Bandar Djakarta — Restaurant in Jakarta

The seafood at Bandar Djakarta Ancol is truly on another level,not just fresh, but exceptionally flavorful and well-prepared. One of the biggest highlights of dining here is how involved you are in the process. You get to handpick your own seafood, straight from tanks or ice beds, whether it’s live crabs, giant prawns, lobsters, squid, or various types of fish like snapper, grouper, or pomfret. It feels more like an experience than just a meal.

Once you’ve chosen your seafood, you can customize how it’s cooked, grilled, steamed, fried, stir-fried with various sauces like butter garlic, Padang-style chili, sweet and sour, or their famous sambal mangga (mango chili sauce). Each preparation is incredibly well-seasoned, bursting with bold Indonesian flavors that hit all the right notes — spicy, tangy, savory, and slightly sweet.

One dish that stands out is the grilled squid — smoky, tender, and perfectly charred on the outside with a juicy interior. Their fried soft-shell crab is also a must-try, with a crunchy texture and just the right amount of saltiness. The sambal dipping sauces on the side elevate everything; they’re spicy, vibrant, and absolutely addictive.

Even the simple dishes like steamed fish in soy sauce or garlic butter prawns taste like something you'd only get at the coast — because of the freshness. You can tell they don't cut corners in quality, and the ingredients speak for themselves.

Eating seafood here feels hearty and indulgent, yet comforting at the same time. It’s the kind of meal that brings people together, perfect for sharing with friends or family. If you’re a seafood lover, this place is 100% worth the trip. Just come hungry, because you’ll want to...

A well known seafood restaurant in Jakarta. They serve fresh and even live menu, from fish, prawn, lobster, oyster, squid, etc.

The restaurant is perfectly located on seaside of Ancol bay. We can walk along a pier-like bridge to enjoy the wind breeze and Ancol bay atmosphere.

This restaurant building is huge. You can do reservation for mass group dining. Or just come without need of reservation with your family.

The taste of their food is nice. I ordered: Grilled cheese prawn Kerapu Raja grilled with bandar sauce Bawal Jepang grilled with soy sauce Capcay kuah seafood Karedok

All of their food were taste good. I like their grilled cheese prawn so much. The price is worthy for such atmosphere and their good food.

They also have fish market. You can buy live or fresh seafood from there. Lot of option to choose.

Try to come before lunch time (before 11 am), so you can get easy parking & can choose the dining table freely.

Unfortunately there are some unpleasant experiences during my visit.

First, there is a fly inside my Capcay Kuah Seafood. I immediately ask the waiter and they replace it with new one. But the new one doesn’t even have single seafood inside, just pure vegetables. I put down my 5 stars for this reason.

Second, during my check out, I found that my order was not same as my initial request. I request for fresh Kerapu Raja, but on the bill they put live Kerapu Raja instead. The hell I know about the food that I ate, whether it fresh or live. It looks same after grilled process. The waiter also not confirm with the food that they serve. I put down another star with this...

Very large restaurant. Around 10 years ago, this restaurant only small place, not really crowded and good place for eat, drink, romantic moment and celebrate birthday in here. (You should tell waitress that one of your group birthday and shown them the ID card/paspor, you can get fireworks and singing happy birthday and souvenir from them) Now this business growing well and very hard to find good spot to eat (especially weekend), when you come for dinner variant seafood could be lesser than usually. I hardly found fire shrimp (the tiny shrimp) which is you should try if you can found it. Ask them to make as “udang kering goreng bawang” that’s the best. I also love “kepiting saus padang” and “cumi goreng tepung”. Female crab and female squid is forbid in here (so sad cos I loved it). You should be patient in here. You should know that waitress in here only 2 shift and they work very hard in here to served you well!! They didn’t get good salary too in here (I asked them around 2-3 years ago) so treat them good,ask them nicely, and don’t forget to say thank you. I give 3 stars for this business because for me even food taste good, is very hard to find parking spots, you should pay in ancol gate (each person 25k), seafood mostly not complete while I come, placed to crowded to eat proper, music quite good but happy birthday music always heard in every 10min (i think) and...