Explore Jakarta
Jakarta is Southeast Asia's restless giant — glass towers over colonial squares, grand mosques beside night markets. Chauffyr glides you above the famous traffic in a fixed-price black car, from a 60th-floor tasting menu to the old town's Dutch-era lanes.
A sprawling megacity of gleaming towers, colonial Kota Tua, grand mosques and a deep street-food heritage.
The facts, upfront
The best restaurants in Jakarta
August
Contemporary · $$$$ · Sudirman
A refined, ingredient-driven tasting-menu room ranked among Asia's 50 Best restaurants.
Morimoto Jakarta
Japanese · $$$$ · SCBD
Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto's high-rise dining room atop The Langham.
Kindling
Contemporary · $$$ · Menteng
A fire-driven, much-awarded modern restaurant in leafy Menteng.
KITA Restaurant
Japanese · $$$ · Menteng
Park Hyatt's elegant 37th-floor Japanese room overlooking the National Monument.
Alto Restaurant & Bar
Italian · $$$ · Gatot Subroto
Four Seasons' warm Italian kitchen and bar in the Capital Place tower.
Kaum
Indonesian · $$ · Mega Kuningan
A stylish tribute to Indonesia's regional and tribal recipes by the Potato Head group.
What to see in Jakarta
National Monument (Monas)
Merdeka Square
Jakarta's soaring independence obelisk, crowned with a gold flame, at the heart of Merdeka Square.
Istiqlal Mosque
Central Jakarta
The largest mosque in Southeast Asia, its huge modernist hall facing Jakarta's cathedral in a symbol of tolerance.
Jakarta Cathedral
Central Jakarta
A graceful neo-Gothic Catholic cathedral standing directly across from the Istiqlal Mosque.
Kota Tua (Old Town)
West Jakarta
The cobbled heart of old Batavia — Dutch-colonial buildings around Fatahillah Square.
National Museum of Indonesia
Merdeka Square
Indonesia's premier museum, tracing the archipelago's cultures from prehistory to the present.
Glodok (Chinatown)
West Jakarta
Jakarta's centuries-old Chinatown — a maze of markets, temples and hawker food.
One perfect day in Jakarta
9:00 · Morning
National Monument (Monas)Merdeka Square — 132m marble obelisk
11:00 · Late morning
Istiqlal MosqueCentral Jakarta — Southeast Asia's largest mosque
13:00 · Lunch
Alto Restaurant & BarItalian · Gatot Subroto — Authentic Italian
15:00 · Afternoon
Jakarta CathedralCentral Jakarta — Neo-Gothic twin spires
18:00 · Golden hour
Kota Tua (Old Town)West Jakarta — Dutch-colonial Fatahillah Square
20:00 · Dinner
AugustContemporary · Sudirman — Set degustation menu
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