Lot 9 Cafe & Restaurant — Restaurant in Pondok Aren

I would give this place 4.6 / 5. Went to this place on a Saturday at 8 pm-ish and got into the wait-list. But the wait wasn't that long, they asked me beforehand if I'd like to be seated on the smoking or the non-smoking area. Eventually got to seat on the smoking area.

First impression. A family friendly place, large parking space, and loved the ambiance

Service? for this, do note that it's quite hectic there on a Saturday night, and I'm not sure why there wasn't a lot of waiters.

There was quite a confusion when I was ordering the food because my family went to the restaurant at separate times, so we had to order 3 times. But they managed to handle this. I'd rate the friendliness a solid 3.5/5.

Foodwise was great. We ordered cumi bakar, nasi cumi singkawang, iga kuah asam, iga madu lemon, and martabak.

I'd like to highlight on 2 of the dishes.

The iga kuah asam was wonderful, definitely recommend you guys to order some emping on the side as with the emping it's a chef's kiss! (fun fact: ordering the emping on the side means that you'll be charged extra, BUT the plate of emping was huge, so defo worth it)

Iga madu lemon was a bit too sweet for my taste though, you'd definitely need rice or potatoes to eat this with to reduce the sweetness in your mouth.

Oh and note when you ordered green tea, you should specify if you're ordering the flavored tea one or the latte one. Because I wanted to order the flavored one, but a wild latte appears. I wasn't disappointed tbh as I like both here.

All in all, It's a bit pricey, but worth the food, ambiance, and the cute plates they served the food in hehe. 100% would...

Been long since I visited lot9, probably last time was in 2017/2018. Honestly, the place is well maintained and very clean despite the traffic. The food is improving a lot too. I ordered Soto Ayam, Soto Padang and Nougat Cake and all of it tasted great.

The service however, need a major improvement. I came on Sat 14:00 pm when lunch time was over, so the crowd has dispersed. There are no waiting list and there are several open tables. Despite this, the waiter didn’t even bother to wait for us to finish our meal before they began to clean our table. Mind you that I am still eating my Soto while they decided that it was the time to clear out the table. As if they want us to get out ASAP.

I mean, we looked around and we are the only one who get this treatment. Is this probably because we are not as dressed up like the others? Or because we don’t order as much? Either way, I am very uncomfortable cause of this experience. We were expecting to chill around the cafe for a while but decided to leave ASAP because of this. Oh, and thr entire place is like...

Been so long since we last visited Bintaro so decided to spend our afternoon in the highly recommended spot in Bintaro which has wide outdoor as well as spacious homey indoor dining area. Turns out this place is very packed during weekend so we could only get outdoor seating on the porch right next to the fish pond with direct view to the garden under the trees, which was greatly soothing despite the scorching heat 😅 Need to beware of the ants attack too!

They serve various Indonesian food & drinks which is perfect for big group/family gathering. The food came in quite a big portion with acceptable taste and thus worth the price. Parking lot was huge & they also have separate additional area outside to park if the lot surrounding the cafe is full.

Overall the ambience is lovely & service is quite attentive although the waiting list could be devastating at...