Langit Seduh Rooftop — Restaurant in Jakarta

Overall: This place is overrated by its own owner. The foods and beverages are just par to subpar and the no-flip flop policy is just obsolete and misplaced.

No-Flip Flop Policy. This rule is not only obsolete, but misplaced. Ridiculous, even. In my view, gone are the times where you regulate guests to come with shoes and dress in a certain way, especially when you're not a fine dining place. Guests like to dress in whatever style they want, as long as it remains modest. This includes wearing flip flops.

To me, flip flops are just light and free.

And, it's ridiculous because for flip floppers, the place offers you to rent rubber slippers for IDR 20K that are, still, actually sandals, which change nothing to your appearance. Today, producers actually make flip flops that are suited for casual outfits, and this seems to be exactly the point that Langit Seduh fails to understand.

What’s more ridiculous with this policy, to me, is the fact that the place isn’t exactly the kind that should require a dress code. It’s an open café, man. Come on.

Foods and beverages. The foods and beverages are par to subpar, but really overpriced. They just don't match their tastes. No further explanation required. An example, though, the fried rice uses hot rice and was very oily. Uncle Roger would be sad.

Loud, like really loud, music. This is more about preference. But I suggest that those wanting to chat with friends after office, for instance, don’t go here. They seem to have a live music event once in a while (or every day, I don’t know) that I guess is fine. The live music goes only for about an hour, and many people like it.

But the tape after that was equally loud that I found it hard to chat with my friends. We had to shout. Even shouting sometimes didn’t help.

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All in all, it's a café on the rooftop of a hotel. It offers foods and beverages (and Shishas too). It’s fine for hanging out once in a while, just to get a different scenery. But I wouldn’t...

Saya dinner disini krn kebetulan menginap di Hotel 101 Thamrin. Setelah baca2 review, tidak menyangka kalau cafe ini cukup fenomenal dan pernah kontroversial. Walaupun tidak dress up well krn memang tidak berniat apapun selain makan, saya kebetulan pakai sepatu jadi aman tidak dicegat staf atau diwajibkan sewa alas kaki dari sana. Anyway here is my testimonial: Lokasi cukup strategis dari pusat kota Jakarta, mudah dijangkau dengan kendaraan pribadi atau publik. Ada parkiran yg cukup walau tidak luas. Untuk naik ke cafe harus melalui lift hotel yg hanya ada 2. Liftnya sendiri agak creepy krn seperti cukup oldies. Cafenya sendiri di rooftop dekat kolam renang hotel dengan konsep outdoor, ada yg dengan atap dan ada yg tanpa atap. Jadi tidak ada AC, kalau siang pasti cukup panas. Furniturnya lebih ke konsep bangku kursi kayu bukan yg tipe resto fancy. Ada hiasan tanaman2 asli sbg sekat. Untuk hari jumat malam dan weekend ada minimal order 125k & 150k dengan time limit. Perbedaan harga hanya di posisi duduk. Kalau 150k bisa duduk mepet dinding luar dengan view citylight. Pengunjung auto dapat semacam welcome snack (cemilan/klethikan). Saya datang sendiri. Saat saya minta pindah meja krn tidak kuat dengan bau asap rokok di dekat meja cashier, oleh waiter dibilang tidak bisa. Alasannya kalau mau pindah meja harus close bill dulu dan open order baru which means another 125k or 150k. Hmm kaget juga saya. Minimal order itu tidak ada diskon walaupun untuk tamu hotel. Pilihan menu makanannya cukup beragam. Ada masakan nusantara dan western. Harganya lumayan pricey menurut standar saya. Makanan di kisaran 70k ke atas, minuman di kisaran 40k. Saya pesan sop buntut selangit harga 110k, ada juga sop buntut biasa dengan harga sama. Bedanya kata waiter hanya masalah porsinya, katanya kalo selangit lebih banyak. Rasanya cukup enak, porsinya juga cukup mengenyangkan, penyajiannya juga cukup cepat meskipun cafe ramai pengunjung. Minuman jahe hangat rasanya B aja dengan harga 30k. Live musicnya lumayan seru, pengunjung larut dengan suasana untuk ikut bernyanyi bareng. Untuk atmosphere saya cukup enjoy, kecuali bau rokoknya. Fasilitas lain seperti toilet bersih juga tersedia. Untuk pemandangan citylightnya lumayan tapi nggak yang wow banget. Pelayanan menurutku sih ya cukup friendly, waiternya juga lumayan sopan. Cuman aneh aja dengan kebijakan pindah meja itu, padahal saya niat pindah di row yg sama hanya biar menjauh dr asap rokok aja apalagi saya sedang hamil muda. Overall dibilang tempat yg instagrammable kayaknya ngga juga, konsep cafenya agak bingung si kalo aku pribadi, mau dibawa ke arah fancy krn aturan dresscode dll tp kok interior dan utensils makannya biasa aja malah cenderung ke tradisional, tapi kalo dibawa ke tradisional kok harganya ketinggian. Hehehe no offense yaa kan pendapat saya. Untuk manajemen semoga bisa ditingkatkan terus kualitas pelayanannya...

To be honest the place and ambience is really nice to wind down after work. but two things bother me so much : a. no flip flop policy. it is simply ridiculous. what do you expect from visitor anyway? people come, eat, chat, pay, and go. it's not attending to met Gala hosted by Anna wintour. b. deafeningly loud music I understand that prevailing logics that playing loud music will ignite the ambience and draws people in. I doubt this idea and surely those who buy the idea must have their brain lobotomized. Some people want to catch up their life with their dearest friends or having a deep talk with their loved ones. Let them be. Make no mistake that the band and singers are really good with wonderful choices for 90s generation which is awesome.However, please consider to lower the music so the visitors can talk. It is not concert but an eatery place to sit, munch, and exchange friend's banters. I wish Langit...