Warung Batavia

Restaurant · Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

About Warung Batavia

Ansan sits south west of Seoul and grew as a manufacturing city, which is why it holds one of Korea's largest populations of migrant workers. Damunhwa-gil, the multicultural street a short walk from Ansan Station, is where that shows up on a plate: Vietnamese, Uzbek, Chinese and Indonesian kitchens sit along one stretch, with grocery shops between them. Warung Batavia is one of the Indonesian ones.

The kitchen is built around Muslim diners rather than adapted for them. The Korea Tourism Organization records the restaurant as serving halal beef, chicken and lamb, prepared by Muslim cooks, with no alcohol on the premises. The certification is self declared rather than issued by an external body, which is worth knowing for anyone who requires third party certification. Practical provisions go further than the food: there is a wudu basin for washing before prayer, prayer rugs, a prayer room available on request, and separate washrooms for men and women.

The menu stays close to home cooking. Nasi goreng, ayam geprek and rendang sapi are the listed mains, each at 8,500 won, which places them well below central Seoul prices and reflects who the restaurant is for. The dining room seats around fifty and takes reservations, useful for the group meals that follow Friday prayers.

A small retail counter trades alongside the restaurant under the name Batavia Mart, carrying Indonesian packaged goods, spice pastes and instant noodles that are otherwise awkward to find in Korea. The pairing of a warung with a grocery is common on this street, where a single stop covers both dinner and the week's shopping.

One caution on timing. The tourism listing gives daily opening from 11:00 to 22:00, but the restaurant's own social media account states that it closes on Thursdays, and it posts other one off closures there. Checking before travelling is sensible.

Address

4 Damunhwa-gil, Danwon-gu, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Opening hours

Friday
11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Monday
11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday
11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday
11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday
Closed
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Category

Indonesian Restaurant in South Korea

Tags

Halal Indonesian places in South Korea

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