Definitely worth checking out when you’re in Banda Aceh. It stands as a solemn yet inspiring tribute to the victims and survivors of the catastrophic 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The building’s wave-like structure and traditional Acehnese motifs reflect both the natural disaster and the resilience of the local culture. Opened in 2009, the museum serves multiple purposes: it is a place of remembrance, an educational hub, and even a vertical evacuation center in case of future tsunamis. Inside, visitors can experience a simulation corridor that recreates the terrifying moments of the tsunami with sound, darkness, and water effects. Exhibits include emotional survivor testimonies, photos, videos, and detailed explanations of the earthquake and tsunami phenomena. A memorial wall lists the names of those who perished, offering a quiet space for reflection. More than just a museum, it is a poignant reminder of the power of nature and the strength of community in the face of tragedy.

Visiting the Tsunami Museum in Aceh was a powerful and emotional experience. The museum is beautifully designed to honor the memory of the 2004 tsunami and the lives it affected. From the moment you enter, the sound of rushing water and the unique architecture create a strong emotional atmosphere. The exhibits are informative and touching, featuring photos, videos, survivor stories, and historical details. It helps you truly understand the scale of the tragedy and the strength of the Acehnese people in rebuilding their lives. The entry ticket is very cheap, which makes it even more accessible for everyone. This place is not just educational, but deeply meaningful. If you’re in Banda Aceh, you absolutely must visit. It’s an experience you’ll never forget.

Touch our hearts if you really explore this museum. Wonderful stories pertaining to the catastrophe. You may need to purchase ticket to enter the museum. Each person is Rupiah 20K for foreigners. There are 3 floors for the exhibition. Each floor full of photos describing the situation and replicas. There is also a room for you to watch the tsunami video for about 9 minutes.

We visited this museum during morning. It's a huge and the design is beautiful. There were not many people during our visit. This museum illustrated on the huge tsunami tragedy in 2004. There are many artifacts, information, and footage available regarding to the horrific tragedy. It's the close experience from what happened on 2004 where you can see and feel. But ff course it's not the same and you can't compare with the real event. The best thing to do is to take a lesson from what happen and say your prayer for those who lost their life during that day. The museum is clean and the staffs is nice to. Be aware of the operating hour of this museum before coming. Such a wonderful experience and a must visit place for tourist. You are not consider visiting to Acheh if you didn't come to this museum.

It is a good museum with unique architecture. Different rooms are designed to depict part of the tsunami experience. I like the vibe and unique experience here.

An interesting museum with Audio Visual in play. You feel as if you are experiencing it through cleverly and thoughtful exhibition of the Boxing Day Tsunami. Its a thought provoking exhibits.

You must visit this place, not only how to cherish the spirit of humanity but also to remind ourself how beautiful life is and how to be grateful.

It's a small area where you can see the ship from outside and around the gate. This generator ship floated inwards during Tsunami 21yrs ago and still remain there. Not many people during our visit there. The carpark space is very little but there's a lot of souvenir shops around the area..

The best museum, full of history. Very opened my eyes and perspectives. New experiences with my classmates. Here, you will know exactly how the tragedy happened. Tour guide bestt!! Explain buat kita faham

It's a museum located quite deep inside the housing area in a form Huge vessel. This is what the 2004 tsunami does to this creature. It is well maintained, changed from a shop to become a museum. A very informative insight from the proof and leftover. The view from the top is also very beautiful. You can see a mosque, a mountain and Acheh town from a far. There are many visitors come here for a visit. Also a must visit spot if you come to Banda Acheh. There are also few small souvenir shops located at the entrance of this Museum. The price is cheap and negotiable compared to what you can find in the town. The service is also good.

It is a museum for you to understand how badly the Tsunami hit this city. How powerful is the Tsunami that can bring up such a large ship ashore.

You are able to free roam or with a guide. However, becareful that some parts might not be maintained.

