RFK Rankings · Kuala Lumpur
Best Restaurants for Brunch in Kuala Lumpur (2026)
Weekend brunch · Kuala Lumpur · 7 cafes ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published March 28, 2024 · Updated June 9, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Kuala Lumpur eats breakfast at the mamak and at the kopitiam, but brunch, the Australian-style flat-white-and-poached-eggs kind, is a younger and very different scene. It clusters in Bangsar, Mont Kiara and the Bukit Bintang back streets, in cafes opened by cooks who trained in Melbourne and Penang. These seven are the rooms where that cafe culture is at its best, and where the weekend wait is worth standing in.
1.Breakfast Thieves
The Melbourne sibling running modern-Aus plates with cheeky names at APW Bangsar. Arrive before the weekend queue builds.
Breakfast Thieves opened its KL outlet in 2016 inside APW Bangsar, a twin of the Fitzroy original in Melbourne, and is the city's reference modern-Australian brunch. The menu plates dishes under cheeky names like the Admiral Cheng-Ho and the Hannibal, modern-Aus brunch cooking with an Asian accent, with mains around RM30 to RM45.
There are no bookings and the weekend queue is real, with reviewers citing up to an hour on a Saturday, so the lever is arriving before the rush. The kitchen runs daily and closes mid-afternoon. It is the room that taught a generation of KL cafes what an Australian brunch is meant to be, and it still runs the strongest version.
2.VCR
The Jalan Galloway townhouse doing potato waffles and a soft-shell crab burger. Walk in early on a weekday for the calm room.
VCR runs from a townhouse at 2 Jalan Galloway in Bukit Bintang and is one of the city's longest-standing brunch institutions. The kitchen anchors on a potato waffle around RM24, a French toast near RM19, and a soft-shell crab burger around RM26, with an average spend near RM40 a head.
It was named among Asia's Top 50 Cafes in 2022 and 2023, which is the dated proof that the coffee here is taken as seriously as the food. It runs daily and stays open late, so the play is a quiet weekday rather than the weekend crush. For a Western cafe brunch with a real coffee programme, VCR is the standard.
3.Antipodean
The Telawi staple running the Big Breakfast and poached eggs on sourdough. A Bangsar Village fixture for the weekend table.
Antipodean sits at 20 Jalan Telawi 2 in the Bangsar Village stretch and is a long-running all-day breakfast staple in a neighbourhood thick with them. The Big Breakfast, toast, bacon, mushrooms, scrambled egg and hash brown, is the dish to order, alongside poached eggs on sourdough, with mains roughly RM25 to RM40.
It is largely a walk-in room, though some sources now note bookings, and it runs daily into the evening. The cooking is unfussy and consistent rather than inventive, which in a neighbourhood of trend-chasing cafes is the higher compliment. For a dependable Bangsar brunch that has held its standard, it is the safe pick on Telawi.
4.Urban Daybreak
The Penang-born room running pancake stacks and a fried-chicken waffle on Telawi 5. Opens early for a head start.
Urban Daybreak began in George Town, Penang in 2016 and runs its KL outlet at 11 Jalan Telawi 5 in Bangsar. The kitchen is Melbourne-style all-day breakfast: pancake stacks around RM25, smashed avocado on sourdough with feta and poached eggs, and a fried-chicken waffle, with mains roughly RM25 to RM40.
It opens early, around 7:30 to 8:00, which is the structural advantage in a brunch neighbourhood where the queues build by mid-morning. Featured by Tatler Asia, it is the room to hit first thing before the Telawi crowd arrives. For an early, generous Bangsar brunch, Urban Daybreak gets the head start.
5.Kofi by 77
The Mont Kiara room doing the Volcado and a tamago fried-rice plate. Closed Tuesdays, so plan the other six days.
Kofi by 77 runs at Vista Kiara in Mont Kiara and brings a Japanese-inflected edge to the cafe brunch. The signatures are the Volcado, poached eggs set in avocado halves with hollandaise, toast and asparagus around RM23, and the Farmer's Choice of tamago, fried rice and beef bacon near RM18, with single-origin Papua New Guinea beans behind the bar.
It runs daily except Tuesdays, weekdays from 7:30 and weekends from 8:30, so the only planning note is the Tuesday closure. The kitchen is more careful than the Mont Kiara cafe average and the coffee is the reason regulars return. For a brunch on the Mont Kiara side of the city, it is the pick.
6.Feeka Coffee Roasters
The Changkat-area townhouse doing smashed avocado and house mille crepes. A reliable central brunch off Bukit Bintang.
