Common Grounds - Pondok Indah Plaza

Common ground located in Pondok Indah Plaza 2, infront of Kari Umbi. There are 2 floors, the bottom floor with square tables and sweets display, suitable for coffee time. And the upper floor provides bigger tables setting, suitable for dining. The interior was modern but cozy. Designed beautifully. But unfortunately, the seating was not comfortable for a long period of time setting. We went there on two different occasions: for dining & coffee time. We ordered: Naked burrito bowl - a bit tasteless for me. Need more spices. Phil's fried chicken -this one was my favorite. The chicken was crispy, the sauce was flavorful, served on a hotplate, with chips on the side 👌 Cheese sandwich - i think it's a temporary menu. Need more seasoning, a bit bland for me. Magnum dessert - i forgot the name of the dessert but it was too sweet for us. For coffee time: Egg tart croissant - the egg filling was soft with a creme brulee like texture. The croissant was too thin for me. Thicker pastry would balance the filling better. Burnt butter twist roll - we could taste the burnt flavor, but the roll was a bit dry. Boston cream eclair - the filling was too dense and just too ordinary tasting for me. But what i like about common ground is that they served: Perfect coffee everytime. Always consistent on their coffee. The menu was a bit overwhelming. Too many choices. Sometimes simple menu is better than 50+ pages of menu to flip through.

Service of staff was great. I ordered tomato sauce and chicken something, and I didn’t like the chicken that much though. The restaurant was clean, and air conditioning was good enough.

Terrible, terrible meal. I ordered 115k BBQ beef sandwich and got 25k worth supermarket’s sandwich instead smh. → The shokupan bread wasn’t grilled, it arrived plain, wet, and soggy like day-old bread at home. I sent it back to be properly prepared/grilled as shown on the menu. → When it came back, it looked like the picture attached. I sliced it and took a bite—turns out the onions were completely fresh, aka raw, even though the menu description said “grilled onion.” That’s what I liked and one of the reasons I chose this menu item. And instead I got raw onion. Perfect. I complained to the manager, and they said, “It seems like there’s a typo in the menu. That’s just how it is, because in our QC process, we’ve never had an issue before.” Wow. Just wow. 🤣 A customer pays 115k expecting to get what’s shown and described on the menu, but instead, they get a poorly made, cold sandwich that looks nothing like the menu description. Now I remember why I tried Common Grounds a long time ago and never came back—TERRIBLE FOOD AND SERVICE. 👎

The venue is quite nice—spacious and comfortable. However, the food and beverages could be improved. For the relatively high prices, the portions provided are too small. The coffee is delicious, and I really enjoyed it. The food is also tasty, but again, the portions are too small considering the price. I hope this can be improved in the future. On a positive note, the service here is friendly and very satisfying.

Decent brunch place in South Jakarta. There are plenty of better options in South Jakarta. Bottom line, i would come here because this is near my house and plenty and easy parking. After eating here more than 10x, i can say: - not all food items are created equal. True standouts for me were the chicken avocado sandwich, chicken pesto rosso, truffle fries, breakfast burrito. rest are….just ok - the pastries are bad. Sorry, i tried multiple times, gave it a chance, just….no. Pls improve this part, else ure falling behind from 100 other brucnh spots in Jakarta.. - coffee here is reliable and delicious. Flavor profile lean towards fruitier taste but still enjoyable - don’t order matcha here. regular matcha latte here is not recommended. U gotta go with ceremonial grade if you want decent matcha.

Common grounds is a premium coffee shop, put that in mind. The coffee always good and it's priced as what you expected, while the pastry was on the higher side..

The pasta was amazing, the pizza was amazing, yet it was the coffee I would like to complain about. Since there was no significant taste in Americano I ordered, I would rather to try their non-coffee drinks than their coffee. The second was the service itself. More trainings are gonna be required as the way they managed our table calls were pretty slow. Apart from those, I love this place. Just be careful as sometimes they were full-booked at a certain hour.

Terrible experience, brought my parents here but the service was crazy, it wasnt even that full, they forgot my coffee order for like an hour, and didnt even bother to clear up tables that were empty. Never coming back here. Not worth the price or experience at all.