Reviews for BoBoKo Indonesian Cafe in Harrisonburg, VA
I WISH I COULD FLY OR TELEPORT. TO THIS PLACE. Excellent service from David and rest of staff--incredibly friendly and careful... with any food allergies. Food was fresh, aromatic, delicious. I asked for extra spice and I recieved it cooked in thereperfectly and balanced. Vegan Dishes: Vegan Rendang (Jackfruit!) Potato and Tofu curry, and Tofu summer rolls. Respective toBangladeshi cuisine: the Rendangs flavoring and color was reminiscent of Korma with a warming undertone of ginger, moist anddryer than traditional curries, but still packing a ton of flavor. The Potato and Tofu curry was spiced liked chicken curry,also very warm with ginger and coconut milk. Summer rolls were very fresh. TOFU used in these dishes did not have freezer burntaste or old chewy taste. Every bite tasted so fresh. AND THEN THE BILL. Very very affordable, and portions generous. All thebest to this place. Read more
This is not authentic Indonesian food and yes I am Indonesian. Let?s start there. The website says it?s ?inspired? by Indonesian... cuisine and yet ?Indonesian Cafe? is attached to the restaurant name. It?s a bit misleading. If Indonesian food flavor palate isnormally a 10, this place?s flavoring maybe goes up to a 4 if I?m being generous. Let?s start with what I ate. Sate - first ofall the color of the sauce is incorrect, like they used too much water and not enough of the peanut sauce (bumbu kacang). Thechicken was not it for me either. I ate one and honestly didn?t want to even finish it. The sambal has no taste to it. No spiceno flavor. It was almost like I ate tomato sauce. I had to get someone else to taste it in case I was hallucinating but nopethey agreed. No flavor no spice. Nasi beef rendang - while the rendang was soft, it?s also flavorless and not what rendangshould be. Like they didn?t simmer it long enough to absorb any of the flavor. This felt more like beef stew (minus the stew) ofsome sort more than rendang. The stir fry vegetables doesn?t normally accompany rendang, maybe pecel would have been better. Itried the stir fry veggies, and it was just okay. Odd but okay. It?s definitely nothing like anything I?ve ever tried inIndonesia. Soto - let me preface this with saying that I use to eat soto at least once a week. I LOVED soto and even betterwhen it?s cold outside. This is not it. It has hints of what soto should taste like, but it?s like they didn?t simmer it longenough to absorb the flavor. It?s also like they?re missing a key ingredient that I just can?t name. In fact, I sent a photo toanother Indonesian and first thing they said was, is that Tom Yum? (Thai) as a joke because it was not soto. I don?t wantpeople to be misled thinking this is an authentic Indonesian restaurant because it?s not. I don?t want Indonesian food to bemisrepresented that people think that this is how it should taste like. This may be inspired by Indones Read more
We had a spring rolls and fried rolls as appetizers and also ordered a few entrees. Everything was delicious and the sauces were... great. The sambal had great flavor and just enough heat. Read more
OH. MY. SWEET. DELICIOUSNESS. Best random stop ever! Everything was delicious, unique, scrumptious, fresh, just wonderful. The... atmosphere is quaint and lovely. Our server was freaking fabulous (Hi, Daniel! Thanks again!) but the other server was just asawesome, and everyone was so friendly, warm, helpful, and kind. I live in Arkansas and 10/10 I will drive my tail back toVirginia just to eat here again. Read more
This was a purely chance find while we were on our way back from West Virginia to our AirBnB in Virginia. The menu I really good... balance of vegetarian/vegan and non vegetarian dishes. I ordered the Asian fusion spring roll which was a fried spring roll withspinach and goat cheese filling. The roll was very crispy, seasoned well and the cheese was oozing out when I bit into it. Thehot sauce accompaniment was perfect side to compliment the sweetness of the goat cheese. For the mains I ordered the traditionaldish Nasi goreng, which had an accompaniment of pickled carrots and cucumbers, with tempeh satay. The rice was perfectly cookedand beautifully flavors in a soy-ginger based sauce. The flavors of the rice was matched with the subtle tanginess from thepickled veggies and the sweetness from the peanut based sauce from the tempeh satay. The hostess was very polite and helped uswith recommendations for the dishes based on our needs and taste. Read more
Smells and tastes like Oma's house! Authentic Indonesian food with some modern twists. Owner is from Java and super friendly.... Every dish we tried was amazing. Definitely coming back. And soon! Read more
Great, GREAT food and very friendly staff. I was apprehensive about liking anything on the menu but I loved everything I tried... and wolfed down my entree (chicken fried rice). Their hot sauce was so good I got some to go and their desserts were to die for.I wasn't even hungry for dessert but I finished mine and had some of my brother's. Read more
I don't know that I had ever had Indonesian food before this, but it was excellent! Such good and so many flavors. My friend and... I both enjoyed the spicy sauce in the spoon. Read more