Angkringan Tugu
Angkringan Tugu stall can be found near to the Tugu Station.
Popular dish is small rice packs, also known as 'sego kucing' serves with kopi joss, the famous Javanese espresso.
Price range: Rp 1000-Rp 6000

Gudeg Tugu
Situated in Jalan Diponegoro, nearby Kranggan marketplace
Popular Gudeg stall. A complete dish consists of: warm rice, shredded chicken, brown hard-boiled egg, gudeg, areh sauce, and the hot & spicy sambal goreng krecek.
Price range: Rp 7000-Rp 10,000

Soto Pak Soleh
Tegalrejo, near Diponegoro Museum.
This well-known restaurant is Pak Soleh's family business and is now ran by his son. They only serve Yogyakarta-style beef soup as their main menu, which has a spicy taste from the added ginger.
Price range: Rp 5000

Spesial Sambal
A local chain for those who like spicy, hot food. Their speciality, as the name suggests, is their various kind of sambal (sambal is a kind of hot relish).
Price range: Rp 5000-Rp 12,000

Waroeng Steak
A local restaurant chain. Their speciality is batter-fried beef steak served with thick gravy.
Price range: Rp 6000-Rp 15,000

Xtra Hot
Located in Jalan Kaliurang (Next to BCA Bank).
A local tent-scheme restaurant specializing in delicious grilled food, with a good variety of sambals (chili) to choose from, yet with affordable prices.
Main courses from Rp 4500 (0.5 USD) onwards

Soto Sawah Pak Slamet
A local chicken soup store located at 5 km west side from Yogya,
Open morning - afternoon.
Price range: Rp 5.000

Mid Range

Ayam Goreng Suharti
Jalan Laksda Adisucipto 208, Yogyakarta, +62 274 515522.
People love their mbok berek fried chicken.

Bakmi Kadin
Jalan Bintaran Kulon 3, Yogyakarta.
Javanese fried noodles. Not to miss their wedang bajigur, made of warm coconut milk with faint ginger flavour.
Price range: Rp 18,000-Rp 20,000

Dixie
Jalan Gejayan 40b (south Selokan Mataram), +62 274 560745.
They serve various western and asian food. Nice interior desgin style.
Price range: Rp 8000-Rp 50,000

Empek-Empek Kamto
Jalan Beskalan 3 Yogyakarta [Located opposite to Ramai Mall (south entrance)] +62 274 514294.
They serve deep-fried fish cake, served with sour soy sauce. They also have other empek-empek flavour such as with boiled eggs, or with garlic taste, or with omelet taste.

Gudeg Sagan
Situated in Jalan Sagan, in front of Toko Sagan Baru. They serve rice, areh sauce, sambal goreng krecek, seasoned porridge, gudeg, brown hard boiled egg and chicken.

Gudeg Wijilan Yu Djum
You can find this place at Jalan Wijilan 31, Kraton and Jalan Kaliurang km 4.5, Karangasem CT III/22, Yogyakarta 55281, +62 274 515968.
More rish variety of Gudeg with thicker sauce. Therefore higher price.

Kedai Tiga Nyonya
Jalan Jendral Sudirman 16, Yogyakarta, +62 274 589315. Business hour: 10AM-10PM.
One can find a fusion of Indonesian, Chinese, and Dutch cuisine delicacy here. Their specialty is grilled fish, sour ribs soup, and candlenut chicken.
Price range: Rp 20,000-Rp 50,000

Pecel Solo
Jalan Palagan Tentara Pelajar 52, Sleman, +62 274 866588.
They are expert in Solo style foods. Popular dishes are Bebak Goreng - fried duck Solo style, Nasi Kebuli - pungent rice with roasted lamb, Sego Liwet - steamed rice with sweet curry sauce, and Pecel Solo - vegetables with peanut sauce.
Price range: Rp 10,000-Rp 30,000

Quali Resto
Plaza Ambarrukmo, 3rd floor.
They serve wide variety of chinese food. Kuey-teow(flat mee) is their specialty.
Price range: Rp 15,000++

Sate Karang
Lapangan Karang, Kotagede, Yogyakarta. Business hour: 5PM-10.30PM.
Grilled beef satay served with lontongs (rice cake), peanut sauce and thin curry soup.
Price range: Rp 15,000

