Top things to do

KL's biggest collection of roadside restaurants sprawls along Jln Alor, just north of Jln Bukit Bintang. From around 5pm till late every evening, the street transforms into a continuous open-air restaurant, with hun…

Pavilion sets the gold standard in KL's shopping scene. Amid the many familiar international brands, there are some good local options, including British India for fashion, offering well-made linen, silk and cotton …

With exhilarating 360-degree views, this dizzying rooftop bar is the best place for sundowners in KL. Steady your hands carrying your daiquiri or lychee martini upstairs from the gleaming bar to the helipad, where b…

If you're going to visit one club in KL, make it Zouk at TREC. Among its seven party spaces are the Main Room, which reverberates to electro, techno and trance; Ace, a hip-hop and R 'n' B club; and the surprisingly …

Blink and you’d miss this small live-music venue, bar and bistro as it’s hidden behind a grove of bamboo. NBT, as it's known to its faithful patrons, is owned by Malaysian concert pianist Evelyn Hii, who has a knack…

Off the tourist radar but renowned locally, this hawker-stall alley near Pudu Market comes to life at night. Evening grazing could include addictive fried chicken, chai tow kway (radish cake stir-fried with soy sauc…

Resembling twin silver rockets plucked from an episode of Flash Gordon, the Petronas Towers are the perfect allegory for the meteoric rise of the city from tin-miners' hovel to 21st-century metropolis. Half of the 1…

This thought-provoking contemporary-art gallery is an excellent excuse to step inside the glossy, 60-storey ILHAM Tower. The artwork selected for ILHAM's rotating exhibitions spans various media and is curated to pr…

The park is the best vantage point for eyeballing the Petronas Towers. In the early evening, it can seem like everyone in town has come down here to watch the glowing towers punching up into the night sky. Every nig…

Part of the Troika complex, Fuego shares the same sophisticated ambience and jaw-dropping views as the fine-dining restaurants. The bar has a Latin feel.