JW Marriott Jakarta is approximately 45 minutes from the airport by taxi. Taxi cost about $15US.

Visa is obtained on arrival at the airport for $25US.

This Marriott is the best hotel of all Marriots in which I have stayed. From arrival and check-in to check out, the service was first class. The rooms are immaculately maintained and serviced. Every amenity is provided. Laundry service is "same day", and again first class.

The concierge lounge is well worth the price. Food quality and service is exceptional. The staff is very helpful with local culture, customs, directions and information. The adjacent business center is very efficient and the staff is very helpful.

The hotel restaurants are first class. The service and food is excellent and the prices are very reasonable.

The hotel recommends and we found the silver and blue taxis to be the best for commuting around town.

The hotel has elevated security--with metal detectors at the entrances and auto checking areas outside the hotel.

The are some local shopping areas within walking distance of the hotel, but most of the tourist areas require a taxi ride. Traffic can be terrible, so plan you times accordingly--what should take 20 minutes can easily take 90 minutes.

The hotel sits opposite the Marriott Renaissance hotel in downtown.

Stayed at the JW Marriott while on business in Jakarta. Rooms are big, clean and well-appointed. Housekeeping is excellent with some nice touches. The beds are particularly nice. Food is great, but there are better restaurants elsewhere in Jakarta. Highly recommend the executive club level.

Hotel is a little bit further away from the CBD than other hotels, but it's not really a negative.

Security is understandably tight. The staff are helpful and pleasant.

Our room are decent although the room we had faces an office tower with curious office workers peeking into our bedrooms!

The gym was pathetic, barely the size of our hotel room. The spa is nice and quiet when we were there during the weekends.

Security is understandably tight. Fantastic buffet breakfast but room service was quite average.

Overall this hotel is nice, and facilities are nice.

This is the site of the bombing a few years ago, and thus they have good security, and rightly so. They seem to have done a good job overall in adjusting.

My only complaint is when that security extends past keeping the guests safe to giving the guards what I can only describe as a fun sport to relieve the boredom.

I had a female friend from work come by to visit me one evening. When she attempted to leave, she was treated as an intruder. As soon as she stepped off the elevator, a man with a radio that is posted at the elevator first floor approached her and asked if she was a guest. She said no, she was visiting a work friend there. They immediately escorted her to a desk, asked the room number she was visiting, and would not let her leave until she was able to finally reach me on mobile phone (because she had not noted my room number), get my room number from me, then the hotel called me to confirm her story.

Needless to say she never returned to see me, and was utterly humiliated.

My question is, what is accomplished by treating a 5'2" female who is very nicely dressed and not at all resembling a problem person the way she was treated. Does the hostile environment created in corraling 100 innocent females worth the potential "reward" of finding one problem visitor leaving unescorted? And why are unescorted Asian girls cornered but not Asian men???

I advise any Asian females to avoid this hotel. If you are a white guy or girl you will get a nice smile, but if an Asian female, you could potentially face humiliation everytime you try to get to or from your room.