Tartine Restaurant FX Mall

Tartine is a moderately priced eatery focusing on tartine, a french word for a slice of bread topped with anything eatable (just like a sandwich without a second piece of bread to close it). It is not haute cuisine but it is good enough and creative. Tartine is also very pleasant in its design: Elegant, yet simple and homey. For the price you pay, it is worth it not so much for the food, but rather for the atmosphere, very cozy.

Opening Hours:
From Sunday to Thursday: 9am to 12am
Friday and Saturday: 9am to 2am
Live Music from Wednesday to Saturday. Happy Hours: From 4pm to 6pm = 50% discount.

Tartine Restaurant
Jl.Sudirman Pintu 1 Senayan
FX Lifestyle X'nter Lt.FB No 02A.03
Jakarta, Indonesia
Phone: +62 21 2555 4222

Check their facebook fan group Tartine Restaurant for more information about events, discounts and pictures.

My own (bad) pics from my visit:

Decanter Wine Lounge Kuningan

Decanter is an upscale wine house and restaurant, popular with both expats and locals. Intimate interior design, quite comfortable and calm, Decanter is a good place to discover in Jakarta, close to the city center.

Not a cheap place to eat & drink but worth it. You may find useful information about Decanter's events, staff and news on their website: www.decanterjakarta.com. You may also want to check their facebook fanpage (from which the photos were taken): Decanter Wine Lounge & Restaurant.
Live music (easy listening/jazz) every Thursday and Friday nights.

Decanter Jakarta
Plaza Kuningan
Menara Utara. Ground Floor
Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. C11-14

Tel: +62-21 529 63888

Open from 11am to 2pm and from 4pm to 2am (3am on weekends)

Black Cat Jakarta Jazz Club (Senayan Arcadia)

BlackCat Jazz Supper club is a classy, upmarket jazz Bar with good live performances. The seats are not so comfortable though and it’s a bit too dark. Mixed expat and Indonesian crowd. that I didn't find so pretentious for a Jazz bar. Not far from Red Square bar if you feel like going out after that..

The restaurant proposes an original mix of creole/cajun food (not tried).

Contact details:
Black Cat Jakarta
Plaza Senayan Arcadia Unit X 208-209
Jl.New Delhi No.9 Pintu I Senayan

Phone number Black Cat: +6221 57901264

Website: Black Cat Jazz Jakarta

Similar bars: Nine Muses Club Kemang, BB's Menteng.

Burgundy Bar & Lounge & Live Jazz Music (Hyatt Hotel Jakarta)

Expensive drinks (Beer = Rp 60k), but classy bar with live music everyday (including Jazz) and businessmen talking. Not a hotspot of Jakarta nightlife and rather quiet, it attracts the capital's most upmarket crowd. Definitely not a girls' bar comparing with BATS in Shangri La hotel or CJs bar in Hotel Mulia, but unexpected meetings are not impossible since some rich, older indonesian women come here. There are a few working girls as well that always hang out in Burgundy and I suppose they are up for grab.


Awesome view on Plaza Indonesia, making the experience quite enjoyable.

Starting on March 5th, 2010, the Las Vegas style show "Mister Moonlight" will be in Burgundy at 21h30. You can read more about it in this article of Jakarta Globe: Mister Moonlight. The same show used to be in Gaudi.

Contact details:
Burgundy Jakarta
Grand Hyatt 4th Floor
Jl. M.H. Thamrin
Kav. 28-30
Jakarta 10230

Opening hours: From Sunday to Thursday - 4:30 pm to 1:00 am
From Friday to Saturday - 4:30 pm to 2:00 am

Tel:+62213901234

Check their (small) webpage here to see the live music schedule: Burgundy Bar Hyatt Hotel Jakarta

Cava Jazz Coffee Lounge (Cikini)

Cava (ça va in French, meaning "I'm feeling good) is a new restaurant and bar in Cikini with jazz music in the background. A live band plays there but only once a week, on Saturday evenings from 7pm to 10pm.

The place is gorgeous but expensive (around 150,000rp for one person) and the food far from being awesome, except for the desserts. I recommend it if you like live jazz and come on a saturday night. Do make a reservation because Cava isn't so big.