Feeka Coffee Roasters works a pair of converted townhouses on Jalan Mesui, off Changkat Bukit Bintang, and is a fixture of the central cafe scene. The kitchen runs smashed avocado on sourdough, tacos and house-made mille crepes and pastries, with mains roughly RM25 to RM40.
It is a walk-in room that runs daily, later into the evening on weekends, and the Tatler Asia listing marks it as one of the area's established coffee-and-brunch addresses. The central location makes it the easy brunch for a stay around Bukit Bintang. For a reliable cafe brunch in the middle of the city, Feeka is the answer.
7.Cotta
The Mont Kiara rooftop building brunch around house-made ricotta. A newer-wave room for the table that wants something different.
Cotta sits on a rooftop at the Verve Shops in Mont Kiara and builds its brunch around fresh ricotta made daily in-house. The signature is the ricotta toast, including a pulled-beef version, alongside open-faced sandwiches and ricotta-led pastas, in a bright rooftop room that runs daily to mid-afternoon.
It is a newer-wave Mont Kiara cafe covered by EatDrink KL and The Yum List, positioned to redefine the city's modern cafe cooking. The kitchen's single idea, building a menu around one well-made ingredient, is what sets it apart from the all-day-breakfast pack. For a brunch table that wants a different angle, Cotta is the Mont Kiara contrarian.
Not for everyone
Famous, but not the brunch you want
Coliseum Café, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman. The 1921 colonial Hainanese-Western institution on Jalan TAR closed for good in 2021, just short of its centenary. The heritage room is gone, whatever the older guides say, so do not send a brunch table to the original address.
Plan B, Mid Valley. The Mid Valley outlet of this once-defining cafe brand is permanently closed. The group still runs other branches, but the famous location is shut, so avoid pointing a brunch plan at the old Mid Valley address.
Airport and hotel buffet brunches. The international buffets that surface in KL brunch searches, in transit lounges and chain hotels, are tourist set-pieces with no neighbourhood character and no signature dish. They get brunch wrong for an editorial ranking; the Bangsar and Mont Kiara cafes above are the real scene.
How to brunch in Kuala Lumpur
Brunch here is a walk-in culture, so timing beats booking. Almost none of these cafes takes a reservation, and the Bangsar rooms, Breakfast Thieves above all, build serious weekend queues by mid-morning. The lever is the first turn at opening, around 7:30 to 8:30, when you walk straight in; arrive at 11:00 on a Saturday and you wait.
Pick the neighbourhood for the rest of the day. Bangsar holds the densest cluster, Breakfast Thieves, Antipodean and Urban Daybreak within a short walk on Telawi; Mont Kiara has Kofi by 77 and Cotta on the expat side; the Bukit Bintang back streets hold VCR and Feeka in the middle of the city, easiest for a central stay.
Watch the closing days and the kitchen hours. Kofi by 77 is closed Tuesdays, and most of these cafes shut their kitchens by mid to late afternoon rather than running into the evening. KL brunch is a morning and early-afternoon meal, not a long one, so plan the table early and let the rest of the day follow it.
Frequently asked
What is the best brunch in Kuala Lumpur?
Breakfast Thieves in Bangsar, the KL sibling of the Melbourne original, for the strongest modern-Australian brunch in the city, plated under names like the Admiral Cheng-Ho with mains around RM30 to RM45. It takes no bookings and queues on weekends, so arrive before the rush.
Does Kuala Lumpur take brunch reservations?
Mostly not. The brunch scene here is a walk-in culture, and Breakfast Thieves, VCR, Urban Daybreak, Kofi by 77 and Feeka are all walk-in rooms. The lever is timing: arrive for the first turn at opening, around 7:30 to 8:30, to beat the weekend queues that build by mid-morning in Bangsar.
Where is the brunch scene in Kuala Lumpur?
Bangsar holds the densest cluster, with Breakfast Thieves, Antipodean and Urban Daybreak on and around Jalan Telawi. Mont Kiara has Kofi by 77 and the rooftop at Cotta on the expat side of the city, and the Bukit Bintang back streets hold VCR on Jalan Galloway and Feeka on Jalan Mesui.
When is brunch served in Kuala Lumpur?
Early to mid-afternoon. Most cafes open around 7:30 to 8:30 and close their kitchens by mid to late afternoon rather than running into the evening, so KL brunch is a morning meal. Urban Daybreak and Kofi by 77 open early; Kofi is closed on Tuesdays, so plan around that.
How much does brunch cost in Kuala Lumpur?
Mains across this list run roughly RM25 to RM45 and a full brunch with coffee lands near RM40 to RM60 a head. VCR's potato waffle is about RM24 and Kofi's Volcado around RM23. It is mid-range cafe pricing, dearer than a kopitiam breakfast but in line with the specialty-coffee cafes it sits among.
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