Tip Top Restaurant
Used to be the restaurant in medan, this unique restaurant can trace its history back to the dutch colonization. located in ahmad yani street, the food has a nostalgic taste clinging on every bites, such as the ox-tongue sandwich and the bitter-ballen, but the best experience you could have here is watching the buzz of kesawan square from your rattan chairs in its verandah.
Roland's German Restaurant
(http://rolands-indonesia.com). the only german restaurant in medan located at the main entrance to tasbi complex. tel. 061-821-4379
Gelato Bar
(http://www.gelato-bar.com), italian gelato dessert and many popular pasta dishes are available here. with their stylish dessertd. its good place to hang out and relax. tel 061-4533166
Blu Apple Frozen Yoghurt
The best frozen yoghurt in medan. if you want to eat a tasty but healthy icecream without the fat and calories, visit one of their two branches in medan, at sun-plaza or cambridge square.
Kesawan Square
Is located along ahmad yani street, before merdeka walk. it offers unique atmosphere for pleasure. open only @ 6pm til' 1am everyday. numerous vendors provide various kinds of cuisine, the majority of which are chinese. each vendor has "halal" or "non halal" label on their stand. however, the toilet facilities provided in the area are abysmal.
Koki Sunda
,as the name implies, serves tasty Sundanese food and beverages such as Nasi Liwet and Es Delima. Located at the heart of the city at the corner of S.Parman and Hasanuddin makes it a place hard to miss if you travel around the city. Its reasonably priced and wide array selection of delicious food is well known to both the locals and visitors alike. Koki Sunda now opens in Tanjung Morawa and Pekan Baru.
Pagaruyung Alley
Located at medan's "little india" or refered as "kampung keling" by locals. they offer, of course, indian and indonesian cuisine. begin their business when the sun sets till 2 a.m. they are well known for satay chicken, lamb, liver, intestine, etc., fried rice and martbak telur egg pancake topped with diced potatoes, and onions, often served with curry.
Mie Aceh Titi Bobrok
Which has been dubbed by one of the indonesian lifestyle magazines as the most popular local dish in medan. a simple dish of noodle served with chili sauce and crab, rumour has it that the secret ingredient which make the aceh-style noodle irresitistible is a dash of acehnese marijuana, which is the commonest drug that could be imported illegally from the region. but that, of course, only heightened the mystery and the notoriety of the delicious mie aceh.
Apek's Coffee House
Jalan hindu, kesawan, medan. historic coffee house with excellent lintong coffee served up by 79-year old apek. this place was set up by apek's father in 1922. serves roti srikaya kaya toast. contains stalls with indian roti cane bread with goat curry and martabaq and malay soto soup. outside are malay fried rice and chinese kwetiau noodles. piece of medan history
Garuda
Never forget to visit the famous local padang restaurant. well known for its rendang padang-style beef dish cooked slowly in coconut gravy and chili and ayam pop padang-style chicken dish cooked in coconut gravy, garuda also mantain its status as one of the first local restaurant who expands itself by franchising.
Obonk Steak Restaurant
Located on pattimura street and hm joni street. the cheapest and most affordable salad and steak available in town. for more information call 456-9989
Merdeka Walk
The hottest hangout in medan. a complex of cafeteria, restaurant and food stall, it is truly a food center that offers high varieties of asian and western food with a unique medan touch. located right at the zero point of medan, it is a landmark of medan city. image:http://www.pemkomedan.go.id/images/news/2173.jpg
Lontong Sayur Kak Lin
Serving tasty and cheap lontong sayur rice cakes in hot vegetables curry, this humble eatery in cik di tiro street is not much to look at for the uniniatiated. but judging from the crowd that line in queue to buy their breakfast and lunch here, you can be sure that you have met the darling of medan local dish.
Merdeka Walk
The hottest hangout place in town, cafe, resto, exhibition, entertainment at lapangan merdeka.
Spoutnik Cafe
Gado-gado special, a traditional mixed vegetable salad).
Cahaya Baru Indian Restaurant
The north-indian restaurant is one of medan's best kept secrets, which recently has been featured in kompas as the only restaurant in medan which serves a wide range of authentic north-indian cuisine. visit the restaurant in cik di tiro street for its endless choices of delicious vegetarian and curry dish!
Ondo Batak Grill
Is a unique batak restaurant where you can find the gems of batak dishes, without all the germs! set in cafe-like ambience and accompanied by non-stop jazz music, the new batak restaurant in town serves a reasonably-tasting saksang a pork dish cooked in pork blood, panggang batak/karo-style chopped roast-pork and arsik batak-style fish dish. don't forget to taste the hot pora-pora a dish of sauteed papaya and cassava leaves cooked in coconut gravy and rawit chili!
Mansyur Avenue
Used to be a hang-out place for usu students, the avenue has developed in recent years into one of the hottest hangout place in town, lining with new cafe and restaurants which serves great food with student price.
Durian is one of the most famous fruit in Medan and North Sumatra. Get the best price and taste when the season comes, which on July and December. North Sumatra has a lot of durian fields like; Sibolangit, Brastagi, Langkat, Sidikalang, Siborong-borong, Tarutung, Sibolga, Nias, Padang Sidempuan, Lima Puluh and Perbaungan. Get Medan durian at Jalan Sumatera, Jalan Semarang and Jalan Adam Malik. Price start from Rp 5000-15,000.
Selat Panjang , Sumatera Streets and Semarang Streets
Is where some of the oldest chinese eateries in medan serves their reknown cuisines, such as mie pangsit tiong-sim noodle served with stuffed dumplings, kwetiau goreng wok-fried chinese rice-fetucinne, pokpiah singapore-style vegetable-stuffed dumpling and many more. if you want to eat halal, of course you should beware of the pork content in the dishes, but you could always ask for a no-pork version of the dish and a different wok to cook your food in.
Bollywood Food centre
This is nice place for real, homely Indian food.