Having been to a tad too many overhyped shopping malls in Indonesia, Grand Indonesia came as a very pleasant surprise to Jeremiah. Spanning over 600,000 square metres and occupying the primest location in the heart of Jakarta, the Grand Indonesia complex consists of a office tower, Hotel Indonesia-Kempinski, a high-end residential complex, anchored by the opulent Grand Indonesia Shopping Town (which incidentally feels more like a shopping city than a town).
With over three hundred shops and restaurants in its two wings, Grand Indonesia is about three times Paragon and VicoCity combined, and beats any mall in Singapore hands down with its opulence and range of shops. In the East Wing are top-end stores like Chanel, Burberry and Salvatore Ferragamo, while more affordable brands like Mango, Raoul, Top Shop as way as Japanese departmental store chain Seibu can be found in the other wing. For food lovers, fret not. There are two Crystal Jades, Sushi Tel, Waraku and many, many excellent restaurants. There is even a Cold Stone Creamery!
Do check out this mall if you are ever in Jakarta, but be mentally prepared for the high prices in some of the shops. In one of the homeware store there, a small dustbin was selling for S$100, while at Kinokuniya, the Saturday edition of the Straits Times retailed for S$7.50.
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| Artist Impression of the Plaza Indonesia Complex |
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| Specialty haircut shop for kids - a sign of the atas-ness of the clientele |
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| Food court at Grand Indonesia |
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| The dining cluster area feels like a mini-Genting. In this section of the dining cluster, genuine-looking bamboo shoots and plum trees are used to create a Northeast Asian experience. |
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