Toko Rame Indonesian Restaurant

Been coming here for years and they have the best nasi bungkus around. You could probably scour every Indonesian restaurant in California without finding another nasi bungkus, a sort of TV dinner of sautéed green beans, beef rend[a]ng and curried chicken wrapped with rice and a fiery green chile paste inside a banana leaf. (The leaf’s green fragrance works its way into the rice even in the few minutes it will be in front of you in the restaurant but is heaven itself unwrapped for lunch the next day.) Next time I’m in town, I always stop a pick up two. They are the best, most asked for and everyone’s favorite.

My most absolute favorite food in the world. Indonesian.
Food is tasteful, layered, sweet, spicy, comforting. Each bite reminds me of home.

Very disappointing! Service very nice and pleasant but food absolute lousy. I was extremely hungry but was unable to eat the Nasi Goreng, i could not stomach it. Perhaps i should call it NAZI Goreng!

Don’t expect a high end dish here. This is the restaurant to experience family style dish and atmosphere. Though I’m not very impressed by the food, I still keep coming back and enjoy dining here

Finally able to come to this restaurant and after looking at the menu, I decided to ordered the nasi goreng babat with pete. The nasi goreng was ok but the babat and pete were to die for. I also ordered the gule otak or brain curry. The last time I had this was 15 or 16 years ago and this place nailed it! The flavor was the same flavor that I had back in Indonesia. Definitely a go to place for Indonesian food and I definitely come back to explore the menu :$

I texted my friend pictures of Sate House and expressed my disappointment that a dish I craved was sold out. He recommended this place as it has Nasi Bungkus daily. I immediately called them up and placed an order. I picked the food up on the way to Ian’s school.
I ordered the following:
Nasi Bungkus
Lamb Fried Rice
Boneless Chicken curry
Fried beef in chili sauce
Total with tax came to $ 47.91
Pros:
Loved the Nasi Bungkus. Sign me up for any dish that comes in a Banana leaf :) They offer this dish every day instead of the weekend like the other Indonesian restaurant we had been to.(+2)
Loved the spices and flavor in all the dishes. Felt like Indian dishes, but different in a sense. Spicy dishes had a nice kick to them. (+1)
Portions were adequate for the price.
Cons:
Chicken curry had too much tomato in it instead of chicken pieces.
Not much parking. Logistics in and out to the parking lot was a nightmare (–1)
I have wanted to try Nasi Bungkus, and this restaurant helped me satisfy my curiosity into this dish. Twice so far! Kudos.

Second time coming here. Only wanting kopi tubruk and chocolate martabak but ended up dining in =) Tried nasi bungkus before so now trying nasi rames (?) ~recommended if you never tried Indonesian food before (?) Super full. Happy customer

I love Indonesian food!
This restaurant is on Bellflower Blvd, right next to the 91 Fwy in a small strip mall.
The place is very small. They have 4 table for 2 and 4 tables for 4 cramped in a small area. Décor is minimalist at best. But I didn’t come here for the ambiance, I came for the food =)
Here’s the rundown:
Shrimp Cracker — the wait for our food was taking a long time and I saw other customers (also waiting) go to the counter and buy shrimp crackers. After a second customer did it, I went to get one myself (we were starving, lol) DAMN, they were good! They looked home made and packaged in a plastic bag. Get these!
Ayam Bakar Bulungan (BBQ Chicken in Sweet Soy Sauce) — a bit too sweet for me, but still good!
Nasi Bungkus (steam rice, beef rendang, fried chicken, egg, chili sauces and vegetable curry wrapped in banana leaf) — My favorite Indonesian dish. This version was okay. The beef rendang was too dry though. Everything else was good. I like Java Spice’s (Rowland Heights) version better.
Ikan Belado (Spicy Fried Pampano) — one word to describe this dish, SPICY! It was good though, I just didn’t expect that much heat. Lol.
Fried Noodles w/​Shrimp — this was just okay.
Nasi Goreng Pete Ikan Asin (Salted Fish Fried Rice) — my favorite dish here. Another dish that surprised me. At Chinese restaurants, the salted fish is mixed into the fried rice. Here, it’s separate. The fried rice itself was very good. The salted fish part was Crispy and Fried, so GOOD!
The service was friendly and helpful. They only had one person as the front of the restaurant guy. She took orders (also phone order’s which they get a lot of), bussed the tables, took care of payments, everything. She was overwhelmed since they were slammed for the lunch rush hour. But she always had a smile and took care of business! Kudos to her!
Price is reasonable.
Parking is small and tight.
A lot of surprises with this meal. But over all, I liked this place. I’ll definitely be back.

