Buzz is Alila Jakarta's restaurant cum coffee shop located at the lobby area. Service was good, but food took way too long to arrive. Even our drinks took some time to come out: we actually had to summon the waiters to remind him about the drinks. When the fruit juice finally came, it was lukewarm and watered down. I had to send it back to have it re-done.
The Nasi Goreng, a typical Indonesian hotels' staple and perhaps the best-known Indonesian food known to all foreigners, was not good at all. How can an
Indonesian hotel mess up one of the basic Indonesian cuisines? The Thai Papaya Salad was not up to par: the dressing did not have enough zing: not sweet, sour, and not spicy enough. Our last hope was the Sticky Rice with Mango dessert: another disappointment: the sticky rice did not pack enough "oomph" and felt thin; the mango came in the shape of two slivers of charred mango. The waiter explained it took a while to prepare because they had to char the two tiny slivers of mango. Thank goodness the waiters were friendly: keep the servers, fire the Chef!
buzz at Alila Jakarta
Jalan Pecenongan Kav 7-17
Jakarta 10120
Indonesia
Tel: +62 21 231 6008
Fax: +62 21 231 6007
