Cafe Batavia

pros:1. magnificent ambience with live music but quite loud cant talk w friends2. interior is superb3. tasty food with reasonable price for fine dining. we finish every single bitcons:1. service extremely slow. main dish only came after 35 minutes. better to inform upfront as customers might be in hurry and/or hungry2. we requested additional cutleries set but only came after 3 attempts

Very nice ambience. Good location with a big plaza. Nice food with very reasonable price. Good for both locals and foreigners.

The nice cafe using an old building, located in the center of Jakarta old town. The ambience is really good. The view from the 2nd floor is the best. The interior is a mixed between Indonesian traditional (using Batik, etc) with vintage decorations. Toilets are clean and nice. Food and coffee are good, but very pricey. The portions are small. But it is a good place to relax after enjoying the very hot and crowded old town.

Nice cozy place, ambience was good, food was good. But, there's a hidden menu, such as dimsum, the waitress just take a photo frame from the wall and the "hidden menu" was printed on the back of the photo frame! Magic

Its a nice place to enjoy the old city of Jakarta. It is really recommended to eat near the window to get the atmosphere of the old city. The price is quiet inexpensive but to have those experiences I think it is really needed to try. An Amazing restourant for me

Coming here many times. Good ambience though a bit pricey. Service was okay.

Great atmosphere, but seriously the pushiest/weirdest staff I've ever met in my life. They must be paid by comission. I feel sorry for them.

Lovely colonial setting, but grossly overpriced food and drink. The menu which is shown on the Zomato app is no longer available, and the current menu is much worse value for money. OK for one time experience, but not worth going a second time.

Very very beautiful. The building is 200 years old. Lots of menu options from traditional to Western cuisine. Have smoking area on the whole first floor and non smoking area on the second floor. Great service very friendly and professional. Have a little stage for live music. But I don't know when. Recommended!

Sitting here now. As beautiful and historic this place is, the service is the absolute pits. Took them 10 minutes to get us the menu only after we flagged them down. Another twenty minutes to take our order. All in all 1 hour for two drinks. Come in, take a quick look and leave. They are so chaotic here it’s doubtful they will ever notice. Didn’t eat the food, won’t bother. Plenty of other places in Jakarta.

Great place to have some food or just drinks. Beautiful interior. Friendly, professional and attentive staff who spoke excellent English. We had a French burger and a beef tongue and both were very nice. I would give 5 stars if Wi-Fi was a bit better and if they were providing bamboo or metal straws instead of the plastic ones!

The foods here are quite good, but they are expensive. But I love the atmosphere here, if you are looking for unique atmosphere, you may come here. Worth to try!

I am Indonesia that wishing to enter that cafe for long time then just can fulfill it when crazy mood is ON.It's really interesting cafe with good atmosphere. I love old building with great view. Many old pictures coloring the wall of this restaurant. Everything is clean but look old classy. Actually the restaurant is expensive with so so taste. But something that make me quite disappointed when I couldn't sit in near window. On the other hand, many new customers after me with BULE can do it easily. It's not FAIR!!!!

The ambiance is simply amazing, it has a nice old days feel to it. The food was also delicious.

This is the best place in Jakarta! You have to visit and relax there. The place ist just grate and unique atmosphere. The staff is also very friendly. We like it!!!