Best Seafood Restaurants in Jakarta

Jakarta's seafood scene is so lit, and locals even tourists will go down searching for the perfect seafood plate. These are the city's best seafood restaurants for cracking lobsters and crabs, hand-picking your own fresh fish, and savoring the seafood with special sauces right now.

Best Seafood Restaurants in Jakarta

Aroma Sop Seafood

Another favorite in the North, in the Muara Karang area, to be exact, which is one of Jakarta’s food havens with its range of hip restaurants, coffee shops, Chinese restaurants, and street vendors. Aroma Sop Seafood is one of them. Serving affordable Indo-Chinese seafood for decades, you’ll want to stop by here on your next Muara Karang food tour.

Multiple locations: Muara Karang, Taman Palem
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Bandar Djakarta 

A major seafood restaurant with a fish market concept, providing various fresh and live seafood. Pick the freshest fish and many different types of other sea creatures, pick the way it’s cooked, and choose the area you want to enjoy it in. Every outlet has the best seating spot, but it's also everyone’s favorite, which means you need to fight your way into a good spot during busy hours too!

Multiple locations: Ancol, Pantai Indah Kapuk 2
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Cut The Crab

Jakarta's most popular crab-eating place. Unique in its presentation, with no fancy cutleries, and its delicious taste that entertains your taste buds. First of its kind, later followed by others, but of no comparison. All crabs are flown alive from places like Papua, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Maluku Islands, and others on a daily basis. Experience eating crabs the way they should be!

Multiple locations: Cikajang, Kelapa Gading, Pantai Indah Kapuk
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Layar Seafood

A popular Indonesian seafood restaurant from Surabaya that is famous for its fresh seafood, Layar Seafood has finally anchored in Jakarta to please your seafood cravings. Located in West and North Jakarta, the interior is surprisingly very classy and elegant, and the price is very affordable. A musty try for all seafood lovers!

Multiple locations: Pesanggrahan, Kelapa Gading
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Pesisir Seafood

Still under the auspices of the Bandar Djakarta Group, Pesisir Seafood brings the concept of Indonesian seafood to life, blending live and fresh catches with the rich flavors of local spices. It’s a place where the vibrancy of the archipelago comes through on every plate, offering a dining experience that feels both authentic and indulgent.

Jl. Meruya Ilir No. 9, Meruya, Jakarta Barat
Phone: +6282261455110
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Saung Greenville

Started from a humble garage-turned-restaurant, Saung Greenville has made it into one of the main seafood destinations in West Jakarta that offers good food at a good price. The cuisine is Indonesian and Indo-Chinese, which you will find in most seafood restaurants around. 

Jl. Green Ville Blok AS No. 39, Green Ville, Jakarta Barat
Phone: +628119333233
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Sentosa Seafood Market

Sentosa Seafood Market is very popular, as evidenced by its ubiquitous branches. Sentosa is very suitable to be visited with family. The concept is a live seafood and seafood market that offers a lot of fresh seafood dishes. 

Multiple outlets: Pluit Karang, Daan Mogot, Danau Sunter, Puri Mansion, Kelapa Gading, Mangga Besar, PIK 2
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Tanjung Bira

Looking for a full spread of Makassar-style seafood? Head to Tanjung Birar, where the dining room sets the tone with ocean-themed murals and ships painted across the walls. The menu dives deep into the city’s coastal flavors—think a wide selection of fish, along with crab, lobster, and shellfish—making it a go-to spot when you’re craving a true Makassar seafood feast.

Multiple lcoations: Pecenongan, Sunter, Kelapa Gading
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