We spent about an hour here. The ticket price is IDR 3000 per person for foreigners. You need to do bank transfer or via QR code as no cash is allowed. The ship has 3 stages and you need to take stairs to go up. Surroundings are fenced as a historical landmark of tsunami disaster that is occurred on 26th December 2004. Most of the houses are destroyed during the tsunami.

Worth visiting. Shows the grandiosity of the tsunami. Good diagrams and information.

If international travellers are part of the target to educate people, the museum must improve signage in more than just Indonesian. There are a few posts in English but international guests are mostly left to imagine from the displays or try google translate which become cumbersome. Otherwise ot is a lovely spot to visit to get a sense of traditional archetecture and the diversity of aceh culture.

Loved the place but it lacks explanations in English. Only had displays in Bahasa. There were some albeit very few exhibitions in English.

Museum aceh is aceh library of history, you can find traditional house models in here and you can see how acehnese live their life in old time. You can also visit the exhibition of aceh artifacts and history belonging. Here you can do photoshoot and else. If you interested in doing photoshoot or find freelance photographer you can contact me.

Special experience, learning history of aceh but I think the collection is still not enough.

If you have 30-45 min to spare, go visit the museum. There isn’t much there to see, mostly basic exhibitions about the region.

Some redundency in displays but an interesting way to remind visitors of the impact of the 2004 Tsunami.

A traditional house of aceh that was initially built for an exhibition and finally been reassembled for tourism/wisata Surprisingly the design is so well ventilated as u will feel much more chilling inside the house rather than outside

I still remember 17 years ago when I came to this place a week after the Tsunami that devastated Aceh, including this beautiful beach. Now Ulee Lheue has become a favorite place by local residents for leisure, especially in the afternoon until dusk or Maghrib prayer. The view during sunset is really amazing when the position of the sun is between the end hills of Bukit Barisan. The sea waves are not big because the beach is surrounded by breakwaters. So we can take a walk along the white sandy beach, swim or enjoy a duck paddle ride with our partner, family or friends. There are also culinary outlets where the prices for food and drinks are inexpensive. What needs to be fixed here are the problem of garbage everywhere and the orderliness of the vehicle parking.

its amazing here!!!!! especially to watch sunset! and you can accompany yourself with delicious street food :)

Nice place to Jogging, Hangout and Enjoying. Awesome.

Cozy place to hangout with friends Serving good views

Not recom

The beach is quite good. But it lacks basic amenities. I hope the government of Aceh invest some money and make it good for public.

Family friendly, kid friendly, nice place but in my opinion, visitors here are plebeian. Love the beach as i love one of the citizen in the region

Suitable for family playgrounds in the afternoon

Historical, well preserved, romantic

Ok

Nice

Beautiful

vintage history

(Translated by Google) A historic site perfect for taking the family for an afternoon stroll, the place is clean and comfortable. Taman Sari Gunongan (Jawoë script: تامن ساري ڬونوڠن) or "Taman Putroe Phang" is a garden of the Aceh Darussalam Kingdom built by Sultan Iskandar Muda (1607-1636) for his queen, Putroe Phang, from the Pahang Kingdom. The park's original name was Taman Ghairah, as mentioned in the Bustanus Salatin book. The garden was built because the Sultan deeply loved the Princess of Pahang and so that the queen would not be lonely while he was away running the government. The garden's construction is said to have been requested by Putroe Phang, the king's daughter who was brought to Aceh by Sultan Iskandar Muda after the Pahang kingdom was conquered. (Original) Tempat sejarah yang cocok untuk bawa keluarga untuk jalan-jalan sore, tempat nya bersih dan nyaman. Taman Sari Gunongan (Aksara Jawoë : تامن ساري ڬونوڠن) atau "Taman Putroe Phang" adalah taman Kerajaan Aceh Darussalam yang didirikan oleh Sultan Iskandar Muda (1607-1636) untuk permaisurinya Putroe Phang yang berasal dari Kerajaan Pahang. Nama asli taman ini adalah Taman Ghairah sebagaimana disebutkan di dalam kitab Bustanus Salatin. Taman ini dibangun karena sultan sangat mencintai Putri Pahang dan agar sang permaisuri tidak kesepian bila di tinggal sultan menjalankan pemerintahan. Pembangunan taman dikisahkan merupakan permintaan dari Putroe Phang, putri raja yang dibawa ke Aceh oleh Sultan Iskandar Muda setelah kerajaan Pahang ditaklukan.

