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CJ's Bar
Jalan Asia Afrika Senayan
Hotel Mulia Senayan
Jalan-Jalan
Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said
36th floor Menara Imperium
Lobby Lounge
JL. Lingkar Mega Kuningan Kav. E.1.1 NO.1
Inside the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Mistere
JL. Lingkar Mega Kuningan Kav. E.1.1 NO.1
In the Ritz Carlton Hotel
Pitstop Club
Jalan M.H. Thamrin 6
Sari Pan Pacific Hotel
Tiga Puluh (30) - Live band. Popular with expat guys hunting Indonesian lovelies. And vice versa.
Sudirman
Extra Late
Ajisai Lounge / Dancing
Ratu Plaza 3rd Fl.
Big Fire / Dancing
Plaza Indonesia
Centro Jakarta / Dancing / http://www.centrojakarta.net/new/
Dharmawangsa Square City Walk
Fountain Lounge / Dancing
Grand Hyatt Hotel
M.Club
Blok M Plaza
Millenium
Mall Gadja Madah
Very big disco, with extremely loud Techno Kota. The sound system used to be the loudest in Asia. It's probably still true. Lots of Chinese, drugs and girls there, but it isn't so dodgy or dangerous.
Musro / Dancing
Menteng
Borobudur Hotel
New China
Kemang
Popular bar with house/progressive music. Rp 60,000 entrance fee on week ends. Open till late (5am). Always quite crowded with university students.
Nine Muses Club
Kebayoran Baru
Jl. Wijaya 1 No. 25, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta
Oen Lounge / Dancing
Jl.KH.Wahid Hasyim 87
Stadium
Jalan Hayam Wuruk
Best disco in Jakarta for me, extremely crowded on week-ends and for special events. It has four flours, each supposedly with different themes but it’s mainly techno played there. It is dark, big and possess a unique atmosphere. Drugs, prostitutes and other things are easily available. Just ask the waiters.
Stix
Park Lane Hotel
One of the first Salsa bar in Jakarta. Good salsa/Latino music live band. The crowd is above 30-something. Some working girls.
Sydney 2000
Jalan Hayam Wuruk
Glodok Jaya Building, 9th Floor
Topaz / Dancing
Wisma Bakrie
Nightclubs
Bedroom
15 Commercial Building 4th FL
Bangka Village, Mampang Prapatan
Bliss / LOFT 25
Jalan Gatot Subroto
Menara Jamsostek 25th Floor
Casa
Jl. Kemang Raya No. 8B Kemang
Lay Lay Karaoke
Jalan Hayam Wuruk 97A
Mistere
JL. Lingkar Mega Kuningan Kav. E.1.1 NO.1
In the Ritz Carlton Hotel
Pitstop Club
Jalan M.H. Thamrin 6
Sari Pan Pacific Hotel
Tiga Kuda
Hotel Menteng, Jl Cikini Raya
Popular bar for middle easterners. Arab music but not only. Lots and lots of prostitutes. The entrance fee is 60,000 rp
Tiga Puluh Music Bar and Restaurant
Hotel Le Meridien, Jl Sudirman
Bar with live band full of old prostitutes, a bit more hip-hop than CJ's and Bats. The crowd is more older and less funky than those of Bats and Cj's. Expensive and not really worth it.
Top Ten Singing Hall
Hayam Wuruk
Apparently the defecation of the Top One Club in Daan Mogot. There is a large room with a live band playing Indonesian favorites, many prostitutes.
V2
Jl Gadja Madah, 500 meters before Gadja Madah Plaza
The bar is quite fun, a bit like the Play in Hotel Alexis. Sexy dancers and Live Band. A little bit too dark maybe.
Velvet
Hotel Red Top
Bar with live music and DJ on week-ends.
Vertigo/X-lounge
Plaza Semanggi, 17th Floor
Vertigo for Techno music, X-Lounge for RnB/Hip Hop. Used to be very hip but it has now lost some of its appeal compared to X2 /Blowfish/Dragonfly. Currently being renovated so we'll check the place again when it reopens.
X2-Equinox-Vintage
Plaza Senayan
The BIG club in south Jakarta. Amazing that despites the size and the price (around Rp. 100,000), it always manages to be completely packed. 3 rooms, RnB, House/Progressive/Techno and Lounge. Hosts International DJ's sometimes (recently Gabriel & Dresden, Benny Benassy and on November 16th, Above and Beyond)
Zen Club
Jl Thamrin
Unofficial bordello. Expensive karaoke/spa for rich Indonesians and Chinese. Entrance fee is 75,000 min. Amazing looking girls though. Sexy dancers, maybe topless, but I didn't have my glasses that day.
