Timbul Roso — Restaurant in Cangkringan

It used to be a popular garden restaurant with a rural atmosphere (especially with their gazebos), a variety of Indonesian and popular heavy meals, snacks and beverages. On my recent stop with my wife in a weekday afternoon, it was an empty and dead place, with a gloomy atmosphere, and when we came it took some time till someone appeared. We had lunch enjoying rice, grilled catfish, green chilli calamari, spice coffee, sweet iced lemon, ... perfect. Free boiled peanuts as welcome snack. A vast cool parking yard. A clean musholla. More minuses: the riverside dining hall looked unattended; the restrooms weren't so clean; no free WiFi; the cashier wasn't...

It's so cozy, with Javanese ambiance. I prefer the lesehan ones. The food are good, except the Sambal Ijo. It's too salty 😭😭😭, said my sister. They have a big room for lesehan, and the small ones. The path are slippery when raining though. The toilet near the mushola, in the north side. Better bring Ur own mukena. The wudhu place aren't differentiate male n female. The service are very friendly and accommodating. If not for the location (it's quite far away from home) I'll come whenever I can. Ahhh, the price...

I really love the fact that it is located in Cangkringan, where the air is fresh and calming. They let us book tables days before we come here. It is nice for family gathering. The meals are delicious. The place is beautiful. What's bothering me is the smell of the pond. It smells like fish. Well, technically every pond smells like it but it is more than the usual. Added to that, they need more hand soap for each wastafel since most of the meals they offer needs us to use hands instead of spoons and...