Hungry? Tired? Craving to get some great food?
Maybe a quick getaway to Mersing, Johor is what you need. Located at the east coast of Johor, Mersing is approximately 136km away from Johor Bahru city centre. It is accessible by taking the Tebrau Highway from Kota Tinggi is you are travelling from Singapore or Johor Bahru.
You may also find out more here: How to go to Mersing from Singapore.
Mersing is considered as a fishing village that offers great seafood cuisines and fresh seafood products. This little town is also the main departure port to reach to the islands nearby, such as Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur, Pulau Rawa and Pulau Dayang. There are also a lot of traditional coffee shop (kopitiams), cafes and restaurants available in the town.
Below are some of the recommended local eateries by SGMYTRIPS that are worth for a try upon your travel to Mersing:
Top 11 Mersing Local Food You Cannot Miss
- Jalan Jeti (牛车档的白粥油条叉烧角)
- Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and SeaFood
- T&K Seafood Restaurant (丰盛港食為鲜海鲜餐馆)
- Mersing Seafood Restaurant (乐园海鲜酒家)
- The Port Café
- Sri Mersing Café
- Nasi Dagang Mak Yah Mersing
- Calypso Café
- Kunita Sri Mersing
- Warong Pau Sri Lalang
- Restoran Hai Soon (风盛港海产饭店)
1. Jalan Jeti (牛车档的白粥油条叉烧角)
If you pass by Jalan Jeti, you will notice there is a small and old food stall beside 财神爷海鲜饭店. The old and small food stall, which was operated for decades, is a well-known destination for locals who are craving for porridge and also the unique ‘char siew puff’.
The owner serves the customers with sincere and concentrated porridge together with the best ‘you tiao’. As we all know, you tiao and porridge makes a great breakfast combination. The texture of the white porridge is smooth, while the you tiao provide an additional chewy texture and also some saltiness to the porridge. This bowl of porridge is best eaten while still warm or hot.
You can have a try with the ‘char siew puff’ which is the signature of the food stall. The puff, which is fried until golden brown, with a crispy exterior, moist and tasty interior, will definitely stimulate your taste buds!
Go earlier if you wish to have a try with the signature puff and porridge because the stall is usually crowded with long queue and sold out before closing hour!
Additional Information:
Address: Jalan Jeti, 86800 Mersing, Johor.
Business hours: 7am to 10am daily.
2. Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and SeaFood
Don’t miss out Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and Seafood if you are a seafood lover! Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and Seafood offers a real Malay kampung eatery experience to all of their diners. The diners can choose to be seated in the restaurant or at the open space of the restaurant too.
Over years, Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and Seafood insist to serves the customers with fresh and best seafood which is caught from the jetty nearby.
Upon arriving at the restaurant, you may have a look at their icy box that is placed near their kitchen that exhibit fresh seafood. This is the place where you can choose for your favorite seafood to be cooked by their chefs. Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and Seafood offers wide varieties of seafood such as squid, crabs, clams and fishes.
The restaurant, serves only halal food, has attracted a a lot of customers from local and other state because of its signature ikan bakar. But besides their home inspired ikan bakar, you may have a try on their steamed ikan kerapu which is more healthier. Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and Seafood’s steamed ikan kerapu is steamed along with many types of vegetables to provide it a sweet, refreshing flavor.
It is the reason why the broth of the steamed ikan kerapu is so tasty that will make every diners to enjoy bowls of white rice with it. The kerapu fish’s flesh is also fresh enough that you will be able to taste the natural sweetness of the fish in every bite.
Another recommended seafood cuisine of Brother Joe Ikan Bakar and Seafood would be their Sweet and Spicy Crabs. This crab cuisine is prepared with thick, sweet chili sauce which is really appetizing. In order to make this Sweet and Spicy Crabs to stand out from the others, the owner do include some egg mixture in the dish. The egg mixture provides the dish with a smoother texture and also a more eggy flavor. For a dash of sour, you may request for some lime juice from the kitchen. This dish is best eaten hot.
Do remember to make a call to ensure there are available seats before you depart because the restaurant is always full house!
Additional Information:
Address: J80, Kampung Mersing Kanan, 86800 Mersing, Johor.
Business hours: 2.30pm to 12.30am daily.
Contact: 013-7017011
Also Read : Tantalizing Seafood Restaurants In Mersing
3. T&K Seafood Restaurant (丰盛港食為鲜海鲜餐馆)
Pay a visit to T&K Seafood Restaurant and you won’t feel regret! The restaurant, serves the customers with fresh and sea-to-table seafood, is always the one and only destination for foodies and customers who are craving for seafood. Upon arriving, you can choose the kind of fish you would like to have, and choose the way it cooked.
If you are here, you must have a try of their Fruit Salad with Fresh Prawns. This special seafood menu of theirs taste sweet and sour, with strong flavor of mayonnaise coated on every fruits and prawns bits. The prawns of the salad is cooked into perfection, where it is still chewy and retaining its natural freshness.
There are a lot of diced fruits available in the salad too, such as pineapples, green apples, watermelons and red apples. This refreshing seafood dish is best eaten as desserts or appetizers.