Sports Bars
Cuba Libre Latin Bar
Jalan Veteran I/30
Champions
Kemang
Wine Bars
Magnum
Mall Bellagio, Mega Kuningan
Wine bar, very relaxing and upmarket. Very good selection of wine and cigars
Paprika Wine Bar
Jalan Wahid Hasyim 55a
Vino Embassy
67 Kemang raya
Cocktail Bars
Paprika Wine Bar
Jalan Wahid Hasyim 55a
Gillians
Sudirman/Subroto
Plaza Semanggi, 5th floor
Beer Gardens
Kelts
Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. X-O
Hotel Gran Melia, ground floor
Splash
Kemang, near the McDonald’s
Cheap outdoor beer garden. Very popular, especially with the expat kids. Has shisha.
Pubs Absolute Café /
Jl Jaksa No.5, Jakarta Pusat
Alis Bar
Jl Jaksa
BB’s
Menteng
Just off Jl. Cokrominoto
Jl. Sidoarjo 1 (behind F1 Hotel),
Eastern Promise
Jalan Kemang Raya no 5
Cazbar / www.thecazbar.com
Taman Kantor Unit a1, Mega Kuningan E3.3, Jakarta
De Hooi
Pondok Indah Plaza 2
Next to Trattoria & Citibank
Flanagan’s
Thamrin
Hotel Sari Pan Pacific
Happy Dragon Pub
Jalan Mangga Dua Raya
Hotel Le Grandeur
Highlander / Scottish theme pub
Kemang
In the Kemang Hotel opposite Kemchiks supermarket
Green Pub
Thamrin
Djakarta Theatre Buidling
Jl. Wahid Hasim
Memories Cafe
Jalan Jaksa
The most popular bar in Jalan Jaksa. It has a live music band almost every night, playing a mix of favorite indonesian pop song and classic Top 40. The drinks, especially beer is really cheap, around Rp. 18,000/bottle
Sri Dewi
Ancol, 300 meters before Hotel Alexis
Very big dangdut place in Ancol, lots of prostitutes.
Bars Hailai International Executive Club
o Ancol / Ancol Village, Pademangan / North Jakarta City
o Jakarta's biggest nightspot? Nightclub, restaurants, karaoke bars, etc. Total capacity over 5,000
The Bars in Blok M The centre of gravity of Blok M is Jalan Pelatehan (or Jalan F........, as some call it). This is a side street next to the bus terminal, and is home to five expat dives and a thunderously loud disco that no-one ever admits to having been in.
o The Club
o D's Place - Blok M / Jl. Falatehan- Bar with a secret room where girls do strip-tease for 100,000rp. They have wet shirt competition. Maybe the most trashy place in the Blok
o Sportsman - Blok M /
o Everest - Blok M / Jl. Falatehan / Just a few doors from Sportmans.
o The Stamford Arms - Blok M / In the Ambara Hotel
o Lintas Melawai - Blok M /
o Top Gun - / Perhaps the definitive Blok M seedy expat watering hole, friendly young and not-so-young ladies. Popular with guys from the oil fields.
o My Bar - Blok M / Jl. Falatehan / Very popular new girly bar / Girls bar with house/Rnb music. 10 girls for 1 guy ratio. Gloomy. Come there late and drunk if you want to have fun.
o One Tree - Blok M / Jl. Falatehan / near Oskars.
o Oskars - Blok M / Jl. Falatehan / In the seedy heart of Blok M. Downstairs drunken expats frolic with local ladies to the variable tones of the live bands.
o PARC - Blok M - Jalan Iskandarsyah 12-14, Kebayoran Baru
o Tee Box - Blok M / Jalan Wiyaja II/123 Kebayoran Baru
o Zanzibar - Blok M / Popular with youngish middle class Indonesian crowd
o G-String
o Five Plus One
Jalan Jaksa (a street rather than a single pub) Thamrin/Menteng - Jalan Jaksa This is the main backpacker street, with a selection of bars, cafes, etc. Cheap and cheerful but a couple of more upmarket bars with air-conditioning.
Bengkel, the world's biggest night club
Lot 14 Sudirman Central Business District, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 52-53
Part of the Bengkel Night Park Entertainment Center, Bengkel is the largest night club in the world! The multi level club of triangular design is one of the most awe inducing sights in nightlife. The complex holds an unbelievable 15,000 people! Holding down the crowds are its massive scale state of the art sound and lighting systems, a massive dance floor, multiple bars stocked with the finest of spirits, and enough seating to sit a riot.
Bacchus Bar
Jalan Jenderal Sudirman Kav. 10-11
(Kempinski Hotel)
B.A.T.S. / Very, very popular bar among expatriates. Easy to know why, counting the number of pretty girls.
