Jakartans love their steak, especially if the beef is imported and affordable at the same time. When it comes to Sinou Steakhouse, all the steaks are very very affordable with prices under Rp 100,000 and these are Prime Sirloin, Rib Eye and Wagyu Beef, all imported from the US and Australia.

Located just before you enter the SCBD centre from Senopati direction, Sinou is a popular lunch place for the office people nearby. The interior design of Sinou resembles a cute animated ranch farm which also makes this a favorite hot-spot for families with young children, who cannot get enough of the cow bells (a tool to address the waiters), cowboy decorations and even more cute little statues of the black and white animal that is served in as their main and only course. This place however, does not cater for vegetarians as there is absolutely no salad on sight.

All of their steaks are accompanied with your choice of side dishes; you can have your potatoes french-ed (as in fries) or mashed. You also get to choose your favorite sauce to accompany your steak, and the choices available range from Mushroom, Black Pepper, BBQ and their Special Sinou Sauce, which has a hint of curry powder in it to give it that extra zest.

For a budget steakhouse, we are impressed with the chef's ability to cook the steak the way you want it; be it medium rare or well-done, as it is known in many other budget steakhouses for the steaks to be served only one way- charred black. You can definitely add this place in your black book of steakhouses to try.