Another recommended seafood dish of T&K Seafood Restaurant would be their buttered prawns. T&K Seafood Restaurant only us the freshest and biggest prawns available in their restaurant to prepare this dish. It is to ensure the freshness of this prawn cuisine and also the satisfaction of their customers in every bite.
On the other hand, the butter sauce is creamy and buttery, with dashes of spiciness. The secret ingredient of this savory sweet butter sauce? The curry leaves, it helps in perking out the aroma and fragrance of this buttered prawns.
Others than that, you can enjoy other common Chinese style cuisines in T&K Seafood Restaurant if you are allergy to seafood. The restaurant also serves their customers with various types of Chinese dishes that are equally delicious, with affordable price.
You can also get yourself a bottle of cold beer when having your favorite delicious seafood or Chinese cuisines, is it sounds amazing?
Additional Information:
Address: No.10, Lot 7411, Jalan Jemaluang, Taman Mersing, Mersing Kechil, Johor.
Business hours: 12pm to 12am daily.
Contact: 019-7709088, 016-7186443
4. Mersing Seafood Restaurant (乐园海鲜酒家)
If the seafood restaurants mentioned above are unable to impress you, Mersing Seafood Restaurant is the destination you must go for fresh and delicious seafood. The air-conditioned restaurant, which clean and tidy decoration and furniture, is always crowded with customers especially during dinner hours.
If you are here, you are strongly recommended to have a try with the Signature Fried Battered Squid with Salted Egg. This is the special seafood menu of theirs. Unlike the common fried squid coated with salted egg sauce, this special salted egg delicacy of theirs have the salted egg sauce stuffed in the squid.
Its fried battered layer is crispy and you will feel the chewy texture of the squid under it. You even can feel the salted egg sauce blasting in your mouth in every bite.
Another recommended dish of Mersing Seafood Restaurant would be the Spicy Chili Crabs. In order to enjoy this crab cuisine, you shall order at least two hard shell crabs, as one would be not enough. Prepared with chili-ginger and garlic sauce, Mersing Seafood Restaurant’s Spicy Chili Crabs spicy gravy will totally leave everyone with sticky fingers and a smile. This spicy chili gravy is best eaten with bowls of white rice, while still hot. It is served along with some fried mantous too, which are great to dip with the spicy chili gravy.
Besides, you also must try with the Clay Pot Bean Curd, KangKung Belacan and Shark with Dry Chilies which are also the most-ordered dishes among the customers in the restaurant.
Additional Information:
Address: No.56, Jalan Ismail, Mersing Kechil, Mersing Town, 86800 Johor.
Business hours: 11.30am to 2.30am daily.
Contact: 07-7992550
5. The Port Café
You must put The Port Café into your to-go list if you are traveling to Mersing and you are a western food lover at the same time. This is a Western and Asian food restaurant which serves no pork, therefore it is always crowded with customers from every culture and races.
Upon arriving, you will be amazed with their unique cafe design. The cafe is designed with a modern industrial style, with shipping containers or ISO containers used as ordering counter and also second floor’s dining area.
One of the recommended dish of theirs would be the Creamy Butter Chicken with Fragrance Rice. This dish might look simple, with buttered chicken, steamed rice and fried egg, but it does make a great meal. It do comes in set too, where a cup of black coffee would be served upon the order during limited time.
Another recommended dish or theirs would be the Nacho with Cheese sauce. This savory dish is great to be eaten as an appetizer or snacks. The Nacho is really crispy and it is best paired with the cheesy cheese sauce drizzled on it.
With the warmth and comfortable decorations and lights, you can definitely have a peaceful and lovely meal in this unique and lovely restaurant with your friends and family.
Additional Information:
Address: Jalan Abu Bakar, Taman Mersing, 86800 Mersing Johor.
Business hours: 10am to 12am daily. 10am to 12.30am on Sunday.
Contact: 07-7997982
Also Read : Halal Food Eateries In Mersing
6. Sri Mersing Café
This is an old and traditional kopitiam that serves pastries and coffee, don’t forget to drop by if you are in Mersing. Sri Mersing Café is a well-known Chinese style kopitiam among the locals, where people like to have their breakfast and nice coffee here. Some people even come here purposely just to buy the delicious and fresh charcoal grilled buttered bread.
If you are here, you are highly recommended to grab a bite with the roti bakar, roti bun and also egg tart. These perfect combinations do make a great breakfast that can make you energized before continuing your Mersing tour. A cup of hot milo or kopi kaw would complete this typical common kopitiam breakfast too.
If you wish to have more, the curry puff and roti sardine also a good option for you which you won’t get disappointed. Try to go earlier if you wish to try varieties of food there because the roti bakar and egg tart are always sold out before closing hour.
Additional Information:
Address: 63, Jalan Sulaiman, Mersing Kechil, 86800 Mersing Johor.
Business hours: 8am to 6pm daily.
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7. Nasi Dagang Mak Yah Mersing
If you are in Mersing, don’t forget to drop by Nasi Dagang Mak Yah and grab yourself a few packs of Nasi Dagang! Nasi Dagang which is hardly to be found in other places, especially in the north, is a quite attractive and unique for friends who are from the central or north.
