Stayed for 4 nights to visit the temples. Had a lovely stay. Had adjoining rooms in the pool block. Rooms were spacious and comfortable. Had minor problem with hot water in the shower which I reported and was fixed. Loved the pool area - relaxing after a busy day spent touring with guide. Enjoyed cocktails, drinks and live music in the Vino bar.

Our one concern which accounts for the rating of 4 stars was the quality of the breakfasts and evening buffets. The food wasn't up to scratch or varied enough. In fact the in-room dining was better and we had a couple of meals and snacks in our rooms.

I would certainly recommend the hotel for the ambiance, rooms, bar and service but feel the food offerings need updating.

at that time when i stay with my wife, we are celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary, and i really hoping that our stay at The Phoenix will make my wife happy.
from check in until check out we are having our amazing time, greeted by Mrs. Mira from Accounting (as a fellow accounting team) we feel like meeting an old friend, having lot of happy talk, and she took us on hotel little tour.
the room are clean and perfect, the balcony are great with flowers. we receive surprise from the Guest Experience team, my wife love the surprise!
AC is cool, bathroom is great, amenities are on the spot.
on the check out we are greeted by the lovely ladies using Batik (i forgot her name, sorry) make sure our stay is memorable, and it is! right after that Mr Stephane (the GM) talk to me, it make me feel honorable to spoke with the GM, we love the moment!
the only flaw, is only for the legendary Phoenix Bakpia that currently unavailable at that time, we are big fans of your Bakpia btw
anyhow, keep up the good work, we will come back when we are in Jogja next time

What a lovely hotel. We stayed for three nights on a trip to Java. While we found the city somewhat chaotic, it was always lovely to return to the Phoenix, which was calm and peaceful.

Situated at the northern end of the main shopping street Malioboro (about 25 minutes walk to the Kraton) and adjacent to the Tugu monument the streets around are very busy, but the sprawling hotel complex was cool and quiet. There is a lovely courtyard dining area with a fountain where the buffet breakfast and dinner are served and (as it turned out this was the highlight for us) a cocktail bar! Given how difficult it is to buy any sort of alcohol in Yogyakarta (even restaurants serving beer are hard to come by) this was a real surprise. Even better, at happy hour all drinks were buy one get one free! As it was our son’s birthday while we were there, and we’d travelled from the UK to meet him and his girlfriend in Yogyakarta, we had a great celebration, drinking cocktails and playing pool. On Fridays there is live music and the band played happy birthday to him, which was a nice touch. The bar staff deserve a special mention as they really knew how to make cocktails, producing some of the nicest we have ever tasted, all in interesting glasses, and all for less than £7 each. Even more amazing value at happy hour! Sadly, we have not been able to find any that live up to those standards on our travels through Indonesia since then (Bali has been particularly disappointing).

We had a couple of lunches (one by the pool) and one buffet breakfast at the hotel during our stay which were good but relatively expensive compared to meals outside (the breakfast provided a great way to try some of the local dishes such as Gudeg). We didn’t try dinner. There are plenty of local restaurants nearby, serving really cheap food, but not in surroundings which can compete with the Phoenix.

Our room was very spacious and luxurious, on the second (non smoking) floor. We loved the Phoenix shaped teapot! We had a basic room so the balcony had a rather unspectacular but fascinating view of a petrol station ( always a queue of motorbikes, even in the small hours!), but more expensive rooms overlook the pool. The only downside is that there is only one lift which was a fair distance from our room, so we ended up going up and down the fire exit to save time.

The pool is lovely, and there are sun beds and umbrellas and a waiter service so can be a great way to relax after a busy morning sightseeing.

The staff are always friendly and keen to help, despite sometimes limited English.

All in all, a great place to stay if you find yourself in this fascinating part of the world but want a bit of luxury too.