I’ve been here a couple times now, once with 2 Unilocal friends and 2 non-​yelp friends, the other time with an Indonesian friend visiting from Seattle. He was really «Jones-​ing» for some authentic Indonesian cuisine, so I brought him here.
Indonesian food is vibrant, colorful, has intense flavor and can be very spicy of you choose. Depending on where you are in Indonesia, the food can be unique to that region, or have influences from the Middle East, India, China, Polynesia or Melanesia.
SERVICE: We had a different server each time, but service was very friendly, helpful and attentive. When here with my Indonesian friend, I asked him order everything in his native language, which was fun to hear! The décor is simple and plain, but that doesn’t matter, we’re here for the food.
FOOD: Between the different visits we ordered: Kerupuk Emping — a crispy chip type thing (in bags at the counter). I don’t know what they were made of, but they sure were tasty.
Roti cane (Indonesian flat bread w/​beef curry), one of my all time faves — YUM!
Chicken Sate with their delicious house made peanut sauce, SO GOOD!
Surabaya Fried Rice (w/​beef empal, fried chicken, omelet), very tasty!
Ayam Bumbu (stewed chicken w/​veggies in peanut sauce) my friends enjoyed it!
Siomay Bandung (steam fish cake, tofu, boiled egg, potatoes, cabbage, peanut sauce) — different but quite good.
Gulai Ayam (chicken simmered in yellow curry) — I love curry, what can I say!
Mpek mpek (fried fish cake w/​cucumbers, noodles and sweet chili sauce) — VERY good!
Nasi Bungkus w/​shrimp chips (steamed rice, beef rendang, fried chicken, egg, chili sauces and vegetable curry wrapped in banana leaf). Very good, but my Indonesian friend ordered it spicy and let me tell you, it was VERY spicy!
As served —
Unwrapped —
Bakmi Goreng (fried noodles with an egg and chicken sate) — another very tasty dish!
OVERALL: Having had Indonesian food in the past, it was fun revisit and enjoy with friends. Additionally, my Indonesian friend was VERY happy to have cuisine «from home» again and he confirmed the dishes Toke Rame serves are truly authentic and spot on!

Indo food that reminds me of my grandmothers Sunday family dinners.
You cannot go wrong with anything here, its all made fresh to order. The lemper, is one of my favorites, the chicken is seasoned perfectly. Our order-​combo Sate, Nasi goteng, longtong, chicken bakmi-​all delicious with true authentic indo seasonings.
But my all time favorite thing about going here is that they have Cendol.

