Hoka Café Golf Island PIK
Hoka Café is probably one of the more popular cafes around Golf Island PIK area. Specializing in scones and baked goods, I’ve seen numerous contents online that people posted, making this place somewhat viral in the online sphere. I actually first tried Hoka’s scone at one of the bazaars in Jakarta that they joined and it was good. I haven’t had the chance to visit their offline cafe until early this year when me and a couple of friends decided to get an afternoon dessert at their Golf Island PIK location.
We got there around 2:30 pm and the place was full. The staff told us we have to wait for our table of five and so we put our name down on the waitlist. 50 minutes later, they finally have a table for us and we got seated at one of the tables at the very end of the room.
Hoka has plenty of sweet and savory scones to choose from as well as coffee, tea and matcha to pair with your scones or baked goods of your choice. They also have a couple of main dish and breakfast menu in case you want to get something more fulfilling.
What we ordered:
Paddington Scone
Earl Grey Scone
Pesto Scone
Corn Cheese Cup
Hojicha Latte
Iced Kiwi Jasmine Tea
Iced Pineapple Jasmine Tea
All the scones that we ordered were pretty good and tasted delicious. Personally, out of all our orders, I like the sweet scones better than the savory ones. Their Hojicha Latte was also pretty good. Not too thick, not too bitter, and not too sweet. The most surprising thing from our order is how good their Kiwi Jasmine Tea and Pineapple Jasmine Tea are. They’re super light and refreshing but still tasted good. Definitely something that you don’t find often in most cafes around here and I’d totally recommend you to try them if you’re into tea.
The ambience of the place is pretty nice but the noise level inside can be quite high when it’s a full house since they have a pretty high ceiling and the acoustic of the room is not necessarily the best one. When we were there, there were a big group of aunties (12+ people or so) who were chatting quite loudly and making Tiktok videos inside the cafe. It was pretty chaotic and at some point, the noise gotten unbearable our group decided to just leave the cafe. So if you’re looking for a quiet cafe to hang out at, this might not be the best choice. Or to be fair, it probably depends on the other patrons who are dining in with you. If you meet a quieter crowd, what happened to me might not happen to you. The cafe is pretty busy during most days so you might have to wait for a table if you come during their peak hours.
But other than that, I definitely wouldn’t mind coming back again for their scones.
Hoka Café Golf Island PIK
Address: Golf Island, Ruko Beach Theme Park, Kecamatan No.37 Blok E, Kamal Muara, Kecamatan Penjaringan, Jkt Utara, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 14470, Indonesia (Google Map)
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-6pm | Sat-Sun 10am-8pm
Instagram: @hokajkt
