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The best new cafés in KL to visit right now

Your new hangout spots, sorted
Written by Time Out KL editors
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If you're looking for a new place to hang out, this is your guide to the latest and best cafés around town, featuring great meals, inventive desserts and superior brews. 

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Cafés in Damansara

The Glass House
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The Glass House

The floor-to-ceiling windows at The Glass House certainly help lend character to its name – the windows span two storeys and let in lots of light. Headed...
Cottle Coffee
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Cottle Coffee

Better latte than never: Melbourne’s Cottle Coffee has finally found its way to Malaysia, after over four decades of sourcing, roasting and blending...
Nara Kitchen & Co
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Nara Kitchen & Co

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Nara is your answer to eating clean while eating out. It exists in its own bright, beautiful, white-washed bubble; a place where breads are baked in-house,...
Fifth Palate
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Fifth Palate

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It takes a lot to stand out in café-saturated Kota Damansara, but Fifth Palate (opened last year) is a promising new kid on the block. The space is...
Frisson Coffee Bar
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Frisson Coffee Bar

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At Frisson, the focus is on the food. There’s no restraint, not least on creativity and variety: pasta is cooked 12 ways, such as spicy ayam masak merah;...
Philtre Coffee
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Philtre Coffee

The café tempers caffeine highs with light fare – a must-order is the charcoal-baked croissant, a signature specialty that’s good on its own...
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Cafés in Bangsar

The Pantry KL
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The Pantry KL

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Newcomer The Pantry is quaint, draped with overhanging branches and decked out, ingeniously, with a dessert window display that lures passers-by with cakes,...
Bean Reserve
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Bean Reserve

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We all love a good soft serve ice cream, particularly one in an affogato, infused with a shot of espresso and topped with cornflakes. The crowd at Bean Reserve...
Chai Bar Bangsar
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Chai Bar Bangsar

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Diners have spent a foolish amount on depressing salad leaves and a hard-boiled egg. But Chai Bar is giving you more bang for your buck, with combinations...

Cafés in Hartamas

DOMA Modern Korean
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DOMA Modern Korean

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A Korean eatery that goes beyond kimchi, Doma serves up contemporary Korean cuisine with a sense of imaginative playfulness that’s uncommon among the...
The Prep Room
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The Prep Room

Previously of Penang’s Coffee Elements, Akmal Zaki is now at The Prep Room. The menu – a labour of love, quirkily hand-illustrated – features a standard...
First Step Coffee
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First Step Coffee

First Step’s house-roasted beans are the coffee of choice for Mont Kiara residents in the know; here you’ll find none of the pretension and heaps of privacy –...
Calories KL
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Calories KL

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Call it a slow simmer but the sisters of the Mimpikita brand prove that fashion and food feed off each other; their Calories KL is a café that doubles as a...

Cafés in Sunway and Subang

Analog
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Analog

Tucked away in a quiet corner of SS17, Analog KL is one of Subang’s best-kept secrets. The menu at this cosy neighbourhood café is stripped down, but it works...
WhupWhup
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WhupWhup

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Once a factory churning out industrial yarn seals for more than three decades, the 10,000sq ft place in Subang is now WhupWhup, the spiffy restaurant-cum-event...
After Black
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After Black

Catering to the college kid demographic, After Black is one of the most popular student hangouts in Sunway by merit of its affordably-priced menu (with...
AM/PM Café
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AM/PM Café

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Located right next to Main Place mall in USJ, cosy neighbourhood café AM/PM is where residents of USJ and Putra Heights go for coffee and cakes. The menu...
Softcore
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Softcore

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An exciting addition to Bandar Sunway's growing crop of cafés is Softcore, whose name refers to its signature molten cakes that come in Belgian dark chocolate,...

Cafés in TTDI

Foo Foo
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Foo Foo

The snobbery associated with plated desserts and fancy restaurants is immediately dismissed upon entry at Foo Foo. Here, you can enjoy intricate confections –...
Chequers
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Chequers

The American waffles-and-chicken combo has finally crossed geographical borders, now available as a Chicken Cobb Sandwich at Chequers, featuring crispy...
Aether Café
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Aether Café

If you’re looking for some place peaceful and quiet, Aether Café fits the bill. It’s stowed away from the busy streets of TTDI, setting up shop in an area...
Goodness Greens Café
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Goodness Greens Café

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Now that La Juiceria has established itself as one of the city's leading cold-press juice brands, its next mission, apparently, is to promote clean eating with...
Dotty's
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Dotty's

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The proverbial cronut may have taken the world by storm, but people haven’t seen what Dotty’s salted egg yolk cronuts are capable of – they command an even...
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