Hotel Bintang Wisata Mandiri

A little dated and run down but friendly Hotel well-places to escape noise and pollution of Jakarta. Breakfast buffet good and strong WiFi throughout. Adequate restaurant next door serving cheap food. Ok for one night but probably no longer

The Hotel is really smelly and it stinks like cigarettes everywhere! My room smelled like a smoking lounge. The Blankets are dirty and just wrapped in a white cover to hide it. The bed is really bendy and you sink like 2 inches into the bed and its uncomfortable. During the night i could hear mice walking inside the walls. The tub wather is yellow for the first few seconds. Since i am a Vegetarian, I ordered the only vegetarian meal i found on the menu and it was disgusting and there was a dead caterpillar inside. The waiter didn‘t know what a coke was and so I ordered water. The people working at the reception are really kind tho.

Like a few before we stayed here at the start of a tour and so guessed in advance what it would be like and our average+ expectations were not disappointed. Arrived by a short cab ride after taking the superb new train from the airport. Less than an hour and no famous Jakarta traffic jams. Met by friendly receptionist. In fact all staff here were excellent. Big tick. The Bintang felt like an early 80s business hotel which had seen better days. But the rooms were clean and of good size. The bathrooms a little wiffy with a shower head which had a mind of its own. But hey this is down town Jakarta and if you want the Ritz pay more and stay elsewhere unless you are on a tour in which case just embrace the experience. Breakfast plentiful, simple and locally focused. Average is unfair. This is a good hotel but TA don't do a good rating so average it is. Would I return? Well chances are Jakarta for us will be a one off but if I wanted a value hotel in a central location again then yes I would.