Tempo Doeloe
Price guide: Mid-range
Utrechtsestraat 75, Amsterdam, 1017 VJ
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Expert review of Tempo Doeloe
A strong contender for the best Indonesian restaurant in Amsterdam.
I had my first rijsttafel - a 'rice table' of many little taster dishes - at Tempo Doeloe years ago. The restaurant has been around for over a quarter of a century, and is extremely popular (and small) - so bookings are essential any night of the week.
Food and drink:
Go for a rijsttafel (a Dutch colonial speciality; it must be ordered by two minimum), and your table will be smothered in up to 25 tapas-sized dishes, served in little white pots. Tempo Doeloe's cooking is spicier than most of Amsterdam's Indonesian restaurants - watch out for those marked as hot or very hot on the menu. There is a vegetarian rijsttafel option, and you can order more conventional set meals, or a la carte. Leave room (tricky) for a slice of spekkoek (Indonesian layered cake) or the delicious mango dessert.
Ambience:
Intimate, verging on the cramped, and quite smart, with chandeliers and lots of white linen.
Service:
Solicitous, but can be overstretched at times.
Location:
One of a number of good places to eat on Utrechtsestraat, just south of the centre.
Price advice:
Per person, the full, 25-dish Rijsttafel Istemewa costs 37.5 euros. The 12-dish Rijsttafel Stimoelan costs 29.5 euros.
More information on Tempo Doeloe:
- Price guide:
- Type:
- Restaurant
- Food:
- Indonesian
- Address:
- Utrechtsestraat 75, Amsterdam, 1017 VJ
- Telephone:
- 020 625 6718
- Website:
- http://www.tempodoeloerestaurant.nl
- Serves:
- Dinner
- Opening times:
- Mon-Sat 6pm-11pm.
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Reservations:
- Always essential
