Indonesia's first modern department store, opened August 1966 on Jalan M.H. Thamrin, Jakarta; the state-owned retailer was built to support small local craft and textile businesses.
Best for Indonesian batik, craft and local design
Sarinah opened in August 1966 on Jalan M.H. Thamrin in central Jakarta, and is documented as Indonesia's first modern department store — a state-owned enterprise (BUMN) rather than a private retail chain. From its founding, the store's mandate went beyond conventional retail: it was established to support small and medium local enterprises (UMKM), particularly artisans and cottage industries working in textiles and handicrafts, giving it a distinct role in Indonesian retail history as a state-backed showcase for domestic craft.
Today the enterprise has expanded well beyond a single department store, running divisions in property management, hospitality partnerships and international trade facilitation, and its flagship building functions as a cultural and performing-arts venue in addition to a shopping destination, hosting Indonesian artisans and product showcases. It maintains additional locations across major Indonesian cities.
Its precise distinction is an August 1966 opening and its status as Indonesia's first modern department store.
Bakoel Koffie has roasted coffee since 1878 from a colonial-era shop in Jakarta's historic Menteng district. A newer Bintaro location, designed by architect Andra Matin, adds a tropical minimalist café built around vertical greenery.
Best for Jakarta coffee roasted since 1878
Bakoel Koffie's own marketing claims 150 years of coffee-roasting expertise, which lines up with a stated 1878 founding and makes it one of the older continuously operating coffee businesses in Jakarta. The original Cikini café occupies a colonial-era shop building in the historic Menteng district, next to the Taman Ismail Marzuki performing arts center — a location that ties the business physically to Jakarta's colonial-era commercial architecture rather than a generic modern café buildout. A second, newer location in Bintaro Sektor 7, Tangerang Selatan, was designed by Andra Matin, a named Indonesian architect, around a tropical minimalist aesthetic with vertical greenery and what the company calls an "under the tree" concept — a deliberate contrast to the heritage building housing the original café. The Bintaro location also runs activity-based programming, including traditional games and yoga sessions, positioning it as a gathering space rather than a pure coffee counter. Both locations lean on the same description of the clientele: a mix of artists, writers, diplomats, students, and professionals the company calls a "melting pot." For a visitor choosing between them, the split is straightforward — colonial-era architecture and history at Cikini, or an architect-designed, activity-driven space at Bintaro — with the same roasting heritage claimed behind either counter.
A design shop selling artist-illustrated bags, purses, passport covers, accessories, and stationery. Melissa Sunjaya founded the label and creates its illustrated designs. Established 2010.
Best for Melissa Sunjaya's artist-illustrated bags, passport covers, and stationery, since 2010
This Menteng roastery at Jl. Surabaya No. 20 serves coffee dine-in, takeaway, or via drive-thru, Tuesday through Sunday, 9am to 8pm. Delivery runs through Gofood and Grab for orders placed online.
Best for Indonesian single-origin Arabica from Bali, Papua and Toraja
Giyanti Coffee Roastery opened in Menteng, Central Jakarta in 2012, founded by Hendrik Halianto in a small space that had previously housed a beauty clinic. The name Giyanti nods to Java's own history, and Halianto built the business around personally overseeing every step of the cup in front of him -- dealing directly with coffee farmers, roasting the beans, and brewing the final drink himself rather than delegating to staff. The roastery works Indonesian specialty Arabica sourced single-origin from Bali Kintamani, Papua, and Toraja, roasted on imported Italian equipment that pairs traditional beans with a more contemporary roasting technique. Halianto has described his goal as less about profit than about building a coffee-making culture in Jakarta, offering an intimate counter-service alternative to the city's commercial chains and selling brewing equipment to customers who want to take the process home. The shop has since grown into a full-service Menteng fixture -- open Tuesday through Sunday for dine-in, take-away, and drive-thru, with delivery through Gofood and Grab -- but the founder's hands-on approach to sourcing and roasting remains the throughline from its beauty-clinic-turned-cafe origins to its current operation.
B(l)ooks opened on 1 July 2023 at Jalan Birah Raya 10 in the Blok S area of Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. Hikmat Darmawan of the Jakarta Arts Council founded it with Brilliant Yotenega, Kenya Sentana and Steve Wirawan, stocking Indonesian literature and humanities titles from local publishers. A typewriter sits near the entrance, and buyers are given a short poem with their book. The shop trades under the line keep b(l)ooks alive.
