Istana Indonesisch Restaurant — Restaurant in The Hague

Overall, the food was average in taste—not bad, but not particularly impressive either. The service was fast, and even though we didn’t have a reservation, they managed to find us a spot at the bar. The atmosphere was nice. We ordered "RIJSTTAFEL VIS & VLEES", which offered a good variety of dishes.

One small issue: the baked banana dessert(Pisang Goreng) was served along with the main dishes, so we ate it during the meal, thinking it was part of the dishes! My friend waited until the end, but by then it was cold. Also, in one of the dish wrapped in banana leaves, just a note—the leaves are not meant to be eaten:)

All in all, it was an...

I've come here several times - with my wife and now with my friends - and I always find their food super delicious. I could easily recommend a the dishes I've tried so far, but if you're a meat lover, maybe you should try the meat plate - for two ppl. If you like meat and fish, go for the meat & fish plate. You'll get a very lovely mixture of all kinds of fried and stewed meat (and fish) dishes in different sauces and spices, pickled stuff and rice or noodles. For me, this place was the real introduction to Indonesian food. Something new and exotic to my taste buds. And they never cease to impress me. Also the the service is super friendly and...

Extremly expensive for really small portions.

We asked for tap water but they brought bottle water instead and bottles were open so we couldn’t send them back so get charged 7.50 for 3 bottles.

And then 1.5 for tap water. 1.5 for a -literally- one teaspoon sambal.

I mentioned and confırmed my food needs to be vegan at least 3 times but still found whole egg in my plate. After this experience I thought at least we will get water charges get off from our bill as an apology (that’s what I do as a person who works in service industry) but nope. Super overrated, overpriced and...