With your fingers, please ! and other Brunei Restaurant Reviews

Restaurant Name: food stalls

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.

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Theme: Local
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: crossing of Jalan Tasek and Jalan Stoney
Directions: Close to city centre

Restaurant Name: Riverside food stalls (gerai makan Jalan residensy

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)

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Theme: Local
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: jalan residensy
Directions: near the market and the port

Restaurant Name: Pantai restaurant

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 !

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Theme: Eclectic/International
Comparison: most expensive
Prices: US$41 and up  » Currency Converter
Address: Empire Hotel and Country club
Directions: Jerudong

Restaurant Name: Spaghettini

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

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Theme: Italian
Comparison: more expensive than average
Prices: US$31-40  » Currency Converter
Address: Empire Hotel and country club
Directions: Jerudong

Restaurant Name: Aneka Rasa

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

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Theme: Local
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Address: Kiulap
Directions: Kiulap

Restaurant Name: Tasek at Sheraton

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!

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Theme: Pan-Asian and Pacific Rim
Comparison: more expensive than average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Address: hotel sheraton
Directions: Jalan Sultan

Restaurant Name: Port View, Fratini’s Restaurant

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

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Theme: Italian
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Address: Port
Directions: port

Restaurant Name: Hau Hua Chinese restaurant

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

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Theme: Local
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: jalan sultan
Directions: city

Restaurant Name: Nyonya café

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

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Theme: Local
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: yayasan outside
Directions: yayasan

Restaurant Name: Fratini’s Indian restaurant

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

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Theme: Indian
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Address: yayasan
Directions: city