I’m from Compton originally and I have had much exposure to Indo cuisine on a trip to Indonesia in 2013 and I also had (nota bene) a girlfriend from over there. I don’t live so far from Bellflower and the location is so convenient (off of the 91 freeway and Bellflower Blvd.) and seeing the restaurant many times from afar (from the 91), I finally decided to set foot there.
The place itself was small but not extravagant and very pretty inside. Lots of Indonesian artwork and batik hang on the walls there and kerupuk (prawn crackers) and becak models are shown in the display. The owner was very welcoming as well as the cook as I awaited the menu.
Their selections of dishes were never disappointing. Lots and lots of things I had on my Indonesia trip were on the menu and I didn’t waste any time to pick. Their lunch specials were shown and I picked the one with chicken sate, lumpia (very different from its Filipino counterpart and is more egg roll sized), kerupuk (prawn crackers), white rice (nasi putih) and a side of a vegetable soup called sayur lodeh. Alongside with that particular lunch special, I also got martabak telur (has egg, mince beef, onion, etc) with a sweet and sour dipping sauce.
I can tell you that all of the items I ordered were very, very good. The sate with the peanut sauce was perfect, sweet and melts in your mouth. The lumpia was very much, as I mentioned before, like an egg roll (vegetarians will love it) and crunchy. The sayur lodeh was new to me and its broth was totally good (albeit I’m not essentially a fan of boiled vegetables) .
The martabak telur was probably the best. I had it on my first day in Indonesia (the martabak manis version too) and I loved this one as well. The sweet and sour (and spicy) dipping sauce blends well with the martabak and gives it a good flavour (and a kick). Crispy pieces of dough filled with egg, mince beef, green onions, etc. are genuine in taste. It’s something I’d recommend as an appetizer but it can be filling on its own before or after the main meal.
Overall, I enjoyed my first visit there and knowing one Indonesian resto (short for restaurant) is within driving distance (less than 5 – 6 miles), I’d comeback for a future visit. The owner/​server were kind folks and welcoming and the food is great. Until next time…

I’m going to have to try this nasi bungkus that everyone keeps Unilocaling about. On my first and only visit here, I had the dendeng balado (crispy beef with chili sauce). It was pretty tasty at first but quickly grew tiring, because the beef had a jerky-​like consistency and there was no variation in flavor in the dish. It boiled down to a lot of chewing and a lot of chili. Thankfully my fiancé offered to share some of his food with me, which included some sort of delicious potato-​based side.
As a current resident of Bellflower, I have to agree that this restaurant is definitely in a shady lot. It’s located excruciatingly close to the 91-​W on-​ramp with a cramped parking lot and questionable people occasionally loitering. The restaurant itself is very small with a handful of tables, and when we went, it was around 90 degrees outside and there was no A/​C. Perhaps getting a chili-​seasoned dish wasn’t the best idea after all.
The service itself was very friendly and the food came out promptly. I would probably not order dendeng balado again, but I will most likely pay Toko Rame a second visit to try more dishes (nasi bungkus — I’m looking at you!)

I’ve written about Toko Rame before, so I’ll spare all the details about ambiance and all that stuff. Maybe it’s because I came back from Amsterdam recently with memories of some amazing Indonesian food, but this time Toko Rame really underwhelmed me. The sate had way too much peanut sauce, and my noodles were bland… in fact, I venture as far to say that I would prefer indomie over the mie goreng (fried noodles) I had. I’m a little disappointed. My sister agrees and we probably will have to schlep to LA for some decent Indo food.
Service is good but sadly, that isn’t enough to make me want to return.

Amazing! I’m Indonesian, so wherever we go, I always try to sneak in a visit to a nearby Indonesian restaurant. Toko Rame was not exactly close to where we were staying (Laguna Beach), but it was recommended by another Indonesian friend. I managed to get my boyfriend to drive us 35 minutes out of the way to stop by for lunch and Toko Rame did not disappoint. The restaurant is small and simple. The location is a bit unfortunate, because the complex looks shady. Both times we were here, there were some people loitering around the parking lot, drinking out of a brown paper bag. There are more tables than I expected (after reading the Unilocal reviews).
We ordered the empal balado. If you’re not familiar with Indonesian food, both empal and rendang would make pretty good «gateway drugs» to get you hooked on Indo food (see, you’re already calling it Indo food, like the locals do). They’re basically the same kind of tender beef, with different spices. Empal is deep fried, so it’s crispy on the outside but still tender like a pot roast, and Toko Rame’s version is so, so, so good and flavorful… and not greasy at all. Empal is also pretty hard to find at Indonesian restaurants across the country and finding a good one is even harder. I opted to have the balado (spicy sauce) on the side, but it’s good without the sauce as well. I also really like Toko Rame’s rendang, it was tender, flavorful and actually better than my mom’s homemade rendang (ooops… sorry, mom). I was worried that the beef they use for the rendang and empal would be fatty, but that was not the case at all. There was only one tiny piece of empal that was a bit fatty.
We squeezed in another stop before heading to the airport the next day. The lady who runs the place is super friendly and attentive. I ordered the nasi bungkus this time, which was really good. The fried chicken was tasty and the meat actually just fell off the bones! The portion is generous, and for the price, it’s a great value. They also have sweet martabak, which you can buy by the slice or by the entire pan (8 slices). It’s another rare thing to find at Indonesian restaurants stateside, so of course, I had to get one to bring back to my mom and sister in Seattle for a thorough taste test ;)

