Jakarta - Hotels

[KrisMonger]

Just booked this place for 3 days in end of February as it seems to be close to travel, classic etc. Didn't see anywhere in the forum that it is guest friendly. I am assuming it will be -given it is an international chain. Anyone that has stayed here before may be can chime in?

Thanks,

Kris.

[Expat American]

I'm still struggling to understand why everyone on this forum seems to recommend hotels that are located in the far north of JK, which is far away from Classic, Emporium, Malio, etc.

I booked Merlynn Park hotel, which is reasonably close to the sex hotels, northern red light district, and even Jl Falatehan (Blok M) in the south. Am I missing something?

You are missing a map. Holiday Inn is about 10 min from all the places you mentioned. Its attached to a mall but not many food options though. I was only there 3 nights so its not a big deal. Great breakfast and hotel restaurant was good. But nothing much in the walking vicinity in terms of good eats.

[WhoCaresReally]

I stayed at this hotel for a week.

Girl Friendly. Yes. 101%. I had multiple girls visiting me on the same day, few girls were together at the same time. One at 2 AM etc. No issues whatsoever. Life need access control but staff is ready to help when you call them up and request for the girl to be allowed.

Location. Around 20 Km from airport. Its a good location near to Classic (8 Min) Travel (4 Mins) , Emporium (12 Mins) and lots of food joints across the street. Costs max 30 K on grab car oneway. However, all girls who visited me complained that this is quite far. Not sure if that is a trick for more taxi money though.

Staff. Super cooperative. They were very very helpful. They helped me with taxi booking too.

Breakfast. Very large spread including a separate Indo counter for those who may want to try the local cuisine.

Room. Clean. Big enough with a good and spacious bath. Hot and Cold water. There is a no jacuzzi here. TV, Mini Freezer were available.

Restaurant. Available at the lobby level where you can sit and relax in the evening or grab a snack and one at 22nd Floor which had around 4 tables. Sky longue was not great.

FreeLancers. I did not find any at the sky lounge. I did see one or two seated at the lobby but I did not dare to proceed as I was not sure.

Travel Desk. Not available.

[GentileBear]

There is a BM who just posted in Jakarta Upcoming Trip thread that he is staying for a week. AT Classic Hotel. I encourage him to post a review or even a few sentences after he returns. I would consider staying there too. To avoid the traffic. And since I am an alcoholic - It would be so convenient to just "stay put. " and not have to stagger back in a damn Taxi or GoJek and wait wait wait... I do know there are much nicer hotels available - but....to me it seems like a great idea to park my ass near the well on my next trip. Peace!

[Joe Brooklyn]

Hello,

I suggest you choose between Novotel Gaja Mada, Holiday Inn Gaja Mada and Santika Premiere.
These 3 Hotels are LESS than one Kilometer from each other.

The Holiday Inn Gaja Mada gets good reviews and is considered good value.

The Santika Premiere is in the same price range as the Holiday Inn. However, it has a Sky Lounge on the top floor. You may find a companion here and invite her to your room (Pre-Covid experience).

The Santika is also very close to the famous Mangga Besar. Visit in the evening after 9 pm. Its a 10 minute walk from the Santika. Lots of hustle & bustles with plethora of local eateries.

I'm still struggling to understand why everyone on this forum seems to recommend hotels that are located in the far north of JK, which is far away from Classic, Emporium, Malio, etc.

I booked Merlynn Park hotel, which is reasonably close to the sex hotels, northern red light district, and even Jl Falatehan (Blok M) in the south. Am I missing something?

[BKKguru]

Hello,

I suggest you choose between Novotel Gaja Mada, Holiday Inn Gaja Mada and Santika Premiere.
These 3 Hotels are LESS than one Kilometer from each other.

The Holiday Inn Gaja Mada gets good reviews and is considered good value.

The Santika Premiere is in the same price range as the Holiday Inn. However, it has a Sky Lounge on the top floor. You may find a companion here and invite her to your room (Pre-Covid experience).

The Santika is also very close to the famous Mangga Besar. Visit in the evening after 9 pm. Its a 10 minute walk from the Santika. Lots of hustle & bustles with plethora of local eateries.

Good Luck!

