Kinabalu National ParkRestaurants

Restaurants in Kinabalu National Park

  1. Balsam Cafe

    Headquarters is set in gardens with a magnificent view of the mountain, and there are two restaurants to choose from. Both restaurants are open 06:30 to 23:00 daily. The cheaper and more popular of the two is this canteen-style spot directly below the park office. The cafe can little disorganised and chaotic, particularly when busy; they can't quite seem to decide if it's a buffet-style restaurant or a proper sit-down place. It offers basic but decent Malaysian, Chinese and Western dishes at reasonable prices. There is also a small but well-stocked shop in Balsam selling tinned and dried foods, chocolate, beer, spirits, cigarettes, T-shirts, bread, eggs and margarine.

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  2. Restoran Kinabalu Balsam

    This canteen-style spot is directly below the park office. It offers basic but decent Malaysian, Chinese and Western dishes at reasonable prices. There is also a small but well-stocked shop in Balsam selling tinned and dried foods, chocolate, beer, spirits, cigarettes, T-shirts, bread, eggs and margarine.

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  3. Liwagu Restaurant

    In the visitors centre, this has a huge range of dishes, including noodles, rice and seafood standards. An ‘American breakfast’ is pretty ordinary here.

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