Review Indochili - Singapore

First time here and it was my best experience in year 2022. Best food, best service! Aunty Doreen alone to handle the whole restaurant, thumbs up. She was so lovely and very good customer service! My friends from Malaysia enjoyed the food too!

Food is tasty and good but had a unpleasant service experience. Ordered our food using the tablet and waited only to be told that they ran out and deleted our order 30mins before closing. Asked what they have left and had to scrambled to order before they run out. Price is high for the portion served. May try the other outlet at Zion Road as I heard the food and service is better.

A halal restaurant. Located in Guoco Tower. Might difficulties locating the place. Had break fast here suring my visit to Singapore. Ordered Nasi Timbel. It's delicious. I like the sambal. The portion just nice. The soup was delicious but a bit sweet taste for me. Not use with the sweet. The service is excellent. Fast and friendly auntie that taking our oder. Too bad I can't order a plain water. Not available. Overall experience, nice place, nice ambience and recommended.

Went down today to eat. Awesome delicious indonesian food, Reminiscent of the local restaurants. Their chicken curry is delicious, with satay in a nice thick peanut gravy and kecap manis.

Had a very pleasant dining experience at this Indonesian restaurant. Was introduced by my girlfriend for some authentic Indonesian food and this place was on point. The avocado drink was very gao and the food wasn’t too spicy. Doreen, our server, was extremely nice and kept dropping by to check on us. Because we booked under a reservation and left a remark on birthday celebration, the manager, Mr Lim, was so nice to surprise us with a kueh lapis birthday cake.

Visiting the outlet at Tanjong Pagar on 23 Nov 2021 with a little apprehensive notion that most indonesian restaurants have much less expected service (not sure if it is because of our native or that is not just a thing with indo restaurants in Singapore). In any case, we came because we wanted to try some food that we get used to, though not that we miss it, it's just kind familiar taste (we are indeed more used to local food with - some people say - 'bland' taste which my family, who's been living in Singapore for 16 years, refuse to accept. In any case, we do not be on any side, once in a blue moon, taking Indonesian food in Singapore is fine, especially because of the 'adjusted' spices, toward local taste-bud :) Surprisingly this branch of IndoChili has one lady who surprised us with nice and friendly gesture since we stood waiting outside the restaurant. Almost 2pm, lots of tables had not been cleaned yet, we did not know one part of the restaurant will be closed (lit off), probably staff will have a break before serving dinner? not sure. Anyway, the lady requested us to sit a little outside, which I and family did not accept well the place of the table and I asked her, 'is there any table inside?' and she quickly said 'oh many are not cleaned yet' & pointed her finger to the part which I was not aware it will be closed, she said again 'and that part, the light will be off soon'. In our hearts, why so? just clean up the table and why you turn off the light? without knowing that probably they will have a break. Soon I realized, the lady by the name DOREEN was the only one does the cleaning! She did heed my request and while we sat outside, she kept saying, 'I give you this table', pointing to a table located inside although not the ones further inside that will be closed. Afterwards, she served us well, being so nice and friendly. Besides, when we made payment, we asked whether the food is cooked with MSG and she succesfully convinced us that it is not, btu beyond that, we believe it is a true statement. We kind of dislike Indonesian food due to its strong spices + commonly with lots of MSG, because the spices themselves will have already enhance the taste and why need to add MSG to enhance it again? Anyway, not IndoChili I guess, their food is typical Indonesian food but with good variations (we had: Lontong Cap Goh Meh, Soto Ayam Lamongan, Bakwan Jagung, and of course kerupuk which was complementary but we bought 4 package more, since it is without MSG too:) We are going back there again soon for dinner, but the one attracts us the most is the service for sure which at least debunk my apprehensiveness at the beginning. We do not ask to be served as 'somebody', but a good service will definitely bring good sales, even the product may not be as perfect, which is not the case either for IndoChili. Once again, I & family would like to commend Doreen for her dedication working in this place, going through the low season during pandemic whereby many other restaurants are struggling, but she is still with IndoChili, though quite a hard work to be on her own during busy time on the day we came, but she mentioned that she has been with the company for some years (5? if I remember correctly) and she served us with great attitude and not only us, she did it to other patrons as far as we could notice. She was also with another staff, Zaf (if we caught the name correctly). We appreciate their service, that although the branch was about to close for a short break, our order was in order, beside one orange juice which was supposed to be hot, but it wasn't a biggie. As I mentioned, service always comes the top when we look for a place to eat, regardless the over-the-top taste of the food, if the service is "CMI" (can not make it), we often never come back, unless some friends invite us or we have no other choice. Kudos to Doreen and the team! She indeed deserves a raise or at least appreciation from the owner :)

Was disappointed with the quality of food considering the reviews. Ordered: - chicken satay - chicken curry - tahu telor - avocado shake - squid with sambal Only the squid and tahu telor was worth the money. For the rest, better versions can easily be found at a decent hawker. Especially the satay, soaking it in liquidy peanut sauce didn't disguise the dry meat. P.s. the auntie who we asked to take a photo for us is either terrible at photos, or was trolling us. 😅

Portion size was small but all the dishes were so damn good (all the vegetarian ones). Special mention for Tempeh Satay (amazing)