The Trentrem Hotel in Jogjakarta; A review
A new 5 star option in Jogjakarta, dubbed the Sultan's Hotel, given as he owns it. Not particularly expensive a room is around $100 per night. It's an imposing building for Jogja, at 8 floors high and wide corridors and an expansive lobby.
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The rooms are spacious and has not spared any expense with fittings or towels etc and the hotel has all the amenities, including large smart TVs in every room with which one can access the Internet or order room service.
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Sadly though their staff training is lacking. I used the TV to order a dinner, immediately the phone rings for someone to confirm the order, may as well just have rang room service in the first place. :rolleyes:
Then "You want vodka or gin martini?", I ordered a gin and explained I wanted it dry. "So you want Vodka!". No I replied, I want gin and I want it dry. "Gin or dry?" etc
Then she asked if I want ice in it. No, I want it made with ice but I don't want ice in it. "So you want ice on the side?". Sigh, ok then.
Then, she asked if I wanted the lamb rack well done and we had the usual to and fro of me saying medium rare and she confirming medium well.
I then wanted to confirm if the truffle infused mashed potatoes used real truffles or truffle oil (which is absolutely disgusting and has nothing to do with truffles at all). I should have realised by now, even in bahasa Indonesian she had no idea.
When the food arrived I discovered that you have to pay up front you cannot sign it to the room, goodness knows why, it was 10pm I wasn't going to argue.
To be fair the food was excellent and cooked perfectly, though the martini was served warm so I did drop an iceblock into it.
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At this point I also decided to pre order breakfast to my room. The had a nifty little form you complete and tick all the options you want and select your time, I chose a salmon and sour cream bagel with fruit platter and coffee to be served at 6.15am
The next morning the bastards rang me at 5 fucking 20 am to confirm my order and time! Waking up to a phone ringing is not pleasant I thought I'd slept in and was late for a meeting.
Breakfast arrived at 6.14am, again I had to pay up front. I started eating and when I lifted the lid on th hot food it was some greasy bacon and eggs. Bugger that I wanted my bagel. So I ring again I get put through to the kitchen and they tell me that the salmon bagels had ran out so they swapped the order for me! (He got an earful from me).
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