Met up with a bunch of friends for my first Indonesian food excursion. We came in on a Thursday night and we were pretty much the only people there; I guess this place is more of a lunch joint. It’s not much, atmosphere-​wise – it’s small with well-​worn furniture. With the two ladies there it sort of felt like we were visiting an Indonesian auntie’s house, which I guess is pretty much what it was. Anyway, once we were all situated we decided to get an order of their fish cakes and chicken sate as appetizers, which turned out to be very tasty. For my main item I got their «most popular combo #17» (Nasi Bungkus?) which I figured would be a good way to get my feet wet. It’s a whole meal wrapped up in a banana leaf, complete with chicken leg, beef rendang, and an assortment of other items. I thought it was delicious and was able to finish about 70% of it, as the portion was quite generous; I took home the rest, banana leaf and all, and it was just as good reheated the next day! We all enjoyed our food and had a pleasant time all the way around. For dessert I got a tall glass of Es Teler – a type of fruit cocktail with Avocado, coconut meat, jackfruit and some other stuff I don’t know but were good! It was a great introduction to Indonesian food and I’m looking forward to my next visit.
STEPH JUDGEMENT: A true hole-​in-​the-​wall in the best sense of the term.

Ordered:
* Nasi Bungkus $ 10 ⁴⁄₅
* Es Teler $ 5 ⁴⁄₅
Nasi Bungkus contains of steam white rice, marinated beef (rendang), marinated chicken, fried boiled egg with chili, sweet chili paste (sambal terasi), and some pickles and veggies. Taste pretty good.
Es Teler is a dessert. Comes with avocado, jack fruit, coconut and condensed milk. Pretty refreshing and sweet.
Overall, great food and decent price. Will be back for some more.

We went to this place on Friday around 11:40am to beat the lunch crowd.
A lady was friendly and took care of us really well to make sure that we are ok.
The parking is shared by other stores in a shopping center so it’s very limited.
The restaurant itself is small also so. So plan your trip accordingly.
When we were there, it wasn’t crowded and we luckily found a parking.
We tried:
Nasi Bung Kus (Banana Wrapped rice with fried tofu, fried egg, chicken, vegi & beef)
Fried Oxtail Soup
Sayur Asem (Sour Vegi Soup)
Beef Tongue Sate
Mixed Ice (Es Cham Pur)
Gado Gado (Indonesian salad)
Total came out to be little over $ 50 and there were left over, sharing with 2 females and 2 males. So much food and all were all so good!

I don’t know what happened to Toko Rame’s rendang between 2011 and now, but whatever it was, it ensures my frequent return to the restaurant. All spicy and shredded and half dry sauce-​half meat, floating there and bobbing on top of rice cakes, with that jerky-​esque quality of shredding, but without the jaw-​aching hardness…
… and the young jackfruit curry it all floated it was not half bad either. In fact, it was fantastic, with a layers and layers of spice, and random vegetable rising from its ‘mists’. Cabbage? Jackfruit chunk? Potato? Rendang shred? Just shovel it in.
Bowls like these will cost you about $ 8.50. This one fed both me at the restaurant and my mom an hour later at her place. Please allow lots of time for the home-​cooked goodness, and don’t be like the table next to ours who was extra-​demandy and kept sending their food back for what looked like no reason. Maybe they got the wrong dish, but honestly I would gladly eat any ‘wrong dish’ that came out of this kitchen.

