Creativity is the key to the success of the Three Buns. This self-serve restaurant offers a deliciously diverse menu of gourmet burgers prepared using all-natural ingredients, freshly ground meat, artisan buns and homemade sauces. While the food menu is the brainchild of chef Adam Penney, Dre Masso helms the Three Buns fantastic beverage selection. All-natural, homemade sodas, frozen coladas, and artisan, bottled cocktails make up the drinks' roster, while unusual sides and scrumptious desserts round off the restaurant's culinary map. To place an order, step up to the counter masquerading as a vintage van, pay and wait for your token number to be called. Inside, the semi-indoor space has terraced seating areas, ample natural light and leafy plants throughout. The vibe is laid-back, the music soulful, and the food simply sublime at this hip, contemporary burger joint.

Flip Burger is Jakarta's answer to the usual fast food chains - a quick serve restaurant that doles out fresh, juicy burgers with a little something special. A venture by the same folks behind the popular Holycow! steakhouse, Flip Burger is an affordable addition to Senopati's burgeoning food scene. The menu is modest with just five kinds burgers - beef, cheese, double cheese, fish, and their signature Smacker with two patties, beef bacon, cheese, caramelized onions and a special sauce on brioche buns. Chicken fingers, chicken skin, and two varieties of fries are the only sides on offer with the usual sodas to quench your thirst. The service is quick, the food is comforting and more importantly, Flip Burger is a refreshingly local take on American fast food.

The next time you're in the mood for a quick and delicious bite, stop by Blenger Burger at Kebayoran Baru. This local burger joint serves up heartily proportioned, succulent beef burgers topped with a generous helping of all the usual toppings. Fresh and flavorful, yet easy on the wallet. this casual restaurant is especially popular with students on a shoestring budget and families with kids. Although busy throughout the day, the eatery is especially crowded at lunch hour, however, service is quick. While you wait your turn, check out the chalkboard murals of Blenger's cooks at work. There's outdoor seating as well, bedecked with leafy plants for a respite from the urban sprawl of South Jakarta.

A favorite among Jakarta's to-go places for fast food, Carl's Jr. Kemang is one of the few outposts of this popular chain in the city. A host of deliciously loaded burgers await lovers of fast food, from the Western Beef Cheeseburger and the Teriyaki Burger, to the Chili Cheese Burger and the Memphis BBQ special. Most beef burgers have a succulent chargrilled patty sitting between fresh and soft buns. While you're here, you can end your fast food sojourn with Carl's creamy and thick hand-scooped ice-cream and milkshakes.