The Phoenix hotel Yogyakarta
Nov 5, 2015, 1:41 am
The Phoenix Hotel Yogyakarta - MGallery Collection
Jl Jenderal Sudirman 9 Yogyakarta, ID 55233
Review The Phoenix hotel Yogyakarta – M Gallery Collection (46 Photos)
The Phoenix Hotel Yogyakarta - MGallery Collection
I’m pleased to make a review here for a little jewel of Accor in Indonesia (Java). I wanted to book it and before that enquired about it to our friend Virtualariswho strongly recommended it to me (thank you Virtualaris). This hotel is conveniently located downtown Yogjakarta. I had booked the highest room category: the Legendary Suite with king size bed (so of course, no upgrade possible).
The hotel is in an old colonial building completely renovated.
The reception area and around:
Other common parts of the hotel:
Dining
The main restaurant has an inside and outside seating areas. You can have breakfast, lunch and dinner there. They do also serve snacks at the pool.
The food served was very good, although they they have a supply problem (true for the bar too) as many dishes and many wines on the menu were not available. And the staff doesn’t necessarily know about this so it can turn ridiculous and embarassing when you have 5 times "Sorry Sir, your apetizer is not available" followed 2 minutes later by "Sorry Sir, your main course is not available" and then "Sorry Sir, your wine is not available"… "Sorry Sir, your replacement wine is not available"…Arghhhh
Also, they have some very good wines but also some horrible ones, particularly a very basic French one "cuvee speciale" available in red and white (shame for me as a French !). But this is really the only "negative" point I have to say about my stay there.
Drink voucher was given and they have a special drink menu for what you can have with the voucher (nice touch), but as said above, many selections were not available or pretty poor after tasting and in this case the staff proposed any wine they had on the regular menu (very professionnal way to handle such a situation IMO).
There is no club lounge, but free afternoon tea/coffee and small snacks are offered every afternoon at the bar.
Room
The Legendary Suite was fantastic. Fruit platter and cakes were placed in the room with a welcome letter.
The pool area
Overall
The hotel arranged well transportation to visit the local wonders (Borobudur and Prambanan temples) and at a reasonable price.
So an excellent Accor address in Indonesia with excellent value for money. Do not hesitate a second to stay there if you go to Yogyakarta.
Nov 7, 2015, 2:43 am
I agree that the food & drink selections on the hotel are not much varied, perhaps since Yogyakarta itself is culinary capital of Java so most of the people went out for food so the hotel tend to keep their food inventory as low as possible.
Anyway, did you try their legendary classic car? I haven't tried it yet but I heard that the experience was fascinating.
Nov 7, 2015, 6:17 am
What would the classic dishes of Yogyakarta, @virtualaris? I'm extremely fond of Indonesian sambals.
Nov 7, 2015, 7:50 am
Last edited by virtualaris; Nov 7, 2015 at 8:48 am
Nov 7, 2015, 10:02 am
Nov 7, 2015, 10:08 am
The rate for the car by the hotel is above the normal standard price. Well it is still consider cheap for the foreigners.
Do visit Taman Sari which is water castle behind the Keraton (Palace). I found it very interesting place.
Also Ratu Boko temple is a must visit place during sunset. It is just 15 minutes away from Prambanan. I found this place is more interesting than Borobudur at sun rise (also I hate to wake up so early during my holiday).
Nov 7, 2015, 12:17 pm
Mee too. You'll never see me at all those sunrise things...The only exception I did was in Bagan, Myanmar.
Nov 7, 2015, 5:24 pm
Be careful when you are trying oseng-oseng mercon (mercon = fireworks). The way they prepare it is 1/4 portion meat mixed with 3/4 portion chili.
When in Yogyakarta, Bale Raos is well worth a visit or three. This restaurant's lovely ground is an extension of the keraton (sultan's palace), and is in fact owned by a member of royal family. They serve favorite dishes of current and past sultans and other royals.
Nov 7, 2015, 7:49 pm
Nov 7, 2015, 7:50 pm
Be careful when you are trying oseng-oseng mercon (mercon = fireworks). The way they prepare it is 1/4 portion meat mixed with 3/4 portion chili.
When in Yogyakarta, Bale Raos is well worth a visit or three. This restaurant's lovely ground is an extension of the keraton (sultan's palace), and is in fact owned by a member of royal family. They serve favorite dishes of current and past sultans and other royals.
Nov 8, 2015, 2:40 am
Nov 12, 2015, 11:16 am
I just say i have driven past it many times but never actually looked inside.
Does the hotel serve jamu (javenese herbal tonics) at breakfast? I love those! I know the hyatt regency yogyakarta and crowne plaza semarang serve those.
Nov 12, 2015, 1:02 pm
Nov 12, 2015, 3:45 pm
