This is going to sound controversial: this is one of the better Indonesian food buffets which is also value for money BUT the entire group of us there will not be returning.

The reason? Each bottle of mineral water bottle which they place on the table actually cost $10 and when we asked for more water, they gave us three bottles without informing us of the cost nor did they ask how many bottles we want. The only time we found out about it? When the bill was presented to us.

Let me put things in perspective - there are dinners and lunch where we had 12 or 17 dollars bottled mineral water, but on every single one of these occasions we knew what we are getting into. Outfront. And they did have one more opportunity to inform us when we asked for more water - but they didn't. And they gave us three bottles although we did not specify any amount.

Best part? Every bottled water are expiring in September this year and were bottled in Sept 2007. Now again this is usually a small thing - but if you are charging such a sum and playing such games with your customer, please at least make the product worth while. And these are plastic bottled mineral water - not even the glass bottled ones.

End result? Great food - superb durian panyet, fantastically fragrant squid curry with ladyfingers, one of the most fragrant and balanced satay sauce - good service, which ultimately leaves an unpleasant aftertaste in all our mouths when the bill came. Everything did not matter before that because the customers felt cheated - and we are usually quite relaxed with our food budget.

Still, forewarned is foreknowledge. Perhaps if you were there with this info in mind and they allow you to refuse the bottled water - the nescafe machine dispense water anyway - then perhaps you can still have a great time: good food IS good food anyway.