¶ FACT SHEET

Hey Sini,in plainfacts.

Hey Sini is a weekly social club that seats five compatible people at the same table, the same night, every week for six weeks, until strangers become regulars.

THE COMPANY

At a glance.

Name
Hey Sini
Category
Weekly friendship social club (recurring tables of five)
Founded
Melbourne, Australia, 2026
Languages
English, Bahasa Indonesia
Founder
A Melbourne-based solo founder builds and runs Hey Sini. Founder name, bio and photo are available to press on request.

THE MODEL

How it actually works.

Format
A matched table of five people, never more.
Rhythm
The same five, the same night, every week for six weeks.
Match
Matched once on declared vibe, neighbourhood and one keepable night. No swiping.
Venue
We suggest a public spot; we never host, book, run or take venue money. You pay your own bill.
Cost
Free to join and to meet. Monthly dues hold the recurring seat.
Safety
Public venues, report/block, optional live-selfie verification, optional safety check-in, suspension on serious or repeated reports.
Not
Not a dating app, not a networking event, not a one-off meetup.
Matching rule
Seated on declared preference; balanced on gender only; never sorted by ethnicity, religion, nationality or origin.

MARKETS

Where it runs.

CityCountryStatusLanguagesPage
MelbourneAustraliaFounding tables formingEnglish/melbourne
JakartaIndonesiaFounding tables formingEnglish, Bahasa Indonesia/jakarta
AucklandNew ZealandWaitlist openEnglish/new-zealand/auckland

PRICING

What it costs.

Melbourne
Free to join. Founding dues $19/mo, locked for life; standard $22/mo.
Jakarta
Free to join. Founding dues Rp 49rb/mo, locked for life.
Always
Food and drinks are always the member's own bill; Hey Sini takes no venue money.

METRICS

The honest posture.

Our north-star metric is week-four weekly-table retention, the share of members still sitting at their recurring table a month in, which a one-off-meetup product cannot produce. We publish real cohort numbers as the first Melbourne founding tables complete their six weeks. We do not publish projected, inflated or vanity figures.

  • Waitlist signups (per city)
  • Founding members seated (per city)
  • Six-week tables formed
  • Week-four weekly-table retention
  • Members reporting at least one new friend they would see again
  • Safety incidents per 100 seats

BOILERPLATE

Use this, verbatim.

Hey Sini is a weekly social club for making real friends as an adult. Instead of another feed to swipe or a one-off night, it matches you once into a table of five nearby and brings the same five back every week for six weeks, so acquaintances have time to become friends. It is friendship-first, not a dating app. Built in Melbourne, now forming founding tables in Melbourne and Jakarta, with a New Zealand waitlist opening in Auckland.

Press contact: hello@heysini.com

More context in the press kit, the manifesto, or the cities page.