Update 2021: I just walked past Memories Café and it was closed with a sign "For Sale". I'm keeping the review here in case some people want to remember what it was like.
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, so you will meet many backpackers, english teachers and mid-class indonesians.
Memories Cafe Jakarta
Jalan Jaksa
Phone: 021-3162548
Open from early morning until 2/3 am
Memories Cafe Jakarta
Jalan Jaksa
Phone: 021-3162548
Open from early morning until 2/3 am
FYI the sceond picture is actually of Romance, now sadly departed... R.I.P.
ReplyDeleteReally sad to hear
DeleteMemories is still a popular place in Jaksa, with the usual shitbag crowd of backpackers, sleazy hookers and rent boys and the like. You could hold out a shit-stained 1000 rupiah note in that place and your arm would be missing a second later.
ReplyDeleteI found the place to be funny and lively but unfortunately many gays there and too many hookers
ReplyDeleteA lot of sissy (bencong) there!!!
ReplyDeleteI am looking for A dear old friend, Yani. Please if you know where she is email me. vincentconti@gmail.com she has two sisters who also might be on Jaksa Tuti and Lastri. terimah kasih vincent
ReplyDeleteFat Freddy, your comment made me LOL. I know the place well, and know what you mean, but if does have a certain charm, when you are in the mood. I know a lovely lady there, Grace, who is a dear lady.
ReplyDeletetai lah
ReplyDeleteHey i know all you guy looking name of yani is was my friend too,i think she still there cuz i see the video in youtube with other girls.yanti
ReplyDeleteVincent,im yanti i been to jl jaksa it was long time a go around 2001,i know Yani. even now im living far away from jakarta -paris .cheers .Yanti di paris-France
ReplyDeleteYes, I have been there. Beer is cheap indeed. Nice place. Pity the band does not know some old popular numbers, but ok. Everytime I visit Jakarta, you can find me there in the evening/night. Nice place!!
ReplyDeleteJL Jaksa has always been fun, it is cheap and cheerful, and i can not agree with some of the earlier comments from Fat Fredy, i first went there in 1988. I accept that the bars on jaksa are low class but so is the bill at the end of the night, you get what u pay for. In some ways the night life there is quite authentic, more so than the expensive hotel bars. Anyway with its location it is a good place to get a few cheap beers in your system before heading for the nightclubs/
ReplyDeletefrank im dannis where u,soon we will on jl.jaksa more in this club,miss u love dannis
ReplyDeleteohh man Yani was just a sweetie I don't know what happened to her we used to email each other then her email died
ReplyDeleteAnd the evil Queen of Memories Grandma Grace one of the oldest prostitutes in the business!hahahahah
ReplyDeleteCheap and cheerful indeed!
ReplyDeleteLooking at the bar, its shit, no doubt about it.
But its full of people, nice people and is very cheap.
I saw the banci2, bencong2 and hooker2 cruising the streets but they didn't bother me at all, they're just looking for people that want to be found...
Go there to: Have a laugh and make friends.
Don't go there to: impress anyone or not sweat.
I absolutely utterly adore this place. Beers are cheap. Folks are friendly, down to earth. I went midweek, a Thursday night and the comment about a shitstained Rp 1,000 (thats 6 pence sterling) being snatched is pretty wrong. Keep your wits about you like any other city, and you'll be fine. Don't get too drunk.
ReplyDeleteFrom crazygweilo at Tripadvisor.
Spent 5 years in Jakarta and one of the things I miss most is Memories; authentic, friendly and fun. I enjoyed the music, made friends with staff and customers and never had any sort of problem even when I went there on my own as a middle aged expat woman. People just get what they go looking for. I went there looking for live music, a drink and the dance floor and i sure got it besides the human "live show" you can enjoy if you like to watch people. Salam Madam Veronica.from maria (who liked Elisabeth's singing)
ReplyDeletePlace is fucking awesome
ReplyDeletenice place, friendly people
ReplyDeletejust arrived at JJ 2 days ago and ended up at Memories, and when I leave they will be good memories.Met the owner last night,lovely Indo chinese woman, her family has owned the bar 25 yrs! Great staff, no one has overcharged me
ReplyDeletelive music performance quality...it's very awfull and the songs well bored.
ReplyDeletebut the beer price, it's still the cheapest one...And the owner it's still friendly to everyone.
btw, there's a good looking Korean/ Chinese/ Japan young guy often in there...:) is there anyone knows him???
IDR 35k for a big bottle of beer
Sitting in the bar now, 9pm thursday evening and looks pretty dead. A few locals and expats/backpackers watching Indonesian football. Maybe good if you are with friends but I dont recommend it as a pre-drink venue before a club night if you are flying solo.
ReplyDeleteStill going strong. Beers are 45ribu now for a big bintang. Quite full on weekend nights. Live music after 10 pm every night.
ReplyDeleteWent there in February 2004, had a great time. Anyone knows what happened to the singer Lydia Natalia? Or maybe has even a valid email address of her? Would like to catch up with her.
ReplyDeleteThanks
Mba Nunung :)
ReplyDeleteGood place, good music, good lady's. Nice place to meet interesting people. Practice your bahasa.
ReplyDeleteGood craic, interesting not too mahal fab musik.hope it's still there April 2018.every where else in Jakarta is terlaloo expensive. Even for foreigners. The locals think all foreigners are kaya.
ReplyDeleteIagree,wentto block M, small beer 60,000ruphs.ridiculas.
ReplyDeleteStay away from block M, if you don't mind paying 65,000 for small beer. Ridiculas
ReplyDeleteMemories cafe jln jaksa terbaik
ReplyDeletestill open as i posted...as long not sold...even corona pandemic makes worsen...fyi bro...thanks
ReplyDeleteStayed in seedy rooms upstairs for 4 or 5 days in 2002.Banged heaps of whores and even pulled a hot young chick from Bundang.Great time was had
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