"Akira Oshita's Nikkei kitchen sixty-eight floors above Jakarta, Peruvian heat meeting Japanese precision, splurge on the tasting menu to impress clients."
About Henshin
Take the lift to the sixty-eighth floor and Jakarta turns into a grid of lights below the glass. Henshin runs across the top three floors of The Westin Jakarta, with the main dining room on level 68, a rooftop bar on 67 and private rooms on 69. It has cooked Nikkei (the Japanese-Peruvian cuisine born of Japanese immigration to Peru) since the hotel opened in 2016, and remains one of the highest serious kitchens in the city.
The view is the hook, but the cooking earns the trip on its own. For the rest of the city's rooms by occasion, see our Jakarta dining guide.
The Kitchen
Chef Akira Oshita runs the kitchen, having trained under Toshirō Konishi, the chef who carried Nikkei cooking from Lima into the wider world. His menu threads Peruvian heat and acidity through Japanese precision: tiraditos and anticuchos alongside sushi and robata. The dishes to order are the chaufa karaage, Peruvian fried rice with crisp chicken at around IDR 280,000, and the lomo saltado, the wok-seared beef classic, at about IDR 555,000.
À la carte plates run from roughly IDR 200,000 to IDR 1,000,000, with tasting menus from around IDR 1,300,000 per person for a full run through the kitchen. Henshin sits on the 68th floor of The Westin Jakarta on Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said in Kuningan. For the roots of this cooking, see our best Peruvian restaurants worldwide guide.
The Room
The room is built around the windows: a long, dark, glass-walled dining room sixty-eight floors up, with the city running to the horizon. Sound is hushed and grown-up, the lighting is low and set to flatter both the plates and the skyline, and the tables are spaced for a private conversation. Dress is smart elegant. Ask for a window table and book for sunset, when the room shifts from daylight to a carpet of city lights and the rooftop bar on 67 comes into its own.
Best for Impress Clients
Henshin is built to impress clients, because a sixty-eighth-floor window, a Nikkei tasting menu and a skyline at dusk make the case before the first course lands. It is just as strong for a proposal, where a window table and the rooftop bar give the night a natural arc. It sits in our Jakarta dining guide as the city's highest serious table.
Not for
Not for a quiet, low-key or budget dinner. Henshin is a high-altitude special-occasion room where the view sets the price, the floor is dressed up, and a full tasting menu with wine climbs quickly past a casual night out.
Frequently Asked
Is Henshin Jakarta worth it?
Yes, for a special occasion with a view. Henshin sits sixty-eight floors up at The Westin Jakarta and has cooked Nikkei (Japanese-Peruvian) food under chef Akira Oshita since 2016. The cooking is genuinely good, not just a backdrop to the skyline, with dishes like the chaufa karaage and lomo saltado worth the trip. Come for the height and the occasion; it is priced as a destination, not a weeknight.
How much does Henshin Jakarta cost?
À la carte dishes run from around IDR 200,000 to IDR 1,000,000, with signature plates like the chaufa karaage near IDR 280,000 and the lomo saltado about IDR 555,000. Tasting menus start from roughly IDR 1,300,000 per person. Wine and the rooftop bar add to the total, so budget for a full evening. It is one of Jakarta's pricier rooms, in line with the view and the floor it occupies.
Where is Henshin in Jakarta?
Henshin occupies the top three floors of The Westin Jakarta on Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said in Kuningan, in the Setiabudi business district. The main dining room is on level 68, the rooftop bar on 67 and private rooms on 69. Take the hotel's dedicated high-zone lift, and book a window table for the skyline. It is among the highest restaurants in the city, so the views reward timing it for sunset.
Is Henshin good for a proposal?
Yes, it is one of Jakarta's strongest proposal rooms. A window table sixty-eight floors up, a long Nikkei tasting menu and the rooftop bar on the floor below give the evening a natural arc from dinner to a nightcap over the lights. Book a window seat for sunset and tell the team in advance. It works equally well to impress clients, for the same view and pedigree.
Reserve a Table
Reserve at Henshin
Book through the Henshin Jakarta website or Chope; request a window table on level 68 and time it for sunset.
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Practical Information
AddressThe Westin Jakarta (68th floor), Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. C-22A, Kuningan, Jakarta
NeighbourhoodKuningan, Setiabudi
CuisineNikkei (Japanese-Peruvian)
PriceDishes IDR 200,000–1,000,000; tasting from IDR 1,300,000
Dress CodeSmart elegant
Seating68th-floor dining room; 67th-floor rooftop bar
ReservationWebsite / Chope; book a window for sunset
