Golden Prawn 555 — Restaurant in Batam City

This place used to be great. I remember coming here whenever I visited Batam and always left feeling satisfied. Today was a shocker because of the poor service and bad food.

We requested that they clean one table of our choice so we could sit there. Instead, they insisted we sit at another table that had empty glass bottles and cans on the floor. When I pointed out that the floor was dirty, they cleaned up the tissues but steadfastly refused to clear the bottles and cans. Because we didn't want to create a fuss, we gave in and sat there.

When ordering drinks, a lot of options listed on the menu was unavailable. Common items like lemon tea and watermelon juice were not available and it was only 830pm.

When the food arrived, everything tasted different from before. The tom yam soup had very little seafood in it and was way too sour. The steamed fish was overly salty. And the prawns were prepared unlike what we asked. Instead of being lightly battered with flour and fried to a crisp, it had a thick coating of batter and fried which made it very heavy.

Overall, this was truly disappointing. Perhaps they changed management/cooking staff. I am never coming...

We had a wonderful dinner here. Fresh seafood! As fresh as can be. Steam prawns, chilli crab with mantou, pepper lobster, calamari, chilli kangkong, salted egg chicken. And double servings of buah longlong juice.

I would pass on the chicken. Nothing too specular. The chilli crab is a little on a sweet side. While the pepper lobster was good, I would try the gravy version the next time. Rice, as usual, is free flow.

Good place for fresh seafood at an affordable price point. About 2M rupiah for 4 pax. We ate until we couldn't move, haha. Isn't that what a weekend getaway is all about?

It was a crazy busy night, so it took us a while to find a table that was cleaned. Poor staff looked tired after a long day.

Generally, the dining experience...

Service staff were very accommodating. We didn't get to choose the live seafood. Prawns were very fresh, though it could have been better to steam fresh instead of having garlic and oyster sauce over. The crab in black pepper tasted good but the crab was not very meaty.

Not the most hygienic restaurant so if you are very particular on this aspect you should avoid it. Rice is unlimited, but not sure how it was handled before our table.

Witnessed with my own eyes that leftover liquid were thrown into the pond/sea. Though we didn't witness the same for the leftover dishes. We also spotted alot of lizards which were really a...