Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaA sunlit, airy cafe in Bangsar with massive windows, excellent pour-over coffee, homemade pastries, and a working-friendly layout with long communal tables and plenty of power outlets. Popular with KL's creative class and remote workers for its reliable internet and calm atmosphere.
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The Kuala Lumpur flagship of the celebrated Malaysian specialty coffee brand with a beautiful multi-story cafe in Bangsar, full brunch menu, and in-house roasted single-origin coffees. The all-day eggs benedict and the cold brew float are consistently voted the best in KL.
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The Kuala Lumpur outpost of Singapore's celebrated Papa Palheta roastery, serving immaculate single-origin filter coffees in a minimalist space in the Zhongshan Building creative cluster. The quarterly rotating rotating filter menu showcases the most interesting micro-lots from Southeast Asian farms.
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A romantic, candlelit cafe hidden above a Chinatown shophouse with a secret entrance through a pawn shop. Merchant's Lane serves creative Malaysian fusion small plates, excellent flat whites, and cold brew in a setting of mismatched vintage furniture and hanging Edison bulbs - KL's most Instagrammable cafe.