Just completed a 3-day stay at the JW Jakarta.
Not the hotels fault but the Indonesian immigration system seems to be the same as it was 37 years ago when I last visited and it took 4 1/2 hours to get thru passport control - they never opened any additional counters to handle the massive number of folks arriving - followed by having to find my baggage, long since removed due to the delay in clearing passport control, and my Benz (thru Silver bird) reserved by the hotel long since given to another as they figured I just wasn't showing up.
Advise, if you don't have to go to Jakarta, DON'T go - the only way this country will ever spend some of the visa money and/or oil revenues on updating their immigration system is for their hotels to be vacant.
Once we arrived at the hotel at 9:45PM - arrived at the airport at 4PM - as traffic conditions added another hour the property did upgrade our room and provide exec lounge access. Jacuzzi was used on our 2nd/3rd days and the hotel then arranged for our return limo trip to the airport. Just remember to keep aside 150,000 Rupiah per person for departure taxes.
Originally Posted by
jpatokal
The JW Marriott Jakarta is an excellent hotel, and in fact that's where I'm staying right now. Golds are treated well: you'll get access to the excellent lounge, which serves up breakfast, tea and almost-dinner with free booze to boot.
In Jakarta, though, hotel location is a critical factor because the traffic jams can be so hideous, and the JW scores a little lower in this respect because it's a bit to the south of the city core. Whereabouts will you be working?