Aghina Cafe and Restaurant — Restaurant in Sorong

We tried to find Papeda with yellow fish soup in Sorong and we came to this restaurant thanks to Google.

The restaurant looked vintage yet hommy & they played music with a loud sound. In the menu, they have variety of dishes, starting from the local, java, manado, etc. We were thrilled bc there was papeda along with other variety of veggies & side dishes that we can choose.

We were the only customers in that restaurant but the service was so very longgggg. We needed to wait for some time until we get our food. Dunno if the restaurant will be busy, maybe will never get our food!

And after the long wait..we were so disappointed. Every dishes we ordered were tasteless, some lack of salt, some are just bland, and the Squid was hard. Price wise, omo..quite expensive! Didn't worth the wait & the taste & the price. Hope they can improve the service...

It's location is not on the main street, behind the gereja ayam. You won't see it from the main street. They offer food of eastern Indonesia mainly, including Manado food. They are halal. I ordered papeda with ikan kuah kuning (fish in yellow broth), and tumis kangkung & bunga pepaya. This was the first time I ate papeda. I thought it won't make you full but I was wrong. The food tasted good to me. The price was mid up. They don't put prices in the menu and I was bit surprise when they charged me IDR 30K for a glass avocado juice. But other food...

It was the first place and first time for me to try papeda, and I think it was okay. It's better to mix papeda with the yellow sauce fish, or otherwise it wouldn't taste anything, just some gooey slimey texture. The fish were good, and we also had some veggies on the side. The price was okay, we spent around 900k for 9 people. I think it was the fish that were pricey. The papeda itself was only 15k. The place is cozy with its colorful furniture, and looks...