Spent a couple of days over on Jakarta in a very last minute trip (booked the day before) as one of my girls had a comped table at Immigrant for her birthday paid for by her boyfriend/sponsor and wanted me to go. So would've been rude not to...
Anyway intel update that the Dragonfly crowd seems to be going to both Immigrant (as expected) but also Blowfish too. Probably due to it's proximity, but a lot of the regular nights/events in Dragonfly have moved to Blowfish for the time being. I never made it there tho as I had a free night in Immigrant both the Friday and Saturday, but it would've been interesting to check out. DF expected to re-open post Ramadan (mid-July).
I will likely head back over again for a (long) weekend in a few weeks and Blowfish will be on the agenda then. Only done the place once and didn't really like it as appeared to be a lot of young chinese. But now should be a blend of the DF crowd going as well so good excuse to give it another whirl.
I might add as well the talent in Immigrant was pretty average by Jakarta's standards, particularly on Saturday. Tho I did manage to pick up a hottie (tho no SNL, banged her later that week). But that was a bit of a fluke, as apart from a few real tidy girls the talent was actually fairly disappointing I thought. Friday was a lot better and had a cracking time, but it still wasn't up to Dragonfly' standards.
Was in illegals briefly on Saturday and again it wasn't that busy so may not be that great an 'afterparty' option afterall. Certainly a nicer (and less dodgy feeling) club than Miles but seems not to be getting a crowd, on a Saturday anyway. The one Friday I was there before it was a lot busier.
Finally, given I was rolling solo this time I stayed in a budget hotel as opposed to an airbnb. Stayed at the
All Seasons Hotel, Thamrin which was picked more or less at random as it was fairly cheap and 5 minute walk from Plaza Indoneseia. I must say I was pleasantly surprised by this cracking little budget business hotel. Great rooms, staff that weren't retarded, solid consistently working wifi, small (tho very basic) gym which I had all to myself, the full room service menu was 24 hour, and in particular a surprisingly great rooftop bar which is ideal for bouncing chicks back to for a drink. Recommended.