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Nelayan Restaurant - Hawthorn
Casual Dining · Melbourne, Australia
Cuisines: Indonesian
Nelayan Restaurant Hawthorn is an Indonesian restaurant in Melbourne’s Hawthorn area, along the Glenferrie Road dining strip. This outlet is important to the Nelayan story, as the group’s first branch opened in Hawthorn before later expanding to Melbourne CBD. The restaurant focuses on traditional Indonesian comfort food, especially Nasi Campur, with a casual express-dining format suited for everyday meals, quick lunches, takeaway, and relaxed dining with friends or family.
Compared with the CBD outlet, the Hawthorn location has more of a neighbourhood restaurant feel. It serves students, local residents, and diners looking for familiar Indonesian dishes outside the central city area. The food direction highlights rich sauces, aromatic spices, rice-based meals, curries, fried tofu, vegetables, beef rendang, and other classic Indonesian flavours. Nelayan describes its Nasi Campur as a combination of fragrant rice, meats, vegetables, condiments, curries, beef rendang, crispy fried tofu, and vegetarian options.
The atmosphere is simple, casual, and food-focused, with the main appeal coming from accessible Indonesian dishes and a practical dining setup. The Hawthorn outlet is listed with Indonesian, spicy, beef, lamb, fish, seafood, Asian, and traditional flavour categories, reflecting the broad range of dishes associated with the restaurant’s menu.
Contact information
- Address: 787 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122
- Phone: +61396635886
- Website: www.nelayangroup.com.au
