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The 67 Best Restaurants in Kuala Lumpur

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The best restaurants in Kuala Lumpur, according to the experts: Michelin Guide, The 50, and World Coffee Map have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Dewakan comes out on top.

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Akar and Beta hold the next two places. Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.

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  1. Rank 1. Dewakan

    Contemporary Malaysian

    Fine dining on the 48th floor with a front-row view of the Petronas Twin Towers, which is either the most on-the-nose table in Malaysia or the perfect metaphor for what's happening on the plate. Dewakan holds two Michelin stars and works through a tasting menu built almost entirely on indigenous Malaysian ingredients, the kind most menus overlook. The juice pairing, made in-house, is less a concession to non-drinkers than a statement of intent.


  2. Rank 2. Akar

    Contemporary Malaysian

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  3. Rank 2. Beta

    Contemporary Malaysian


  4. Rank 2. Chim by Chef Noom

    Contemporary Thai

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  5. Rank 2. DC. by Darren Chin

    Contemporary French


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  7. Rank 2. Terra Dining

    Contemporary Malaysian


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  9. Rank 8. Aliyaa

    Sri Lankan

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  12. Named after a traditional Malay board game, this casual Malaysian restaurant sits on a quiet residential street just off the Bukit Bintang bustle. The kitchen leans into local classics that tourists call exotic and regulars call Tuesday, with the nasi ambeng platter as the centerpiece, a generous spread of spicy, sweet, and savory flavors built around sambal. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

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  14. Rank 8. Foong Lian

    Cantonese

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  20. Rank 8. Leen's

    Middle Eastern

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  21. Rank 8. MTR 1924

    vegetarian Indian

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  24. Rank 8. Nirwana

    Indian

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  25. Rank 8. Roti by d'Tandoor

    North Indian

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  26. Rank 8. Sao Nam

    Vietnamese

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  27. Rank 8. Sek Yuen

    Cantonese

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  28. Rank 8. Wong Mei Kee

    Cantonese

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  29. Rank 29. Atelier Binchotan

    Charcoal grill Japanese

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  30. Rank 29. Bidou

    Nouvelle French

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  33. Rank 29. Cilantro

    French

    A French fine dining room inside a hotel suite property in Taman U Thant, run by a chef who once cooked at the Japanese Embassy and trained under some of France's heavy hitters. That background shows in the plates: French in spirit, Japanese in restraint, with European produce flown in within a day. Special menus track the seasons closely. The room has been around forever, which gives it the unhurried confidence that newer places tend to fake.


  34. Rank 29. Dancing Fish

    Malaysian

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  35. Rank 29. Dominic

    Modern French

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  36. Rank 29. Elegant Inn

    Cantonese

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  37. Rank 29. Entier

    Contemporary French


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  40. Rank 29. Hide

    Malaysian

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  41. Rank 29. Jie

    Innovative Chinese

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  42. Rank 29. Jwala

    Indian

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  43. Rank 29. K

    Japanese

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  45. Rank 29. Kazu

    Japanese

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  46. Rank 29. Kuki

    Shojin ryori Japanese

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  48. Rank 29. Li Yen

    Cantonese

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  49. Rank 29. Limapulo

    Malaysian

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  50. Rank 29. Ling Long

    French-influenced Chinese

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  51. Rank 29. Malai

    Thai

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  53. Rank 29. Nadodi

    South Indian

    Polished marble floors and black-and-white photographs set the tone for this fine-dining room on the seventh floor of the Four Seasons. The concept traces the migratory path of Kerala's nomadic tribes across an ancient land bridge to Sri Lanka, which is a more compelling founding idea than most restaurants manage. The chef, formerly of Bangkok's Gaggan, serves colourful set menus built around overlooked southern Indian ingredients and techniques.


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  55. Rank 29. Potager

    Contemporary French

    Oysters from Penang, vegetables from the Cameron Highlands, a leek and lemon foam that has no business being as elegant as it is. Potager is a contemporary French tasting menu restaurant tucked into a quiet Segambut address, running both a full dinner menu and a shorter lunch option built around Malaysian seasonal produce. The cooking is careful and composed, the kind of place where the sourcing does the talking.


  56. Rank 29. Seed

    European

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  58. Rank 29. Shu

    Modern Chinese

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  59. Rank 29. Skillet

    Contemporary European

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  61. Rank 29. Tenmasa

    Japanese

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  63. Rank 29. The Brasserie

    Modern French

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  64. Rank 29. Ushi

    Japanese

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