Six bombs are believed to have gone off and a witness told the Reuters news agency they had seen three bodies.
A security guard at a bank said he saw at least five attackers, three of them suicide bombers who entered a Starbucks and blew themselves up one by one. Security forces were later seen entering the building.
Tri Seranto said the two other attackers, who were carrying handguns, entered a police post from where he heard gunfire. He said they later ran away as police chased them.
The site of the blasts is close to the Sarinah shopping mall and a police station, and the area also has luxury hotels and offices and embassies.
A Reuters photographer said: "The Starbucks cafe windows are blown out. I see three dead people on the road.
"There has been a lull in the shooting but someone is on the roof of the building and police are aiming their guns at him."
A United Nations representative in the city, Jeremy Douglas, wrote on Twitter that he heard a large explosion in front of the UN office which was followed by six other blasts and gunfire.
An Associated Press reporter has seen at least one dead body, while a reporter for the AFP news agency reported the bombs had left at least three people dead.
National police spokesman Anton Charliyan has warned people to stay away, adding police fear there could be more bombs.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attacks.
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