Café Batavia, Colonial restaurant in Kota Tua, Indonesia

Café Batavia is a two-story 1830s building with large shuttered windows and a wooden gallery overlooking Taman Fatahillah square. The upper floor features a spacious dining hall, while a teakwood staircase connects the two levels throughout the structure.

The building was constructed around the 1830s and served variously as a residence, an office of the Dutch governors, and a warehouse. In 1990 Australian Graham James bought it, the only freehold property on Taman Fatahillah, and restored it in 1992–1993 before opening a restaurant.

The walls display photographs from the 1930s to 1950s showing Indonesian daily life during that era. These images give visitors a window into how people lived and worked in those decades.

The restaurant is located on Taman Fatahillah square in Kota Tua, a historic area easily explored on foot. It sits near other colonial buildings and is accessible by public transportation.

The bar inside Café Batavia is named the Winston Churchill bar, and Newsweek International named it 'The World's Best Bar' in 1996. The name and the award are easy to miss among the 1930s-themed furnishings and vintage celebrity photographs of the Grand Salon.