Dim Sum
Dim Sum
Cantonese dim sum, often a morning affair in KL.
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Luxury & Fine Dining Selected Bukit Bintang ・ Cantonese
The Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur's signature Cantonese restaurant, highlighted among the Michelin Guide's Cantonese picks for KL. Serves dim sum and roasts, including pork dishes such as honey-glazed pork.
71.7ATLAS
RM130–250
Conf 68
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Luxury & Fine Dining Selected KLCC ・ Cantonese
A Michelin Selected Cantonese restaurant in Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur, described in the guide as offering a pork-free menu. Known for seafood and dim sum by a chef with over 20 years of experience.
71.7ATLAS
Unverified
Conf 62
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Luxury & Fine Dining Selected Bukit Bintang ・ Chinese Malaysian
A Shanghainese fine-dining stalwart of over two decades at JW Marriott KL, led by a Shanghai-born executive chef using ingredients imported from Shanghai. The menu includes pork dishes such as braised Spanish pork.
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Local & Budget Chinatown / Petaling Street ・ Chinese Malaysian / Hainanese / Cafe
A Hainanese kopitiam founded in 1956, originally hidden in Lorong Panggung by today's Kwai Chai Hong. Queues of 30-45 minutes or more are commonly reported on weekends.
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Local & Budget Chinatown / Petaling Street ・ Bakery / Dessert
A 130-year-old family bakery founded in 1893, now run by the fourth generation near Kwai Chai Hong. Famous for traditional-recipe egg tarts and char siu pai (BBQ pork pies); non-halal.
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Luxury & Fine Dining KLCC ・ Cantonese
Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur's Cantonese restaurant, styled after 19th-century Chinese tycoons' mansions and known for handmade dim sum. The durian-filled LPH D24 pancake is cited as a signature.
59.1ATLAS
RM168–228
Conf 62
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Luxury & Fine Dining KLCC ・ Cantonese
Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur's esteemed Cantonese restaurant, which in 2025 launched a new a la carte menu of refined Cantonese dishes with subtle Malaysian influences. Known for high-profile guest-chef collaborations.
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Luxury & Fine Dining Greater Kuala Lumpur ・ Cantonese
Hilton Kuala Lumpur's Cantonese restaurant with Tang-style grandeur and a traditional Chinese herbal apothecary, serving modern Cantonese cuisine with a healthy-eating focus and an open dim sum kitchen.
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Mid-range & Casual Chow Kit ・ Cantonese / Chinese Malaysian
The Chinese restaurant of the Sheraton Imperial KL, recommended for refined dim sum in an elegant setting. Its location on Jalan Sultan Ismail places it at the edge of the Chow Kit district.
59.1ATLAS
RM80–180
Conf 36