Modernhaus

Modernhaus feels less like a destination bar and more like the best apartment party in Senopati, which is exactly the point. The island counter puts you beside the team, the window frames real trees against the skyline, and every drink names its plant source without hiding behind obscure titles. Bule's ingredients-first style lands as flavour first and technique second, so a Betel or Pohpohan reads clearly even if you never follow cocktail lists closely. For a single night in Jakarta's cocktail belt, this is the room worth booking ahead.

Take the lift to the third floor above Bouchon on Jl. Senopati and step into a warm living room of wood tones, mixed sofas, coffee tables, and soft light. The custom island bar is the focal point: counter seats suit solo visitors and pairs who want to talk to the team, while the sofas and side tables work for groups. Entry is strictly for guests 25 and over, with ID checks possible, and the room stays calm at 17:00 before filling on weekend nights. The team switches easily between English and Bahasa Indonesia.

The menu splits into roots, fruits, leaves, and flowers, with 12 cocktails that state their main ingredient in the name. Order Betel for the house style at its most Indonesian: betel-infused rum, umeshu, lemon verbena aperitivo, and pickled betel leaves in a refreshingly vegetal serve. Pohpohan uses locally sourced pohpohan leaves with juniper mint liqueur and limeade cordial for a minty, citrus lift. Celery is Bule's savoury martini with celery vodka, bergamot, and MSG dotted with celery oil, while Tomato reframes a Bloody Mary with whisky, Tabasco, and wasabi spirit. For something lighter, Cempaka blends cempaka-flower whiskey with malt and hibiscus ginger maple.

The bar is at Jl. Senopati No. 79 in Senopati, South Jakarta, above the French restaurant Bouchon. It opens Monday to Saturday from 17:00 to 01:00 and is closed Sunday. Reserve through the Union Group website or call +62 817-7233-3368; tables are held for 30 minutes after your booking time. Budget about IDR 180,000 per cocktail. Weekend tables go first, so book several days ahead if your dates are fixed, and bring valid ID because entry is for guests 25 and over.

Mirwansyah Bule, who helped steer The Cocktail Club onto Asia's 50 Best Bars list, runs research and development for Union Group and designed every drink on the opening menu. Fermentation is central: homemade makgeolli, fruit wines from local berries, and spirits such as sopi and arrack carry Indonesian terroir without resorting to garnish theatre. Zero-waste prep means trim and surplus from one drink often reappear in another, stretching ingredients rather than treating them as disposable. The mid-century room, with nature framed through the windows, mirrors the menu's plant-first logic.

Modernhaus sits at No.12 on our 2026 Asia ranking, Jakarta's highest-placed cocktail counter after 1920 Lounge at No.1, and was named The Best Bar in Indonesia 2026, sponsored by Monkey Shoulder. Union Group's track record in Jakarta, from The Cocktail Club to Union and Loewy, gives the room depth behind the living-room ease, and the judges rewarded a bar that makes local biodiversity drinkable rather than decorative.