Luna Negra

When we came, Luna Negra was recently opened and it was located on the ground floor of an office building, and supposed to be so IN with crowd every night, luckily we managed to reserved a table.

It is an Italian restaurant and from the entrance, it looked impressive. From entrance, we saw the bar with dark wood finishing and chairs in brown leather and black finishing.

Turning to left, it was the dining area with hanging lights and trees in the centre. Along the window, half-circle sofa style dining area and on opposite, it has a private area with glass separator.

But, a sore eye to the whole decor was the fish tank, and I for one, oppose to having live seafood in any restaurant. Perhaps I felt it is a bit of cruelty there...

A bit unique approach was the movable blackboard featuring what were the special dishes of the day and the waitress would brought and explained it from table to table.

Most were Pizza Special and I didn't have appetite to the whole menu, somehow I felt a bit off when looking thru the menu. In the end, I ordered Seafood Pasta but it was served with mussels and oysters, which I had to pass on to my gal who loved it.

B said his pasta was too buttery and it certainly put him off.

Overall, service and atmosphere were great but the fish tank was really a sore sore eyes...Food wise, let's say I won't be back there for 2nd time

Our placemat

They put the bread on square container..quite cute

A nice design of private dining area

They do have a nice interior decor, the concept and furnishing creates cozy atmosphere

The special menu is written on 2-sided blackboard which the waiting staff push it around to new seated table

The pizza was pretty good

Seafood pasta, they did give generous oyster but not my seafood

The sore eye, the fish tank in front of the kitchen area, this was the disappointment

Luna Negra
Bapindo Plaza, G Fl
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 54 - 55, Jakarta
Tel: +62-21-2995-0077

http://www.lunanegra.co.id/

Opens daily from 11 am to 12 am







Social House - Dinner

Social House was so happening when it opened especially it was next/part of Harvey Nichols in Jakarta; 2 years later, Harvey Nichols closed down but Social House / SOHO is still going strong with full tables from breakfast to late nights.

I guess located in the latest and biggest upscale shopping mall gave a helping hand too, I for one, is the one that prefers a good venue with strategic location, either next to mall or inside the mall for the convenience of my window shopping urges…

Ismaya Group is the parent company and they have opened few restaurants with diversified restaurants but by far SOHO was the one that I looked forward the most.

We walk-in patrons with no reservation that night; didn’t mind waiting at the bar/drinking area for our table to be ready. It made us ordering some mocktails, it was refreshing and the appetizer of cooked prawns with dip-in breads.

The menu was extensive, too extensive even, I didn’t know what their menu concept was, it’s like ‘Gado Gado’. I guess they were trying to satisfy as many patrons as possible with both Western or Asian menu.

A bit greedy that night, ordered the fried pop-corn prawn/chicken (? … sorry, this was a late post so didn’t exactly recall), calamari with thai sweet chili sauce, prawn pesto, butter chicken pasta…OMG!

Taste wise was good, didn’t really require intricate cooking skill but definitely up to majority palate.

In my opinion, Ismaya has done fantastic job in selecting the interior design; it’s casual, it’s different, a bit of vintage feel but modern on same time; certainly a cosy corner and you won’t realize you are inside a shopping mall.

I’d luv to return and try other dishes (due to sooooo manyyy selection)

Our Waiting Card, so cute

View from entrance

The Bar/Drink counter

Simple but chic display  

Clever napkin!

Our mocktails

 

Cooked shrimp in curry sauce with garlic breads, looks could be deceiving, it was quite filling

The Menu

Our shrimp popcorn....I know...shrimp? Again? It tasty though

Our calamari with sweet thai chili sauce, definitely not disappointing

Spicy prawn pesto, I think this was one of SoHo highlight menu

Butter chicken pasta, thumbs up too!

Social House Jakarta
Grand Indonesia, East Mall. 1st Floor
Jakarta, Indonesia, 10310
Tel : +62-21-2358-1818

http://www.ismaya.com/socialhouse/


Opening hours:
Mon to Thu, Sun from 8 am to 10.30 pm
Fri to Sat from 8 am to 12 am