Best for Diverse Indonesian publishers at a neighborhood indie bookstore, est. 2023
B(l)ooks opened on 1 July 2023, at a moment when Indonesian bookselling was being written off. Hypeabis reported the opening as a counterweight to the closures of that year, including the shutting of every Gunung Agung branch. Hikmat Darmawan, deputy chair of the Jakarta Arts Council, founded the shop with Brilliant Yotenega, Kenya Sentana and Steve Wirawan. Darmawan told Hypeabis that talk of a twilight for bookshops was premature, pointing to continued growth in Europe and the United States and to physical sales rising alongside digital ones. The shop sits in Kebayoran Baru in South Jakarta, at Jalan Birah Raya 10 in the Blok S district. An old typewriter stands on a brown table near the front with a blank sheet in it. Customers who buy a book are given a short poem, which Darmawan will read aloud on request. The stock is Indonesian, leaning to literature and humanities titles from local publishers. The room is small and domestic in feel rather than retail. Its working slogan, keep b(l)ooks alive, is printed on the shop's own material and repeated in coverage of it.
Founded on 5 September 2012 by Laela and other Betawi families, Batik Betawi Terogong revived the Terogong area of Cilandak Barat, South Jakarta, as a kampung batik. The sanggar produces batik tulis (hand-drawn) and batik cap (stamped) in Jakarta-specific Betawi motifs and runs workshops for visitors.
Best for Betawi batik cloth and workshop visits
Batik Betawi Terogong was founded on 5 September 2012, when Laela and a group of Betawi families set out to keep the culture of the indigenous Jakarta community alive inside an increasingly cosmopolitan city. They chose Terogong, a kampung within Cilandak Barat in South Jakarta still home to a Betawi-majority population, and worked to re-establish it as a dedicated batik village rather than start the craft elsewhere from scratch.
The sanggar teaches and produces both hand-drawn batik tulis and stamped batik cap, developing motifs meant to read as distinctly Jakartan rather than borrowing from the better-known batik centers of Java's north coast. Its stated goals, per its own site, are to preserve batik-making as living heritage, originate Betawi-specific motifs, and give local artisans an economic stake in the craft's survival.
The workshop has drawn official recognition, including visits from Jakarta's deputy governor and the mayor of South Jakarta, coverage on Net TV, and participation in Indonesia's national Batik Day observances. It positions itself explicitly as a tourism destination as well as a workshop, inviting visitors to see and try both batik techniques on site.
An Indonesian batik silk boutique founded in 2002 in Java, selling scarves, shawls, fans and blankets made using cap sablon, a wooden silk-screen printing process, alongside its Dewi Soekarno and Kartini collections. It has stores across Bali, Jakarta, Singapore and Surabaya.
Bintang Jewelry works inside Cikini Gold Center in Menteng, Central Jakarta, crafting gold, diamond, and silver pieces with certified metals sourced from ANTAM, UBS, and Galeri 24. The shop specializes in custom wedding-ring design and precious-metal trading, with a team it describes as averaging fifteen years of experience in the craft.
Best for Custom wedding rings and certified silver jewelry
Biyan is the eponymous label of Indonesian designer Biyan Wanaatmadja, launched in Surabaya in 1985. Its eveningwear gowns are hand-embroidered with patchwork silk and lace detailing.
Best for Hand-embroidered patchwork-silk eveningwear by Biyan
Bottega Veneta’s Plaza Indonesia boutique carries intrecciato leather bags, shoes, clothing and jewellery. The official locator confirms the Jakarta door, while in-person visits support material, fit and aftercare questions.
Best for Handcrafted leather goods, bags, clothing and shoes at Plaza Indonesia.
Cosmonauts is a Jakarta streetwear label built around the story of Vlad the Cosmonaut, a character lost in space who discovers that life exists beyond Earth. Its graphic collections include the Space Pets series and collaborations such as Cosmonauts x PRX. The brand runs three shops of its own. The Armory is at Grand Indonesia and the Mothership at By The Sea Shopping Mall in Jakarta. The Research Lab is at Beachwalk Bali, and online orders ship worldwide.
Best for Graphic-led local streetwear collections from this Jakarta label
Dia.Lo.Gue in Kemang brings an art space and shop together with a café. The shop carries design objects and artist-related merchandise, giving visitors a retail selection alongside the exhibitions. Its building was designed by Andra Matin, and the venue's programme centres on exchange between artists and the public.
