Indonesian Restaurant Nusantara in Dammam

Throwback post originally dated : 21 April 2015

Before going to Dhahran Mall, went to have our lunch at Nusantara Indonesian Restaurant in Dammam. We went out at around 2pm and thus we reached dammam city before the Asr Prayer. Despite the day was Friday which is a public holiday in Saudi, the city road seemed clear and not jammed as yet. (maybe people will most probably go out after Maghrib or Asr). 


It is quite easy to go to the restaurant as it is quite straight forward. There are a variety of Indonesian food stated in the menu BUTTTTT the ones that we want are not available. We wanted to sample the Ayam penyet and ayam bakar menu which was said to be the hit of this restaurant. Since the menu are not available, we have to settle with tomyum (i can go to jubail  thai restaurant for this), fried mee, rendang and fish.


Not a very good first impression for us tho and my husband do not want to go to that restaurant again. Pricing wise - it was OK. standard saudian food price. 

GPS point of the restaurant

Have to park a bit far as the parking lots nearby the restaurant are all full.

At the entrance of the restaurant

large mirrors. great for selfies..but the sun is too glaring

Menu at the restaurant. We wanted to try Ayam penyet and ayam bakar which was recommended by husband's friend. But the menu is out of stock and not available. Blerghhhhhhhh

The interior of the restaurant

Got some by the beach paintings on the wall

Mommy is already bored waiting too long for the food to arrive

We waited for quite a while. The service is too slow. 

The fried mee is quite OK

Ordered tom yum which is quite disappointing

Ergh they only have this indonesian soy sauce. 

Eating Out in Saudi - First encounter @ Subway Al- Fanateer

In Saudi, public places are normally segregated into single only and families areas. That applies even when it comes to eating out at any restaurants. 


They also separated entrance door for male only and families eating area. Each family is then  ushered to our own respective eating space/area. Some restaurant have small compartments to segregate each family whilst the other segregate by putting curtains/ blinds. When it comes to ordering at the counters, only male occupants are allowed to order whilst for families, waiters shall be coming to each and every segregated places for each families to take orders, send food or replenishing our new orders. They do not have a bell system but the waiters will be mingling around the outside of the families cubicles waiting to be 'summoned'.  


This is actually my 1st encounter of eating out in the public in Saudi which was 3 months ago. We bought our food at Subway at Fanateer area. At first we wanted to dine in, but since the Fanateer beach is nearly, we decided to take away all the food. 


I will share our first experience of dining in at Saudi restaurant in my other post. 

The family entrance area

The overall look at the family eatery section in Subway Al-Fanateer 

The subway menu- it is different from the one we had in Malaysia

While waiting for the take away food in our 'cubicle'

blueberry with white chocolate cookies

Our take away food