Overly hyped but in reality it's just mediocre. Yes, ex president Jokowi might dine here before, but that's about it. It's just too viral, lots of posting about this place on Google & etc. But I've been to many places that serve better Mie Aceh than here. I do not recommend this place. Also, hygiene is not very prioritised here. Seems like cleanliness is not done properly. Difficult to find parking. The price per noodle is IDR 50K, slightly overpriced. The toilet is very dirty. Service is slow.

The noodle is just okay. Service is very very slow and they forgot to process our drinks after taking order. Ample carpark space. Lots of other eateries next to each other and around the area.

Though the taste is not to what we expected, it is still a delicious comfort food. We didnt get to try the Crab Mie Aceh as it is sold out.

We are quite disappointed by the mie honestly. This is our first meal at Banda Acheh and it leave us with a low standard on foods in Acheh. The mie is just average, price is reasonable and the portion is normal. There are a lot of customers eat here and we thought it is marvelous and they are proud with their long existence history and reputation as one of the best mie in Acheh. But yeah it did reach our expectation. The service is also normal take some time for our foods to arrive. The worker is okay and the hygiene of the restaurant can be improved. The restaurant is quite okay if you want to come over and hangout or bring family. Lots of seating available here. Come on, you guys should raise your standard.

Due to language barrier, my first order was not vegan as I asked. But the redo was delicious!

Service is very very slow, altough not many people dine, fried nee with blend taste, taete better mee goreng elsewhere

The food was great. I ordered Mie Aceh Campur, which has all toppings from beef, shrimp, squid, and a small crab. As in, a whole crab. The portion was good, and the noodle was well spiced. I also ordered cucumber juice, and that was very refreshing, I love it! But..... A bit too sweet. I should have asked for less sweet.

Im not sure about others. But from my experience, if you want to come without tour arrangement, please call the restaurant to pre-order. Overall food is OK. Restaurant location is quite far from city centre. We are lucky on that day, we can get grab back to the hotel. Otherwise, we need to wait longer because the restaurant business is for group tour. We are here, because our hotel reception suggested us this place. There is also musolla for prayer.

They provided variety of seafood dish, starting from fish, shrimp, squid, crab, shellfish along with a menu of vegetables and snacks. One portion of food was big enough for 3 - 4 people to share. I recommend to order black pepper soft shell crab, butter shrimp, crab with Padang sauce. This restaurant is open until 11pm and accepts credit card payments (not many restaurants in Banda Aceh accept credit card payments)

This place is really one of the kind that you could find good quality of seafood. We order the chicken dish, fried with traditional herbs, fish of choice with steaming, grilled shrimp with sauces, and three vegetable dishes, the broccoli, the watercress, and the soup asparagus. This is really the best meal that we have so far in Aceh and I am very pleased to visit here for the second time since our visit first in 2014. Also, it is just along the riverside where we really could enjoy our dishes with the beautiful scenery aside us.

I've tried seafood mostly in eastern part of Indonesia, and I think this is the best seafood I have ever tried in the western part of Indonesia so far. It is worth every penny. The staffs are friendly and helpful too. The location is very strategic as well.

Banda Seafood is one of the seafood restaurants in Banda Aceh, located in the city and quite strategic the food is diverse, and the taste is also quite good the dining area is quite large and there is a VIP room if you need a special room and for meetings. The menu is delicious, one of which is pandan fried chicken and grilled fish

it's heaven for my tounge. Have a good view. so delicious food. we order kerapu sour sweet and also shrimp black pepper. all the dish is very fresh and well cook. it's yummy. the best seafood on banda aceh

Beyond expectations, on my first time here, this restaurant serves good quality of seafoods. We can pick raw fish, squids and shrimp. But we have to be observant to get the fresh ones. And they serves good coffee also. Sanger (coffee with milk) is my favorite.

𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚞𝚑 𝚔𝚞𝚍𝚞 𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚔𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚢𝚊. 𝙹𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚑 𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚓𝚒𝚋 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚒𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒. 𝙱𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊 𝙰𝚌𝚎𝚑. 𝙰𝚢𝚊𝚖 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚙 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙰𝚢𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗-𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚒, 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚗 𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚊, 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚔𝚘𝚓𝚊. 𝙱𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚍𝚒𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚞𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒 𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚔 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊. 𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚢𝚊𝚖 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚙 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝙱𝚞 𝚂𝚒 𝙸𝚝𝚎𝚔 𝙱𝚎𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚜𝚒 𝚍𝚒 𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊 𝚁𝚊𝚢𝚊, 𝚔𝚘𝚝𝚊 𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊 𝙰𝚌𝚎𝚑. 𝙳𝚒 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚓𝚞𝚐𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝚐𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚔 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚗𝚒𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚌𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚙 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚑 𝚕𝚘𝚑. 𝙰𝚢𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚙 𝟷𝟹𝙺/𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚔𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝟷𝟸𝙺/𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚐. 𝚄𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚒, 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚙, 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚒 𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝.

Food was great, most importantly, cheap! Just to give you perspective, taste like combine Arabic and Indian Food, with the touch of Indonesian taste... Whole new dish!

Recommended to go. Im from malaysia. The waiter are nice, foods are good. Definitely will go again later. But have to alert on the prayer time as they will close the shop for a pray.

Some would love, the other would just say, it's okay. What i found was, the duck curry (Sie Itek) has a unique flavor and has its own characters. What i do find problematic, the duck is extremely small if compared to other competitors, you definitely need another two or three pieces of their ducks. I find the place can be much cleaner.

The curry was flavourful but the duck meat could have been a bit softer. Their ayam tangkap were delicious but sadly too small. I went through three pieces of chicken within a matter of seconds. And get ready to ask for second servings of rice. You'll need it.

Not so oily food even they fried it. They serve few ducks and meats, and you could eat whatever you want , but aware about the price that count in the last. No worries it is affordable here, higiene and also tasty. Just one note,, the sambal is not spicy . You just need to raise the spicy level

Curry duck is so delicious, have some fried leaves that also good

Freshly cooked yummy food! Couldn't stop eating so no time to take photos hahaha. Dessert was pudding in a plastic cup and fresh fruit plate. Not as good as the main dishes esp fried chicken. And fried beef with crispy onions. Carnivores' delight

Title: A Taste of Authentic Indonesia Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Lem Bakrie is a culinary treasure trove where each dish tells a story of Indonesia's rich flavors. From the soul-warming "kuah belangong" to the crispy delight of "sie reboh goreng", every bite is a journey through tradition and taste. The cozy ambiance feels like stepping into a cherished home, complete with the convenience of parking at the back. Don't miss out on the refreshing "asam udeung", paired perfectly with "timun kerok" and "pepaya kerok". For an authentic Indonesian experience that feels like home, Lem Bakrie is the place to be.

Recently visited; as great as its name; good service, best ayam tangkap in city. The flavors are rich and as expected. Must try their sambal. Food is served on the table first. Their juice is also tasty.

Good place to have lunch with family or friends. Great place to try aceh specialized food. Favourite: Ayam Tangkap, Kari Kambing & Sambal Ganja (Asam Udeung)

Man...this place is a must visit if you wanted to enjoy authentic Acehness's cuisine. The place is clean, the price is reasonable.

This local taste restaurant is considerable to visit, parking lot in up for group, there is also mushollah and you have to try the various of dishes 👍

Best..

Crushed Fried Chicken with traditional spiced sauce

Nice food... Delicious sruups

Small streetside shop. Awesome soto and soup. Fried rice highly recommended. Favorite for dinner.

great selections of food.

They have variety of menu. Soup, soto, chicken, and fried rice, all of them are delicious.

the grilled chicken size is too small for the prize

Didn't actually go there.