Brunei Restaurant Tips by kokoryko Top 5 Page for this destination

food stalls: With your fingers, please !

The best local food is there! For very affordable prices. My preferred is located near the Sheraton in a small park, at the crossing of Jalan Tasek and Jalan Stoney.
All sorts of rice, mie, and fried or grilled stuffs; lots of choice and very fresh fruit juices to drink while you eat, looking at the real local people. Try the grilled chicken and nasi lemak (coconut rice) at stall 20. 2 to 5 US$.
At stall 14, a nice young lady makes super sate ayam; may be I fell in love with the lady and the food in the same time !

Favorite Dish: all sorts of rice and noodles.

Address: crossing of Jalan Tasek and Jalan Stoney

Comparison: least expensive

Directions: Close to city centre

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 5

Theme: Local

Aneka Rasa: Barbecue on riverside

Located in the Kiulap shopping center; wonderful barbecued fishes (Kakap merah, red snapper) with spicy sambal sauce. With a fresh guava juice, you need nothing else. 10-15 Brunei $.Tables outside at the shore of a small river. For a nice evening.

Favorite Dish: Grilled red snapper with spicy sambal

Address: Kiulap

Comparison: less expensive than average

Directions: Kiulap

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 5

Theme: Local

Nyonya café: watch around

Located in the western building of the Yayasan shopping centre; try the buffet, outside, looking at the shoppers or people just sitting down for their lunch; oriental buffet for 5US$, with a friendly but cumbersome staff. Other dishes need a long time before getting on your table.

Favorite Dish: Nasi lemak

Address: yayasan outside

Comparison: less expensive than average

Directions: yayasan

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 3

Theme: Local

Hau Hua Chinese restaurant: local chinese

Jalan Sultan; many people working in the nearby offices take lunch there; the menu “card” contains about 30 pages; plenty of choice; service rather quick. Food is not impressive but interesting Chinese soups. The waitresses are friendly and wear mini-skirts, which is a good surprise in Brunei! 5 to 10 US$.

Favorite Dish: Chinese soups

Address: jalan sultan

Comparison: less expensive than average

Directions: city

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 4

Theme: Local

Riverside food stalls (gerai makan Jalan residensy: outside

Eat sate and nasi goreng under the trees enjoying some cool air on the riverside, watching the boat taxis; several small stalls there, friendly people; just be patient service is not top at the ones I tried. For desert, go to the market 100 m from there and buy the small sweet bananas or if the season is right, rambutan or manggis (just delicious). 2 to 5 US$.

Favorite Dish: Sate kambing (goat)

Address: jalan residensy

Comparison: least expensive

Directions: near the market and the port

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 5

Theme: Local

Pantai restaurant: Kacang Bubur

Located on a terrace above the swimming pool, with view on the sea; modern wood architecture, open view, fans (no air conditioning), silver cutlery, competent staff; the buffet is really wonderful , with lots of food varieties, from Asian to international; grilled shrimps or marinated squids are the best among them; most interesting desert is the “kacang bubur” or sweet lentil soup, slightly aromatised with durian (the king of fruits, but it is a personal opinion): delicious, and it is a pity most western people avoid to try this really delightful desert. Price: expensive (I was invited), but probably worth the money.

Favorite Dish: Kacang Bubur !

Address: Empire Hotel and Country club

Comparison: most expensive

Directions: Jerudong

Price: US$41 and up

Rating: 5

Theme: Eclectic/International

Spaghettini: Luxury

Italian restaurant; serving super good fruit cocktails and fresh seafood Italian style. Try the grilled red snapper with carbonara sauce, drink a limau manis juice with it; really interesting! Expensive : 30US$.

Favorite Dish: Grilled red snapper

Address: Empire Hotel and country club

Comparison: more expensive than average

Directions: Jerudong

Price: US$31-40

Rating: 3

Theme: Italian

Fratini’s Indian restaurant: For a change

Fratini’s Indian restaurant in the Yayasan shopping mall ; not super delicious, long waiting time, but the buffet is reasonable, and that changes from the many fast-food type restaurants in this shopping mall.(10-15 US$).

Favorite Dish: lentils

Address: yayasan

Comparison: about average

Directions: city

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 3

Theme: Indian

Port View, Fratini’s Restaurant: watch the taxi boats

My italian friend here tells me it is better than in Rome !! He exagerates, but it is really good, specially the pizzas.

Favorite Dish: Pesce a la napolitana

Address: Port

Comparison: about average

Directions: port

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 3

Theme: Italian

Tasek at Sheraton: different every night

a different buffet every night, with cuisine from many parts of the world ; one night Chinese, another Cajun, another Indonesian, another BBQ, another seafood, etc. . . Good for 15-20 US$, friendly, but as usual, . . . no alcohol beverages.

Favorite Dish: Seafood buffet !
Try the black pepper crab!

Address: hotel sheraton

Comparison: more expensive than average

Directions: Jalan Sultan

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 4

Theme: Pan-Asian and Pacific Rim