Pasar Tanah Abang Blok A — Attraction in Jakarta

Pasar Tanah Abang Blok A is heaven for wholesale shopping lovers! 🛍️✨

This is the go-to spot if you want affordable fashion, fabrics, and accessories in Jakarta. You’ll find everything here — from Muslim wear, batik, kids’ clothes, to trendy outfits for daily use. Most shops sell in bulk (wholesale price), but some will sell retail if you ask nicely.

What I loved: 💸 Prices are VERY reasonable (especially if you buy 3+ pieces) 👗 Huge variety — seriously, you can spend hours just exploring 🏢 Air-conditioned and organized into floors by product category 🚇 Easy to reach via public transport or ride-hailing apps

Tips for first-timers: Go early in the morning to avoid the crowd and get fresh stock. Wear comfortable shoes — lots of walking! Bring cash, although some stores accept QRIS or transfer. Be polite when bargaining, and you’ll usually get a better price.

Perfect if you want to buy souvenirs, resell items, or just refresh your wardrobe at a low cost. A must-visit for...

The place is literally so huge as it almost seamlessly joins with the other blocks as parts of the biggest textile market is Southeast Asia.

This means you have to bring with you a fit body to enable you to traverse the place, even walking from where you get off your transport to where you can get to buy your target stuff will generally be quite the distance.

Also you need to keep your haggling mode on all the time so you can get the best prices for your transactions. And most sellers here still prefer cold hard cash.

As with any other markets, you'll find the sellers here are of many various characters, yet most will put on a nice face to greet you and try to persuade you to agree on their prices. Again, it's up to your haggling abilities of how good you can get the prices for...

Tanah Abang is a place where you can get really good deals. batik half the price from Thamrin City. the variety is enormous but all focused on fashion and fabrics. its an extremely crowded place that opens and closes early (6am to 4pm?). stay away if you are scared of jam packed places. my may concern is only the massive fire hazard. too many people smoke inside and the fabrics would pose as good fuel for fire. fire escapes might be hampered by the small alleys. i enjoy going through and put my concern away ... people are...