Jakarta Entertainment

  1. Blowfish Lounge

    Attracts a 'too cool for school' crowd eager to sip cocktails from such an elevated position.

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  2. Bugils

    Bugils (an abbreviation of Bule Gila - crazy Westerner) in Taman Ria Senayan is packed with expats. There are tables outside and a pub atmosphere inside. Dutch beer comes as standard and the pommes frites are served in little plastic containers with mayonnaise, Amsterdam-style.

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  3. Burgundy

    Burgundy is Jakarta's most salubrious drinking haunt with spectacularly expensive cocktails, avant-garde decor, a ceiling-high cigar humidor and more beautiful people than you can shake a lemon daiquiri at.

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  4. Café Batavia

    Literally dripping in colonial-era charm and housed in an old Dutch villa in Kota, this is the kind of place that will get you talking like your grandad and consuming the strong stuff like a muscle car at a drag race. The bistro-style food is a little overpriced, but it looks great and the atmosphere is well worth writing home about.

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  5. Centro

    Another of Jakarta's huge clubs, and one that attracts international DJs on a regular basis.

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  6. Cinnabar

    Another restaurant-bar frequented by Jakarta's upwardly mobile crowd; great cocktails.

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  7. Embassy

    Embassy is one of the biggest clubs in the city, with a massive dance floor and plenty of fashionable Jakartans grooving the night away.

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  8. Face Bar

    Modern Southeast Asian bar with plenty of subdued reds and dark woods.

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  9. Red Square

    If you love vodka, you'll love this place. Dubbed Jakarta's first vodka bar, Red Square has more of Russia's standard drink than you can drown your sorrows in; it even has a walk-in freezer for knocking back slammers. The interior is modern and chic, as is the clientele.

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  10. Retro

    In the Crowne Plaza Hotel, this slick number draws a young, hip and largely clean-cut crowd at the weekends. The dancing goes on until the wee hours, which seems to suit the punters.

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  12. Stadium

    Infamous among Jakartan clubbing circles, Stadium represents the 'dark side' of the scene, with drugs, sex and dark corners a-plenty. Expect thumping techno, banshee-style dancing and an anything-goes attitude. It stays open all weekend, but take care leaving - this is not Jakarta's safest area.

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