Yet there's still no sense of crowding because the park is large enough to accommodate everyone Comfortably. Pasar Seni offers a wide variety of choices, with separate restaurants serving regional specialties from South Sulawesi, West Sumatra, Bangka, Madura, Sunda and elsewhere. If you haven't yet experienced es kelapa muda, the refreshing iced drink served in a half-coconut, Pasar Seni is the place to try it. There's never a need to worry about table reservations, either. Seating is outside.
Beer is available.
Altogether, the air at Pasar Seni is serene, even on weekend afternoons when there are hundreds of visitors wandering about. On Saturday evenings Pasar Seni takes on a slightly different aura, with more teenage couples seen. The central stage becomes the venue for concert by local musicians playing country music, rock, reggae, jazz or dangdut. The audience arrange itself on low steps ringing the stage or stands around the perimeter. This stage also hosts all-night performances of Indonesian puppetry on a regular basis.