I consulted Unilocal to see if there were any Singaporean restaurants near Cerritos and found an Indonesian restaurant Tako Rame so decided to give it a try. My first visit was a couple of months ago for lunch around 1 p.m. There was a large Indonesian family that had almost taken over the entire restaurant and were enjoying the ice and jelly drinks (I’m not sure what the drink was but seemed to resemble Pilipino Halo-​Halo or Vietnamese Che drinks). After a couple of minutes of an agonizing wait at the door I was finally shown to one of the last two empty tables in the restaurant. Then I played the waiting game — wait for water, wait for having my order taken, then an excruciating long wait for my food to arrive, then wait some more for the check and finally when you think they’ll have mercy on you and let you go the person running my card had to attend to a long telephonic order. I guess you get the picture. Without exaggeration I was in the restaurant for over 90 minutes for a meal that should not have taken more than 20 to 30 minutes max. The big silver lining to this dark cloud was the food. As per Unilocal Nasi Bungkus ($ 10) was supposed to be the top seller here so that’s what I went with. It is basically steamed rice, beef rendang, fried chicken, egg, tofu, vegetable and chili sauce wrapped in a banana leaf. I got the spicy version which was a good choice as it was flavorful and not burn your palate hot. I liked what I ate but just the thought of the extremely slow service kept me at bay.
Anyway, finally sometime earlier this week I mustered the courage to endure this again if need be and trekked over to Tako Rame Indonesian Restaurant. This time I decided to get another platter whose name I do not recollect (I think it was number 11 for $ 9.5) with steamed rice, beef embal, fried salted fish, tofu in chili sauce and a salad. The fried salted fish was excellent. It had the cured fish smell up close and tasted like fish but thankfully did not taste off. The beef embal looked like it would be a chewy blob of rubbery meat but it was nice, tender and flavorful. I’m not sure if this was fried beef or beef that has been grilled. I could only tell that it was not slow cooked as it was pretty dry. The tofu was forgettable. It absolutely tasted stale and I could not complete even two pieces. The salad was very passable. What I hated about this dish was that everything was cold and it felt like eating a cold seafood platter rather than a hot meal. Overall I’d categorize this as an above average dish. Coming to service this time there was no large family dining and even as more people kept walking in the one and only server managed to keep things moving along just fine and I was out in under 30 minutes which is a very acceptable time for a lunch meal.
Overall I’m going to be back to try some more things off their menu so yeah I’m a reluctant fan with a caveat that next time there is a large family eating I’m turning around and going someone else :)

Toko Rame has some good Indonesian food. Lunch specials are less than $ 9! Indonesian sweet iced tea is only $ 2.
There is a parking lot, but if you can’t find any spots, there are spots along the street. There is one restroom in the back. I took off one star because there’s no AC. It was so hot during lunch and I was eating spicy food. I was drinking so much water trying to cool off — I felt so gross and sticky afterwards.
I had the Nais Bangkus $ 10, which is like a combination of beef rendan and fried chicken. You get to try both dishes AND get them served in a banana leaf! I think you can only choose either medium or spicy for the beef, but the chicken is not spicy. It also comes with a piece of tofu and egg. The flavors were great, and the meats were tender. I’d come back to get this dish. I also had #28 (see photo for menu), which just tasted like chow main to me. The only thing interesting about this dish was the satay chicken. I liked the peanut sauce — I wish they gave more!
Our server was very friendly and pretty! She started speaking Indonesian to my eating partner because she thought he was Indonesian after hearing him pronounce the foods correctly, haha. (but he’s not) I honestly have not had Indonesian food elsewhere, that I can remember, but the dishes here are tasty!