Julia's Indonesian Kitchen

The most disgusting meal I've ever had. After sending back fish so salty it couldn't be eaten, they returned with another dish that consisted of chopped fish cake, tofu, white potato and hard boiled egg covered in lumpy, cold peanut sauce. Really??? Who eats stuff like that? And it's not like I don't know Indonesian food. Save yourself the trouble of finding a place to park and simply skip this place. Ugh.…

So far, this is the best Indonesian restaurant in Seattle. The taste is very authentic especially the chicken kalasan with Julia's special chilly. The service is great and the atmosphere of the restaurant reminds me of Indonesia. I understand that sometimes the services is little bit slow because of the size of the kitchen, but i don't really care since the food is really great and tasty. Honestly, if you want the real2 taste of Indonesian food, you should go to Indonesia for sure :D :D. If you never try Indonesian food before, i recommend this authentic restaurant and order the ristjtafel, ikan kipas, the ayam goreng kremes (this is the best one), es bandung, avocado shake, es teler, and much much more... At the first time, i really hate to find the parking spot, but there is a free parking on the back right of the restaurant (i found this).. that's where i park every time i have lunch and dinner.. So far so good, everybody should try Julia's Indonesian Kitchen..…

Food quality are tasteless !!. Travel and dine out are one of my hobbies.I live in Seattle in the past 9 years never found any "good quality" of Indonesia restaurant. I have been visiting Julia's kitchen since 2007 regularly but in the past 3 times had bad experiences. The parking situation is awful, it's odd how clinic parking sign put right in front of the restaurant, lucky if you could find space in the back of restaurant that assigned for 3 cars only otherwise you should find parking space on the street (but pay attention of the signs! certain hours your car can be towed if you exceed the time limit). I thought over time they will improve the service and quality of food , I guess I was wrong ! my recent trip was tonite around 6 pm when I ordered "pempek palembang","siomay" and "es teler".pempek palembang (traditional fish cake mixed with egg and flour) was only small pieces swamped in egg noodles and cucumber, the noodles was pre-cooked look grim.the siomay (steam veggies and woonton) were pre-cooked like yesterday and they just warmed up in microwave. everything was tasteless except the es teler was ok (traditional mix fruits drink as dessert).…

Not so hot. I know Indonesian food a little, having eaten at Indo Cafe up by Northgate a few times, and this place looked interesting. Looks were unfortunately deceiving, though. We (my wife, young son, and I) were about the third party to be seated this evening. Even so, the food didn't come for forty-five minutes, and when it did come was nearly cold and not particularly flavorful. My wife had the mini-rijstaffel, and the only good thing in it was the beef rendang, spicier than Indo Cafe's but hard to cut. The other dishes on her tray might have been made this morning or last night and reheated, none too convincingly. My noodle-and-chicken curry was bland, not at all spicy the way the menu promised, and the fried wontons that accompanied it were cold in the center. The only saving grace to the meal was my son's lemongrass-chicken soup with rice noodles, seasoned to taste like something and warm enough to qualify as a cooked meal. I told the owner on the way out how disappointed I was, and he was profusely apologetic, but I'm not going back there. The service at Indo Cafe can be slow, too, and Northgate's a bit of a drive, but the food's much, much better there. However, by the time we left Julia's, the place was packed, so maybe the others knew something we didn't.…