I stayed at the Hotel Mulia and it is beyond the best hotel I have ever stayed at. The rooms are clean the food and choices of food are excellent. The staff is simply the best! I am a corporate travel agent and would not hesitate to book this hotel for anyone! Thank you Hotel Mulia for your excellent service!!!!!

Stayed at Mulia last weekend. Fantastic service, best value for money I ever had at a 5* hotel, paid only $138 and got a free upgrade. Drinks at their club CJ's are expensive though. The interior design of the hotel is really impressive. Could easly spend a weekend in Jakarta without leaving this hotel!

This is hands down the best hotel in Jakarta. The staff, facilities and cleanliness of the hotel are always over the top. I stayed in the hotel for one month in 2006 and 2 months this year and have yet to have any problems. The rooms are very comfortable and the beds are always comfy.

Anyone staying here needs to check out CJ's (the hotel disco). It is very loud and there are a lot of "working" girls in there but you can still have a good time. Make sure you talk to Benny, the manager, when you go.

I definitely recommend this hotel to anyone staying in Jakarta. While I haven't compared it to other Jakarta hotels (since it was my first time there), it compares favorably to many other hotels in the same price range in other countries.

I arrived late Saturday night just as a huge wedding reception was letting out, apparently for some local important person. Supposedly there were a couple thousand guests in evening dress milling around in the large glitzy lobby -- felt like Vegas somehow. I think it's a popular site for events like this, which keeps things lively.

The service was great; extremely friendly and helpful. The room was luxurious, huge and comfortable; the bathroom had a large whirlpool tub and separate shower. Complimentary drinking water was provided in the room (a must). I didn't eat dinner in the hotel, but the breakfast was one of the most comprehensive I've ever had, offering everying from dim sum to sushi to fried eggs and french toast.

The Mulia has a great fitness center and nice large outdoor pool (also whirlpool and wading pools) great for lap swimming if it's not too busy.

The hotel makes quite a show of security measures with guards inspecting every car that comes in the gate well away from the entrance; metal detectors on entry, etc. Whether that means the hotel is 100% secure or not I don't know, but I felt safe there.

Three negatives. First, yes, the walls are a bit on the thin side. The first two nights I could pretty much hear everything my, er, overzealous neighbors did. Second, I felt like the bathroom, while nice, could use some updating -- a little fresh grout and some new fixtures might do it. Third, I have to wonder about security when there seemed to be a lot of non-guest females hanging around the lobby and riding up and down the elevators. Other than that, can't complain.