Pondok Ikan Bakar Kalimantan — Restaurant in Depok

When going to this restaurant you would better call them, reserve a table and mention the foods you want to eat. Please see the menu first. Otherwise, they will take sometime to prepare them. Plus if arriving around lunch time, it would be packed.

The foods we ate (fish in bamboo and the hot and sour) today were delightful, fresh and full of flavours (an explosion of turmeric, garlic, galangal and other spices which most Indonesians love). The star was the one in bamboo. We ordered 2 big fish in bamboos and 1 medium one for 15 people (7 of us were guys and ate a lot!!).

In addtion, we ordered two portions of sautéed water spinach -- they kind of provided a "refuge" after so rich and strong taste of fish.

What I love the most from the restaurant was the drinks -- the pure orange juice and orange+coconut! They were served in big glasses. Really satisfying. Plus their mango sambal.

The restaurant was generous too, providing a small bottle of mineral water for free.

Parking lot was spacious, toilet was "OK" - it has the western type of toilet with water jet. No tissue though, so must bring from the table.

The busboys were friendly and quick, we didnt have any problems or drama at all during ...

the foods actually ok lah, not so good also not so bad the service staffs all very disaapointed, first when we want to order the foods, the serivce staff not even smile and explaind the menu, second, we already reserve for the 5 portions of sayur asem, but she said only have 4 portions, third, there are so many flies and when we talk to service staff, she just ignored ua forth, we ordered 8 glasses of hot the, until we almost end of meal, the tea just served and only 7 glasses, even they did not explain why only serve 7 glasses fifth, i asked for clean the table after we finished the meal, but they didn't come until one of my family stand up ask them, then they do it the point is, the service staffs are very nad attitude. we know the restauran so busy but the service have always good you know, we eat there and we paid for the meal and for free please for the owner, traim your staff to more polite especially for the service...

open at 11am but expect a full house by 1130...yes it's packed with little room to squeeze in...place is a dilapidated house with much needed home improvement, can get very stuffy and hot on a sunny day, wear t-shirts and shorts...parking is atrocious but can still manage to get in and out of the place...customers advised to order their food while waiting for their table...don't expect quick service..ratio is 1 waiter : 20 customers... the ikan bakar patin bambu is the specialty of the house...tasty seasoning all over but not spicy...you have the sambels for that...we ordered other dishes: ikan goreng gurame, sayur asem, udang goreng, karedok - standard fare... you have to eat what you came here for... the jeruk kelapa and kelapa muda is a must...after you had your fill, line up at the cashier for 10-15 minutes to pay your dues...with all this, a return...