Saung Greenville — Restaurant in Jakarta

I came here with family, a group of 9. Reminiscing the old days, it is one of the legendary seafood place in Jakarta. We ordered our favorite Kepiting Telor with Black Pepper Sauce, Prawn with salted egg sauce, Deep Fried Gurame with soy sauce sauce, Clams with Tauco sauce, Fried egg with oysters, Sauted Pucuk Labu, and Grilled Kuwe/Kue fish.

Black Pepper Crab is delicious, like what is used to be in the past. Lots of egg, and the sauce is just right, peppery but not too spicy. Prawn with salted egg sauce is a must, so good! We ended up order another portion. Now, deep fried Gurame fish with soy sauce is something new, and we love it! The fish was crispy on the outside, pair it with the sauce it created layers of goodness. Grilled Ikan Kue is an absolute must. We asked for extra grill sauce for an extra oomph.

Too hangry 😆 and we were busy chatting we forgot to take more pictures. I only managed to the a photo of the Deep...

Now has became a classic, behold the venerable Saung Greenville, the first restaurant of its kind that introduces the most efficient way of clean up in town (gotta see it in action to understans what I am talking about). I first came here at the original location more than10 years ago, and they certainly had one of the best crab and seafood around. But just like any other classic story, they opened few more outlets, quality consistency becomes a problem, and the price also slowly creeping up, along with the competitions. Now in 2019, the establishment has upgraded its space, and the cooking has becomes more consistent once again, with its black papper sauce remains the crowds' favourite, so this place deserves a second chance, albeit the heavy competitions of now-crowded seafood restaurant...

[August 2019] This is one of the long established and well-known seafood restaurant in the western part of Jakarta. It is especially famous for the crabs; “kepiting saus padang” and “kepiting lada hitam” are two of its famous dishes. In short, this is Jakarta’s “No Signboard Seafood” restaurant. The price can very well on the higher end. Visited this restaurant again after many years. The crabs dishes do not taste as good as it used to be …? However, this is perhaps still the best place if you really want to eat crabs. Rating it only for three stars because the service is relatively slow and poor. (The restaurant was full on Saturday evening). The waiters and waitresses are not service oriented. The parking was difficult and is difficult, especially...