Waroeng Kopi

I was never aware that inside Alun-Alun Indonesia at SOGO Central park Mall, there is a nice and comfort restaurant to spend time either alone or chit chat with your friends. Until last year, when I was told by one of my friend. You can never found this restaurant if you don't pay attention carefully as the location is always around the corner. The strength of this restaurant is that they offer comfort place with nice views. As far as I know there are two Waroeng Kopi in Jakarta. One is here in Central Park which offers Tribeca Park lanscape view, and the other is inside Alun-Alun Indonesia at Seibu Grand Indonesia, which offers Bundaran HI views, also located around the corner.

Waroeng Kopi mainly serves Indonesian food, ranging from Soto Betawi, Gado-Gado, Chicken Satay, until traditional food such as Bajigur and Colenak. Even they have Holland Bitterbalen. From what I observed, the image of Waroeng Kopi for me is street food goes to mall.

Kopi Tubruk Sumatra Mandailing - IDR 22K++

Based on the name of this restaurant, of course coffee is available in their menu. They offers variety of Indonesian coffee such as Sumatra Mandailing, Toraja, Lampung, etc. In both Tubruk and Saring ways. The difference between these two is that Saring is served without coffee grounds. I ordered Sumatra Maindailing Kopi Tubruk. Appearance wise, it was really having traditional image on the glass. But for me, the coffee taste a bit sour.

For cold coffee, there are not many variety to choose, except for Ice Cappuccino and Ice Latte. They also offered decaf coffee.

Singkong Goreng Sambal Roa - IDR 25K++

This appetizer was the most favorite here. Almost every table have this appetizer in their table. Probably because to those who come here only for having snacks and chit chat, this can be the best option. The cassava was tender, served with Sambal Roa. I personally like this. But again, with this price, we can have better Singkong Goreng at street food stall with much cheaper price.

Nasi Pecak Lele - IDR 40K++

We also call this dishes Pecel Lele in street food. The fish also known as cat fish. I didn't like the taste of Pecel Lele here. The fish is to small. Although they tried to cover it with serving two fish, for me small cat fish makes the meat not tasty. The most important ingredients of Pecel Lele is the sambal or chili, which was very disappointing here. I didn't taste the chili at all, and it was more to tasteless. Pecel Lele at street food taste way better to my liking, again, with more cheaper price at average of IDR 15K.

Nasi Goreng Pete Teri Udang - IDR 40K++

The fried rice was served with crispy fried small anchovies, shrimp, and stinky beans. So far, this is the best dishes here to my liking. But the taste was at average.

Overall, this restaurant was comfort to sit in for hours and having chit chat with friends and enjoying relaxing views. Further, if during Christmas time the view to Tribeca Park was amazing with the tall giant X-Mas tree, especially at night. However, the food was terrible. If only they can improve the quality of their food, I probably would choose this restaurant in my every weekends. One other minus point is that they didn't have Wifi access. Maybe they try to avoid the long sitting people in their restaurant, but hey, you offer nice and comfort place with amazing views, why avoid people for long sit?

Happy Eid Mubarak!

Food - 5/10
Cleanliness - 9/10
Service - 7/10
Ambiance - 9/10
Price/Value - 4/10

Waroeng Kopi (Central Park Branch)
Alun-Alun Indonesia
SOGO Central Park Mall 2nd Floor
Jl. Letjend. S. Parman Kav 28
Jakarta Barat
+62-21-56985755
Business Hours : Mon to Sun 10am-10pm