Where to eat in Yogyakarta

31 independent restaurants, bakeries and food spots in Yogyakarta. Chains are left out.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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Angkringan Tugu
Angkringan Lik Man
Famous for its small rice packets (sego kucing). Drink kopi joss, strong Javanese coffee heated by dropping a piece of glowing charcoal into it.
18:00–04:00Rp1,000–6,000
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Bakmi Jawa Harjo Geno
Be prepared to wait up to two hours! Tip: if you think that fried noodles go well with beer, you can grab a Bintang at the nearby Tante Lies restaurant.
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Easy Groovy
Easy Groovy Restaurant & Bar
A beautiful restaurant & bar on a lively spot with a nice terrace. serving tasty Mexican, Indonesian and Western dishes in a comfortable and warm atmosphere. Also a great place to sit on the terrace to enjoy a drink. Happy Hour until 19:00 discount on beers, wine and cocktails. Wifi is free of charge. Live Music on the weekends from 8:30pm.
Closed · opens noonmains from Rp45,000
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Empek-Empek Kamto
Originating from Palembang, deep-fried fish cake and served with sour soy sauce. There are many varieties of empek-empek: kapal selam (means submarine) comes with boiled eggs inside, adaaan/bulat has a garlic taste, while lenggang is an empek-empek omelette.
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Gudeg Wijilan Yu Djum
A more lavish variety of Gudeg, served with thicker sauce, and more expensive as well.
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Kedai Rakjat Djelata
Javanese cuisine with a modern twist. Tasty food in a nice setting, yet not expensive.
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Kesuma Restaurant
Local home cooking in the familiarity of a typical Kampung house.
Mon-Sat 11:00-14:30, 18:00-22:00; only available for reservationsRp80,000 - 150,000
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Mediterranea
Serves French and Mediterranean dishes. Open all day, serving breakfast before midday. Sells espresso and has a wide range of fresh juices available. Also includes a small specialty shop with imported goods and fresh baked bread and pastries. Best croissants in Jogja.
Closed · opens 8 ammain course Rp100,000-300,000, breakfast Rp37,000-70,0000, pizza Rp53,000-81,000, dessert Rp35,000-45,000
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Mie Bandung
Despite the name, this is not a noodle restaurant, but rather a Chinese restaurant. Don't expect authentic Chinese food, but rather Indonesian-Chinese. The wonton is really good though, and they also serve beer! If you find yourself craving Chinese food in Jogja, this is one of the few places you can go to.
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Rame Rame Vegetarian
A very small restaurant with meat and vegetarian options and owned by a very friendly woman. Has a delicious soup, noodles, mushrooms, vegetables, meatballs and cilantro for Rp9,000.
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Sagan Super Sambal
Specialising in sambal, the Indonesian delicacy of spicy, hot chilli infused sauce. Also, Indonesian-style beef ribs.
Closed · opens 9 amRp5,000-30,000
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Takigawa
Japanese restaurant that also serves shabu-shabu (Japanese hot pot).
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Bakmi Kadin
Javanese style soft-fried noodles. Don't miss the popular wedang bajigur, a local beverages made from warm coconut milk with subtle ginger flavour and garnished with diced coconut and kolang-kaling. Local kroncong street quartet often performs in the area.
Rp18,000-20,000
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Dapur Solo
Special Yogyakarta and Jawa Tengah delicacies. Famous here are nasi timlo and nasi liwet.
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FoodFezt
Many kinds of local Indonesian foods: Nasi kebuli, nasi merah, soto betawi, sate buntel, mushroom satay and also dessert-like pancakes, and ice creams. It has a garden with lots of bamboo trees and other plants. The waiters use wireless gadgets to serve their customers in order to maintain a 'paperless' order system.
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Gudeg Sagan
An eating place in Jalan Sagan (in front of Toko Sagan Baru) offering rice, seasoned porridge, gudeg, areh sauce, sambal goreng krecek, complete with chicken and brown hard-boiled egg.
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Gudeg Tugu
Popular Gudeg stall. A complete dish consists of: warm rice, shredded chicken, brown hard-boiled egg, gudeg, areh sauce, and the hot & spicy sambal goreng krecek.
Closed · opens 7 pmRp7,000-10,000
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Kamikoti Cafe
Serving good quality milk, coffee & tea at affordable prices, near Masangin and the Taman Sari complex.
From Rp5,000
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Kedai Tiga Nyonya
Peranakan food restaurant, a fusion of Indonesian, Chinese and Dutch cuisine. Their speciality is grilled fish, sour ribs soup and candlenut chicken.
Closed · opens 10 amRp20,000-50,000
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Pesona Rasa
A nice Chinese food family restaurant. Serves delicious and fresh Chinese dishes such as: fried rice, fried noodle, tofu, fresh capjay and vegetables. In Pathuk area, 5 minutes from Malioboro. With friendly service and wallet-friendly prices.
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Rumah Makan Es Ceria
Great, cheap food including a smorgasbord where you choose what you like and then the cashier estimates a price. Tasty and cheap. Also ice desserts and fruit shakes.
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Sate Karang
Grilled beef satay served with lontongs (rice cake), peanut sauce and thin curry soup.
Closed · opens 5 pmRp15,000
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Sendang K Pitoe
A famous shrimp and sea food restaurant located on the outskirts of the city, specifically Jamur, Minggir, Sleman. Very delicious fried shrimp served fresh from the ponds in the still relatively untouched village. Should not be confused with the nearby Mang Engking, also a shrimp restaurant with an ill-earned reputation for dirty food.
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Soto Pak Soleh
This well-known restaurant is Pak Soleh's family business and is now operated by his son. They only serve Yogyakarta-style beef soup as their main menu, which has a spicy taste from ginger.
Rp5,000
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The House of Raminten
Javanese restaurant with traditional food like jamu godhog (Indonesia's herbal recipe).
From Rp5,000
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Waroeng Jepara
Famous for their traditional Jepara flavours (only warung in Jogjakarta that serves Jepara food), this modern-furnished warung is run by friendly locals. Speciality includes "pecil pari" (spicy stingray), "bothok tahu" (tofu in papaya leaf) and "sayur lodeh" (jackfruit soup).
Rp5,000-30,000
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Xtra Hot
A local tent (tenda) restaurant specialising in grilled food, with a good variety of sambals (chili) to choose from, yet with good prices.
From Rp4,500
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Mie Ayam Bu Tumini
A mie ayam (chicken noodles) with thick gravy sauce.
Closed · opens 10 amStart from Rp8,000
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Soto Kadipiro
Soto Kadipiro Pusat
Jl Wates No.31, Gang Darussalam, Ngestiharjo, Kasihan, Bantul
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Pempek Ulu Bundar
serves delicious pempek and kakap meat ball soup.
Most expensive menu is Rp5,000
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Royal Garden Restaurant
Chinese-Indonesian dishes with kraton-style atmosphere.
Rp40,000-80,000

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Yogyakarta (CC BY-SA 4.0).