KEDAI Indonesian Cafe — Restaurant in Upland

I drove by this place a couple times and was excited that a new Indonesian place was opening up. It's a really nice and cozy cafe that serves old school pastries, the kind I would eat in my childhood. When I moved to the States, you can't really find those pastel, kroket, risoles, or lemper, not many restaurant sells them, or even makes them from scratch. So when I saw all these pastries, I went crazy and I knew this place would fill the missing parts of my immigrant life here. I would say this is one of the only place that would bring back all those nostalgic memories before moving to LA and I would drive 1 hour just to get that fresh, made from scratch pastries. I haven't found any other Indonesian cafe that would bring back all my happy childhood memories of hanging out with my friends at a cafe, eating pastels & risoles with chili and sambal (the real one, not that fake wannabe bullcrap from HuyFong). Oh and the coffee? Stop going to Starbucks that serves fake coffee using Indonesian island as their name, you're better off going to the real place that serves the real, authentic, imported Indonesian coffee for the same price. If you have a doubt about this, my last name is Indonesian as hell, I grew up there, and I approve this as one of the most ethnic & authentic cafe.

**Fast forward to now, June 2024. Kedai is still very special to me. I just came back from Indonesia, had the pastries (pastels, risoles) back home but let's not fool around. Kedai's pastries still taste waaaay better. First of all, 1 pastel in Indonesia is now about $2.50. You Indonesians who think it's still cheaper to eat in Jakarta can suck on deez. Second of all, the pastels here are about twice the size, so you're already getting a good deal. Lastly, the pastries here (especially pastel) have more flavor than the ones in Indonesia. You can taste the difference in quality. You 90's Jakarta people surely know what Indonesian pastries are supposed to taste like. I'd rather get Kedai's pastries, and I'd be more than happy to pay $5 for the taste Kedai has to offer. Kedai's recipe is still the classic, the ones I grew up with, and will always be very special to me. In the pictures are pastel, risoles, choco banana roll, and Dutch roll, with ice americano and...

We had the best experience. Missing my Indonesian food and came across this place in Upland. We had Turmeric Chicken (came with yellow rice, which is super delicious, sauteed tempe, lettuce, tomatoes, shrimp cracker) and a bowl of an Oxtail soup (came with white rice and cracker). It was delicious and finished the whole thing! They also have comfort Indonesian snacks, coffee and tea. We took home beef croquette, banana roll, coconut custard cake (kue lumpur) and honeycomb cake. The people are very friendly, helpful and the place is spotless! The owner (also the chef) actually came out to visit the tables and chit chat with everyone. She introduced herself and asked our names. She is so nice and makes us feel welcomed! If you are looking for Asian food other than Thai or Chinese, definitely should give this place a try and you wont be...

The tastes of each and ever item were authentic, unique, and spices perfected. We had the banana and sweet rice and chicken filling, from the pastry window, and they were absolutely the best thing we've tasted in a very long time! What a great spot! We will be back to try their large variety of coffee and look forward to eating here again and again. As far as pricing, it's up just like everything else under the Biden administration but worth every penny of your dollars. You are getting home cooking from very nice people who took the time to introduce themselves to myself and my husband and asked us to make ourselves at home. It's not often you get such great hospitality! This is a small family owned business of which we will continue to support over corporate chains! Glad to have found it and will be...