De Hooi — Restaurant in Jakarta

5:50pm on a Tuesday during Ramadan in South Jakarta.

The bartenders and wait staff are breaking their Ramadan fast together, chatting together, clearly happy, under the heavy din of 60s, 70s, and 80s classic rock. They are enthusiastically eating rice and chicken and ground hot peppers with their hands. They are in the chic bar uniforms made to look like they are not uniforms. One short skinny girl with colored hair and cosmetic blue iris contacts is wearing a T-shirt that says, "Good girls deserve presents." A moment before, this was the dark corner of the bar where the waitresses would bring orders to the bartenders. For a brief moment, at just this moment, until the next order comes, this is a sacred space. They are breaking fast. I feel like I am invading. I am sitting two seats down from them, finished with my burger, working on my 3rd beer. On the wall is the Ramadan special: Pork Bites for 50k on Tuesdays. Pints of Bintang Beer 55k before 8pm. There is an oblivious 30-something white woman, probably an international school teacher, sitting alone on the other side of the bar, smiling into her brand new Apple laptop opened next to a full pint of unpronounceable German beer in one of those tall fancy glasses that has the beer's brand on it. Behind me is a quiet but drunk quorum of Scottish oilmen at a table, enjoying happy hour. The bar is dark. No one speaks a word of Arabic. No prayers are audible. There is muted English football on the TV. At the moment, "Just Another Manic Monday" seems to be playing through the dozen or so overhead speakers. I quietly mention Assalamu Walaikum to them, and Iftar Mubarak. They look at me confused. I repeat in the local language: Selamat Buka Puasa. They say thank you, and ask if I want another...

F&B is good is inexpensive and also crowded. But i wondering Why your waitress have so much drama crying at the bar area. One named chacha or something even when crying in toilet upstairs and we have 5 costumer lines waiting to go to toilet and your waitress was screaming and crying inside and another waitress comes and knock the door to tell her to get out and stop using phone and stop calling your boyfriend in a bathroom there is long que outside and only 1 toilet upstair, even 1 of the costumer have to sit on the grown cause she need use toilet so bad she puke on the floor and escorted to male toilet instead and she ignore it and scream from inside toilet "bukan urusan lo brengsek" 15 minute and she finally out . And told Costumers the other waitress is only SPG with Rude voice tone and pointing finger on us the 5 customer "dia tuh cuma SPG tau gak lo" thats what she told us and pointing finger on us with tears on her eyes and still continue typing message and leave. Me and my husband are done we can't take the situation anymore so we have to leave 23:30. Your food and beverage's are realy good the music is great but you need totally manage your waitresses. Yesterday 5th jan 2019 we went to this pub again with friends and owner offer for 1 pitcher it isn't valid they said hahahhaa.... But anyways is better vibes. Thanks for...

One group with double doors. Located in Pondok Indah area. Easy to find, they have a huge signage so we can easily spot the place. They have a big parking space, but It's not that spacious inside, with nice concept, great atmosphere, and minimal lighting. You can enjoy live music every weekend (night time). They have wide range of drinks selection to choose from. One funny thing is, they serve our guinness beer not with a regular beer-glass that we used to see and drink from, but with a hot-chocolate glass, a.k.a white ceramic mug. The food here is quite good, and the price is not that expensive. The staffs are also nice....