Raki — Restaurant in Missouri City

I come to this restaurant 2-3 times a week mostly for lunch-take out. And every time I pick up my order, they are always busy with take outs. The restaurant is immaculately clean, price is reasonable, and the service is excellent.

As a food enthusiast, I would like to share my TOP 3 Most Fav Food (repeatedly order) from Raki :

1. RENDANG! ❤️ Ohhh my Goshhh sooo yummmeeehh!! The meat is so tender, perfectly seasoned, and the spices in rendang are really fragrant and appetizing. I'm gonna tell you this, Chef Gordon Ramsay was willing to fly thousands of miles away to Indonesia to learn how to cook Rendang. Rendang is a traditional food originating from West Sumatera (definitely not from Malaysia!) and Raki has managed to execute this menu perfectly! My husband who's an European loves it like crazy, he agrees that the Rendang is very authentic. Order this, and you will fall in love with their Rendang. PS this isn't a fast cooked entrée so a bit of patience won't hurt.

2. MIE GORENG FRIED NOODLE. Super delicious! This menu is so popular in Indonesia and Raki cook this so well. It reminds the moment when I stayed in a 5 ⭐ Resort in Bali Island, I had this fried noodle as a main course. And the one I got from Raki was just exactly as delicious as I had in Bali Resort! Unbelievable! I feel nostalgic 😍 Also approved by my husband for its authenticity.

3. AYAM BAKAR KALASAN GRILLED CHICKEN with Sambal. Absolutely the most delicious grilled chicken I've ever had. It's a whole chicken, perfectly seasoned and grilled, the chicken meat is very flavorful and juicy! The chicken meat is very tender and comes off the bone easily. I don't have to strain to pull the meat when I eat it. The sambal as a dip is just amazing, enough spiciness for those who don't get used to extreme spicy level.

I love Raki and their consistency with their cooking, never disappoint me as one of their loyal customers. Bravo! I always forget to take pic first before I have a bite haha so pardon the bites on...

Though Raki is a Japanese and Chinese restaurant, they serve Indonesian food. I thought it would be a good change in cuisine. I found Raki online and saw the ratings and was thoroughly impressed, so needless to say my expectations were relatively on the higher side. We walked in and the restaurant was empty, and there was no host or server so we sat ourselves and got the menus from the front counter. Me and my partner both decided to order from the “Indonesian” menu. I ordered a Hot & Sour soup and the crab puffs for an appetizer. For the man entre, He chose the Cornish hen and I chose a chicken and noodle dish that came with a chicken broth soup and a meetball. All dishes were requested to be spicy. About 15 mins later we were served with the soup and appetizer. Though not bad, the crab puffs were less crab and more cream cheese. And the hot & sour soup was very salty, it was not hot nor sour. The entres were served next. The Cornish hen was severely under seasoned. Besides the hint of pepper there really wasn’t any other flavoring or spice. The noodle dish was sweet and really had no seasoning to it either. I requested chili sauce to make do with what I had and was disappointed when it didn’t help. The meatball that came with the dish was... interesting.. to say the least. I was confused by its plastic-y appearance, and thought to try and cut into the meatball. Not only was it tough, but it was filled with chunks of hardened fat.

Needless to say, we were disappointed with our meals and will not be going back to this establishment.

** Note: Though the food lacked flavor and the meatball was a turn off, the service was decent. The music was a little strange (sounded like a sound track to an alien abduction lol). But not a bad place for someone who doesn’t enjoy spicy, or properly...

They gave me a 40 min wait time after an hour I called and was told "we're still working it" the food had not left the building and they asked me to wait another 10 min. When the delivery guy finally came he had no pen for me to sign the receipt and had to run all the way to his car about 50 ft away. He left me holding the food and check book with receipt. They have an antiquated card system. I brought everything inside and signed before he made it back to my gate. I ordered 1. Vegetable Tempura no broccoli 2. Veg egg roll 3. Singapore noodles no meat no egg. When I got the food there was broccoli in the Singapore noodles but on the menu its not listed that broccoli is 1 of the Vegetables. You'd think they would've warned me if I said "no broccoli" in another dish. Would I order again? If I didn't have to feed my 5 yr old and I was desperate and there were no other options and I was up for the incompetence yeah. The flavor of the food and sauces were actually good.

Update: As of August 2022 I had no idea this resteraunt I found in traffic was the same 1 I ordered from several months prior. Dine in experience was 5 star Yemin was very hospitable, patient. I ordered vegetable tempura and shrimp fried rice. There's been a changed in my eating regimen and I'm now eating crab and shrimp. They're fried rice didnt dissappoint and I ordered it 3 days in a row for carry out. Kicked back with it on my couch. Consider me a regular for dining in. I still won't order delivery anymore. I guess some places are just best to dine in.

I do have to remind them to give me plastic ware every time. Other than that the food quality is consistently delicious. #dinein so I'm changing from 2 stars to 3 because idk if the delivery service...