Cafe and restaurant in Indonesian
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Indonesian words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Indonesian phrases in this lesson
- Meja untuk duaMEH-jah oon-TOOK doo-AH
- A table for two
- Menu-nya, tolongmeh-NOO-nya TOH-long
- The menu, please
- Apa yang enak di sini?AH-pah yang EH-nak dee SEE-nee
- What do you recommend?
- Saya tidak makan...SAH-yah tee-DAHK MAH-kahn
- I don't eat...
- Saya alergi...SAH-yah ah-LER-gee
- I'm allergic to...
- DagingDAH-ging
- Meat
- AyamAH-yahm
- Chicken
- IkanEE-kahn
- Fish
- Enak!EH-nak
- It's delicious
- Bersulang!ber-soo-LAHNG
- Cheers
Meja is table, untuk means for. Indonesian restaurants rarely book ahead outside Jakarta; just walk in and make eye contact, or say meja untuk dua when you arrive.
Menu is the same word as English. In bigger cities, menus are often bilingual English/Indonesian. Warung (small eateries) have handwritten menu boards or may just name specials aloud.
Literally "what is tasty here?".
On its own it usually means beef.
The most important food word. Enak means delicious, tasty. Single word, huge impact at a restaurant. Say it to your server and watch them smile.
The traditional Indonesian toast when clinking glasses. Make eye contact and drink together. More formal than just "skål", used at dinners and celebrations.