KESUMA Restaurant

5 N BH - 3 weeks ago

Delicious and homemade food. The best beef rendang i have ever eaten :) Hidden gem in a very small gang. I 100% recommand

5 Kurtis Wallis - a week ago

Wonderful dinner. We visited with our children (8 u0026 10). We were told that they had beef rendang as a special item not usually available on a weekday so I jumped at the opportunity. Since Kesuma, I’ve had Beef Rendang multiple times on our vacation to Indonesia, but none have matched the magic of Kesuma.

The adventure finding the restaurant is well worth it. We took a grab from our hotel and landed ourselves in a rather dark alley at an entrance to an even smaller dark alley. Charging on, we were rewarded with an excellent meal.

5 carmen heah - 3 years ago

The very definition of home cooked food hidden in the alley. I was their first customer of the night and Lily the chef and owner was very welcoming. According to her she normally served reservations since it's a small home based restaurant with minimal seating and she was the only cooked. I loved her food and the ambience of the place. The music that she had on was very relaxing making me not want to leave but I have a massage appointment. She deserved more customers but she say she can't handle too many!

4 Sam “Green Eggs u0026 Ham” Shee - 3 years ago

Amazingly prepared homemade Indonesian cuisine in a nicely adorned house. Could certainly do with a fan or two though - even at night the place is a little warm and stuffy.

The place is in the middle of a dingy back alley, but there's a banner at the main road, and the locals will happily point you in the right direction.

Food is outstandingly scrumptious - the meats are cooked to succulent perfection and there's plenty of tasty vegetables. Be warned: the chilli sauce is maximum burn.

Service is fast but unfortunately they were out of a lot of items, like literally all the fish, so that was a shame. Pricing is a tad high, but this is presumably fine dining in Jogja, so understandable. Mains are 89k Rp and sets are 140k.

5 arianna pistilli - a month ago

This is for sure the best restaurant I've been during my trip in Indonesia! Dishes are delicious, big portions and reasonable price!

5 Mattia Manara - a month ago

Wonderful family restaurant with delicious traditional food.

5 Zoe Jane - 3 years ago

Kesuma is a private kitchen located in a narrow alley that cars won't be able to drive in. So you will need to drop off at the entrance of the alley and walk in.

We visited on an evening when it was raining heavily and relentlessly. The owner actually had no intention of opening for business that day as her kitchen was partially flooded. However, upon hearing that it was our last evening in Jogja, decided to cook for us. We ordered a few signature dishes on the menu and they were all tasty. Shortly after we finished our meal, there was a blackout due to the torrential rain.

On hindsight, we should have called earlier to check instead of walking in unannounced. A big thank you to the owner for deciding to cook for us despite having to deal with a flooded kitchen.

As it's a private kitchen, there's limited seats so make a reservation ahead before visiting.