Cocari All You Can Eat Restaurant

Makan Sepuasnya ala Cocari Surabaya (2016)

Cocari Surabaya

Resto All You Can Eat atau makan sepuasnya hingga saat ini tampaknya masih menjadi primadona di blog ini. Salah satu halaman yang paling banyak dikunjungi di blog ini adalah posting mengenai Hanamasa dan Cocari yang dibuat tahun 2012 lalu : Cocari & Hanamasa
Sejak posting terakhir itu, Cocari sudah mengalami renovasi tempat dan perbaikan menu, jadi perlu ulasan baru di blog ini. Untuk ulasan dan foto terbaru bisa dilihat di bagian akhir.




All You Can Eat (AYCE) restaurants have been a very popular feat in this blog. One of the post with an all time highest click number is about two very popular AYCE restaurants, Cocari & Hanamasa
Since that last post, Cocari have had a makeover of the place and menu, so another review is in order.

Cocari Grill

Cocari - Salad Bar

Cocari - Salad

Untuk hidangan pembuka disediakan salad dan beberapa olahan kimchi, rasa saladnya lumayan ok, tapi untuk kimchi masih kalah dengan yang di Hanamasa.


For starter there's a salad bar and some Kimchi. The salad tastes quite nice, whereas the kimchi could be better. I like the Kimchi in Hanamasa (the main competition) better.

Cocari Shabu-shabu Selection

Cocari - Yakiniku Selection

Setelah renovasi, tatanan makanan, kerapian dan kelengkapan pilihan di Cocari semakin baik. Dahulu pilihannya lebih sedikit dan jarang tampilannya jarang menggugah selera.


Cocari used to have less selection and messy display of their food bar, nowadays it's much better, with ample selection and tempting presentation.

Cocari - Meat Selections / Pilihan Daging

Cocari - Meat Selections / Pilihan Daging

Cocari Shabu-shabu

Cocari - Masak menggunakan Arang / Charcoal Grill

Grill-nya di sini menggunakan arang, untuk penggemar BBQ biasanya lebih menyukai cara masak menggunakan arang karena rasanya lebih lezat dan smoky.


They use charcoal grill here, which is quite popular with BBQ aficionados. Food grilled with charcoal would have a smoky taste that adds flavors.

Cocari - Cooked Meat / Daging Setelah Dimasak

Cocari - Drink Selection

Cocari - Beverages

Cocari

Cocari - Clam Stir Fry

Cocari - Fusion Sushi

Beda utama Cocari dan Hanamasa di pilihan makanan yang bisa dipesan ini. Untuk mendampingi Japanese BBQ-nya kedua resto menyediakan pilihan makanan yang diolah di dapur mereka oleh koki, jadi kita tidak selalu harus memasak sendiri. Bedanya kalau di Hanamasa mendapatkan pilihan Robatayaki, sedangkan di sini mendapatkan pilihan menu yang mirip dengan kebanyakan resto jepang sederhana, seperti Chicken Katsu, Fusion Sushi dan olahan kerang tumis.


This is where Cocari and Hanamasa differ. In Hanamasa you'd also get a ready to eat meal, to complement the japanese grill, but there you get Robatayaki, which is a version of Japanese grill dishes. In Cocari, the ready to eat selection is similar to typical Japanese casual dining, which includes some Fusion Sushi, Chicken Katsu and Clam Stir Fry.

Cocari - Beef Sushi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robatayaki

In Japanese cuisine, robatayaki (炉端焼き^?, literally "fireside-cooking"), often shortened to just robata (ろばた in hiragana), refers to a method of cooking, similar to barbecue, in which items of food on skewers are slow-grilled over hot charcoal. Many Japanese restaurants, both in Japan and abroad, specialize in this style of food preparation. Traditionally, the food consists of a combination of morsels of seafood and vegetables, but other kinds of food that are suitable for grilling may also be offered.

Cocari - Fusion Sushi

Cocari - Ice Cream

Masalah harga, di sini dikenakan sekitar Rp 100.000, masih jauh lebih murah dibanding kompetitornya Hanamasa yang sekarang, untuk makan per orang butuh mengeluarkan Rp 150.000.
Dahulu perbedaan kualitasnya memang lumayan mencolok, walau urusan rasa tergantung selera. Sekarang keduanya semakin mirip. Untuk yang mengutamakan value, biasanya condong ke Cocari dibandingkan Hanamasa.
Tapi masing-masing sama enaknya dan memiliki penggemar setianya.

Pernah membaca pengalaman teman, kalau di sini melebihi 3 jam, biasanya ada tambahan biaya / discount tidak diberikan, jadi kalau bisa perhatian waktu saat berkunjung ke sini, atau dipastikan dahulu dengan kasir / staff tentang aturan waktunya.


To enjoy the all you can eat meal here, you'd have to fork out Rp 100.000. It's a bargain compared to Hanamasa, where the last time I visited, was priced at Rp 150.000 per person.
The quality difference in the past was quite stark, though taste-wise is another matter.
Nowadays the difference are more subtle, so for the value oriented diner, Cocari would be a good choice.

I've heard from a friend experience, that Cocari have a time limit policy, so if you stayed here and eat for more than 3 hours, you'd pay more than the reguler Rp 100.000 fare. I'm not sure on this policy strictness, so you'd be better off asking if you're gonna stay here for a considerable amount of time.

2016

Cocari - Salad Table

 Bulan Januari lalu saya ke Cocari kembali, dan cukup puas dengan kualitas hidangan yang didapat. Ada beberapa menu robatayaki dan sushi baru, serta Takoyaki yang menjadi favorit baru saya di sini.
Ice Cream dan dessert ada beberapa pilihan baru juga, kualitas dan rasanya memang ala kadar, tapi lumayan untuk tambahan ragam menu.

Last January we went to Cocari again, and I'm quite satisfied with the latest offerings.

There are some new Robatayaki and Sushi menu, as weel as Takoyaki which is my favorite dish.

Ice Cream and dessert also gets an addition, although the quality is just so so, it's good to have plenty of options.

Cocari - Fish

Cocari - Ketan Srikaya

Cocari - Es Campur

Cocari - Sushi

Cocari - Robatayaki

Cocari - Chicken Katsu

Cocari - Takoyaki

Cocari - Beef

Cocari

Cocari

Cocari

Cocari - Crab

Cocari Ice Cream

Harga terbaru tahun 2017 adalah Rp 141.000 per orang, dan ada batasan jam seperti biasanya, tapi sepertinya tidak terlalu ketat. Untuk pengguna kartu kredit dari Bukopin ada discount makan ber 8 menjadi sekitar Rp 115.000 per orang

Their latest price for 2017 is Rp 141.000 / person, and just like before, there is a time limit of 3 hours, but it seem to be lax. For those with Bukopin credit card and 8 person group, you can get a discount, so the cost per person were just Rp 115.000 / person for lunch.

Four Square entry : https://foursquare.com/v/cocari-japanese-resto/4c0e42c8c700c9b68e89a3dd

Maps :

Cocari

      Jl Indragiri No 20 Sawahan Surabaya, Tlp 031-5677379

Cabang Kedua :

      Jl. Pajajaran no 9. Keputran Tegalsari, Surabaya. Telepon : (031) 5682610