Gado-Gado Bon Bin
Cikini's gado-gado icon since 1960, with the peanut sauce poured over the vegetables and plenty of emping and prawn crackers.
- Address
- Jl. Cikini IV No. 1, Cikini, Menteng
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 09.00–18.00, Sat 09.00–16.00
- Price
- About Rp50k–75k per person (2025)
- Area
- Menteng, Jakarta Pusat (Central)
About
Bon Bin takes its name from its first home on Jalan Kebon Binatang, and the family recipe has stayed the same for generations. The gado-gado comes generously sauced, and the menu also offers asinan, cendol, nasi rames and lontong cap gomeh. Expect to pay around Rp50k–75k a head.
- Open since 1960
- Generous peanut sauce
- Also serves asinan and cendol
- Old-Cikini atmosphere
Known for: Gado-gado Betawi (Rp20k–75k), Asinan Betawi (Rp15k–30k)
Nearby
Perpustakaan Jakarta Cikini & PDS HB Jassin
The provincial public library inside the revamped Taman Ismail Marzuki arts centre, open every day until 10 pm, with the HB Jassin literary archive.
Heritage coffee houseBakoel Koffie Cikini
A colonial-era Cikini house where a coffee family dating back to 1878 roasts its own beans and serves kopi tubruk and Indonesian food.
Soto BetawiSoto Betawi H. Ma'ruf
A Cikini institution serving creamy coconut-milk soto Betawi since the 1940s, now inside the Taman Ismail Marzuki arts complex.
Arts centreTaman Ismail Marzuki
Jakarta's arts centre since 1968, on the site of the old zoo, with theatres, galleries, a planetarium and a library.
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