Eastern promise
Jl kemang raya no. 5, jakarta selatan, tel.: 6221 71790151. favorite expat hangout, nice bar with indian/english restaurant, pool table,darts, big screen, big outdoor garden with live music: every wednesday live jazz, weekends rock/pop/blues or latin, price: moderate
Red Square
Plaza senayan arcadiaï¼unit x-105ï¼jl. new delhi no.9, tel. +62-21-5790-1281. jakarta's first vodka bar, in chic black and red, serves up all sorts of vodka-based cocktails how about a bloody red square? plus "fusion russian" cuisine with items like russian bruschetta and borscht buntut. there are dancers and fire-juggling bartenders most nights at 11 pm. open from 11:30 am to past midnight, most cocktails from rp 50,000 up.
Everest
Jl. falatehan i/12k, block m, south jakarta, tel.: 6221 726 2772, fax: 6221 725 1308. website: everest. a sports themed bar. specialty: chicken in a basket. drinks: local and imported beer.two good pool tables. massive cinema size screen for major sports events. friendly staff. opening hours: 11.00 am to 02.00 am. price: moderate.
Debasic
Jl. melawai raya no. 73, jakarta selatan, tel.: 6221 7257181, fax: 6221 7254151. facility: bar, live music hip hop, retro and jazz, restaurant, discotheque. drinks: fine wine, cocktail, liquer based coffee, debasic sensation, strawberry basic margarita, long basic island. specialty: caesar salad, goulash soup, calamari calypso, entrecote conosierre, veal escallop st. debasic, deep fried oxtail. price: moderate.
Aphrodite Bar and Restaurant
Jl. hr rasuna said kave c.22 jakarta 12920. tel.: ph. 6221 5263150, fax.: 6221 5263265. specialties: mixed fruit, milk shake, beer, wine. food: soups, salad, tuna, fish and chips, fried chicken, calamari, fried rice, chicken rice, beef goulash, spaghetti, steak. price: moderate. opening hours: 10.00 am to 01.00 am, on weekend: 03.00 am.
Jl. Palatehan 1 just to the left of Blok M busway terminal and the bus station is regarded as Jakarta's Thai-style "entertainment district", with many bars and many girls inside looking for single men. While much more quiet than in Pattaya or Nana Plaza/Soi Cowboy in Bangkok, the atmosphere in these bars not spoiled by money-splashing tourists and more popular among local expats is more friendly, with most girls not pressing you much about buying them drinks or taking them home. So, the place is perfectly OK to visit if your target is just to drink some beer, watch the action around and often live music on the stage too and talk with girls.
Besides that, other places to drink are usually bars associated with the restaurants not the cheapest ones, however, several entertainment/shopping areas such as Plaza Senayan or Kemang Raya, and bars/clubs in upscale hotels.
Mardi Gras Lounge
Jamz 2, grand lippo sudirman, jl garnisun dalam 8, karet semanggi, south jakarta, tel.: 6221 574-5670. facility: bar, live jazz performance. drinks: fine wine, willowglen shiraz cabernet, champagne, liquer chardonnay. food: steak, spaghetti. opening hours: 06.00 pm to 01.00 am. price: splurge.
Bugils Bar
Taman ria senayan, jalan gerbang pemuda 3, senayan, south jakarta. tel.: 6221 574-7650. a friendly neighbourhood-style semi-dutch bar. pool table, big tv screens, darts, table football, cyber corner, sometimes live music. bar staff with style and attitude... and great service. opening hours: 06.00 pm - midnight.