New Bars Kuala Lumpur 2018 – Top 16

As I look back over 2018 and give thanks for all of the wonderful gastronomic opportunities provided for me in Kuala Lumpur, I am darn impressed not only with the number of new restaurants opening their doors this past year but perhaps even more so by the growth of the bar scene. Cocktail bars have been popping up as if blooms in the spring and a look at their bartenders and seriousness of their product would suggest they are here to stay! Needless to say, there are quite a number of us Yum Listers who are greatly appreciative of their efforts and here we pay homage to the:

Best New Bars Kuala Lumpur 2018!

(Click on the title links of the best new bars Kuala Lumpur 2018 for full details on each, including menu, prices, more photos, location and reasons why we recommend you visit.)

Bar Trigona – Beautiful Bar in the Four Seasons Using Only Premium Spirits and a Theme of Wild Honey

Bar Shake – Hidden Japanese Bar in the City Centre

Joloko – Afro Caribbean Theme with a Huge Variety of Mezcal

Skewer Bar KL – Brazilian Themed Bar

Mrs Jones’ Parlour – A hidden gin bar in Section 17, PJ

WooBar – Contemporary Bar with Loads of Surprises

Ce La Vi – Japanese Twist on Cocktails and Food

Pacific Standard Bar

The Lido Bar – KL’s Newest Rooftop Bar

Vertigo – Best Views in the City

Knowhere – Attempts at Zero Waste

Kenshin – Hidden Bar in The Intermark

Nomi Tomo Sake Bar – KL’s First Dedicated Sake Bar

Cielo KL – Rooftop Bar and Seafood

Coley (not a new bar but a new location)

Los Flowerpecker – Vermouth Bar in Damansara Uptown

What have been your favourite New Bars Kuala Lumpur 2018?

Interested in both the old and the new? Check out our list of bars in Kuala Lumpur here.