Admission:Plat&up, Guests on Executive Lounge-incl/rates
Elite Check-in: Available, staff assist with elevator key card needed
Hours: 6:30am-11pm Daily w/ coffee/tea & refreshments
Afternoon tea: 4-5pm Daily
Evening Cocktail: 6-8pm Daily
Breakfast: 6:30-10:30am Mon-Fri, 6:30-11am Sat-Sun & public holidays
Elite Breakfast: Plat&up entitled to breakfast at Pacific Lounge OR Fiesta Restaurant 5:30-10am Mon-Fri, 5:30-10:30am Sat-Sun & public holidays
Kids Policy: Ages 3 and under not permitted at any time
Dress Code: No sleepwear, shorts, boxers, hot pants, or slippers
Smoking:Permitted on outdoor verandah

Arriving on the 18th-floor of the venerable Sari Pacific Jakarta (Est 1976), I had few expectations for the hotel’s Club Lounge, The Pacific Lounge. The elevators open directly to the lounge, which has the club assistance desk adjacent to the main buffet serving area, another seating area with windows looking directly on Jl. Thamrin, and a spacious outdoor verandah occupied by smokers.

Elites could check in here; but as tends to be the case in most hotels, you’d need staff assist with the elevator key card, so will have probably checked-in by the time you get here. We arrived at the end of the breakfast serving. Observed the usual basic continental offerings, there were eggs cooked to order, and perhaps the one thing that stood out most was an emphasis on Japanese food. More on this below…




I missed afternoon tea and rocked up to Evening Cocktails a little on the late side. Protein of the day was rack of lamb and it was absolutely delicious, but going fast...



Its replacement by a chewy batch of meatballs (which would re-appear downstairs at breakfast the next day on top of, of all things, a waffle) defined the highs and lows of the hotel’s F&B. They clearly can cook, but there’s also no hesitation to phone it in. No biggie, it’s lounge food, after all…

As has been mentioned on this thread by a historically-attuned FTer this hotel – then known as Sari Pan Pacific – was Japanese-owned for some years. Although its signature restaurant, Keyaki, is no more, replaced by the more prosaically named The Japanese @ Sari Pacific Jakarta, the tradition lives on in the quality and selection of sushi, which stood out as one of the better things to eat here. Sushi over the usual cheese plate was actually a refreshing change from the norm...

Booze is staff poured, as in almost all Jakarta Marriott club lounges, but measures were generous, especially the last call one which was just about a topped-off red wine glass. There was one each white (Aussie) and red (Chilean) of decent quality. Spirits were rather limited (Gin was Seagram’s, not sure of the others).



The lounge completely emptied after the food was cleared, which provided a great opportunity for catching up on some work and getting some pictures of the spaces that previously were occupied. Those booths with the alcove windows are particularly nice. Would aim to grab one of those on a future visit, especially at breakfast-time. To repeat from my main review of the property, this is one Club Lounge that I'd choose to have breakfast in over the restaurant next time.






There are currently seven* Marriott hotels in Jakarta with Club/Executive Lounges. I had no expectations of Westin or Ritz-like levels of quality here. But what I got, a full dinner out of the evening serving, a belly full of drinkable plonk, and friendly service – at a price point as low as IDR 1.2 million (USD$80)/night – are more than enough to bring me back to the Pacific Lounge.
* Eight if you count Le Meridien Jakarta’s permanently-relocated lobby floor “Lounge”