Best for Art-related gifts and a gallery visit in Kemang
Dia.Lo.Gue Artspace was founded in 2001 by Ibu Engel Tanzil in Kemang Selatan, South Jakarta (Jalan Kemang Selatan Raya No. 99 A). The venue's name playfully presents 'dialogue' as 'Dia-Lo-Gue,' also readable as Betawi slang meaning 'Him/Her-You-Me,' reflecting its ethos as a place for open conversation, safe expression, and honest discovery. The building itself was designed by famed Indonesian architect Andra Matin and emphasizes the importance of empty space. Dia.Lo.Gue operates as three integrated elements: an artspace hosting diverse exhibitions (from indie music concerts and documentary screenings to exhibitions on design and architecture), a cozy café, and a shop selling quirky local indie brands, artist products, contemporary art objects, books, and vintage travel posters. The venue remains a chic gathering point for Jakarta's creative community.
Indonesian fine-jewelry label working in 14K recycled gold and lab-grown diamonds, operating a store-in-store at Sarinah, Jakarta's historic department store, since its opening in September 2024.
Best for Lab-grown diamond rings and necklaces
ISAGO is an Indonesian jewelry brand working in 14-karat recycled gold and lab-grown diamonds, positioning itself around sustainability claims - the company states its collections generate 63% lower carbon emissions and use seven times less water per production carat than conventional mined-gold jewelry. It opened a store-in-store at Sarinah, central Jakarta's landmark department store and one of the city's oldest retail buildings, with an official launch on September 6, 2024. The Sarinah location joined other ISAGO retail points, including a presence at Central Store in the Grand Indonesia mall. The brand frames its combination of recycled metal and lab-grown stones as a fine-jewelry alternative to traditionally mined and newly refined materials.
Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta (flagship), with galleries across Jakarta
Iwan Tirta Batik continues the archive of Iwan Tirta (1935–2010), the Yale-trained lawyer who studied with royal batik makers in Surakarta and created more than 10,000 designs. The house sells menswear, womenswear, fabrics, accessories and home pieces from that archive, with bespoke tailoring; its current official store list includes Iwan Tirta Home on Jalan Wijaya XIII plus Plaza Indonesia, Plaza Senayan, Pondok Indah Mall 2 and Alun-Alun Indonesia at Grand Indonesia.
Best for Hand-drawn batik continuing a Javanese maestro's 10,000-design archive
Iwan Tirta was born Nusjirwan Tirtaamidjaja in 1935 in Blora, Central Java, and trained as a lawyer at Yale Law School. His path changed in the 1960s when a research project on the sacred court dances of Central Java drew him toward batik; rather than learning the craft from family, as most batik makers did, he apprenticed under royal batik makers inside the Surakarta palace.
Tirta spent years documenting batik traditions across Indonesian villages, publishing his first book on the subject in 1962. Through the 1970s and 1980s he is credited with an early revival of batik as fashion design, staging elaborate runway collections built on Javanese court motifs; his cloth was worn by public figures including South African president Nelson Mandela.
By his death in 2010, Tirta had created more than 10,000 original batik designs, an archive the brand bearing his name still draws from. Today the label produces menswear, womenswear, fabrics, scarves and bags, and home textiles alongside bespoke tailoring and corporate commissions, positioning itself as custodian of his design record rather than a successor designer.
Iwan Tirta Private Collection carries forward the house of Iwan Tirta (1935–2010), the Yale-trained lawyer turned designer who launched his label in 1973 after studying under royal batik makers of the Surakarta palace. His batik shirts were worn by heads of state at the 1994 APEC summit.
Best for Continuing batik maestro Iwan Tirta's royal-court-inspired Javanese batik legacy
Iwan Tirta, born Nusjirwan Tirtaamidjaja in Blora, Central Java, in 1935, trained first as a lawyer — earning a law degree from Yale in 1965 and later teaching at the University of Indonesia — before turning to batik preservation in the 1970s. He launched his own label in 1973, having researched and trained directly under royal batik makers connected to the Surakarta palace.
Tirta is credited with leading batik's design revival through the 1970s and 1980s, elevating a traditional craft into internationally recognized fashion. His work reached its highest public profile in 1994, when he designed the batik shirts worn by attending heads of state at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit held in Indonesia; his clients over the years included Nelson Mandela and Ronald Reagan.
Tirta died in 2010, and the Iwan Tirta Private Collection in Jakarta continues under his name, carrying his royal-court-derived motifs and design philosophy forward as a going concern rather than a museum-only archive.
Kriya Nusantara crafts Indonesian home decor and gifts, including a brass-and-crystal chandelier for the presidential palace at Indonesia's new capital, IKN. It also made a ceremonial keris box gifted to Turkey's president.
