Bar entertainment in Malaysia
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Upperstar
Opposite the Hilton, this pleasant semi-outdoor bar offers cheap booze and decent pub grub.
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Luna
With all of KL's towering skyscrapers, it would be unthinkable for there not to be some bars to enjoy the sky-high views from. Some of KL's most exclusive nightspots are perched on top of cloud-busting towers, offering dizzy views over the whole of the city. Topping the bill is Luna, which lords it over the city from the top floor of the Pacific Regency Suites.
This is KL at its most chic - the bar coils around a swimming pool, and features giant, soft furnishings, screens of crystal beads and chill-out booths with glass walls and views that plummet to street level. Things can get very busy at weekends. Enter via the elevator on the 7th floor of the hotel.
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Pitt Street Corner
Pitt Street Corner feels like the offspring of a hipster bar crossed with a sports pub plunked in Tamil Nadu. It’s not a dive but it sure isn’t posh, either. Basically, it’s a friendly spot for Tamil guys to get together, sink some beer, watch some football and Bollywood and sink a few rounds of pool. While we imagine women would be treated fine here, we never saw any inside the bar on any of our visits.
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FMS Bar
This Ipoh institution was closed for renovation during our visit. Hopefully open by the time you read this, the Federated Malay States bar has been going since 1906, and was the favoured haunt of colonial planters and miners. It still attracts a gaggle of colourful local characters and expats.
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Cocoon
In the busy corner of town opposite the Hyatt, Cocoon is a smart bar-restaurant that goes all bar in the evening when the live bands emerge. The post-gig DJs have a tendency to talk over the records, but at least their R&B-leaning tunes are danceable.
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Rum Jungle
Jln P Ramlee has numerous theme bars with live music or DJs and happy-hour specials. Unfortunately, these places tend to attract lots of sex workers and sexpats. Beach Club Café and Rum Jungle are the most popular places in this part of town.
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Mojo
Wander through to the back of the Denise wine shop and you may think you’ve entered another world – this is a cocktail lounge every bit as fashionable as you might find in KL or Singapore, with a giggly young crowd trying to live up to the style.
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Coco Island Traveller's Corner
A true traveller hang-out that fronts the Blue Diamond Hotel, you'll find plenty of long-haulers, lonely souls and locals looking for foreign friends in this beer garden. Besides beer and hard liquor there's noodles, rice and steaks on the menu.
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Farquhar’s Bar
Colonial British-style bar inside the E&O Hotel, serving beer, traditional pub food and cocktails; try its signature drink, the Eastern & Oriental Sling (RM16.50) brought to you by a white-coated barman.
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Bar Upstairs
Above Alexis Bistro is this supreme chill-out venue boasting subdued red lighting, opaque furniture and soothing sounds. See the website for details of live music performances here and at other branches.
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Station Bar
On the ground floor of the Majestic Station Hotel, this quiet bar is a rather murky, gloomy place, but it has a kind of rough-edged charm, if you like that kind of thing.
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Beach Blanket Babylon
Another stylish bar run by the owners of Bagan, Sunday night is men's night with half price on standard pours and a discount on beer for anyone male.Gay friendly.
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Bar Flam
A stylish, modernist lounge bar attracting design darlings and Bangsar trendies. Most people dine at the attached restaurant before they dance.
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BB Café
Pool tables, outdoor seating and a convenient location near many of KK's backpacker lodges make this an obvious place to start your evening.
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Sixty Nine Bistro
Worth checking out for its eclectic junkshop–chic furnishings, milk and fruit shakes, and resident fortunetellers and tarot-card readers.
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Legends
A bawdy, boisterous sports bar with big screens showing all the big rugby, cricket, American football and premiership soccer games.
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Ceylon Bar
Convivial bar with cane chairs on its verandah, sofas and board games at the rear and free wi-fi.
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Chinatown Liquor Shop
Join the hardened Chinese drinkers for a tumbler of rice wine at the Chinatown Liquor Shop.
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Village Bar
Like Ali Baba’s Bazaar, this enticing bar is hung with myriad coloured-glass lampshades.
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Grappa
A chilled-out spot with a long wooden bar under a sky of disco balls.
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Farquhar’s Bar
Colonial British-style bar inside the E&O Hotel, serving beer, traditional pub food and cocktails; try its signature drink, the Eastern & Oriental Sling (RM16.50) brought to you by a white-coated barman.
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