Alcoholics Bar & Grill Jalan Kemang Raya no. 72N Jakarta Selatan 021 7195675 info@alcoholicsbar.com If you’re trying to wean yourself off the booze, maybe it’s better you stay away from this extremely pro-alcohol spot in Kemang which just opened on the 28th of April, apply named Alcoholics Bar & Grill. Run by duo, Chef Patrick [...]

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This new restaurant has the X factor. When you enter, you feel class ooze out of its multi-faceted walls. Surrounding you are sculptures, carvings, and paintings that hang from the extremely high ceilings facing down on you. There’s a lot to keep your eyes busy in Negev, including the large attention-grabbing wall carving behind the [...]

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It’s hard to put your finger on what makes Ben Hil (short for Bendungan Hilir), right at the heart of the city, the go-to spot for street food. Maybe it’s the atmosphere—the perpetually wet streets, the howl of the bemo, the ubiquitous banci whose Adam’s apple bobs as she points her chin at you and [...]

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“Order in! One Ceasar Salad, one onion soup. Followed by one Salmon, pink, one Angus Tenderloin, medium rare, truffle mash.” There has always been some form of excitement hearing the busy bustling sounds of the Chef calling out the orders, with their crew hustling after every order. Being able to hear your order being called [...]

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Samy’s Curry Phone: (021) 515-3478 Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 52 – 53 Kawasan SCBD Lot 12, Jakarta Normally when dining in a newly opened restaurant, my expectations aren’t to see the place heaving with customers at lunchtime, but at the new Indian eatery, Samy’s Curry, it was. Why? Since the 1950’s, Samy’s Curry has been [...]

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Every weekend thousands of people from Jakarta travel to Bandung to visit the many factory outlets and dine out at hotels, resorts and open air restaurants. Hoping to escape the traffic jams of Jakarta, many are disappointed to find that Bandung suffers a similar fate at the weekend, with thousands of B plated cars clogging [...]

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What little French cuisine we have in Jakarta is generally trop cher and requires you to dress to impress, which is where the concept for Coquelicot was born. Non-pretentious, very homely and even borderline kitsch describe this place tucked away in Cipete. The name itself refers to a red poppy that graces the French countryside [...]

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If you’re starved of somewhere to have a decent cup of coffee, look no further. Anomali prides itself for having the best local coffee from around Indonesia, with their fresh beans coming in from Bali, Java, Toraja, Flores, Papua, Aceh and Mandailing. We took a trip into their latest branch in Kemang to discover some [...]

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Receptionist Table No, it’s not a typo. There are two reasons why this new swanky hip spot is missing an ‘H’ to its name. Reason one being management didn’t want guests to say, “Let’s meet at the hotel lobby” and then be confused as to which hotel this would mean. Reason two would be that [...]

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There are two kinds of people in Jakarta: the ones that eat street food and the ones that don’t.   The ones that do boast about late-night haunts, one-of-a-kind stalls and meals so good you’d sell your mother for another bite.   The ones that don’t eat street food are, well…forgettable. If the fact that [...]

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