The Falatehan Blok M by Safin

Having had bad experience elsewhere, booked only 1 night to see. Empty lobby with staff hiding in the corners. Room with no windows, old and worn out. Shower hardly any water coming out. Provided WIFI password does not work. AC not cold at all. At 8:00am someone knocking on the door non stop, In incomprehensible English he advises me he is housekeeping to make the room., Insane? why on earth would you go knocking on guests door at 8 am asking to make the room and why would you continue knocking if guest does not open the door?

A somewhat rundown hotel much in need of renovation and refurnishing, only one of the two lifts were functioning. the location is less than attractive next to a major bus station, noisy and at night somewhat sinister. Breakfast a disaster, instant coffee and mediocre Indonesian food only.

The hotel is located in a very scruffy part of town but fortunately right next door to the Blok M bus station so transport links are excellent. It is in South Jakarta so it's over an hour to North Jakarta. The hotel itself is pretty good but slightly faded. The room was nice and big and very brightly lit. Noisy, being next to the bus station and a mosque with regular calls to prayer. The breakfast was excellent with numerous choices from a variety of cuisines. Staff were really helpful.

I stayed two nights for business trip at this hotel and had a twin-bed room at 6th fl. First image that I received from this hotel when I arrived was: "O-o not my type". It is an old hotel and not maintain adequately. The carpet on meeting room at 2nd floor was very dirty and urgently need to be replaced. The WiFi on the meeting room was unstable, and I prefer to used my own MiFi. The partition between meeting room was not soundproof, so we could hear what other presenter saying on the next meeting room. That's annoying. The bed room was quite spacious (about 24-26 m square), and fortunately without carpet and have a very bright lighting system and convenient for working with laptop at night. The desk itself not wide enough for a laptop, so I prefer to open the laptop on bed). The bath room light, in my opinion, was not bright enough. Very standar toiletries (2 toothbrushes, 1 hand soap bar, 1 liquid soap dispenser without any label soap or shampoo or can be used both), but I prefer to use my own toiletries. The shower handle was leak, and make the water shower not strong enough. The hot water was OK on the shower and on the washtafel. I think they need to concern more about the cleanliness in the meeting room, on the bed room (cover bed, tea/coffe maker, etc) and in the bath room. The hotel staff were very helpful and fast response, greeting and smile. In front of the hotel you can find a 24-hour ministore. Nice, isn't it? In general, this hotel have a good location but does not meet my criterias.

We booked the hotel In May 2017 and once arrived we changed room three times due to ants and even more creepier...little worms coming out of the shower! Oh the horror!!! The staff were very friendly though and upgraded us to the suite, but unfortunately..there were the shower worms!