All amenities are in the room. Comfortable bed though you can feel it a bit worn out. A little bit too soft for me. Reception is efficient and easy to talk to. Staff are friendly and quick to respond to housekeeping calls. Breakfast is excellent with adequate choices - all that are usual for a breakfast buffet in a restaurant in Asia are there. Hotel would have been perfect if it was located better (it is surrounded by Muslim and Catholic cemeteries) and nearer to the city. Anyway, if you are in Jakarta for business, it is most suitable. Jakarta is not a walking city anyway so if you have car service, it won't be a problem. If you want everything in walking distance, that is unlikely but you can select a hotel in the city near your meeting venue. Park Lane is a 30 minutes drive (due to traffic and the detours).

On the advice of a colleage, I upgraded to the Executive Floor (16th and 17th). It basically operates as an intimate "hotel within a hotel." For the extra money (about $30), the guest receives an upgraded room, great mattresses and bedding, breakfast and evening "appetizers" and cocktails (the food is ample enough for dinner), all day coffee/tea/soft drinks, etc.Free pressing too. Best of all, service is great, and you are well taken care of by a small staff who you get to know well. Comfortable for women travelling alone.The Riva French Restaurant on the ground floor is one of Jakarta's best and good for meeting business acquaintances or friends. The only downside is that traffic is especially terrible right now with the construction of a "fly over" not far from the hotel. As a result, taxis to SCBD took an hour instead of 20-30 min.

The main problem with Park Lane is the location. It is relatively central enabling reasonable access by taxi to the CBD, but in its immediate setting it is very isolated, surrounded by roads and residential units. There are no shops/ restaurants in the immediate vicinity meaning access to basic needs has to be done via taxi, or in the exorbitant hotel restaurants.

The hotel is also very tatty around the edges. Probably once grand, it has not been well maintained, although there were some renovations occuring on one floor when I visited. The quality is not what one would expect from a hotel of this rating and price. The windows are also not soundproofed and the sound of traffic, taxi calls from the megaphone outside the lobby, etc, is constantly audible, even on a high floor.

For business travellers the services offered are pricy and inconvenient. E.g. internet access is an obscene Rp85,000 a day, and having purchased the access you can only use it (a) wired in your room or (b) wireless in the lobby (wireless access in the pool area was broken when I was there), and even then, only on the laptop you registered with. Using wifi on your smart phone will set you back an additional Rp100,000.

There are far better located, maintained and serviced hotels in Jakarta. I had planned to stay here three times over three weeks but cancelled my second two visits.

We stayed for 3 nights and felt very comfortable. The rooms are comfortable if a gettiing a bit tired however, the service was welcoming and very friendly. Having never been to Jakarta before the staff were always ready to help with advice and directions. The pool was really lovely. The down side is that unless you are there for business it is a bit out of the way. Otherwise a very successful stay.