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Kota Kinabalu Restaurants

Night Market

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Good for: Solo Travellers, Families, Couples, Budget Travellers, service

Not good for: vegetarians

  • Address
    • Jln Tun Fuad Stephens Sinsuran
  • Hours
    • late afternoon-11pm

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Lonely Planet review for Night Market

KK’s brilliant Night Market is a place of delicious contrasts: it huddles beneath the imposing Le Meridien as venders hawk their knock-off wares. The market is divided into two main sections: the southwest end is given over mostly to produce, while the northeast end (the area around the main entrance) is a huge hawker centre, where you can eat your way right through the entire Malay gastronomy. If you’ve never seen a proper Southeast Asian market, this place will be a revelation.

 

Traveller reviews for Night Market (2)

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    Delicious food, delicious price

    kylielovesrangas recommends this,

    While I wouldn't recommend a shopping expedition at the markets, I would recommend that you give the nearby seafood restaurants a wide berth and head straight to the Kota Kinabalu night markets for a truly fresh seafood experience.

    Straight from the boats and onto the ready fired-up barbeques, it really doesn't get much tastier than this. Walk around the smoke-filled stalls while vendors cook the daily catch and throw ridiculously cheap and tempting prices at you. It's hard to resist the huge array - tuna, prawns, octopus. Anything you like, for a couple of ringgit.

    In true Southeast Asian style it is served with sauce in a plastic bag - sweet, hot and sour. Grab a pew on one of the shared benches, a plate and a drink, and chow down, then do the rounds once again.

    Other vendors hawk fresh fruits and other desserts such as deep fried banana, which you can munch on while taking in the atmosphere of the rest of the markets.

    Good for: Budget Travellers, Solo Travellers, Families, Couples

    Not good for: vegetarians

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    Scintillating Nightlife Atmosphere at the Night Market

    kiran501 recommends this,

    The night market is situated in the heart of down town Kota Kinabalu, which is adjacent to the Sinsuran Complex shop houses as well as the world renowned five star hotel, Le Meridien. It operates on a daily basis from 5pm to 11pm daily. The night market is divided into three sections, the ready-made food section, the vegetables and fruits section and the meat section.

    As fishermen’s boats and even charter boats for tourists to the nearby islands namely the ‘Pulau Gaya’ or Gaya island and ‘Pulau Manukan’ or Manukan island are seen bustling around, the night market’s routine businesses prosper under the bright florescent light tubes. Local fresh vegetables from the highlands of Ranau and Tambunan, two districts in Sabah are popular here, such as the cabbage, brussels sprouts, egg plants and even red chilies are seen at various stalls selling at RM1 per packet.

    Sago, belacan or fermented prawn paste, anchovies, locally made tomato and chili sauce bottles and even local fruits such as rambutan, mangoes, bananas and durians are at abundance for visitors. There are also ready-made savories and food items for tourists to purchase at the local food stores. The prominent food items are the "Ikan Bakar" or fried fish in English or "Satay" which is a type of chicken kebab.

    Adjacent to the vegetables and fruits section in the night market, is the meat section, where there is a variety of fresh fish, prawns, clams, squid, crabs and chickens at display for the visitors to buy at a reasonable and affordable price. It is truly a revelation for both local and foreign visitors to sample the vast food diversity of Kota Kinabalu.

    Good for: atmosphere, food, Solo Travellers, service

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