Best for Kriya Nusantara crafts Indonesian home decor and gifts
Kriya Nusantara describes itself as bringing together technology and tradition, and its two best-documented pieces make the case. The company built the chandelier now installed in the Presidential Palace at Nusantara, Indonesia's new capital under construction in East Kalimantan, using brass, high-grade crystal, and teakwood, produced by local artisans working to a tight completion schedule.
The company also crafted a ceremonial keris box that Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto presented to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — a piece built from carved wood with metal accents, intended, in the company's words, as a symbol of honor and friendship between the two nations rather than simple storage.
Beyond these commissions, Kriya Nusantara's regular collections run to lighting, gift boxes, and interior furnishing pieces, sold through its own e-catalogues covering furnishing, home wellness amenities, and corporate gifts, as well as a dedicated online store. The company accepts custom orders and positions itself around Indonesian decorative craft traditions — chandeliers, boxes, and ornamental objects built from materials like brass, crystal, and carved wood rather than mass-produced décor.
Lakon Indonesia develops contemporary clothing from batik and handwoven textiles, balancing traditional surface work with modern proportions. Its collections are useful for shoppers who want Indonesian cloth in everyday silhouettes.
Best for Batik, handwoven textiles, and contemporary Indonesian silhouettes
Independent record shop that began in Bali in 2017 before opening a Jakarta location inside Pasar Santa market in South Jakarta; stocks used and new vinyl across genres including classic rock, jazz and 1990s alternative, and hosts listening sessions and pop-ups.
Best for Vinyl and music finds at this independent Jakarta record shop
Millers Records began in Bali in 2017 as a small independent record shop dealing mainly in used and vintage vinyl. It later expanded with a Jakarta store inside Pasar Santa, a multi-level market building at Jl. Cipaku I in the Petogogan area of South Jakarta. The Jakarta shop's stock spans genres including classic rock, jazz and 1990s alternative, drawing both collectors and casual browsers. Beyond selling records, Millers Records runs listening sessions and in-store pop-up events, and the company describes its mission as keeping vinyl and analogue music culture active in a digital era. The store is listed in Discogs' directory of record shops and has participated in Record Store Day promotions. It operates alongside a separate Millers Records location in Bali under shared branding and social media presence.
Nadi Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Jakarta, opened in 2000 and named for the Indonesian word for pulse. It stages curated exhibitions of Indonesian and international artists roughly six times a year.
Best for Contemporary Indonesian art exhibitions in Jakarta
Nadi Gallery opened in Jakarta on 15 September 2000 with an exhibition of paintings by Heri Dono, and has run as a program of curated shows ever since. The gallery takes its name from the Indonesian word "nadi" - aorta, artery, vein - a deliberate metaphor for the pulse of contemporary art it aims to track in Indonesia. Exhibitions are organized in partnership with guest or independent curators and staged at least six times a year, showing both Indonesian artists and international names alongside them. Alongside the commercial program - the gallery invites collectors to view and purchase works on show - Nadi positions itself as a hub for dialogue around Indonesian contemporary art: it has hosted workshops, supported book publishing tied to its shows, and organized discussions bringing together artists, critics, curators and collectors. The gallery's program has been recognized externally: it was an invited participant in Showcase Singapore 2008, and Now Jakarta magazine named it the Best Art Gallery in Jakarta in 2009. Two and a half decades after opening, Nadi continues to schedule rotating exhibitions viewable through its "Now Exhibiting" and "Past Exhibitions" pages, alongside contact details for gallery visits and inquiries about specific artists' work.
Playdate Kemang is a concept store in South Jakarta selling retro, Y2K-styled fashion from local Indonesian labels like Lolica and Glam Mafia. The museum-like space at HOB NOB Collective Space is also a popular photo spot.
Best for Retro Y2K-inspired fashion and accessories from Indonesian labels like Lolica and Glam
Sebastian Gunawan's official store sells ready-to-wear and bridal fashion across three in-house labels: SEBASTIANred, VOTUM Heritage and SEBASTIANsposa. Each label covers a distinct category, from everyday pieces to wedding wear.
Best for Ready-to-wear and bridal fashion across three in-house labels: SEBASTIANred
Sejauh Mata Memandang is an Indonesian textile label founded by Chitra Subyakto, working with artisans across the country on batik and handwoven pieces. It is a certified B Corp built around circularity and repurposed materials.
