Warung Mini

Restaurant · Rotterdam, Netherlands

About Warung Mini

More than 35 years ago, a couple known to their regulars simply as Oom and Tante opened a small takeaway counter on Witte de Withstraat in Rotterdam, setting out to introduce the city to Indonesian, Javanese, and Surinamese home cooking. That counter grew into Warung Mini, a restaurant that today operates two adjoining premises on the same street, a sit-down restaurant at number 47 and a separate takeaway counter at number 53, both within the same block in Rotterdam's Cool district. Warung Mini is credited by several local food writers as the first restaurant in Rotterdam to successfully introduce saoto soup, a turmeric-spiced chicken broth, to a wider local audience, and the dish remains one of its most requested items decades later alongside gado gado and nasi goreng. The restaurant's combination of Indonesian, Javanese, and Surinamese dishes on one menu reflects a common pattern among older Indonesian eateries in the Netherlands, where culinary traditions from Suriname, itself shaped by earlier Indonesian and South Asian migration, sit naturally alongside Indonesian cooking for a shared customer base. The sit-down restaurant at Witte de Withstraat 47 is open from noon to 10:00 PM Monday through Saturday and from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM on Sunday, while the takeaway counter next door at number 53 keeps slightly longer hours starting at 11:00 AM on weekdays. Witte de Withstraat itself is one of Rotterdam's busiest streets for restaurants and nightlife, and Warung Mini's decades-long presence there has made it a fixture point of reference for other, newer restaurants that have since opened along the same block. Orders for pickup can also be placed through a dedicated delivery site operated under the Warung Mini name. The restaurant keeps an active Facebook and Instagram presence, posting menu updates and daily specials. For Indonesian and Surinamese residents of Rotterdam, as well as diners simply seeking a long-established, family-run alternative to the city's newer dining options, Warung Mini offers a menu and a history that predate most of its current neighbors on Witte de Withstraat.

Address

Witte de Withstraat 47, 3011 BM Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Opening hours

Monday Saturday
12:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sunday
2:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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Category

Indonesian Restaurant in Netherlands

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