Yogyakarta Food: 10 hand-picked places

An Indonesian restaurant set among rice paddies, serving Indonesian dishes alongside Asian and Western fare. Standouts include rice with duck and basil, and beef rib soup. A peaceful spot for a meal with views over the fields.

An Indonesian home-style restaurant serving dishes since 1978. Its signature bistik komplet pairs beef, egg, and vegetables with a sweet-and-sour sauce. Es teler, made with fruit and coconut milk, is cool and refreshing.

An Indonesian restaurant where traditional Javanese decor meets the sounds of gamelan. Try local favorites like nasi kucing and ayam koteka, then finish on a sweet note with grilled ice cream.

A restaurant serving modern takes on traditional Javanese cuisine. Signature dishes include songo buwono, bestik galantin, and nasi langgi. It’s a relaxed place to enjoy familiar Javanese flavors in a traditional wooden house.

Enjoy a Javanese home-style breakfast at this humble roadside eatery. The thick omelet is crisp on the outside and savory, and pairs well with sayur lodeh or stir-fried dishes.

A traditional eatery serving Yogyakarta-style gudeg from early morning. The gudeg is less sweet, with savory and spicy notes, and pairs well with tender chicken and krecek. Enjoy it with rice porridge or rice and an egg.

A traditional Yogyakarta eatery that cooks gudeg over a wood fire. The gudeg has a subtle smoky aroma and a balanced sweetness, served with rice or rice porridge alongside sambal krecek and areh sauce.

A restaurant serving royal cuisine from Yogyakarta. Its signature Bebek Suwar Suwir is a duck dish, while the non-alcoholic Bir Jawa has a gentle spice aroma and a refreshing taste. Read about the dishes’ royal palace history as you dine.

A Yogyakarta restaurant that cooks gudeg in a traditional wood-fired hearth. Young jackfruit simmered in coconut milk and spices is gently sweet and savory, served with rice, tender chicken, and spicy sambal krecek.

An Indonesian street-side eatery serving skewers and simple bites. Choose from chicken skin and offal, quail eggs, and chicken head skewers, and try traditional drinks like Kopi Joss and Es Tape. Sit on mats by the road and take in Yogyakarta’s nighttime street scene.