~BKKguru

Hello mongers, planning to be in Jakarta for 3 days. Please advise hotel accordingly so traffic can be avoided. Are all GF friendly hotels, any in particular to be avoided. I did RTFF and shortlisted the below:

Novotel Jakarta Gajah Mada, Mercure Jakarta Batavia, Holiday Inn & Suites Jakarta Gajah Mada, Mercure Jakarta Kota, Hotel Santika Premiere Hayam Wuruk Jakarta, Jayakarta Hotel Jakarta.

Plan is to be close to Classic / Travel and similar places in the area for day action and then perhaps hit BAT / CJs in the evening to bring an overnighter. So is staying in North a doable / advisable option. Throw some light.

[SuperLove]

Hello mongers, planning to be in Jakarta for 3 days. Please advise hotel accordingly so traffic can be avoided. Are all GF friendly hotels, any in particular to be avoided. I did RTFF and shortlisted the below:

Novotel Jakarta Gajah Mada, Mercure Jakarta Batavia, Holiday Inn & Suites Jakarta Gajah Mada, Mercure Jakarta Kota, Hotel Santika Premiere Hayam Wuruk Jakarta, Jayakarta Hotel Jakarta.

Plan is to be close to Classic / Travel and similar places in the area for day action and then perhaps hit BAT / CJs in the evening to bring an overnighter. So is staying in North a doable / advisable option. Throw some light.

[Hung Man 1808]

Can anyone give a quick review of the Hilton Doubletree. How close is it to Classic, Travel, Malio, Kotah Indah etc? Saw a reviews Hyatt which sound good but prefer Hilton because I'm diamond member.

Thanks!

And google says: "no close Mr". Maybe I used the Indo version.

Closest is Shangrila, but the traffic flow is the wrong way. Only a small mall with cinema nearby. In my Jakarta travels, I may have passed by that area two or three times. That tell you all you need to know?

[LA Dude]

Can anyone give a quick review of the Hilton Doubletree. How close is it to Classic, Travel, Malio, Kotah Indah etc? Saw a reviews Hyatt which sound good but prefer Hilton because I'm diamond member.

Thanks!

[Hung Man 1808]

The Jayakarta SP Jakarta Hotel it's not the best choose in Jakarta?

Clean, between Kota indah and Mangga Besar, not expensive (20 a night with Agoda), and with a swimming pool?

Seems some cheap deals can appear for this hotel. If not, the price is often 3 times the price of other hotels in the area. Why I don't know, and why you would stay there at that price I really don't know. Come in sucker?

BTW used to be a club 36? In that hotel. Once a wild reputation for nude dancers. Long gone when I visited. That was in 2010.

[Hung Man 1808]

This blog is only a couple of months old, and makes it seem as if the red light districts in south JK are the main attraction for mongering. In fact, they're listed first, though, in all fairness, it rates the quality and quantity of the girls in Jalan Pangeran Jayakarta (north JK) as best:

Quick read shows it's written by someone who hasn't ever been to Jakarta, or has no idea at all. Or both.

Melawai refers to the karaoke bar area, next to the infamous and long closed hotel Melawai 6th floor which is what I was thinking of. Both currently offer the same action on site. None.

The's place hasn't been called that in a few years at least, and only partially resembles it's old past. In facade only.

Calling all three the red light district centres of Jakarta really shows the lack of knowledge of the city. I'll stand by my assessment of the locales and venues.

In three days about the only reason you'll need to venture south is to CJs and BATs to look for an overnighter. Will probably be cheaper with much younger and better looks getting one out of the 'hotels' these days anyway!

[Joe Brooklyn]

Like most blogs that a cursory search outside of this forum turns up. It's like they're frozen in time. Melawai doesn't even exist as a 'spa' anymore. Blok M only worth visiting now if you want to reminisce. You'll see the same girls from more than 10 years back (and a lot fewer of them) and they're there to catch up with old friends after going to Eastern Promise anyway. If you were never part of that time / group. Don't bother.

