Jakarta was initially known as Batavia back in the Dutch colonial era. In Jakarta, there is a special district, which has the most powerful history of Batavia, called Kota Tua. The popularity of Kota Tua has gone up due to its lovely location and the many heritage buildings. In which, some of the historical buildings and monuments showcase the beauty of old Jakarta that would make one’s thought wanders to the past. Same goes to the city’s multitude legendary dishes that truly reflect Batavia’s long and immense stories. Monday to Sunday 8.30am to 12.30pm
Larger groups pay less per person.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 4.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Kota Tua Food Tour lasts about 4 hours.
Prices start at $64 per person for this Jakarta experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, starting at 8:30 AM.
Children aged 3–12 pay from $32, adults from $64.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 8 participants.
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.2 out of 5 across 6 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Good Indonesian Food Tour.
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I just had an amazing experience at Bistro Le Petit by ordering their legendary Beef Wellington. Presentation-wise, this dish is simply stunning; perfect beef cooked medium rare, wrapped in crispy and perfect pastry. The taste is equally impressive: the meat is tender and flavorful, accompanied by a rich red burgundy sauce and perfect mushroom duxelles. The service at this restaurant is also commendable. The waiters are friendly and polite
Okty was my guide and she was a lovely person, nice personalty and knowledgable. We started in an old Chinatown Coffee shop and tasted Malaysian chicken and potato curry and chilli fried fish accompanied with Fried Bread. We moved into a wet market which was an eye opener and had delicious strong sweet iced coffee in a very old coffee wharehouse. More wandering through the wet market and then try Asinan Sayur a cousin to more famous Gado Gado. We then spent some time in the Indonesian Muesum in the old square which was interesting to appreciate the history. Final stop was the fantasticlly preserved slice of Colonial History that is the Batavia Café for another version of coffee with coconut milk and a version of Cendol. Overall interesting but light on tasting, no lunch as such and tour was finished by about 11,30 so only 3 hrs. Interesting but not value for money as I paid $80 as a single person.
Thank you for your feedback and your trust in choosing us as your guide to explore our culinary heritage. Indeed, for single person the tour price would be higher compared to two people and more. When we designed the program, we want to make sure that the food tasted throughout the tour is more than enough to make us comfortably full but not making us too full, so we served on tasting menu rather than normal full size of menu. Once again thank you for your feedback.
My tour started at 9am, we walked into Chinatown and had a breakfast of 4 dishes, a fried bread, a chicken laska, gado gado and a type of fried chicken- all pretty good, (open sitting area stifling hot). Next headed off for a traditional coffee, again very good. Walked thru a Chinese temple, before taking a tuk-tuk to Dutch old town. Tour finished after 2.5hrs in beautiful old Batavia Cafe with 2 deserts.
Thank you for your review. Hope you had a great time with us.
I was toured alongside my school group and all 7 of us found Icha to be amazingly knowledgable and professional. The food locations we went to had a mix of budget authentic stalls to formal European restaurants. All in all, we would like to thank Icha for sharing such an incredible side of Jakarta and we look forward to coming again.
Thank you for your your feedback. We are glad that you had a great time with us :)
I was lucky to be the only one on the tour and still have two tour guides! We even got to ride out of the tuk-tuks since I wouldn’t be able to negotiate a ride on my own. We walked all around Chinatown and ate many Indonesian and fusion things. We ended up at Cafe Batavia in the Square. My guides even stayed with me afterwards to take me to a coffee shop to buy beans! Most of the world’s coffee beans are grown in Indonesia and yet it’s hard to buy whole beans here. I really appreciate the extension of the sense of hospitality. They even accompanied me to the two museums in the Square following the tour ending in Cafe Batavia. And it was wonderful to be able to learn about Indonesia and chat with locals. Definitely recommend this company (Good Food Indonesian) and I know they do several other tour. My only suggestion is giving out a card with the names of what we ate at the end of the tour or a follow up email containing a list with recipes, as I have received on other food tours in other countries since the foreign words are difficult to remember.
Hi Karen, Thank you for joining our tour, it was a pleasure to have you on our Kota Tua Tour. We also appreciate the feed-back you are giving, we'll put that into note to improve. Kind regards, Bimo
<p>Had a great tour through the back streets of China town in Jakarta trying a variety of food that I would not have ever found on my own. Bimo was an excellent guide, very knowledgeable and easy to talk with. Had an excellent few hours.</p>
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