Thursday 1 September 2016

Deejay Café - After Hour Nightclub in Bali

Deejay Café is an institution of Bali nightlife. It is a bit of a miracle that it hasn't been closed yet by the police, considering it is clearly a place to buy drugs and get high. I would be curious to know who the owners are.

Located in Kuta Station Hotel in a dirty street off Jalan Kartika Plaza, not far from Discovery Mall, Deejay Café starts to get busy after all the other nightclubs in Seminyak and Kuta close, around 4-5am. It peaks at 6-7am, then slowly dies at 9-10am.

I visited several times but never with a clear state of mind. The place is quite large, with rarely a full crowd. You normally have around 20 people on the dancefloor and twice as many sitting around it on high tables and sofas. The clients are overwhelmingly males, among which a lot of gays and transgenders. There are always a few women as well, but many are freelance prostitutes. I would say that most people in DJ Café are on drugs. The DJs play good non-commercial music labeled as progressive techno. It is similar to what you can hear in A-Club in Denpasar or Mille's in Jakarta.

Even though it seems like an easy thing to do, I recommend you to avoid taking drugs in Indonesia, especially in Bali.

The entrance fee is quite high, from Rp100,000 up to Rp200,000 depending on the DJ, with one free drink. They have special guest DJs occasionally, from Jakarta or from abroad.

Overall: Deejay Café is OK as an after-hour club. My only concern is that there are really too many guys inside.

Deejay Café or Deejay Club
Jalan Kartika 8x Plaza
Kuta, Bali 80361

Phone number: +62 361 75 8880
Blackberry: Pin 5A9B774F
Email: smm@kutastationhotel.com

Facebook: DeeJay Bali or Deejay Club (old Facebook)

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