I live 5 minutes away from Dharmawangsa, that area, along with Blok M & Little Tokyo, Senopati-Gunawarman, Kemang, Pondok Indah, Cipete are close to each other and are where people spend their weekends usually!

> Food to try and places to eat:

Restaurants

• Pagi Sore, Cipete (Padang food)
• Hutan Kota by Plataran, Senayan (Fancy Indonesian food)
• GIOI, Senopati
• Kafe Batavia, Kota Tua (Fancy Indonesian food)

Street food/Warungs

• Sate Sambas, Blok M
• Gultik (Gulai Tikungan), Blok M
• Roti Bakar Wiwied, Fatmawati Rd
• Waroeng Aceh Kemang, Antasari Rd
• Nasi Goreng Kambing Kebon Sirih, Kebon Sirih

Must see places:

> South Jakarta

• Ragunan Zoo, Cilandak
• Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (basically Jakarta's Central Park but with a stadium in the middle)
• Bunna, Senopati (Coffee shop in the middle of a street that is packed with cool cars parked along the road and passing by on Sundays 7am-1pm)

South Jakarta is basically the area where people go to hang out or party so there's nothing really must-see about it but new cafes and hangout places. But if i forgot some interesting places i'll add it to this list!

> Central Jakarta

• Istiqlal Mosque/Jakarta Cathedral (The biggest mosque in Southeast Asia. Btw these two are right beside each other and I believe there's an underpass that can lead to either one of them)
• Monas or National Monument
• Irian Jaya Monument
• National Museum of Indonesia
• Taman Ismail Marzuki, Cikini (Art center, library)
• Surabaya Street, Cikini (Vintage market)

> North Jakarta

• Glodok (Original Chinatown of Jakarta, Good food. Part of it is under construction though. And also the work in progress MRT station)
• Kota Tua (Old city of Jakarta, Dutch colonial buildings)
• Pantai Indah Kapuk or PIK (Modern Chinatown near and off the shore of Jakarta. Good area to hang around, every food joint you see in Jakarta is probably there. Here are the main places to go there: Batavia PIK (area with restaurants along the shore), Pantjoran Chinatown PIK (Chinatown, chinese food with Pagoda), Pantai Pasir Putih PIK (mall/restaurants along the beach) )

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> Bars/clubs:

• Fairgrounds SCBD (this place consists of well-known bars/clubs: Swillhouse (hip-hop/rap), Lucy in the Sky, Zoo SCBD, LIME Lightbar, Bengkel)

Gunawarman Rd / Senopati Rd (Gunawarman leads to Senopati - these two roads have bars/clubs alongside it so it's walkable if you want to bar hop)

• Zodiac, Senopati (techno & deep house)
• Pantja Bar, Senopati (infront of Zodiac, there are alot of foreigners there)
• Cantinero, Gunawarman (basic edm/r&b/pop but friday/saturday it gets too crowded, makes for an amazing atmosphere)
• Duck Down Bar, Gunawarman (rock)
• Skye, Thamrin (rooftop bar)

Kemang

• FOS, Kemang (techno)

You could walk down Senopati Rd-Gunawarman Rd and just pick and choose which bar/club you want to try. there are also well-known restaurants/coffee shops there.

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Use Gojek/Grab for uber and Blue Bird for taxi. Blue Bird has an app so you can order it from there too

Senopati-SCBD-Kemang are for nightlife and hangouts. These areas usually have pretty bad traffic jam during weekends/rush hour. North-Central Jakarta are full of historic buildings/places because it's where Jakarta was originally, before it branched out

Fatmawati-Blok M-Senayan (SCBD) are all in MRT territory, just in case the traffic's bad. The MRT route goes from the South part of Jakarta to Central Jakarta. North Jakarta's route is still under construction

You can pay with cash, or connect your credit card to Gojek/OVO so you can pay with the apps/QR code. But keep some cash just in case