Venue and Venue..

As we plan to marriage end of 2012, we starts to do some survey of several venue located in Jakarta.
First we gathered some possible hotels and buildings, then with our limited time of December holiday, we decided to utilized our time on several area such as Sudirman, North-Jakarta and some West Jakarta's venues.
First we went to St. Moritz, the nearest venue from my home. It is kinda small and the access to the ballroom is using the mall's elevator ur 2 lifts on the back. Well, still on our list caused the food are best! Culture Royale plays role on it.
Secondis the The Golf PIK, the security explain lots of things to us, he better become the marketing than just a security! Even, the sales marketing can't explain as well as him. We considered there will be 2 parties on a day and the packages is not so suitable for us, so we drop this venue.
Third we went to Grand Sahid Jaya. Old building, Old room, and more into traditional wedding. We drop it.
Fourth we went to Le Meredient. Kinda old building but, nice ballroom, it will be renovate until mid of 2012. The package is nice for us, but we still need to look for other offers.
Fifth, the Intercontinental Hotel. It is more for high capacity, whereas our capacity will use their others rooms instead of the ballroom. The ballroom was good, but the other room is quite horrible, a very low ceiling indeed.
Sixth, we went to Alila. Did not managed to meet the banquet manager, but we saw the ballroom already. It's nice, but the parking was so horrible.
Seventh, the Thamrine Nine. We're in love with this place. New building, new ballroom, lots of parking place, Culture Royale was there, as well as Bali Indah. Up to this point, we this is our first choice.
Eighth, Swissbel Hotel Mangga Besar. New hotel, nice ballroom, but quite unreasonable price of the package. We loved the room, but the package is not that suitable for us.
 Ninth: Mercure Hotel Ancol. Old hotel, quite good for outdoors, but we keep thinking about the rain and the coastal air. A very nice marketing person, thanks for the drinks treated:) Reasonable package, We'll consider this place.
Tenth: Putri Duyung, Since we're in Ancol already, we see their new function hall, it is a good building, with reasonable package as well, but we are not sure about the taste of their in-house catering yet.
 Lastly, Bapindo Plaza. We considered this after we went back from our holiday, so we haven't see the actual room, but their packages was very interesting. Will find time to see the actual place.
Additional Aston Paramount Serpong: He is the one that interested with this hotel. For me, I dont really like the location. I still prefer Jakarta area. But their package is so attractive. 

To rank up the places:
1. Bapindo Plaza: very attractive package
2. Thamrine Nine: attractive package with brand new building and rooms
3. Putri Duyung Ancol: new building, but unsure catering
4. Aston Paramount Serpong
5. Mercure