La Vue Rooftop Bar — Restaurant in Jakarta

The Hermitage, is definitely one of the most tastefully decorated hotel chain of Marriott Bonvoy, with tastefully decorated loby with plush sofas, decorated mirrors and long decorated chandeliers,reminiscent of a Palace.

We had a booking to celebrate a birthday at the La Vue roof top bar with a beautiful mesmerizing view of skyscrapers around the uptown business district. It started to rain suddenly and we had to shift to the 1928 restaurant located near the loby of the Hotel. We were given to sit at the loby of the 1928 restaurant, which was equally tastefully decorated with a beautiful ambience.

We had ordered Korean Fried Chicken with Kimchi and Pizza Margerita and Butterfly No Jito

Unfortunately the food was a tad bland and not delicious compared to the high 5 star hotel prices.

The seating arrangements at 1928 needed much to desired, the sofas were too low for a person to sit and enjoy a meal, one could only recline and enjoy a cocktail or a mocktail but not a full meal as they were too u comfortable to enjoy a meal, hence we cut short our meal orders.

Nonetheless we has a good time because of the beautiful mesmerizing ambience of the hotel and the stunning roof top view with twinkling skyscraper lights...

We made a reservation and when we arrived, weather was raining.

And there’s no canopy at the rooftop to cater to diners during rainy weather.

We also bought the Chope food voucher. Since we obviously couldnt sit at the rooftop, we asked the person in charge of the rooftop bar if we could sit in the lounge on the ground floor and still use the Chope voucher. He said yes.

We went down to the restaurant and the lady (Hani) - told us repeatedly ga bisa ga bisa ga bisa. I certainly dont like her tone and her manners when she was talking to my wife. It felt like she was talking down to a child.

She told us to sit at the lounge and order food from La Vue menu, and use the Chope voucher. Great!

Few minutes later, she walked in and told us we cant use the Chope voucher. What??!!

So she told us that we still need to sit in the small claustrophobic room by the pool in order to use the Chope voucher. The room has an AC, but not working too well, so it was certainly uncomfortable.

Btw, we paid for the voucher when we made the reservation.

Thank you Hermitage... you certainly know how to chase away...

If you're searching for a peaceful night immersed with breathtaking views of nighttime or sunset on Jakarta, this is definitely the place. Located at The Hermitage Hotel, Menteng, Central Jakarta, you are literally fed with 360 views of Jakarta in its glory.

The bar consists of two floors; one besides the hotel pool and the other one is the rooftop; which is shown in the photos. Rooftop area is a bit cramped, but still fits an estimate of ~15 person (if full. But considering COVID-19 situation I think 6-8 person in the same area is considered quite crowded already).

Smoking is allowed, price points are the average of bars and lounges in Jakarta (cocktails are around 100ish), music are random, covering from romantic old pops (MLTR) to linkin park (?) which kind of ruining the vibe, but still acceptable.

Overall I had a great time with my spouse hanging out at this place, I feel like it gives off a very private, romantic and personal vibe, to which it's definitely a place I recommend to bring your significant other to impress.

Drink on the photo : Pineapple Gin...