Seafood Culinary at Golden Prawn Batam

Enjoying Seafood at Golden Prawn Batam

by Wahyudi

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Golden Prawn Batam is a well-known seafood restaurant in Batam. Most of the people coming to Batam are already know about this restaurant. Well, it is not that very surprising since Golden Prawn Batam is one of the oldest seafood restaurant in Batam. And the location is quite strategic, and just next to Golden View Hotel and Golden City Bengkong.

How to get to Golden Prawn Batam?

Golden Prawn Batam located in Bengkong Laut, which is part of Bengkong region, on the north side of Batam.

It is around 20 minutes from Batam Center Ferry Terminal or 10 minutes from Harbour Bay Ferry Terminal.

Currently, there is no direct public transportation to go here. Nearest stop for public transport (angkot) is around 1 kilometer from the restaurant, so you need to either walk or get an ojek to continue to Golden Prawn Batam. You may want to read our tips on how to get around in Batam.

Most of the tourists come to this restaurant by following the itinerary from tour operator since most of them is include Golden Prawn Batam as one of the destination (lunch).

At that point, we can say that, it is one reason why Golden Prawn Batam is very popular among the tourist.

What fresh seafood to order

Golden Prawn Batam served live seafood and fresh seafood. Both quite the same. Live seafood means, the menu just served from live fish and others. While fresh seafood come from fridge, but usually always comes and change in the morning, still fresh guaranteed.

It is recommended to order Gonggong as one of the dishes. Gonggong is one of original seafood menu from Batam or Melayu.

Gonggong is a type of sea snail that is boiled and then pried. To eat Gonggong, you need to get the meat out from its shell using a toothpick and then smeared it into a its delicious sauce. Ahh, taste so good! You definitely must try Gonggong in Batam!

Restaurant & Seafood Golden Prawn Batam — Enjoy Batam team and colleagues when have a dinner in Golden Prawn

This restaurant has also other facilities are no less intense with the restaurant, which is a four-star hotel named Golden View, which is located next to the restaurant. So if you visit to Batam, you can stay at the hotel so it is very easy to enjoy the delicious cuisine at the Golden Prawn Restaurant & Seafood.