The Best Nightlife Areas in Bangsar, Kuala, Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is one of the busiest cities in Southeast Asia; with their high-tech skyscrapers meet the architectural landscape and the giant Twin Towers and shopping centers. After the inauguration of the Industrial Satellite City in Bangsar or the Petaling Jaya, the economic and business opportunities increase in Bangsar (Alexander, 2006). This has also attracted investors as well as the best nightlife areas began to come alive in different streets in Bangsar. The suburb of Bangsar is the place where locals and expats meet, it serves as their prime spot of bars, nightclubs and coffee shop and luxurious restaurants.
Some of the best nightlife areas in Bangsar include the Social Bar in Telawi; they offer the finest drinks including selections from Heineken, Tiger, Guiness and others. The Ronnie Q’s sports Bar are the favorite among the expats; they offer a British style bar and wide selection of food and drinks including beers at a reasonable price. The Sino Bar Upstairs offers food, drinks and wonderful selection of music from jazz, swing, smooth sound and local bands with no cover charge. The Nexo Restaurants & Bar is also popular with their amazing interior design, beverages and international dishes (Hotels.com, 2015).
Going to the best nightlife areas in Bangsar from Kuala Lumpur Airport, they can take the bus for about an hour ride to the Kuala Lumpur Sentral, although traffic is expected to add more time travel. They can also take the taxi from the airport directly to Bangsar area. Alternatively there is also an express train in Kuala Lumpur Airport going to the Kuala Lumpur Sentral; the train usually departs every 15 minutes more or less. If they want a more comfortable ride or drive their way, they can contact uber.com in Malaysia (Rome2rio.com, 2015).
The best nightlife areas in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur such as the Six Cocktail Lounge open as early as 5:00 pm and close late as 3:00 am on weekends. For first time visitors they must know that there are metered and unmetered taxis. The metered taxis charge by meters and usually lower than the second one that charges freely (Freemalaysatoday.com, 2015). Be sure to ride with registered taxi, install a taxi app on their cellphone to simplify the street search process and lastly they must carry smaller cash amount or chances are, they may not get a change for higher bills.
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References:
Alexander, J. (2006) Malaysia, Brunei & Singapore, Australia: New Holland Publishers, pp 116
Freemalaysiatoday.com (2015) There are still Rogue Taxi Drivers, Say Passengers, Retrieved December 5, 2015 from: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/03/31/there-are-still-rogue-taxi-drivers-say-passengers/
Hotels.com (2015) Top 10 Nightlife in Bangsar, Best Places to Go in Bangsar, Retrieved December 5, 2015 from: http://www.kuala-lumpur.ws/kl-top10s/10-nightlife-bangsar.htm
Rome2rio.com (2015) Kuala Lumpur Airport to Bangsar, Malaysia, Retrieved December 5, 2015 from: http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Kuala-Lumpur-Airport-KUL/Bangsar