De Lachende Javaan

Vegan Rijsttafel at De Lachende Javaan in Haarlem

Photo from 2014: vegan ricetable at De Lachende Javaan in Haarlem

De Lachende Javaan
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Serves meat, vegan options available. Indonesian restaurant specializing in "rijsttafel" (rice table). Offers a vegan "rijsttafel" consisting of 14 Indonesian dishes.

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Frankestraat 25, Haarlem, Netherlands, 2011 HT
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2 Reviews

First Review by LASJ

TrudiBruges

Points +27555

Vegan

15 Sep 2025

Vegan ricetable on request - Edit

2014: This is from a visit in 2014. I didn't add it to HappyCow then, as there were no vegan options standardly available on the menu (are there now??). But we could get a vegan ricetable.

We went dining at De lachende Javaan on a Sunday evening in June 2014. Being a Sunday evening, we really didn’t think a reservation would be necessary. Wrong! Whereas restaurants in Belgium are usually fully booked for lunch on Sundays and rather quiet on Sunday evening, it’s the other way around in the Netherlands. Many restaurants are not even open for lunch! So the waiter proposed us to come back in an hour or two, near 9PM.

Which we did. By that time we were starving (and cold!) and didn’t fancy having a look at the menucard. We just ordered a vegetarian rice table for the two of us (which is normally always available at Indonesian restaurants), checked whether they didn’t use dairy in any of the dishes (they normally don’t in Indonesian dishes), and asked for any items with egg to be left out. The waiter was friendly, promptly took our order and noted ‘lactose and egg free’.

The food was really nice and varied, although we didn’t get as many seperate dishes, as we have been served in other Indonesian restaurants (see for example Bali in Wommelgem or Bunga Melati in Alphen). On the other hand, we were only charged 16,75€ per person, which is much cheaper than prices for rice tables we have paid in other restaurants (around 20-25€) . 16,75 is also the price for their vegetarian dishes mentioned on their menu card: Sarirasa and Nusantara)

We were served quickly and friendly, but everything was in kind of a rush! rush! atmosphere. Serve as many possible! Out you go! Next table please! Together with a rather loud atmosphere (bad room acoustics in a full house), it wasn’t really a relaxed dining experience, although we sure did enjoy the food.

LASJ

Points +107

Vegan

28 May 2025

Vegan Rijsttafel! - Edit

Rijsttafel, an at-your-table buffet of Indonesian dishes, is a cultural experience in the Netherlands. Lachende Javaan (the Laughing Javanese) offers a vegetarian or vegan rijsttafel for 2 or more. It was fabulous!

Pros: Vegan Rijsttafel , Friendly, knowledgeable service, Good value