such a stellar name, The Hard rock Café is a strong presence, being in any big city. The name resonates with the familiar feeling of eating out, listen to good music and good drinks. Yet recently renovated and relocated Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta has some more surprises than meets the eye.
The Hard Rock Café, recently renovated took a new location to call home. After months of break, Hard Rock Cafe is no longer in the EX, but in the Pacific Place shopping center. This new site allows an input channel larger, more accessible without restriction to mall entrances, which is a standard requirement for all rock hard Cafes. This renovation is part of a world in the rejuvenation of the chain by adopting the epithet "Reborn".
Only two months have passed since the opening, and the Hard Rock Café has attracted many locals and regulars newly converted. This new location is, perhaps, the big deciding factor for the enterprise; SCDB the area is known for the charm neighboring office workers for lunch meetings and after-office drinks. Around 16 o'clock this place is already packed with guests and fans happy hour.
The title of "born again" does not change much in the philosophy of Hard Rock Cafe as it does in the atmosphere of the restaurant and bar. The Hard Rock Café has been mainly associated with all this; hard rock. Now the place born again offers a more relaxed holiday environment, families and for all ages. The open air bar outside is very refreshing; great for casual drinks happy hour with friends. The patio opens to the streets of SCBD and is a great way to embrace Jakarta in all its splendor on drinks as the sun sets.
The wonderful display of gears and musician instruments is still a registered trademark of Hard Rock Cafe. Every seven years, the glass cased memories are taken down and changed with new. Currently, a majestic drum set Aerosmith shows a corner of the Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta. Another area, called The Tribute Wall Jakarta, home to more than memories of bands that have performed in Jakarta.
But it is not all about the music and decor; many come for the mouth-watering great American portioned food. For Indonesian standards, the flat size is large enough, unless you share. The most sold item on the menu - and a great sharing dish - is the Hard Rock Nachos. Devour it as a midday snack with a refreshing beverage. The cheddar cheese over fresh tortilla chips is a guilty pleasure. Not only that, the trims are especially tasty dish; there is a layer of queso house, seasoned pinto beans, sour cream, pico de gallo, jalapenos and salsa. The tone cheese is not too heavy because it is combined with the fun and refreshing salsa. Jalapenos and give a little kick to this Mexican-inspired comfort food.
gastronome My partner chose the 10 oz Burger legendary awaited his entrance. As much, but was not a feat for him to finish as it is as delicious as it hyped to be. The large, succulent beef patty, coupled with turkey bacon, decorated with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and pickles, with a slight twist; a juicy onion ring is stuck between. One thing that would propel this burger to another level is, perhaps, more pickles to give a playful character. But overall, it's quite a hearty, flavorful American burger.
For a rich, warm dessert, we tried the delicious Fresh Apple Cobbler. It was topped with ice cream vanilla, nuts and caramel sauce net. Again, this dish is made for sharing.
The Hard Rock Cafe is also vegetarian-friendly. The vegetarian leggie hamburger is a great vegetarian dish prepared with vegetarian pâté, Portobello mushroom, roasted red pepper and other vegetables seasoned with lemon mayonnaise. A selection of fresh salads is also available.
The Hard Rock Café has few fixed items on the menu through its sites around the world, but they also have autonomy in the creation of local Indonesian dishes influenced as nasi goreng and tastes. They will also begin launching Indonesian drinks with exotic fruit of local origin and zest, soon.
For beverages, we chose Electric Iced Tea, Strawberry Basil Lemonade, and the Rock Tropical. Iced tea is a refreshing blend of gin, rum, sweet and sour mix and soda spills. His electric blue was an eye-catcher. The lemonade was quite a unique drink; use basil instead of regular mint leaves in this drink is quite a curve ball, and quite successfully at that. But the winner of drinks must be the Tropical Rock. It is a delicious concoction of raspberry vodka, banana liqueur cream, pineapple juice and a hint of melon liqueur. It is like a pina colada, but the raspberry vodka made all the difference.
Prices of food Rp.40,000 to Rp.400,000 per course ranges. If you are looking for good value-price ratio, you will be satisfied with the Hard Rock Cafe menu.
The new Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta also brings some changes in the music department. The choice of songs played and videos are more inclusive of different kinds over the old rock-and-roll-only selections. Live music is the bread and butter of Hard Rock Cafe and the new location of Jakarta has a varied daily strip from home. I Like Flashback Monday and are two of many regular live music programs they host; the first being the theme, such as I Like rock and I love Jazz and this is a flashback session for groups that played at the Hard Rock before.
Lunch is the busiest time to visit Hard Rock Café. But their servers - a very friendly and happy group of people - will serve you and make your visit more enjoyable. The new layout is sure invitation for crowds of all ages to go through a familiar experience Hard Rock Cafe with a twist. Rock out with the new Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta; they are ready to rock with you!
Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta
Ground Floor Pacific Place G-05
SCBD Lot 3-5
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 54-55
Jakarta
.62 (0) 5797-3055
Food: 8.5 / 10
Service: 8/10
Value: 9/10
Atmosphere: 8.5 / 10
The Hard rock Café is a non-smoking area until 10pm.