Sapi Bali
Jalan Umbul Permai, Mudal, Sariharjo, Ngaglik, Sleman, Yogyakarta, +62 274 7858938.
They serve ribs in Balinese style or Soy Souce. Go for soy sauce style if you can't stand the Balinese hot.
Price range: Rp 25,000

Sendang K Pitoe
A famous shrimp and sea food restaurant located on the outskirts of the city specifically Jamur, Minggir, Sleman, Yogyakarta, +62 274 747 1114.
Very delicious fried shrimp served fresh from the ponds in the still relatively untouched village. Don't get mistaken by the nearby Mang Engking, also a shrimp restaurant with an ill-earned reputation of dirty food.

Via Via
Situated in Jalan Prawirotaman. An excellent traveller's cafe, there are clocks on the wall showing the time in other Via Via cafes around the world. They serve western food and Indonesian local food.
Price range: Rp 20,000-Rp 40,000

Splurge

Gabah Resto
Jalan Dewi Sartika 11A Sagan, +62 274 515626.
Western food. Modernish interior design.
Rp 75,000-Rp 150,000

Gajah Wong
Jalan Gejayan, +62 274 588294, [12].
They serve dishes including Italian, French, Chinese, Indian, and Indonesian. Divided into 3 zones: Country, Javanese and Colonial, each is lavishly decorated and themed with live music. In the Javanese zone, you can hear the Javanese gamelan music performed throughout the night, while the Colonial zone has a live jazz band.

Seven Resto
Jalan C. Simanjutak 64 Yogyakarta 55223, +62 274 581163.
A cool and airy restaurant in the middle of the busy city, Seven Resto offers many delicious western and eastern dishes like Singapore style crab, Tom Yum soup, Dimsums, etc. During weekend they serve delicious dim sum.
Rp 15,000-Rp 60,000

reference: http://wikitravel.org/en/Yogyakarta#Eat

For example, the must have dish whenever you're in the area would definitely be the Gudeg which is predominantly a very sweet dish with lots of chickens, eggs and jackfruits served with rice. This is a hot favourite among the locals and you must never miss it.

Other than the Gudeg, there are other dishes which are unique in its own ways. For example, the Ayam Goreng Mbok Berek which is essentially a dish of fried chickens with a mild garlic flavouring topped with coryander and crunchy crackers. This is definitely not a sweet dish and one that's unique in this sense.

Other than this, there are others such as the Nasi Langgi which is essentially rice served with many other types of dishes. This could be something like a Malaysian Mixed Rice or Economy Rice.

If you're looking for snacks, you could try the Kipo, which is actually made of tapioca dough filled with sweetened grated coconut.

You could also try the Bakpia, which is made from sweetened green bean paste wrapped with thin dough pastry. Of course, the most famous Bakpia is called the Bakpia Patuk which is usually sold at Pathul Street.

If you are health conscious and are looking for fruits, look no further as there is this dish called Es Rujak or Rujak Es Krim which is essetially a fruit salad made from mangos, papayas, apples, pineapples, cucumbers and etcera mixed with palm sugar, lime juice, salt, chillies and ice cream.

Apart from these, there's the Jadah Tempe.. which is quite interesting because it is a sandwich of rice cakes and sweet bean cakes.

Batik has been a very popular in Indonesia as a form of art and also popular souvenir among tourist. In Yogyakarta, Batik is widely sold as souvenirs to tourists. Sadly, as it's popularity is rising, it is became commercialize and gradually fake Batiks are getting more and more too.

Many fellow travelers have come across various scams regarding this issue. Some were offered fake Batik that they claimed to be original and some came across Batik shops that claimed to be Government funded Batik Research Centre. Other than that, sometimes they were diverted to certain Batik store by anonymous person. This especially happens nearby Kraton Palace.

Read these links to know more:
- http://java.uluwatu.org/html/keraton/pagelaran.shtml
- http://realtravel.com/yogyakarta-journals-j6700020.html
- http://www.talesofasia.com/indonesia-yogyakarta.htm

How to avoid all these scams? I think the best way is to learn to distinguish Fake and Genuine Batik. Or maybe buy only when you get to see them making the Batik in front of you. :)

Does anyone know how to distinguish between fake and genuine Batik? Do feel free to share with us your experience, tips, or somewhere you can get genuine Batik.

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