Jalan Jenderal Sudirman
Shangri-La Hotel, Kota BNI City Complex
BC’s / Dancing /
Thamrin
Hotel Nikko Jakarta, Annex Building Ground Floor
Black Cat / Jazz
Senayan
Level 2 at Plaza Senayan Arcadia
Blueprints Bar
Jalan Letnan Jenderal S. Parman Kav. 93-94
Boulevard Park Royal Hotel
Bugils Cafe / http://www.bugils.com/
Jalan Gerbang Pemuda 3
Taman Ria Senayan, Laguna Ria Buiding
Burgundy
Jalan M. H. Thamrin Kav. 28-30
Cafe Batavia / http://www.cafebatavia.com/
Taman Fatahillah
Kota
Casablanca
Kuningan Plaza
Cinnebar
Thamrin
Jl Iman Bonjol, opposite the Mandarin Hotel.
CJ’s - Hotel bar, therefore lots of prostitutes and foreigners. Live music and high prices
Senayan
Mulia Senayan Hotel
Club 36 - Nice small club, with house music and RnB. Topless Thai and Chinese dancers. Popular with the Chinese community. Always crowded
Jalan Labu, Hotel Jayakarta
Colours Cafe
Jalan M.H. Thamrin Kav. 3
Menara Thamrin Building
Cuba Libre Latin Bar
Jalan Veteran I/30
Diamond's
Behind Mall Lindeteves, Jl Labu
Karaoke and bar with topless dancers. Bordello.
Eastern Promise
5 Kemang Raya
Kemang
Exotis
Mangga Besar Raya
Ugly, dirty place, with Techno Kota and lots of prostitutes.
"A part of the waiters job is to propose to you ‘girls to fuck’".
Episode
The Ascott Jakarta, Lobby Entrance
Jalan Kebon Kacang Raya No.2
Fez Lounge
Kemang Raya
Ground floor of Kinara
Grand Manhattan
Hotel Borobudur
"Has a good live band on Friday evening and a very friendly atmosphere, mix of chinese, hotel customers, prostitutes, Indonesians and expats. Sometimes empty, sometimes full. Bar as surprising as unpredictable".
Happy Dragon Pub
Jalan Mangga Dua Raya
Hotel Le Grandeur
Hard Rock Cafe
Jl. MH. Thamrin Kav. 13
Unit L2#EX-07
J Lounge
Kuningan
Hotel Gran Melia
Jl. HR Rasuna Said
Jaya pub
Jaya Bldg Ph.
Kudus Bar / Hilton Hotel
Senayan/Sudirman
Lava Lounge
Senayan / Taman Ria
Mad Dogs / Harley bike crowd
Cilandak Industrial Estate
Manggarai Railroad
Manggarai
Open-air Toko Disko located on Manggarai Railroad and playing Techno Kota, 15 meters from the bencong. It's a bit muddy if you want to dance, especially during rainy season. Sitting on stools, young girls selling sexual favors for less than Rp. 50,000.
Manchester United Restaurant and Bar
Graha Matraman Podium Sarinah 2nd Floor
Jl. MH Thamrin No11
Manna House
Jalan Gerbang Pemuda 3
Taman Ria Senayan
Mata Bar (closed right now – Jan 08)
Wisma Metropolitan II, 16th floor
Jalan Jenderal Sudirman Kav. 29-31
Morgan’s
Menteng/Senen
in the Aston Atrium hotel.
My Bar
Jl Falatehan 1 no 16
Blok M
Oriental Bar
Jalan M.H. Thamrin
Mandarin Oriental
Nine Muses Club
25, Kebayoran Baru
JI. Wijaya I
Paprika Wine Bar
Jalan Wahid Hasyim 55a
Pool Bar
Jalan M.H. Thamrin
Mandarin Oriental
Red Square
Senayan Arcadia
Plaza Senayan Arcadia (a new building behind the Plaza Senayan shoping centre car park)
The most popular expat bar in Jakarta, it actually really sucks on Friday and Saturday because it’s way too crowded. Best time to go there would have to be on Thursday night, when they have sexy dancers, pumping house music, people dancing on the tables and shows by the bartenders.
Best night spot in Jakarta if you're single male. Some prostitutes (more and more actually) but most girls aren't.
Rich Club
Permata Hijau Mall
High class/Semi-private club with striptease/dancers.
M n' B (Music and Bar) / Sparks Hotel,
Jalan Mangga Besar
The only place in Jakarta where I saw strippers going completely naked.
The Beat / Dancing
Kemang
Jl. Kemang Raya 29
The Cazbar
Taman Kantor Unit a1
Mega Kuningan E3.3
Top Gun
Jl. Falatehan I/32 |
