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The best restaurants and cafés in Bangsar

Featuring the neighbourhood's best places to eat
Written by Time Out KL editors
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From the busy streets of Telawi to the more laidback Jalan Bangkung and Jalan Kemuja, we round up the best restaurants and cafés in the neighbourhood. 

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Restaurants and cafés

Proof Pizza + Wine
Restaurants

Proof Pizza + Wine

  • price 2 of 4
APW’s latest addition Proof Pizza + Wine serves up an artisanal array of pizzas and, well, wine. Although a two-storey space, the restaurant is fairly small,...
Sri Nirwana Maju Bangsar
Restaurants

Sri Nirwana Maju Bangsar

  • price 2 of 4
On a suburban strip packed with fine dining options and swanky European eateries, Sir Nirwana Maju’s livelier Bangsar outlet stands out as Jalan...
Ming Room
Restaurants

Ming Room

  • price 3 of 4
Opened in 2003, The Ming Room serves authentic Cantonese cuisine with a touch of creative liberty. Recently refurbished, be impressed with the historical and...
Ashley's by Living Food
Restaurants

Ashley's by Living Food

  • price 3 of 4
Living Food bistro’s maiden offshoot stays true to its health food roots without sacrificing panache and élan. Spruced-up comfort food like the quinoa salad as...
Fierce Curry House Bangsar
Restaurants

Fierce Curry House Bangsar

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4
The biryani here is authentically prepared; unlike most other pilafs in KL disguised as biryani, the rice is first partially cooked in basic spice and later...
Botanica+Co
Restaurants

Botanica+Co

With a light-filled space dominated by two Ficus trees and with plants dotted around, Botanica + Co restaurant and bar can be best described as lush. It...
Southern Rock Seafood
Restaurants

Southern Rock Seafood

  • price 3 of 4
With its beginnings as Shucked the oyster bar in Ben’s Independent Grocer’s and as a seafood supplier in Bangsar, it’s no surprise that the...
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Knowhere
Restaurants

Knowhere

This fantastical eatery and bar serves up delicious food that combines local flavours with global cuisine, alongside enjoyable cocktails that are very easy to...
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Bakar
Restaurants

Bakar

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4
Bakar’s affiliation with charcoal fire is far from opportunistic – spend one night here and it’s easy to see that boundaries are meddled...
Breakfast Thieves Kuala Lumpur
Restaurants

Breakfast Thieves Kuala Lumpur

After Pulp, APW adds another café to its premises, and it’s a very handsome one. Already attracting brunch hunters and Instagrammers in droves, Breakfast...
Chef Low
Restaurants

Chef Low

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 3 of 4
November 2012 Sandwiched between oleaginous car workshops in a grimy back alley of grimy Lucky Gardens, against all odds Chef Low has managed to survive the...
Nasi Lemak Famous
Restaurants

Nasi Lemak Famous

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4
Like an angsty teenager, Bangsar has gone through many phases – unobtrusive residential area, clubbing haven, art and culture quarter, and now,...
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Best places for dessert

Dew
Restaurants

Dew

Telawi’s new kid on the block is a promising one. Opened by Jaslyn Rangson right next to her namesake bakery/café, this new patisserie/florist marks how far...
Cocodash by Cocoraw
Restaurants

Cocodash by Cocoraw

Run by Michael Woo and Lee See Pin, Cocoraw is an online store that sells a variety of nama-style chocolates made with a Malaysian twist. At this pop-up store...
Joy St
Restaurants

Joy St

Owned by Brian Jeevan and Tan Kuan Lian, a former engineer and medical student respectively who churned their love of desserts into a full-time vocation, this...
Inside Scoop
Restaurants

Inside Scoop

  • price 1 of 4
Bangsar’s unofficial ‘happy place’ churns out some of the best ice cream in the city. Owner and in-house ice cream churner Shiew Li uses gelato techniques to...
Jaslyn Cakes
Restaurants

Jaslyn Cakes

You may have stumbled upon Instagram photos of the decadent sweet rolls, pastries, cookies, chocolate truffles and cakes by Jaslyn (@jaslynr), who used to...
Morelli's Gelato
Restaurants

Morelli's Gelato

For a sundae that meets your childhood aspirations, Morelli’s Gelato fits the bill with gelatos that are made from scratch daily. Their sundaes are...
Om Shakti Chelo’s Appam Stall
Restaurants

Om Shakti Chelo’s Appam Stall

  • price 1 of 4
This modest 26-year-old stall in Bangsar churns out appam so good you’ll wonder why it hasn’t joined the ranks of Antipodean and Yeast at weekend brunch time....

Best places for coffee

DR.Inc
Restaurants

DR.Inc

At DR.Inc, the coffee menu is devised by barista Neil Liew. A highlight on the menu is the Presso Bomb featuring a shot of espresso in Malacca-sourced ice...
VCR Bangsar
Restaurants

VCR Bangsar

  • price 2 of 4
One of KL's most good-looking cafés has branched out into Bangsar's Telawi area, bringing with it the familiar industrial-chic aesthetic that...
Pulp
Restaurants

Pulp

  • price 2 of 4
Get serious in a cupping room where you learn from baristas who work their gear with topflight technique. Or marvel at the mementos of the warehouse over a...
Thirdwave
Restaurants

Thirdwave

  • price 2 of 4
The coffee enthusiasts at Thirdwave are so serious about their java they established a special coffee counter just to educate you about hand-brewed coffee....
Café Atas 59
Restaurants

Café Atas 59

  • price 2 of 4
What was previously Lorem Ipsum is now Café Atas59. The name change comes with a change in management; but fret not, many of the things we loved about...
OJO Coffee
Restaurants

OJO Coffee

Featuring a creative blend of drinks, OJO (pronounced ‘Oh Joe’) is definitely not for the coffee purist. From café Horchata, java chip latte...
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