Yoshinoya: the Japanese Beef Bowl
I finally had the opportunity to taste this Japanese beef bowl that everyone’s been talking about. Reopened its Jakarta’s branch on July 2010, Yoshinoya made a famous comeback and has made curious customers queue for around 15 minutes just to get a bowl (or more) of their famous beef bowl. Yoshinoya’s outlet is located in Grand Indonesia Entertainment District, floor 3A.
Although famous for its beef bowl, I decided to try the chicken teriyaki. Since I’m very keen on sweet sauce rather than salty beef bowl. I ordered one Original Beef Bowl “Paket Puas” and Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl. The “Paket Puas” consists of one regular portion of beef bowl, one piece of tempura, fried onion and another fried side dish and miso soup. The teriyaki chicken rice comes with miso soup too. Every bowls has two sizes, regular and large.
What I love the most about their beef/chicken bowl is that they serve real vegetables with it, it’s like they really “mean it”. The vegetables are fresh and well served, they surely try to keep their promise of serving “Healthy Beef Bowl”. The portion of their beef bowls are quite big, I didn’t finish the rice. I see several customers share their large portion of beef bowl for 2 persons, great idea so that they don’t waste the food. The taste of the food is good, really worth the money spent.
The price of the rice bowls are very reasonable, the teriyaki chicken rice in regular cost about 19K before tax and the “Paket Puas” costs about 30K. The ambience of the restaurant is also good, the place is quite spacious to cater all the customers. I would surely come back to Yoshinoya again 
Food: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Price: ☆ ☆ ☆
Value for Money: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Ambience: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
I’d love to wait for your treat at yoshinoya
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Hi there,
Firstly, thank you for your posting. I am unsure how to address you but it’s most kind of you to share your review and findings with us netizens.
Yoshinoya has closed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Being a real foodie and loving the beef bowl servings immensely, I am suffering withdrawal symptoms. I wouldn’t mind going down to Jakarta for a Yoshinoya treat. But I need to first ask you: Is it halal in Jakarta. And if so, where is the most convenient place, shopping outlet in Jakarta that I can have my “fix”? Thank you so much for your time.
Hi Hisham, I didn’t take a closer look of the Halal-ness of Yoshinoya, but I’m sure it is. Because most Indonesian are moslem, so they usually put some “Non Halal” sign on the store or warn us before ordering food.
Yoshinoya only available in 1 place, that is Grand Indonesia Jakarta. The address is available at my post.
Enjoy your bowl of Yoshinoya!