Rumah Makan Marannu — Restaurant in Jakarta

I am a regular at other Konro Restaurant just 5 shops after this restaurant. But my colleagues wanted to try this place out and we decided to give it a try for lunch.

The place has a certain standard of cleanliness, not saying it was very clean, spotless and ventilated but this was a standard for a semi street-food / hawker food joint.

The waiters greeted us and just lingered around the restaurant, so it was quite hard to get their attention to order the food.

I had to try the Konro Bakar so that i can compare it apple to apple with other restaurants i ate in the past.

The meat was juicy and soft, and the portion was huge (refer to the image in this review). The saltiness was exactly how i expected it to be and the peanut sauce had a good thickness to it (not watery).

I am giving this place a 7.5/10 overall, BUT for the food it's definitely rated 9/10 for taste.

It's a tricky decision if you want to visit this place because the semi-outdoor seating would leave you smelling like smoke while the indoor AC seating is...

We heard about Rumah Makan Marannu many times through vloggers based outside of Indonesia, so when we happened to be in the area, my husband and I decided to check it out. This place is known to get crowded but since we arrived a little past lunchtime, we managed to get a table in the AC area without much waiting.

I ordered the Konro Bakar, a grilled beef rib dish seasoned with spice rub coated in peanut sauce. My husband went for the Coto Makassar, a traditional Makassarese dish with beef and offal in a herb-infused broth. (Unfortunately, I didn't take a close up photo). One downside was the rice, it was a bit hard and dry, we would have preferred it to be softer and more tender (pulen), especially to pair well with the dishes. Since we were already quite full, we skipped dessert and ordered Es Pisang Ijo for later to enjoy at home.

Overall, it was a flavorful introduction to South Sulawesi cuisine, and we’d be happy to return to try more dishes...

Iga Konro Bakar (grilled ribs konro) never failed me. The first time I ate this konro bakar, I’ve never taste this kind of food before, it’s really taste really really good like some dragon came out from this food (just like on the cooking master boy anime). The sauce on top of their ribs is somehow matched and added more value for their konro. The taste is a bit spicy but still acceptable and mixed really well with the ribs itself. Their Konro soup really delicious as well, at first I’m quite confuse on how to eat it since the ribs is grilled while it served with soup, but surprisingly the soup taste very good and doesn’t ruin the delicious of their grilled ribs. I definitely will go to this restaurant everytime I want to taste...