I'd recommend the area around Grand Mercure in the north, or the cluster of hotels around Hayum Waruk / Mangga Besar intersection. The latter has easy enough access to all the popular joints mentioned here. Before it was just the Mercure Jakarta Kota there, now there's a bunch. A novatel, hotel santika etc. Also KFC, pizza hut, starbucks down the road and a mall on the other side easily accessible via the busway overpass. Mercure is cheap. Rooms still have the same carpet and furnishings from 20 years ago with no change (beds are fine), but clean and cheap. MRT construction outside, but the single lane in each direction has actually improved the traffic, as no-one drives through there unless they absolutely need to.

Mercure also offers views from top floors of Stadium. That is triggering (in a sad longing way). If you don't know what that means, you definitely don't want to be relying on anything written outside of here. Or on here not from the last three years. Case in point. Go visit Jakarta 100 bars dot ******** dot com. The first page doesn't even mention anything to do with Jakarta bars clubs etc. It's all outside Indonesia articles. That is a good indication of how far things have slipped.

This blog is only a couple of months old, and makes it seem as if the red light districts in south JK are the main attraction for mongering. In fact, they're listed first, though, in all fairness, it rates the quality and quantity of the girls in Jalan Pangeran Jayakarta (north JK) as best:

https://girlsheavens.com/red-light-d...ts-in-jakarta/#3.

Based on your assessment, and the consensus on this forum, my vote goes to north JK, as it seems to have more variety (a red light district + several sex hotels). And, since I only have 3 nights in Jakarta, it would be wasteful to spend potentially hours in traffic to traverse the city to check out a has-been mongering district in the south.

[Bacchuss]

The Jayakarta SP Jakarta Hotel it's not the best choose in Jakarta?

Clean, between Kota indah and Mangga Besar, not expensive (20 € a night with Agoda), and with a swimming pool?

[Hung Man 1808]

Any hotel recommendations of your own?

I read on another blog that you should book your hotel right in between the southern and northern part of the city, ideally in the area around the Grand Indonesia Shopping Mall. This way, you'll minimize your travel time to both areas (the north containing the sex hotels and the Jalan Pangeran Jayakarta red light district, the south containing the other 2 red light districts in Jakarta: Jalan Falatehan I and Melawai).

Like most blogs that a cursory search outside of this forum turns up. It's like they're frozen in time. Melawai doesn't even exist as a 'spa' anymore. Blok M only worth visiting now if you want to reminisce. You'll see the same girls from more than 10 years back (and a lot fewer of them) and they're there to catch up with old friends after going to Eastern Promise anyway. If you were never part of that time / group. Don't bother.

I'd recommend the area around Grand Mercure in the north, or the cluster of hotels around Hayum Waruk / Mangga Besar intersection. The latter has easy enough access to all the popular joints mentioned here. Before it was just the Mercure Jakarta Kota there, now there's a bunch. A novatel, hotel santika etc. Also KFC, pizza hut, starbucks down the road and a mall on the other side easily accessible via the busway overpass. Mercure is cheap. Rooms still have the same carpet and furnishings from 20 years ago with no change (beds are fine), but clean and cheap. MRT construction outside, but the single lane in each direction has actually improved the traffic, as no-one drives through there unless they absolutely need to.

Mercure also offers views from top floors of Stadium. That is triggering (in a sad longing way). If you don't know what that means, you definitely don't want to be relying on anything written outside of here. Or on here not from the last three years. Case in point. Go visit Jakarta 100 bars dot ******** dot com. The first page doesn't even mention anything to do with Jakarta bars clubs etc. It's all outside Indonesia articles. That is a good indication of how far things have slipped.

[Joe Brooklyn]

You don't have to worry about girl-friendliness of those three. About location, if you want to be near the action, Merlynn Park is relatively the closest one, though not very near. The other two are not.

Any hotel recommendations of your own?

I read on another blog that you should book your hotel right in between the southern and northern part of the city, ideally in the area around the Grand Indonesia Shopping Mall. This way, you'll minimize your travel time to both areas (the north containing the sex hotels and the Jalan Pangeran Jayakarta red light district, the south containing the other 2 red light districts in Jakarta: Jalan Falatehan I and Melawai).

I narrowed it down to the 3 hotels I listed because they are sort of a compromise between quality, price and location.

Which area of Jakarta should I focus on more for P4 P sex, the north or south?