Cava-jazz coffee lounge
Jl. Cikini Raya No. 38 Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10330, Indonesia.
Tel: (62-21) 230 0581

More information on its facebook fanpage: Cava Jakarta Jazz Lounge

Read about my favourite French restaurants in Jakarta: Best French food in Jakarta

Eastern Promise Pub and Live Music (Kemang)

Eastern Promise is a friendly, laid-back expat pub with several rooms, each with a particular atmosphere. You have a quiet bar in the entrance, then a dining room for eating British and Indian food, and in the back a beer garden with live music for partying. Also on the side, a billiard/darts room, and a sports-watching room. Eastern Promise is usually very crowded, especially on weekends, with a lot of expatriates mostly above 35.

Surprisingly, many Indonesian girls go there to hang out and I would put it in the OK bars to meet single women in Jakarta. I don't know if they met there, but there are always quite many mixed couples in EP.

There are special promos or events almost everyday, so be sure to check:
Facebook pages: Eastern Promise or EP (the latter one is more updated)
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/easternpromise
Website: http://www.easternpromise-jakarta.com/ (new site - April 2011)

Eastern Promise
Kemang Raya No. 5
Jakarta Selatan
DKI Jakarta - Indonesia

Phone number: +62-21 7179 0151
Email: lens.ep@bugilsnews.com

Kudus Bar Jakarta (The Sultan Hotel, ex-Hilton, Jalan Sudirman)

Nice classy wine bar, popular with businessmen, expats and wealthy locals. The decor is inspired by the town of Kudus, in Central Java, to make its interior Jakarta's first "Javanese wine lounge".

The beautiful furniture and artefacts gives Kudus an elegant feel, without being too pompous. You also have an interesting selection of live music, from jazz to acoustic, every day from 8pm to midnight (you can check the schedule here: Sultan Jakarta Kudus Bar).

Kudus is quite expensive, but you have some interesting discounts if you come during the happy hours, from 5pm to 8pm, with 30% off on beers and soft drinks and 15% off on wines.

At last, the list of wines and champagnes is very complete, with the possibility to take away some bottles. If you want to eat in Kudus, you have the possibility to bring food from Taman Sari, the famous restaurant of the Sultan Hotel.

Address details:
Kudus, in Sultan Hotel (ex-Hilton)
Jl Jend Gatot Subroto Hotel Jakarta Hilton Internasional; Jakarta; Dki Jakarta

Phone number: +62-21 570 3600 ext. 1178
Fax: +62-21-5733091

Email: hotel@sultanjakarta.com

Opening Hours: Everyday except on Sunday from 11am to 1am (2pm on Saturday)

Orleans Bistro Live Music and Dining

Orleans Bistro is a fine dining restaurant featuring live jazz music every Friday nights. The other nights, from Wednesday to Saturday, a professional pianist will entertain clients at the piano with some classic tunes and they are welcomed to sing along. The food is expensive for Indonesian standards, around 80,000 rupiah per dish, but well worth it as it is creative and unique in Jakarta. The menu is made of a very subtle fusion of Cajun and Indonesian dishes.

Photo: Orleans Bistro Website. It also has infos about their menu and events. You can also check their facebook: Orleans Jakarta


Orleans Bistro Jakarta
Jl.Wolter Mongonsidi no. 12E-14A
Kebayoran Baru

Phone: +62-21 7279 0555
Fax: +62-21 7278 6819
info@orleansbistro.com

Open from Monday to Saturday 10AM to 11Pm. Closed on Sunday.

Shanghai Blue 1920

Shanghai Blue 1920 is a chic restaurant and bar owned by the Tugu Group, who possesses various hotels and restaurants in Indonesia. The objective of the bar is to bring you back to the golden era of Shanghai (apparently in 1920 was the time to be there…). I give a 10/10 for the settings, really beautiful and impressing. The food is a mix of Chinese, Betawi and Peranakan, that of the first Chinese migrants who came to Indonesia. It is excellent and creative, but very expensive: At least Rp. 150,000 per person with wine.

There is a live band playing old jazz tunes almost every evening, with a focus on Mandarin Jazz. Occasionally, you also have guest singers and musicians. You can check their website for more information.

Shanghai Blue is quite exceptional in Jakarta and I think that if you have one evening to spend here, this is one of the restaurants I would recommend going to.

Schedule of music performances:
Tuesday night: Swing Jazz + Cantonese Jazz Pop
Wednesday night: Swing Jazz
Thursday night: Bossa + Cantonese Jazz Pop
Saturday night: Rumba

Contact details:
Shanghai Blue 1920 Jazz Lounge & Restaurant
Jalan Kebon Sirih 77-79
Tel: +62-21 391 8690
Email: shanghai-blue@tuguhotels.com

The pictures were taken from Shanghai Blue 1920 website. The restaurant is open from 11AM to 11PM everyday.