Best for Hand-drawn batik, kebaya and handwoven Indonesian textiles
Sejauh Mata Memandang was founded by Chitra Subyakto as an Indonesian textile label built around two ideas at once: rooting designs in local heritage, and keeping materials in circulation rather than discarding them. The brand works directly with artisans across Indonesia on hand-drawn batik (batik tulis), hand-stamped batik (batik cap), handscreen printing and handwoven textiles, producing kebaya, blouses, kain, scarves and home pieces like embroidered pillows and plates alongside seasonal collections named for motifs such as Rimba, Bija and Daur.
The label has become known for named collaborations — with visual artist Eko Nugroho, illustrator Adrian Gan, actress Dian Sastrowardoyo, and musician Tulus, whose kebaya capsule references his song 'Remedi.' Sustainability runs through the business model: a clothing take-back and recycling program, a partnership tied to Leuser Forest restoration that plants a tree for qualifying purchases, and B Corp certification, which requires third-party verification of environmental and social practices.
For shoppers looking for Indonesian textile techniques with a documented maker network rather than an anonymous supply chain, Sejauh's combination of named artisan processes and certified circularity is unusually specific for a fashion retailer.
South Jakarta retail counters - including Gandaria City Mall and Pondok Indah Mall 1 - for Sensatia Botanicals, a natural, cruelty-free skincare line made in Bali since the early 2000s and now sold through 30-plus Indonesian stores.
Best for Bali-made skincare and body care at current Jakarta boutiques
Sensatia Botanicals is a natural skincare brand manufactured in Bali, describing itself as drawing on plant-based formulations since the turn of the 21st century; its own materials don't give a precise founding year, and none was found independently. Its products are made without animal testing and are formulated without parabens, SLS, silicones, palm oil, synthetic dyes or artificial fragrances, according to the brand's own site. Sensatia has grown from its Bali base into a retail network of more than 30 stores spread across Bali, DKI Jakarta, West Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, South Sulawesi, North Sumatra and West Nusa Tenggara. Within South Jakarta specifically, the brand's official store locator lists counters at Gandaria City Mall and Pondok Indah Mall 1, among other Jakarta-area locations.
Second location of history publisher-bookstore Komunitas Bambu, opened February 2025 on Jalan Rembang in Menteng, Central Jakarta, combining a history-focused bookshop with a small cafe.
Best for A new independent bookstore and community space in Menteng
Toko Buku Kobam Menteng is the second retail branch of Komunitas Bambu, an Indonesian publisher specializing in history books, and it opened on February 16, 2025 at Jalan Rembang No. 11 in Menteng, Central Jakarta. The shop stocks primarily Komunitas Bambu's own catalog: histories of the 1965-66 mass killings and the New Order period, Chinese-Indonesian minority history, women's and sexuality history, regional and Islamic history, biographies, plus fiction, poetry, and translated foreign works. A small cafe inside serves coffee sourced from various Indonesian regions, and a front yard functions as an informal reading and discussion space; the store also hosts historical walking tours, book discussions, and reading-club events.
Toko Kopi Tuku opened in South Jakarta in 2015 and is widely credited with sparking Indonesia's modern kopi susu, or iced milk coffee, boom.
Best for Es Kopi Susu Tetangga, Indonesia’s influential iced milk coffee
Toko Kopi Tuku opened in South Jakarta in 2015 and is widely credited with sparking Indonesia's modern kopi susu, or iced milk coffee, boom. Its signature drink, the Es Kopi Susu Tetangga — literally the neighbor's iced milk coffee — became the template that a wave of imitators across the country would follow in the years after it first appeared on the menu.
That single drink's popularity turned a South Jakarta shop into a reference point for an entire national coffee trend, one that reshaped how a generation of Indonesian cafes built their menus around iced, milk-forward coffee rather than the hot black brews that had dominated before it. Tuku has since expanded to Surabaya, carrying the same formula into Indonesia's second-largest city and testing whether the drink's appeal travels beyond the capital.
For a shop whose influence is measured less in awards than in how many other cafes now serve some version of its drink, Toko Kopi Tuku's place in Indonesian coffee culture is unusual: it didn't just serve kopi susu, it set the standard the rest of the market has been chasing since 2015.
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Sarinah at Jl. M. H. Thamrin 11 sells Indonesian textiles and handicrafts in Jakarta, and its store list keeps this Thamrin address separate from its airport and other-city outlets.S1S2
Tulisan sells its bags and accessories at Darmawangsa Square and at Plaza Senayan, and lists a separate stockist in Tangerang.S3Giyanti Coffee Roastery is at Jl. Surabaya 20 in Menteng, where it serves coffee to drink in or take away.S4
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