KEDAI Indonesian Cafe

This is a nice find for Indonesian food in Upland. I just tried their ox tail soup. Also orders the Sumatra coffee. Both were delicious and fantastic. Ox tail soup is just as you would like when mom made it for you. Vegetables and tomatoes sliced in were not overcooked and brings good texture to the soup. I will certainly try other dishes next time. On second visit I had their americano coffee. Since this place is a cafe the espresso based coffee are quite nice too. I came during off hours so this place might get crowded during peak hours. Parking at the strip mall looks adequate.

Food is absolutely amazing, we had the rice porridge, nasi goreng, and noodle soup and all were great. Even better were the pastries and prepared snacks. Highly recommend coming here, it’s worth the drive. Our only complaint would be there was a bit of unnecessary waste. Shrimp chips that came with the entree were served in a mini ziplock bag, for example, which is unnecessary.

Good place to go to if you want to have Indonesian food or really good soup. I had the oxtail soup, which comes with oat crackers and a bowl of rice. It had a flavor close to a combination of tomato soup and a rich beef soup. There is also another soup called soto betawi that I usually get. It uses coconut cream to get a creamy consistency. Highly recommend it. One bowl of soup is more than enough for two people, but if you're still hungry, I suggest getting an order of one of their sweets like an ube pancake or fried banana.

I drove by this place a couple times and was excited that a new Indonesian place was opening up. It's a really nice and cozy cafe that serves old school pastries, the kind I would eat in my childhood. When I moved to the States, you can't really find those pastel, kroket, risoles, or lemper, not many restaurant sells them, or even makes them from scratch. So when I saw all these pastries, I went crazy and I knew this place would fill the missing parts of my immigrant life here. I would say this is one of the only place that would bring back all those nostalgic memories before moving to LA and I would drive 1 hour just to get that fresh, made from scratch pastries. I haven't found any other Indonesian cafe that would bring back all my happy childhood memories of hanging out with my friends at a cafe, eating pastels & risoles with chili and sambal (the real one, not that fake wannabe bullcrap from HuyFong). Oh and the coffee? Stop going to Starbucks that serves fake coffee using Indonesian island as their name, you're better off going to the real place that serves the real, authentic, imported Indonesian coffee for the same price. If you have a doubt about this, my last name is Indonesian as hell, I grew up there, and I approve this as one of the most ethnic & authentic cafe. **Fast forward to now, June 2024. Kedai is still very special to me. I just came back from Indonesia, had the pastries (pastels, risoles) back home but let's not fool around. Kedai's pastries still taste waaaay better. First of all, 1 pastel in Indonesia is now about $2.50. You Indonesians who think it's still cheaper to eat in Jakarta can suck on deez. Second of all, the pastels here are about twice the size, so you're already getting a good deal. Lastly, the pastries here (especially pastel) have more flavor than the ones in Indonesia. You can taste the difference in quality. You 90's Jakarta people surely know what Indonesian pastries are supposed to taste like. I'd rather get Kedai's pastries, and I'd be more than happy to pay $5 for the taste Kedai has to offer. Kedai's recipe is still the classic, the ones I grew up with, and will always be very special to me. In the pictures are pastel, risoles, choco banana roll, and Dutch roll, with ice americano and pandan latte.

Note: I did not have a lot of experience with Indonesian food and can't tell how authentic it is. The chicken satay is really good (tasted like teriyaki chicken), the beef dish is a little dry thou. Overall, I would say it's on the pricy side. ($17.50 per dish)

Very nice small little cafe! The rendang comes with vegetables, tofu and tempeh, and your choice between coconut or yellow turmeric rice. Pretty good portion and prices!

Delicious food, great quality and value. Nice owners too. I highly recommend the chicken satay plate and if you can try one of each on all the other goodies then you should! The layer cake, honeycomb pandan cake, risole, dutch roll etc all worth it. Can't go wrong. 😁