Tjikinii Lima — Restaurant in Jakarta

Honestly, I am expecting more from this restaurant. Even though I only ordered one dish, but total experience that I got there was not fulfilling.

First, was the tukang parkir/security. Once I arrived, he only focused playing games on his phone, I need to shout a bit to get his attention. He even not seems eager helping me parking my car. But when I am out, he even waiting me to pay him of his services :(

Secondly, was the waiter. Some of them was responsive but one of them don't even understand their own favourite menu. He suggested one menu to me but seems not really sure about his own recommendation. Maybe he just choose one with the higher price. I go with his recommendation, and it was not a good one.

Even the portion was decent, sayurnya dingin, without strong flavour in it too. Bumbu dari kakap bakarnya sendiri yang terasa hanya manis kecap, tidak meresap sampai dalam. Aku pikir dengan menggunakan sambalnya akan membantu, ternyata tidak. So basically, it was...

Had a dinner reservation near buka puasa time. They require payment 50k/person for the reservation, and demand our orders before 12 pm on the day of reservation. Hence, when we arrived, our food came out separately, with rather long break. So by the time we eat, one of it wasn’t even warm anymore.

Cottage pie tasted lovely, generous meat, rather small-to-normal portion. Hollande Biefstuck was a no no. We ordered medium well but it was too hard. The veggies tasted good. Blooming lychee tasted just okay.

Waiters weren’t very attentive. We raised our hands several times yet no one look at our direction. But the other services was good. They took decent photos of us.👍

Ambience wasn’t very nice. It was very hot even for a dinner, can’t imagine dining in for lunch. The closed, hot, & indoor smoking room made us very uncomfortable. The old ambience was nice but i think adding up AC won’t ruin the whole...

This restaurant located in the center of the city. From the outside, maybe it doesn't look as an interesting place. But actually it has good interior design. On the first level, there's a mini garden on the corner and you can sit there to enjoy your outdoor dining. This restaurant also provides the prayer room next to the toilet. On the second level, it has 2 small rooms that can be booked for any event for groups, and what the most interesting is, it also provides some space for outdoor dining on this level (under the rooftop).. It looks beautiful at night because of the lights. The food was very good too..and the price was moderate. The waiter said there was also a live music performance esp. On the weekend (I guess...