Hotel Santika a Depok

Great value great location great price. This was our first time staying in the hotel and from arrival until departure, our stay was made extremely comfortable by all staff. The receptionist kindly provided several room shows prior to us deciding on the big suite (unsure room name). It was very spacey and the couch folded out into a small bed for our two children. The suite was very clean and air-conditioning worked well. There was ample space in the cupboards to accomodate our clothes and various travel goods. Cleaners did a great job of cleaning our room each day too. The room had a great view of Depok city and the swimming pool below. The hotel occupies the top few levels of the apartment complex, whilst locals resided in the rest. Elevator access to the hotel is seperated from the residential access with security on ground floor to ensure only guests enter. We loved the breakfast buffet. A large assortment if traditional dishes with western dishes too. Unfortunately I do not know the names of the local dishes but I can attest they were all great. The hotel manager was very friendly and constantly did the rounds in the morning chatting with various guests. A big surprise was that the hotel manager whom we came quite friendly with, discovered it was my wife's birthday during our stay, and on her birthday organised a birthday cake and several staff to sing happy birthday when we came down for breakfast. A very very nice touch. The hotel pool was great. No luxury resort style pool, but a simple pool that was fine for the price of the hotel. Although they advertise a gym. It is only two walking machines. A great advantage of the hotel is that it is connected to a local shopping mall with an abundance of great restaurants and a big supermarket downstairs. It is also centrally located on the main road in Depok, but high enough not to hear any traffic or noise.