Gourmand venue; rijsttafel also offered vegan.
OrderThe full rijsttafel, also available in a vegan version
Sampurna has run an unpretentious rijsttafel for 35-plus years; the Lijnbaansgracht room in the Jordaan is open all day from noon and pours one.
OrderRijsttafel Sampurna with extra sambal badjak on the side.
TipWalk-in friendly at lunch, book for dinner. Open daily from noon.
A long-running Indonesian rijsttafel address in Hillegersberg, open since 1995, with a garden terrace and a kitchen that balances classic Javanese stews.
OrderThe full Javanese rijsttafel with extra sate ajam.
TipBook a terrace table on a summer evening and pre-order the rijsttafel so the dishes land in the right order.
An Indonesian warung on Gouvernestraat serving rijsttafel, gado-gado, and babi pangang. Located in Centrum. Order the rijsttafel for two and the satay ayam.
OrderRijsttafel for two and the satay ayam.
TipOrder the rijsttafel for two even if dining solo; it costs the same and gives a fuller spread.
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