Sendok Garpu

Restaurant · Brisbane, QLD, Australia

About Sendok Garpu

Alicia, known to regulars as Bunda Alicia, opened her first Indonesian food stall in 2010 inside an industrial complex in Coopers Plains, a modest starting point for what has grown into one of Brisbane's more established Indonesian dining names. The business moved to Indooroopilly in 2014, and in 2022 Alicia opened a dedicated restaurant in the Brisbane CBD under the name Sendok Garpu, which translates simply to spoon and fork. The CBD location sits in Elizabeth Arcade on Elizabeth Street, a pedestrian laneway lined with small independent food businesses, and operates as a casual, self-taught kitchen built on family recipes rather than restaurant-school technique.

The menu draws on street stalls and regional markets across Indonesia, with a rotating selection that the restaurant describes as constantly evolving rather than fixed. Reporting on the restaurant, including a 2017 feature in the New York Times' dining section on Indonesian food in Brisbane, has pointed to its rendang, nasi goreng, and satay as consistent draws, alongside the more specific regional dishes Alicia rotates through the menu. The restaurant also operates a martabak counter, Martabak SG & Co, on a separate set of hours from the main dining room, focused on the sweet and savory stuffed pancake associated with Indonesian street food. The Elizabeth Arcade space accommodates functions and events for groups of up to about 120 people standing, and the restaurant takes both walk-ins and phone bookings.

Sendok Garpu has drawn attention beyond typical restaurant coverage: the business notes it has served Indonesia's President Joko Widodo along with several cabinet members during their visits to Australia. Local press coverage from Brisbane outlets including the Courier-Mail and the Weekend Edition has also featured the restaurant's food and its founder's story. Along with the CBD dining room, the Sendok Garpu name now also covers a small attached Indonesian grocery shop, giving the business both a dine-in and retail presence under one roof. Facts here are drawn from the restaurant's own official website, which lists current address, hours, and contact details for both the dining room and the martabak counter.

Address

Shop 6/97 Elizabeth Street (Elizabeth Arcade), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Opening hours

Monday Wednesday
11:30 AM - 8:30 PM
Thursday Saturday
11:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday
11:30 AM - 8:30 PM

Contact

Category

Indonesian Restaurant in Australia

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