8 cafés in 4 citys. Places change: check opening hours before you go.
This coffee shop in the old Kluang station building has served since 1938, and in 2022 the Malaysia Book of Records named it the country's oldest railway coffee shop.
Order: kopi · kaya toast with soft-boiled eggs
💡 The original is at the heritage station building; there are newer branches around Johor.
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
A Hainanese kopitiam in a former residence where strangers share tables. Kuala Lumpur regulars come for kopi with Hainanese dishes such as roti babi, chicken chop and marble cake.
Order: kopi · roti babi · marble cake
💡 Weekend mornings are crowded; expect to share a table.
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
A few doors from Sin Yoon Loong on the same Old Town street, Nam Heong is another kopitiam known for Ipoh white coffee, with beans roasted in margarine and topped with condensed milk.
Order: Ipoh white coffee · egg tarts
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
An Old Town kopitiam serving Ipoh white coffee, made from beans roasted in margarine and served with sweetened condensed milk.
Order: Ipoh white coffee (hot or iced) · kaya toast
💡 Go early; the Old Town kopitiams are busiest at breakfast.
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
A small George Town café from the Spacebar Coffee team, ranked 56th in The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops 2025.
Order: espresso · seasonal filter
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
A roastery café on Jalan Mesui in Bukit Bintang, one of several Feeka cafés around Kuala Lumpur.
Order: flat white · filter
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
A Bangsar café tied, as its name says, to Singapore roaster Papa Palheta, the team behind Chye Seng Huat Hardware.
Order: espresso · pour-over
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
A long-running specialty café and roaster on Jalan Galloway in Bukit Bintang, a common first stop on KL coffee crawls.
Order: flat white · filter of the day
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.