Surabaya Restaurants

  1. Bon Café

    Has a big menu of mostly Western dishes and grills.

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  2. Cafe Venezia

    Venezia is an old-school establishment in a venerable Dutch villa. The menu is a smorgasbord of tastes, ranging from steaks to Korean barbecue and Japanese dishes. The ice cream is particularly good too.

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  3. De Boliva

    Housed in a beautifully converted Dutch villa, De Boliva is a stylish restaurant with a menu touching on the four corners of the globe. Don't pass over the excellent sorbet and vitamin-rich smoothies.

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  4. Fran's Bakery

    Caketastic for those with a sweet tooth.

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  5. New San Thauw

    San Thauw offers seafood that only comes fresher directly from the sea; walk in the door, choose your meal from the tank and wait patiently for the food to arrive.

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  6. Pasar Genteng

    Surabaya has a huge array of eating options which cover all price ranges. For cheap eats, Pasar Genteng has good night warungs. Late-night munchies can be had at the offshoot of Jl Pemuda, opposite the Plaza Surabaya, which buzzes with food-stall activity around the clock, or the strip of warungs with their backs to the river along Jl Kayun. Try rawon , a thick black beef soup Surabaya is famous for.

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  7. Restoran Kuningan International

    Kuningan is another of Surabaya's top-class restaurants, housed in a converted Dutch villa. The large, mixed menu specialises in seafood, indicated by the huge stained-glass window over the front entrance sporting a gigantic lobster.

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  8. Soto Ambengan Pak Sadi

    If you're looking for chicken dishes, then look no further than Pak Sadi's. Be sure not to overlook the famed lemon grass and coriander Madurese chicken soup, which is sublime. The place is best known, not surpisingly, for soto , a typical Indonesian soup filled with chicken or meat and other bits and pieces. Service is fast.

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  9. Surabaya Suki

    This very popular Chinese restaurant has a vast menu that features excellent but expensive shark soup and abalone. An extensive vegetarian selection is also featured.

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  10. Zangrandi Ice Cream Palace

    Zangrandi is a well-established parlour favoured by Surabayan 20-somethings. Relax in planters chairs at low tables and try to ignore the traffic noise.

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