Restoran Ee Lo

Loke Tien Yuen Restaurant (乐天园)

🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Pusat Bandar, Mersing, Johor

🐖 Non-halalRM30–RM80

old-schoolnear jetty

Order: Steamed catch of the day, sweet and sour pork, butter prawns

Mersing's best-known old Chinese restaurant, the place ferry travellers have been sent to for decades. Ask for whatever the boats brought in that morning, steamed simply.

Mersing Seafood Restaurant

🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Pusat Bandar, Mersing, Johor

🐖 Non-halalRM30–RM80

large groupsfamily dining

Order: Salted egg squid, steamed grouper, curry prawns, squid with century egg

A big, busy Chinese seafood hall that fills with island-bound groups. Fresh fish and squid at fair prices, and the salted egg squid is the crowd favourite.

Keropok Haji Putih

🍢 Keropok Lekor · Mersing Kanan, Mersing, Johor

☪︎ Muslim-friendlyRM5–RM30

buy homelocal snack

Order: Fresh keropok lekor, keropok keping, fish crackers

Mersing's keropok tradition came down from Terengganu fishing families, and this is the shop tourists stop at on the way home. Fry-to-order lekor with chilli sauce, plus packs of crackers to take back.

⚠️ Last confirmed before 2025 — check it is open before you go.