Property: Raffles Jakarta
Status: Explorer+ Diamond
Room booked: Raffles King NS
Room upgraded/type: Yes, upgraded from lowest category room to Garden Suite the highest category
Rate: 15% Advanced saver rate, $677 for 3x nights
Early check in/late out: Offered late check out to 4pm but not required
Free internet: Yes
Free breakfast: Yes, option of Arts cafe, Raffles club or in room dining
Welcome drink: Yes, 2 from an extensive list. Writers bar closed for renovations so had 2 coughtails at Navina pool bar
Welcome amenity: Card, chocolate cake and plate of chocolates
Recommend: Absolutely. We are repeat visitors here and always treated like royalty and love the location and the property in general.
Can’t say much more that what I have from previous visits but amazing treatment from arrival at CGK to departure. As fairly frequent visitors we do feel they throw a bit more in and that’s starts from being offered complimentary transfers from the airport. The pickup especially just saves so much hassle as they are always ready when we arrive. Again we booked the lowest room category knowing that elites get upgraded to an Artist suite as a minimum normally and often to a Gallery Suite. Once again we got upgraded to the Garden Suite or top category which normally goes for $3-4k per night and for the time we were there would’ve cost $12k. Butler service amazing again and used them to unpack, fold clothes etc plus things like run baths or have some drinks ready in our room. The property has direct access to the Lotte Mall and on one of the days we did quite a bit of shopping and the butler arranged to meet us and take it all back to our room. Writers bar closed for renovations for about another week or so which was a pity but had our welcome drinks at the Pool bar and relaxed down there for a few hours each day. The head barman remembered us and slipped us a couple of specially made coughtails not on the menu.
Raffles lounge I do think has been slightly “enhanced” as no desert lost on the menu anymore. Afternoon tea has a smallish selection of snacks plus teas and coffees whilst happy hour has a decent lost of coughtails plus you can pretty much order anything and I’m sure their spirits are free pour as they were very strong how I like it. Fairly basic dinner selection off the menu plus other hot snacks and pastries.
Breakfast amazing again at the Raffles club and they will pretty much cook you what you want and try to get you to try every single dish in the place so you roll out of the place afterwards