This jewel of Mersing is wrapped with banana leaf, costs only RM1 per pack. Although the portion is quite small, but it is still packed with balanced amount of rice and also meat, with spicy gravy.
Try to go earlier because the Nasi Dagang is always sold out a couple hours after the stall is open! You even can feel its popularity by just looking at the long queue of locals and tourists at the stall.
Additional Information:
Address: Kampung Bahagia, 86800 Mersing, Johor.
Business hours: 7am to 12pm daily. Friday closed.
Contact: 019-7774726
8. Calypso Café
Easily recognizable with its One Eyed Sea Creature logo, the Calypso Cafe is a small, unique cafe with pirate theme. Upon arriving the cafe, you would be able to see a lot of vinvyl pirates’ fire arm pinned on their wall as wall decorations.
The air-conditioned restaurant, decorated well and furnishes with comfortable furniture, is a good place for you to sit down and have a lovely meal, in the hot weather of Mersing.
The hot selling menu of theirs would be the Nasi Goreng Cina. Although it seems to be common to found in other eateries, but it might surprise you with their special taste.
It is served with generous amount of delicious side dishes too, such as fried prawn crackers and pieces of fried chicken.
With the best halal Western and Asian food served at a fair prices, the restaurant is always full of customers from locals and also customers who are waiting for their ferry to go to the islands nearby. Every of their delicacies are special, with own-inspired menus which might amaze the diners’ taste buds.
Additional Information:
Address: 49, Jalan Ismail, Mersing Kechil, 86800 Mersing, Johor.
Business hours: 10am to 12am daily.
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9. Kunita Sri Mersing
Whenever visiting Mersing, it is a must for you to visit to Kunita Sri Mersing for their delicious Satar. This small stall is located by the roadside, with shady under roof dining area and an ‘open kitchen’. It is said that Kunita Sri Mersing do offers the best Satar in Mersing and it received many positive comments from their customers, both locals and foreign. Some of them even revisit Mersing due to these delicious Satar.
Satar is a traditional Terengganu Malay snacks which are made with fresh fish flesh, minced chili and minced ginger. These ingredients are pre-mixed before being wrapped into a pyramid shape with a banana leaf. It is then skewed, four to five pieces on a barbecue skewer before being grilled on a hot charcoal grill.
The banana leaves used to wrapped the Satar do helps in offering some fragrance to the Satar fillings, providing it with an additional aroma. For its texture, the Satar filling is compact, non-flaky. It does not have a fishy smell too, as there are minced ginger in this dish.
If Satar is unable to fulfil your cravings for afternoon snacking, you can proceed to the stalls located near the Kunita Sri Mersing. They do sell great keropok lekors and some sweet kuehs which are great for afternoon tea too.
Additional Information:
Address: 82, J80, Kampung Mersing Kanan, Mersing, Johor Darul Takzim 86800, Malaysia
10. Warong Pau Sri Lalang
Despite the common looking warung operated in a traditional Malay house, Warong Pau Sri Lalang is a Halal eatery that serves Malay delicacies and also Malay light snacks. Upon arriving, customers are provided with options of being seated in the traditional Malay house or at the outdoor open space dining area.
As its name stated, Warong Pau Sri Lalang offers their customers with wide varieties of paus, both savory and sweet. Each of their paus are soft and fluffy, with generous amount of fillings available. The price of these paus are said to be very cheap, as you can get a piece of it with the price as low as RM0.70.
One of the most recommended pau of Warong Pau Sri Lalang would be their Curry Chicken Pau. This spicy version of pau has dried chicken curry with potatoes as fillings instead of the soupy version of curry. It is best eaten while still hot, along with a glass of icy drink.
Besides that, Warong Pau Sri Lalang also serves delicious Malay style mee rebus, mee goreng and rice delicacies that will make their customers coming back for more.
Additional Information:
Address: Kampung Sri Lalang, Mersing, Johor Darul Takzim 86800 , Malaysia
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11. Restoran Hai Soon (风盛港海产饭店)
Restoran Hai Soon is a Chinese style restaurant that is managed by an auntie and her assistance who speaks Hokkien all the times. It serves basic noodle menus, both dried and soup along with their home made fish balls.
Despite its ordinary looking eatery corner, Restoran Hai Soon do serves their customers with delicious fish ball noodles that might surprised everyone due to its springy texture. Every fish balls of theirs are purely home made, with fresh raw materials from the starch. The secret of this bowl of fish balls noodle? The soup. The soup of their fish ball noodle is prepared with fried pork skin and also pork bones, providing it a rich meaty flavor.
You can request for a change of the fish balls noodle in soup to dried fish balls noodle. Their dried fish balls noodles are worth for a try too. Both of their noodle dishes are best paired with their home made sambal sauce which provide the noodles with additional spiciness.
Additional Information:
Address: 96-A, Jalan Jemaluang, Mersing Kechil, 86800 Mersing, Johor
Business Hours:
Contact: +607-799 3572
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