When the sun sets behind the mountains of Malang, sit back and enjoy a special blend of Java tea and coffee and experience traditional Javanese cakes at Tugu Tea House. Next to the Melati Restaurant, the atmospheric Waroeng Shanghai 1920 Bar serves specialty cocktails. A private candlelit barbecue dinner under the stars is available at poolside, or for elegant, private dining, the Raja Room (the Sugar Baron Room) brings back to life the colonial grandiose of Java at the end of the 19th century.
The Silk Road Pavilion
An exquisite, extraordinarily romantic dining hall, scattered with red roses and dimly lit chandeliers, inspired by the exotic places of the Silk Road and the Spice Route. The Silk Road consists of four rooms that can be booked for private dinners, functions or parties individually or in conjunction with each other: the Tirta Gangga, the Persian Room, the Kubilai Khan Chamber, and the Marco Polo.
Tugu Tea House
This cozy Javanese teahouse on the second floor has indoor and outdoor seating areas, offering a romantic view of Malang center through hundreds-of-years-old tree branches. Tugu Tea House is a popular meeting point, especially between 4 and 6pm, where patrons gather for afternoon tea (complimentary for in-house guests). A traditional Javanese–style stall featuring a variety of traditional snacks and cakes as well as a vast choice of local tea, coffee or herbal drinks are attended to by Ibu Darmini, who is an expert in making Javanese traditional 'jamu'.
Waroeng Shanghai 1920
This waroeng is the reconstruction of a simple waroeng/coffee bar at the harbor of Batavia that was owned by a Babah Chinese man, Chan Mo Sang and his Batavia wife Siti Djaenab. It is decorated with simple Chinese long benches found in ‘waroeng' along Batavia harbor in the 1920s, an antique barber chair and old posters of Shanghai girls in the early 1900s. The long bar offers various cocktails, beverages and light meals.
L'Amour Fou
L'Amour Fou pays tribute to the strong passionate love surrounding the creations of famous artists of the world, such as Antonio Gaudi (Spain), Gustav Klimts (Austria), and Roman de Tirtoff (Russia). L'Amour Fou is a place that exudes love. For special occasions. 'La Chambre de Romeo et Juliette' features an ever more private, romantic and elegant setting for a real tête-à-tête dinner surrounded by candles. L'Amour Fou features French and Italian cuisines, homemade gelati, specialty coffee drinks and cocktails. Featuring live music seven days a week, it has become the hippest place in town.
Babah Room
An intimate dining room that captures the Straits Chinese atmosphere of the 1930s, with an interesting display of old Chinese puppets, pictures of Chinese families that once lived in Java, as well as typical dinnerware used by the Straits Chinese during this era. This room can host private events for up to 50 people.
Melati Pavilion Restaurant
The only restaurant in Malang that features a classic romantic Malang Tempo Doeloe (Nostalgic Times of Malang) atmosphere, Melati Restaurant is famous for its original Indonesian home cooking recipes, its Chinese Peranakan menu and a vast menu of tender, juicy steaks. The steaks range from old Dutch Colonial recipes of batter-fried beef to gourmet French-style grilled meats. With its complete breakfast bread menu all baked fresh from the oven daily, this restaurant is also a favorite breakfast and brunch spot, the only one of its kind with its serene Javanese atmosphere and lush tropical greens. Melati Restaurant is open all day.
Roti Tugu Bakery and Sidewalk Café
Roti Tugu is known as the best homemade bakery since its opening eight years ago, with the largest bread and cake selection in town. The wide variety of different bread products available at Roti Tugu ranges from old bread recipes from the Dutch Colonial times, to original European baguettes, croissants, whole wheat loaf, yoghurt roll, carrot bread and other kinds of breakfast rolls. All the products of Roti Tugu are baked fresh several times daily, with absolutely no use of preservatives. Other than its bread and cake products, Roti Tugu also serves Malang traditional delicacies, ice cream and steaks of the Dutch Colonial times.