Where to stay
Novotel
Incredibly cheap, for the Novotel branding. Around SGD50 a night only! They offer free airport transfer both ways (if they remember to pick you up that is). Don't go swimming in the morning, because the pool is right outside the restaurant, so all the people enjoying their buffet breakfasts will be gawking at you heh.
Transportation
Taxi
Blue Bird Taxi is recommended, but it's quite hard to get a cab sometimes.
Car Rental
Mulia Rental - I booked Mulia Rental for 2 days (Rp. 475.000/ day, inclusive of parking, petrol etc).
For the first day, we went factory outlet-hopping. Our driver, Surya, was super awesome! He would drive to the parking lot of each factory outlet and wait for us to finish our shopping. After stuffing our bags into the backseat, he would drive us to the next factory outlet. Felt very tai-tai :D
For the second day, we went sightseeing. There are two volcano craters in Bandung, Tangkuban Perahu (about 1.5 hrs away) and Kawah Putih (about 2 hrs away). I decided on Kawah Putih after reading better reviews, and indeed, it was more special than the normal crater in the ground.
The water is a pretty green, and there's mist rising from the water! Quite cold, so do bring your sweaters.
Our driver also brought us strawberry-picking, to another lake etc etc.
Where to shop
(1) Rumah Mode Jalan Setiabudi
This factory outlet is really pretty and self-contained, with restaurants and cafes on its premises as well. There's supposedly a foot reflexology place there too, but I didn't see it. It's a good place to start your shopping, as there's a good selection of both men and women clothing. It's the only standalone outlet, compared to the other two regions, which tend to have factory outlets all lined up in a row.
(2) Factory Outlet Shopping in Jalan Riau
Lots of outlets here... Secret, Heritage, Cascade, Terminal TAS, ForMen, Stamp, Summit, Oasis, Metropolitan etc etc. This is the place where a car really came in handy, as the outlets were not really next to each other.
(3) Bandung Factory Outlet Shopping in Dago
The outlets tend to be next to each other, so we shopped and shopped and then crossed the road to the opposite outlets and continued shopping :D
Outlets include Gossip, Grande Fashion Gallery, Episode Factory Outlet, Jetset Factory Outlet, Glamour Factory Outlet, Blossom Factory Outlet, Raffles City, Victoria Factory Outlet, Rich & Famous, Coconel, Uptown etc etc.
(4) Souvenirs: Kartika Sari
I recommend buying brownies and cakes from Kartika Sari as souvenirs! Apparently, Kartika Sari is only sold in Bandung and is very well known in Indonesia. It is supposed to be very upclass, but the cakes are actually quite cheap! I think brownies were around Rp. 30,000 per loaf... they also have tiramisu, pandan, cheese versions.... oooooh, I super recommend this kueh lapis/ marble cake mixture, super super nice...
Restaurants
Do have dinner at one of the restaurants on the hill of Dago Pakar! Super gorgeous night scene, with very, very reasonable prices.
Photo from my shaky phone camera hahaha. We went to both Sierra Cafe and the Valley. Sierra had better and cheaper food (around S$10 for steak), but the Valley was really very gorgeous, with lights strung up everywhere. Do bring your sweater along as the best views are outside (in the cold!).
