Comments on: Tuesday 19th December

By: sentinel

sentinel — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:58:09 +0000

that’s a bit depressing - I’m gearing up for my trip to jakarta next month. Perhaps I’ll stick to tiga puluh. I think I will pop by to BlokM just to take a quick look, and hopefully make it out of there in one piece. but youre right, if the nice girls are no longer there there’s not a great deal of point in going

By: Reveller

Reveller — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:15:00 +0000

Well, the new year was very pleasant in the bars and the atmosphere on the street was good. The comments from the Blok M forums and this blog have been read by the owners - and they’d be really thick-skinned not to take heed of the warnings and do something to put matters right.

For the customer, choice is the answer. There’s still a lot of good activity on the Blok, and my advice to everyone is to vote with your feet. If you don’t like one place, just up sticks and move to another bar - and if you find that something is really piss-poor, like last night’s band in Top Gun, then shout it loud and clear in the Blok M Forums (or comments in the blog) so that the owners know what you think.

The big problem is that the Indonesian bar staff don’t relay customers’ complaints to the owners, so until they read about things here they don’t know the half of what’s going on in their own places!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:35:22 +0000

Will be coming to Jakarta in the next week,was thinking of making my regular visit to the Blok and My Bar. Was wondering how things are there now since this post was made.
Thanks

By: Reveller

Reveller — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:20:37 +0000

The owner of My Bar tells me that there is NO Nigerian investment in the place - it seems this is just another piece of disinformation that’s being spread to muddy the Blok M waters.

But I echo the sentiments expressed in the comments about the atmosphere in My Bar. These West African characters just hang around, generally at the far end of the bar, looking moody and ’sombong’. They’re as popular as a pork pie at a bar mitzvah with both the girls and the guys, and last night I left soon after midnight when a bunch of them came in.

By: boaz

boaz — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:05:03 +0000

My understanding is that the owner sold a good chunk of My Bar to the Nigerians -

I use to frequent My Bar but the new Top Gun certainly has a better atmosphere

Would love to see th return of My Bar cuz right now it ‘Their’ Bar

By: john_s

john_s — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:10:51 +0000

Your report is very disturbing indeed.
I have been absent from Jakarta since May, and looking forward to my return to the Blok has kept me from being totally hopeless in this life.
Your description of the unsavoury characters at My Bar is enough to keep me away. I only hope that D’s and Top Gun don’t succumb.
During an earlier visit, a local expat friend suggested a pass through Jalan Jaksa. At first, it was OK, then we wandered into a bar that was heavily laden with the ‘West African’ types. Talk about feeling threatened! I haven’t felt so intimidated since my last visit to Detroit’s east side. My friend and I committed the worst kind of alcohol abuse; we left our beers and immediately headed to the sanctuary of the Blok.

Keep up the good work on the website.