Best Restaurants Open on Sunday in Kuala Lumpur 2026
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Kuala Lumpur's most ambitious tasting rooms, Dewakan and Nadodi among them, go dark on Sunday. The city's Sunday belongs instead to the hotel dining rooms, the dim sum brunches and a rooftop or two. These are six tables confirmed open this Sunday, with real hours and the order to make at each.
On a Kuala Lumpur Sunday the dim sum brunches lead: Yun House at the Four Seasons and Li Yen at the Ritz-Carlton, plus the steakhouse Marble 8, the rooftop Fuego, the skyline room Thirty8 and Ministry of Crab at night.
If you have a Sunday in Kuala Lumpur and a plan to eat well, know this first: the city's flagship tasting menus take the day off. Dewakan, Malaysia's two-Michelin-star room, and the one-star Nadodi both close on Sunday. What stays open, and what the city does best on a Sunday anyway, is the hotel dim sum brunch, plus a handful of steak, crab and skyline rooms. Below are six restaurants we confirmed are open this Sunday, each with its real hours, a dish to order, and where it sits in the city.
Yun House
Cantonese dim sum · KLCC · Sunday 11am–4pm
Yun House sits inside the Four Seasons on Jalan Ampang and runs one of the city's best Sunday dim sum services, 11am to 4pm, with the KLCC skyline filling the windows. It is a MICHELIN Guide listed kitchen, and the Sunday yum cha is the way to experience it without the evening prices. Order broadly from the dim sum list, add a roast-meat plate, and pace yourself. This is the Sunday-brunch pick for a table of family or friends who want the view and the trolleys, so book a lunch slot ahead because the room fills.
Li Yen
Cantonese · Bukit Bintang · Sunday 10:30am–3pm, 6:30pm–10pm
Li Yen has served authentic Cantonese cooking at the Ritz-Carlton since 1997 and is one of the city's most traditional dim sum rooms. Unlike most fine-dining kitchens, it runs both a Sunday lunch, 10:30am to 3pm, and a dinner from 6:30pm, so it covers the whole day. Order the Hong Kong-style dim sum, the barbecue pork and a double-boiled soup. It is the more classical counterpoint to Yun House: less skyline, more old-school polish, and a MICHELIN Guide listing to back it. Book the Sunday dim sum service, which is the one that goes first.
Marble 8
Steakhouse · KLCC · Sunday 12pm–3pm, 6:30pm–11:30pm
Marble 8 is Kuala Lumpur's best-known steakhouse, run by the Marini's Group on Level 56 of Menara 3 Petronas with a head-on view of the Twin Towers. It serves both lunch and dinner on Sunday, 12pm to 3pm and 6:30pm to 11:30pm, and is MICHELIN Guide listed. Order a dry-aged cut and the seafood platter to start. This is the Sunday pick for a celebration that needs a view and a serious wine list, so ask for a table facing the towers and time dinner for after dark when they light up.
Fuego at Troika Sky Dining
Latin American · KLCC · Sunday 6pm–midnight
Fuego is the open-air Latin American room at Troika Sky Dining, 23 floors up in Tower B of the Troika with the KLCC park and skyline below. It runs a Sunday dinner from 6pm to midnight, with two seatings at 6pm and 8:30pm. Order the ceviche and the wood-grilled meats, and book the terrace rather than the indoor room. It is the Sunday-night pick for a date or a group that wants the view and a cocktail before the plates, so reserve early because the outdoor tables are the first to go on a clear evening.
Thirty8
International · KLCC · Sunday 6:30am–11pm
Thirty8 occupies the 38th floor of the Grand Hyatt with a 360-degree view over the city, and it keeps the longest Sunday hours on this list, 6:30am to 11pm. The format is international, all-day dining with live stations, so it suits a long Sunday brunch, an afternoon tea, or a relaxed dinner. Order from the live stations and save room for dessert. It is the most flexible Sunday option here, open from breakfast to late, which makes it the safe choice when a group cannot agree on a time. Book a window table for the view.
Ministry of Crab
Sri Lankan seafood · Bukit Bintang · Sunday 5:30pm–10:30pm
Ministry of Crab brought its Colombo blueprint to Kuala Lumpur in 2025, plating Sri Lankan lagoon crab graded by weight in the restored TUAH 1895 building in Bukit Bintang. It serves a Sunday dinner from 5:30pm to 10:30pm. Order the crab by size, the garlic chilli version, and the prawns, and accept that you will wear a bib. The Asia's 50 Best pedigree and the chef Dharshan Munidasa name behind it make it the Sunday-night pick for a seafood blowout, so book ahead because the biggest crabs are the first to sell out.
Booking a Sunday table in Kuala Lumpur
Sunday in Kuala Lumpur is a hotel-dining and dim sum day. The strongest bookings are the late-morning yum cha services at Yun House and Li Yen, which fill with families and run only into the mid-afternoon, so reserve a lunch slot a few days ahead through the hotel or TableApp. The evening rooms, Marble 8, Fuego, Thirty8 and Ministry of Crab, take same-week bookings; ask for a window table at the rooftop and skyline venues for the KLCC view. Most of the best Sunday tables sit inside the KLCC and Bukit Bintang cluster, so a Grab car between them is quick. Service charge is usually built in; round up for good service.
Frequently asked questions
What restaurants are open on Sunday in Kuala Lumpur?
Several of the city's best are open, though the leading tasting menus are not. Yun House and Li Yen run Sunday dim sum, Marble 8 and Thirty8 serve all day, and Fuego and Ministry of Crab open for dinner. The two-Michelin-star Dewakan and one-star Nadodi both close on Sunday. See our full Kuala Lumpur dining guide for the rest of the week.
Is Dewakan open on Sunday?
No. Dewakan, Malaysia's only two-Michelin-star restaurant, is closed on Sunday and runs Monday to Saturday from 6pm. The one-star Nadodi at the Four Seasons is also closed on Sunday. For a high-end Sunday meal, pivot to the dim sum at Yun House or Li Yen, or book a steak at Marble 8, all of which are open and excellent.
Where is the best Sunday dim sum in Kuala Lumpur?
The two strongest hotel dim sum services are Yun House at the Four Seasons, which runs an 11am to 4pm brunch with skyline views, and Li Yen at the Ritz-Carlton, a more traditional Cantonese room open from 10:30am. Both are MICHELIN Guide listed and both fill on Sunday, so reserve a lunch slot a few days ahead.
What time do Kuala Lumpur restaurants open on Sunday?
It varies by format. The dim sum rooms open late morning, Li Yen at 10:30am and Yun House at 11am, and close by mid-afternoon. The dinner rooms open later: Marble 8 and Ministry of Crab from around 5:30 to 6:30pm, Fuego at 6pm. Thirty8 at the Grand Hyatt is the exception, open from 6:30am straight through to 11pm.
Do Kuala Lumpur fine-dining restaurants close on Sunday or Monday?
Many independent fine-dining rooms close one or both. Dewakan and Nadodi close Sunday; several others close Monday. The reliable Sunday options are the hotel restaurants, which run seven days, and a few destination rooms like Marble 8 and Ministry of Crab. If you want a tasting menu, plan it for a weekday and call ahead to confirm.
Hours change. We confirmed every Sunday service listed here against each restaurant's own published schedule before publishing; call ahead on public holidays. Affiliate links may earn Restaurants for Kings a commission at no cost to you.